Khady Hamid is new to Iowa City, and we are thrilled that she connected with PEACE Iowa so quickly after her arrival. Originally from the Maldives, Khady attended college in the U.S., receiving her degree in Economics and Global Studies from St. Lawrence University. While in the Maldives, she worked in the pro-democracy organization Democracy Network. She is helping us improving the layout of our web site and the main PEACE Iowa pamphlet. Khady is also creating a new section of our web site about weaponized drones ... and is assisting at our Peace Literacy workshops for youth.
—from the PEACE Iowa Spring 2013 Newsletter

Currently the secretary of the PEACE Iowa Board and a PEACE Iowa office volunteer, Ann Stomquist has lived in Iowa City for over 30 years, 19 of those years as a Research Scientist in the UI College of Public Health coordinating a federally-funded rural environmental health study. A lifelong Quaker and pacifist, she attends the West Branch Friends Meeting for which she is currently Co-Clerk of the meeting's Peace and Social Concerns Committee. Her past work includes two years of mentoring women and teaching Swahili literacy in Tanzania as an AFSC volunteer, and participating in the anti-Vietnam War movement as a member of the Milwaukee Catholic Worker community. Ann brings to PEACE Iowa her administative skills and a lifetime of commitment to improving lives.

 
Aaron Rempp grew up in Iowa City and has many years of experience in human services. He is currently employed as a social worker in Cedar Rapids. He is working with our intern Peyton on an interview project, as well as assisting us with seeking in-kind donations from local businesses and [with] staffing the Peace Literacy Workshops for Youth.

—from the PEACE Iowa Spring 2013 Newsletter

 
This semester, Peyton, an International Relations major at the University of Iowa is doing an internship at PEACE Iowa. He is assisting us with fundraising, staffing information tables, and interviewing peace activists about their motives for a new section of our web site. We are excited about having our first intern, and we are pleased to work with someone who is so dedicated to human rights and peace.

—from the PEACE Iowa Spring 2013 Newsletter

 
HaYoung Jeong is a freshman at the University of Iowa, majoring in International Relations. She and her family immigrated to the U.S. from South Korea several years ago, and she attended high school at West High School in Iowa City. HaYoung is interested in human rights, especially working to end modern slavery. She and other volunteers are collaborating to create a display to educate the community about conflict minerals and modern slavery, and providing information about purchasing conflict-free, slavery-free consumer goods. We will also be including that material on our web site.

—from the PEACE Iowa Spring 2013 Newsletter

 

Miriam Timmer-Hackert is our first ever paid employee and works 8 hours per week, making a big difference in the office, by taking on tasks that had been put off, organizing files, helping coordinate the office volunteers, and freeing up PEACE Iowa director Lori Nelson to focus on other things.

—from the PEACE Iowa September 2012 Newsletter

Marcia Shaffer, one of those faithful folks who hold PEACE Iowa together, is that familiar voice who answers the office phone on Wednesdays. In addition to taking on the duties of organizational treasurer, she is the principal staff person for the office once a week, handling the backlog of E-mail, returning and answering phone calls, and taking on the considerable PEACE Iowa paperwork.

Dennis Bricker is a Professor Emeritus of Industrial Engineering for the University of Iowa, having contributed to his field with a considerable body of published research. Dennis brings an unassuming, unruffled management style to the Internet office tasks required of him weekly, and is currently in the development stages of the PEACE Iowa website upgrade.

A member of Veterans for Peace, Jeff Strotmann has been involved in the movement since the Viet Nam war era when he was arrested for demonstrating against US involvement in that war. As a weekly PEACE Iowa office worker, Jeff terms himself "master of the copy machine," running off everything on that recalcitrant piece of equipment from fliers to mailings to meeting notes.

This summer, PEACE Iowa was fortunate to benefit from the talents of high school student volunteer Lushia. She has a long-standing interest in spreading awareness about peace issues, and she has visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan. Lushia is a West High School student whose talents include music and journalism. She used her graphic design skills to create event fliers and other publicity materials for PEACE Iowa, and she redesigned the information bulletin board outside our office door. In addition, she staffed our Iran booth for children at Arts Fest.