Eight stories about extraordinary action carried out by ordinary people

When you want to effect positive change against structural and systemic problems, where do you begin? In Peace by Peace Lisa Silvestri uses interview-based storytelling to explore the catalytic moments that led ordinary people to address social, political, and economic issues in their communities ranging from the West Bank to West Baltimore. The source of their audacity is practical wisdom, an Ancient Greek virtue that Silvestri revives for twenty-first century application.

In the face of challenges like environmental exploitation, global conflict, and ongoing fights for social justice, Peace by Peace offers deeply informed insight into how we can move past debilitating cynicism to create actionable change.

Author website: lisaellensilvestri.com

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Lisa Ellen Silvestri is the author of Friended at the Front: Social Media in the American Warzone and coeditor of The Western Journal of Communication. She has spoken at the SXSW Festival and the 92nd Street Y. She is associate teaching professor at Pennsylvania State University.

"Lisa Ellen Silvestri's Peace by Peace is uplifting from start to finish as it reveals the potential of practical wisdom for concocting a brighter future."—Robert L. Ivie, author of Dissent from War

"It will be a great thing if this delightful book comes into your life—like having your wisest aunt over for tea. Peace by Peace has ideas we all need to live a moral life in crisis times."—Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, author of Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America and What We Can Do About It

Peace by Peace

Risking Public Action, Creating Social Change

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