Writing justice
We need to switch the script on justice. Justice needs our Imagination.
John Paul Lederach, a brilliant conflict transformation scholar described the “moral imagination” as the capacity to recognize possibilities to create what does not yet exits.
One cannot make peace or justice happen without first imagining it. A citizen of a country that is at war with another country must first imagine what a future just peace looks and feels like. If not between herself and her enemy then between her great grandchild and her enemy’s great grandchild. In other words nothing can be successfully accomplished without first having vision around it.
And vision comes from imagination. Imagination requires the capacity to imagine ourselves on the other side of change. Imagination demands a willingness to embrace complexity. Imagination wants a commitment to creative acts.
So let’s write new scripts for Justice.
This is a fun tool based workshop. In 3 hours we will read some scripted stories of justice and then brainstorm some new ones of our own. Then we will experience some writing exercises, exploring People (character) Plot (story) and Poetry (the authentic voice of our characters). Each participant will generate a short monologue or scene or outline for a new story that exemplifies a path to just peace. Students are welcome to bring in a new ideas, or simply bring an interest in exploring new scripts for justice.
To learn more, please contact Dr. Jessica Litwak using the form below.