Friends of Adin Ballou
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more; but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and none shall make them afraid. - Micah 4:3-4
Friends of Adin Ballou honors the life and legacy of Rev. Adin Ballou (1803-1890). Best known as the founder of the utopian community at Hopedale, Massachusetts, Ballou was a minister and theologian, a tireless reformer, and a leading nineteenth-century exponent of pacifism.
The goals of Friends of Adin Ballou are to research and study the words and deeds of Adin Ballou and the Hopedale Community, and to find ways to keep their legacy alive in the modern world.
Meetings and Newsletter
Friends of Adin Ballou meets quarterly in Hopedale, Massachusetts. Those interested may contact the secretary, Lynn Hughes, at lynnghughes@gmail.com to find out meeting dates and to sign up for the quarterly newsletter, Vine and Fig Tree.
Minutes:
March 30, 2008
January 11, 2004
October 5, 2003
July 27, 2003
April 13, 2003
MARCIA MATTHEWS’S PEACE LISTS
HEROES
Jesus of Nazareth (the "Sermon on the Mount")
Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)
Adin Ballou (1803-1890)
William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879)
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
Oscar Romero (1917-1980)
Cesar Chavez (1927-1994)
Nelson Mandela (1918--)
Dalai Lama (1935--)
Jimmy Carter (1924--)
Varian Fry (1907-1967) rescued refugees from Marseilles during the Holocaust.
Oscar Schindler (1908-1974) saved almost 1100 Jews during the Holocaust.
HEROINES
Sojourner Truth (1797-1883) abolitionist, "Ain't I a Woman?"
Abby Kelley Foster (1811-1887) women's rights pioneer and abolitionist
Mother Jones, Mary Harris (1837-1930) Union Labor organizer
Jane Addams (1860-1935) Hull House
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) "The Declaration of Human Rights"
Dorothy Day (1897-1980), "The Catholic Worker"
Mother Teresa (1910-1997) "the poorest of the poor"
Nadine Gordimer (1923--) South African anti-apartheid novelist
Amy Goodman (1957--) "Democracy Now" radio program
Cindy Sheehan (1957--) "Peace Mom"
Rigaberto Menchu (1959--) Guatemalan Peace Activist
TOP TEN PEACE SONGS
Living with War, Neil Young
Bring the Boys Home, Freda Payne
Save the Country, by Laura Nyro (performed by the Fifth Dimension)
War (What Is It Good For?), Edwin Starr
Waiting on the World to Change, John Mayer
Love Is My Religion, Ziggy Marley
Better Way, Ben Harper
Everybody Wake Up, Dave Matthews Band
Lay Down (Candles in the Rain), Melanie Safka
New: What Are We Fighting For?, Live
MOVIES ABOUT PEACE
After Innocence (2005, Dennis Maher)
The Flowers of St. Francis (1950, R. Rosselini and F. Fellini)
Kundun (1997, Dalai Lama)
The Long Walk Home (1990, AL bus boycott, Civil Rights Movement)
Darshan: the Embrace (2004 documentary by Jan Kounen about India's hugging saint Amma)
Gandhi (1982, the life of India's liberator)
The Chorus (2004, French, about a teacher in reform school)
The Long Voyage (2004, French, father-son relationship in Islamic culture)
El Bola (2003, Spanish, father-son dispute)
Babette's Feast (1987, Danish)
La Grande Illusion (1938, French and German, Jean Renoir. Two French prisoners plot to escape POW camp.)
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