Sarah Harder is the President of the National Peace Foundation, and Olga Bessolova is a Russian-born, Soviet-raised activist with the organization. They "Build Foundations for Peace" through a number of programs in Russia, the Middle East, Africa, the USA and elsewhere.
Olga was secretly baptized in the Russian Orthodox Church - secretly because her father, as a member of the Communist Party, could not have anything to do with religion. She does not feel positive about the overall role that the Russian Orthodox Church plays in civic life, both because of the way they use people and because of the restricted roles which they attempt to assign to women. Sarah Harder has made the transition from Catholic to Episcopalian to Unitarian Universalist, which is her current religious home.
Sarah has a long history with activism among women's groups in the USA, and Olga provides an intriguing glimpse into life in Russia, before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Music featured on this program includes:
May There Always Be Sunshine - Mary Knysh (read about the song here)
Peace Is - Fred Small
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream - Pete Seeger
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