Peacemakers
for University Place
A joint initiative of Families Unlimited Network and University Place Presbyterian Church
Families Unlimited Network and University Place Presbyterian Church are partnering with The Telos Group to equip community leaders to cultivate mutual flourishing within University Place and its surrounding neighborhoods.
We believe that healthy relationships are the primary building blocks of a healthy community, and that healthy relationships grow out of our own ability to...
Listen to Understand
Before we can have a healthy relationship with one another, we must be willing to listen to each other openly and honestly.
Engage in Other's Truths
When we engage with the truths and experiences of others who are different from us, we begin to understand them.
Own Agency and Responsibility
We all contribute to the health of our relationships and communities and there is no such thing as a neutral action.
THE INITIATIVE
The purpose of this initiative is to provide an immersive experience in the American South where community leaders from Pierce County engage together in a more honest story of our nation's history and its ongoing legacy of slavery and racism, while simultaneously hearing from community leaders seeking racial healing in some of the most difficult places in America and engaging in conversations with peacemakers about what it means to seek mutual flourishing in our own communities. Having engaged in this experience ourselves, we believe Pierce County leaders will come back better prepared and inspired to pursue racial healing in their own spheres of influence. Our hope is for this to be a catalyst that cultivates mutual flourishing within University Place and its surrounding neighborhoods.
the details
Trip dates: June 25 - July 3, 2024*
Cost: $3,400/person (double-occupancy) + airfare
Single-occupancy $3,800 + airfare
Ages 14+ are welcome. Those under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE = APRIL 1
*Participants should plan on arriving no later than 2 pm, June 26 and departing no earlier than 5 pm, July 3
Donate
This trip is too transformational to only be available for those who have the means to pay for it. Donate to our Peacemaking Fund that will be used for trip scholarships for those who need them.
Help ensure all who want to participate can by donating today!
“This trip was one of the most transformational experiences of my life, professionally and personally. My feelings and perceptions of the American story have changed significantly." 2023 Trip participant
“No true change will ever take place, in myself or society at large, until we stop treating this as a fact-based issue and start treating it as an emotional one. Stories and experiences will bring about change much faster than facts in a book. ” 2023 Trip Participant
“The lessons learned about humanity and the history of our nation [on this trip] will make me a better police officer. That’s said without a doubt.” 2022 Trip Participant
CONTACT INFO
Jim Lineweaver
Executive Director
Families Unlimited Network
253.460.3134 Ext 100
jiml@familiesunlimitednetwork.org
Rev. Lisa Woicik
Minister of Outreach
University Place Presbyterian Church
253.564.2522 Ext. 125
lwoicik@uppc.org