Minnesota Peacebuilding in the Media 

Scene and Heard: Lunafest film festival celebrates women in the arts
Star Tribune 5/30/2015

"The Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute brought Lunafest to the Twin Cities as a fundraiser for the institute, as well as for the festival’s main beneficiary, the Breast Cancer Fund." 
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A world away, Ebola's deadly shadow is cast in Minnesota
TwinCities.com 10/25/2014

The training was developed in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, said Donna Minter, the institute's founder and executive director. Although the Ebola outbreak is very different, the reactions are much the same. "Any time somebody experiences a traumatic event, their body and their brain goes through the exact same process," she said.

The training teaches participants to understand that process and steer victims toward positive coping strategies."They're kind of like psychological first responders," she said. "When people come to them, they have the resources to be able to help."
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