School of Social Work Associate Professor Lisa Albrecht was asked to give her thoughts on peace as part of an ongoing project by free-lance photographer John Noltner. The project, called A Peace of my Mind, was started by Noltner in early 2009 as a way to spark discussions on the topic of peace.
Noltner asks people from all walks of life what they think peace is. “I like the idea of tapping a cross-section of society for a rich, human history,” Noltner said in a Star Tribune article about the project. Noltner then records their answers and posts the audio on his Web site (www.apeaceofmymind.net) along with a black and white photo of the subject.
“For me, peace is about justice. I believe in peace work for justice. And justice, for me, is a notion called distributive justice, meaning no one gets seconds until everyone gets firsts,” Albrecht says in her interview with Noltner. Click here to hear Albrecht’s interview and see her photo.