The Traprock Center for Peace and Justice, formerly called the Traprock Peace Center, has a long history of working for peace, nonviolence, and economic and social justice in the Franklin/Hampshire County area.

The Miles Street office in Greenfield closed at the end of 2010. Traprock remains active with its Board and other volunteers.

• News, Plans, and Upcoming Events
  

• War and the Tragedy of the Commons
  In this seven-part Truthout series of articles on each environmental impact of US militarism, Traprock Board Chair, scientist and author Patricia Hynes provides an overview of modern, military pollution and the use of natural resources with a central focus on the US military superpower, a power without precedent or competitor. From Superfund and former nuclear weapons sites in the US to Vieques, Agent Orange, depleted uranium - particularly in Iraq - biowarfare research and the use of fossil fuels in routine military training and wars, Hynes examines the war machine as the true tragedy of the commons.  In this radio interview Pat talks about the series.
  • Part 1: War and the True Tragedy of the Commons
    
  • Part 2: Military Hazardous Waste Sickens Land and People
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    Part 3: Chemical Warfare: Agent Orange
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    Part 4: Biological Weapons: Bargaining with the Devil
    
  • Part 5: Depleted Uranium Weapon Use Persists, Despite Deadly Side Effects
    
  • Part 6: Landmines and Cluster Bombs: "Weapons of Mass Destruction in Slow Motion"
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    Part 7: The Military Assault on Global Climate

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• Roots of Peace Fall 2011 Speaker Series at GCC
  In October and November the Traprock Center for Peace Education at GCC will sponsor speaker forums which focus on nonviolent movements and responses over this last decade that counter the dominant media focus and narratives on the “war on terror.” Read the press release

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• Report and photos from the June 11 Fundraiser for Traprock and the Wally and Juanita Nelson Scholarship Fund at GCC.

  Randy Kehler delivers the keynote address

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• Traprock in the media: articles about Traprock events and articles written by Traprock people.

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• Forgiveness, A poem created in a dialogue circle in the GCC Psychology of Peace, Conflict and Violence class, May 2011.

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• Takaaki Morikawa, a survivor of the Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima, spoke on April 29 sharing his personal history of the event. This talk concluded the Roots of Peace speaker series of 2010-11.
  
  

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• On April 8th, Paul Chappell spoke on "Why Peace is Possible and How We Can Achieve it."
  



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  Tina Clarke spoke February 18, 2011 on "Building Resilient Communities to Increase the Peace"