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C. Henry Smith Oratorical Contest archive

C. Henry Smith Oratorical Contest archive

Speeches from the 2012 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest:

Katie Wineland, 1st place: “Speaking a True Wor(l)d: Proclamation as Peacebuilding”
Eli Tracy, 2nd place: “Storytelling as Peacemaking: Knowing Truth and Living as if It Were So"
Rachel Giovarelli, 3rd place: “Finding Peace in Our Differences: Reconnecting as the Body of Christ”
Alexander Woodring, “Ethical Peace Persuasion: Speaking for Peace in a Fallen World”

Speeches from the 2011 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest:

Rachel Giovarelli, 1st place: “The Last Mile: Finding Peace without Ending Life.”
Katie Wineland, 2nd place: “Criminal Injustice: Collateral Consequences and the Gospel of Reconciliation.”
Brandi Dominique, 3rd place: “Who Said America was an Obese Country? Hunger in America.”
Brent Schroeder, “The Power of the Word: Language and Oppression.”
Jonathan Fowler, “Economic Lockout: The Failures of Capitalism in the Third World”

Speeches from the 2010 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest:

Jason Frey, 1st place: "The Gospel of All Monsters: Loving the Alien Within and Without"
Kristen (Shelly) Matthews, 2nd place: "A Case for a Safe Space: Evaluating the Potential for a Safe Zone Program at Bluffton University"
Jake Short, 3rd place: "Peace Journalism: The Futility of Dualism and Sensationalism and How the Church Must Work to Restore 'The Fourth Estate'"
Rachel Giovarelli: "Saluting Combat Barbie: The Danger of Glamorizing War with the Accessory of Propoganda"

Speeches from the 2009 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest:

Anna Yoder, 1st place: "Enough is enough: Rethinking what it means to be a peacemaker"
John Mark Stratford, 2nd place: "Whose side is Isaa on?: WWJD concerning present-day Palestine-Israel"
Rachel Giovarelli, 3rd place: "Extending forgiveness and grace to those who harm you"
Thea Bilowich, "From playing grace to practicing peace: What theatre taught me about peaceful activism"
Laura Frey, "Close to home, far from our hearts: The case of the US embargo on Cuba"

Speeches from the 2008 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest:

Anna Yoder, 1st place: "Extending the Table: The Blessing of the Stranger in Our Midst"
Laura Frey, 2nd place: "Breaking Down the 'Figurative Border': A Call for Renews Christian Response to Militarization of the US/Mexico Border and Racial Profiling Against Latinos"
Sarah Ricks, 3rd place: "Mountain High: A Critique Presentation of Go Tell It On The Mountain"
Crystal Graber, "Healing the Earth, Healing Ourselves; How Being Environmental Stewards is the Healthy Human Decision"
Nikita Simek, "Keeping the Peace: Why America Has to Change"

Speeches from 2007

Anna Roeschley, 1st place:"The Missing Peace to Faith-full Peacemaking: Integrating the Feminine Divine"
Anna Yoder, 2nd place: "The Face of Peace: The Church's Response to the Violence in Colombia"
Joel Koerner, 3rd place: "Creating a Sense of Urgency: Challenging Institutional Racism in Mennonite Church USA and its Organizations"
Crystal Graber, "A Space Between: Being Like Christ in a World of Christian-Muslim-Western-Arab Cultures"
Meghan Stratford, "Fighting for the Peaceable Kingdom Without the Weapons of the World"

Speeches from 2006

Anna Yoder, 1st place: "The Butter Battle: Teaching Peace to Children in a Media-saturated World"
Anna Roeschley, 2nd place: "On Waiting in the Light: Peacemaking in Shadowy Landscapes"
Simeon Talley, 3rd place: "A Call to the Beloved Community: A Vision for Justice, Peace and Reconciliation in the 21st Century"
Joel Koerner, "Rethinking Our Definition of Pro-life"