Gifts That Multiply
Help our communities heal with the support of Mary Hoch Foundation. Your gift will leverage the impact by enabling the MHF to demonstrate results as we seek grant funding!
Support a New Generation of Reconcilers
$250 Donation
Sponsor 15 hours of compensation for an undergraduate research assistant at Mary Hoch Center for Reconciliation (MHCR).
Example: After starting as an undergraduate transcribing our research interviews, Hannah Adamson stayed with MHCR and has become an award-winning master’s student leading the Transformation and Reconciliation Lab. She was recognized by George Mason University as the 2023 Senior of the Year and received the Presidential Management Fellowship.
Sponsor a Participant
$500 Donation
Sponsor the a practitioner or community member as they participate in a trauma healing workshop organized by MHF, with our Insider Reconciler Fellows in the Horn of Africa or North American Indigenous Communities.
Example: Isra (above right) attended the “Connecting Our Healing Journey and the Healing of Our People” workshop in Kenya in November 2023. Isra is now working with Insider Reconciler Rowda Olad coordinating the Students for Peace Initiative in Somalia.
Sponsor a ThinkPeace Podcast Episode
$1,000 Donation
The Think Peace Podcast explores the intersection between the human brain, psyche, and obstacles and opportunities to forging a lasting peace, hosted by Think Peace Convener Colette Rausch. Each open-source episode hosts a guest expert in area like neuroscience, trauma, peacebuilding, etc.
Example: Host Colette Rausch would be honored to thank you as the sponsor in the introduction of the episode.
Shape the Field or Nurture a Future Superstar
$2,500 Donation
Support the research of MHCR, that is already shaping the filed of Conflict Resolution - or sponsor student field research documenting the work of Insider Reconcilers.
Example: Merisa Mattix travelled to Mt. Elgon in Kenya to interview participants and research the impacts of the Healing Circles convened by Insider Reconciler Fellow Tecla Namachanja Wanjala.
MHCR’s Director Antti Pentikäinen was recently awarded 2024 Career Connection Faculty Award by the George Mason University.
Sponsor a Trauma Healing Workshop
$5,000 Donation
Your gift would cover the cost of a local trauma healing workshop, led by an MHF Insider Reconciler Fellow or our Indigenous partners in the Horn of Africa, tribal lands in North America, or Scandinavia. We would be pleased to arrange for you to attend this or another trauma healing workshop.
Example: Del Laverdure hosts co-creation workshops with MHF for Native American and other indigenous practitioners how to integrate indigenous cultural knowledge into mental health and psychosocial support services.
Help Co-Create Transformation
$5,500 Donation
Sponsor a workshop and development of publications on connecting neuroscience and peacebuilding. The workshops and publications integrate knowledge and practice to support peacebuilders to integrate neuroscientific insights into their peacebuilding work.
Example: In 2024, Colette Rausch and Laura Webber are facilitating learning exchanges where peacebuilders can connect with each other, gain knowledge, and learn practices that help them be more sustainable and effective in their work.
The Mary Hoch Foundation oversees the projects, ensures accountability, and helps you to remain closely involved with this work.
Donations help leverage the work of Think Peace and MHCR by enabling us to increase our support for insider-reconcilers and their efforts with the affected communities, provide training opportunities and disseminate ongoing research.
Please join these efforts to help our communities and societies heal, making these efforts our joint legacy.