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Peacebuilding Starts at Home
Think You Can Change the World? We Do!  And You Can!
A Zoom Conversation with Chip Hauss ’69, Senior Fellow at The Alliance for Peacebuilding

Wednesday, June 24, 2026
6:00-7:00 p.m. (US Eastern)

Today, most Obies—like most Americans—know their country is in trouble. They worry that our country is caught in a downward spiral that puts everything, including our democracy, in peril and want to know what they can do to “change the world.”

Peace doesn’t just happen, we must build it. Anyone can learn to build peace and prevent conflict (it doesn’t take hours of classes) and spark change in your home, school, community, online, and beyond. From building trust at the dinner table to cultivating compassion in schools and workplaces, “tiny islands of change” can connect and grow into a cultural movement with global reach.

Charles “Chip” Hauss ’69 has spent more than fifty years as an author, activist, and mentor. He majored in Government at Oberlin and earned a PhD from the University of Michigan. He is the author of nineteen books in political science and peace studies that explore how large-scale social and political change occur.

Chip and his colleagues at the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) have launched the “Peacebuilding Starts at Home” movement to connect people to organizations that are working to build peace and prevent conflict in their communities and beyond, as well as developing activities if nothing exists.

Join Chip as he presents the team’s vision and strategy and draws highlights from his just- released book Peacebuilding Starts At Home: How You Can Make It Happen to identify ways you can channel your concerns and apply your Oberlin values and become part of the network to build a more just and harmonious society.

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2028 Cluster Reunion
This announcement duplicates one on the Class of 1968 website.

For those of us who are daring enough to plan ahead at this stage of our lives, I am offering a slightly vague "Save the Date" announcement about our 60th reunion.

Yes, there will be a 60th reunion.

Yes, the reunion will include the classes of '67-'69.

Yes, it will be in the Fall of 2028, either the last weekend or the next to the last weekend in October (27-29 or 20-22). See what I mean by slightly vague?

Maybe some of the activities wiil be streamed.

No, there will probably not be on campus lodging. We will work on finding our own

Yes, there will be accomodations for accessibility needs, that you can remind the yet-to-be-formed planning committtee to consider.

I hope this helps somewhat in planning something for the future.

Paul Safyan