Amanda Menas, peacenews.com
- Nov 25, 2018
Peacebuilder awarded for bringing divided US citizens together
With so much disunity across the United States, it can be difficult to find common ground. But one organization is taking steps to bring...
The Karuna Center for Peacebuilding, Amherst
- Nov 9, 2018
Karuna Center for Peacebuilding Interviews Founder Paula Green
The Karuna Center for Peacebuilding interviewed Paula Green about Hands Across the Hills—a unique initiative formed across deep political...
REV. SARAH PIRTLE Interfaith Minister
- Nov 7, 2018
Faith Matters: Together in the Tree of Life
We care about each other, every one of us. Hundreds held candles this week and walked through Northampton to Congregation B’nai Israel to...
James Sullivan, Boston Globe Correspondent
- Nov 2, 2018
Boston Globe: A Unique Exchange Program between Red and Blue America
LEVERETT — The potluck meals offered a bounty of careful dieting. A group of Leverett neighbors had invited some mostly conservative...
Bas den Hond, for Trouw, the Netherlands
- Oct 29, 2018
The same hills, two Americas
America is deeply divided on the way to the Congressional elections of 6 November. Supporters and opponents of Donald Trump do not...
RICHIE DAVIS, Recorder Staff
- Oct 18, 2018
Group wins national peace-building award
LEVERETT — Hands Across the Hills, the grassroots project that aims to build bridges across a political and cultural divide that seems to...
Luis Fieldman, Daily Hampshire Gazette
- Sep 21, 2018
Kentucky, Leverett meetings teach lessons on bridging cultural, political divides
HADLEY — “I thought you people never suffered,” said a woman from Whitesburg, Kentucky, to a group of visitors from Leverett, according...
RICHIE DAVIS, Recorder Staff
- Aug 17, 2018
Hands Across the Hills Going Global
LEVERETT — A European television crew is focusing on this town’s efforts to bridge the cultural divide as it produces a documentary about...
