MYPF Archives - Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation

Report on 2015-16 Mike Yarrow Peace Fellowship By Bruce Pruitt-Hamm Background After sponsoring and organizing the Peace Activist Trainee Program for 14 years under the leadership of Mike and Ruth Yarrow, with WWFOR Organizer Ellen Finkelstein as the Lead Trainer and Director, the Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation faced the dismal prospect that this program might have to be laid down for several reasons. First, Mike and Ruth Yarrow were compelled to retreat from active leadership in the program when Mike had a recurrence of his colon cancer. His death on June 2, 2014 ultimately led to Ruth moving back to Ithaca to be closer to her children. Second, Ellen Finkelstein was reluctantly laid off by the WWFOR in October…

by Bruce Pruitt-Hamm The WWFOR has launched the Mike Yarrow Peace Fellowship (MYPF), a $1,000 grant for a year-long Fellowship that includes a week-long training intensive for high school and college students. The Peace Fellows for 2015-16 have been selected. The MYPF launched its second annual cycle in late June of 2016. Applications for 2017 must be received by June 1, 2017. There are 3 ways to get your application: 1) You can view and save the application form as a MYPF Application-PDF or 2) download it as a Word document with this link: MYPF Application-Word or 3) use our contact form to request that we email you the application. Call Janis Pruitt-Hamm at 206-466-2924 or email jpruitthamm@gmail.com for further information or to submit your application (by June 1, 2016).…