The Desmond Tutu Peace Cast

What's This Podcast
About?

The Desmond Tutu Peace Cast is a podcast dedicated to enhancing the mission of The Desmond Tutu Peace Lab at Butler University. The Desmond Tutu Peace Lab is an innovative think tank dedicated to undergraduate research, activism, dialogue and advocacy around peace and social justice issues broadly defined. It continues work in the spirit of The Desmond Tutu Center (2012–2017) by promoting peace, reconciliation, and global justice on campus and in the local community. The Peace Lab began its work in the fall of 2018 and is designed to: -Develop and disseminate innovative and strategic approaches to peace education, leadership, policy, practice, and advocacy while -Developing capacity among students for peace and justice activism and innovative peace and justice leadership, including religious peacebuilding. The student led think tank works with faculty at Butler University and with local community partners to host lectures, workshops, dialogues, study tours, trainings, research and activism initiatives. Students are at the heart of the peace lab and work with the faculty director to create meaningful student led programming. The peace lab also collaborates with other university student organizations that are engaged in activism and within their community. This podcast is aimed at providing a space for more dialogue amongst community activists, local and global to engage and raise awareness about social issues affecting us all.