Archive for the “Blog” Category

Gift Card Donation Drive

The Humanitarian Services Rapid Response Team of the Immigrant Dignity Coalition is organizing a gift card donation drive for families impacted by immigration detention & raids. They are asking for […]Read More

Thousands Meet in Cairo to Oppose Aid Blockade

By Hannah Moore, Intern Recently, social media platforms have been flooded with images of Greta Thunberg and the group of 11 journalists, activists, and politicians that boarded the Madleen with […]Read More

Vigil For Hope

By Hayley Huge, Operations Director Shared at the Vigil for Hope, organized by Cincinnati Resist, on June 13, 2025. I want to start by sharing a poem called Making Peace […]Read More

Free Emerson

Last week Ignite Peace received a call about Emerson Colindres, a recent CPS high school graduate and soccer player who was taken by ICE. Emerson is a big brother, a loving son, and overall good person with no criminal record. His family, teammates, teachers and community were devastated so they reached out to us for advice and connections.Read More

Protect our Immigrant Community

By Irvin Heishman, co-pastor of the West Charleston Church of the Brethren in Tipp City, Ohio. Shared at the Butler County Jail Rally on June 8, 2025Read More

Mourning Ryan Hinton and the Ripples of Violence

By Bekky Baker, Program Director Ryan Hinton, a teenager, a brother, a son, our neighbor, was shot and killed by the police on May 1st. The headlines flash that he […]Read More

Ignite Peace Mourns the Death of Pope Francis

Ignite Peace mourns the loss of Pope Francis today. As an organization committed to the creation of a nonviolent society, we join with so many around the world who grieve […]Read More