Author Talk with Diana Hadley & David Weatherspoon
October 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
(online on Zoom, onsite @ Perkins-Wildman Community Center building at Earlham School of Religion, Richmond IN)
Andy Stanton-Henry, Co-Director of the Quaker Leadership Center, will interview Diana and David about their book.
Diana Hadley
Diana Hadley is a retired educator. She taught at the high school level for 33 years and the college level for 13 years. During her tenure at Franklin College, she created the curriculum for a peace studies class that she eventually shared with David Weatherspoon. That teamwork was so inspiring to Diana and David that they wrote a book about the class titled: The Peace Class: A study of Effective Cheek-Turning, Neighbor-Loving and Sword-To-Plowshare Conversion. The book includes the peace studies curriculum approach and specific class activities.
Diana continues to emphasize peace initiatives as an active member of Indiana Friends Committee on Legislation, a Quaker lobby group that speaks for issues that affect all Hoosiers at the state legislature. The bipartisan group focuses on education, environment, public health, justice, voting and most recently, affordable housing and eviction issues.
Diana is strong supporter of Earlham and ESR, serving as a member of the Earlham Board of Trustees.
Rev. Dr. David Weatherspoon
Rev. Dr. David Weatherspoon serves as a pediatric chaplain at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital where he has ministered since January 2023. Before coming to St. Jude, David served for seven years as a pediatric chaplain at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Prior to moving to Memphis, David served ten years as college chaplain at Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana. David and Diana Hadley are co-authors of the book, The Peace Class: A study of effective cheek-turning, neighbor-loving and sword-to-plowshare conversion. The book came out of the nonviolence class they taught and the experiences gained from the wonderful learning lab of the classroom. David is married to Dr. Sarah Weatherspoon, a pediatric neurologist, and they have two wonderful and loving girls, Norah and Vivian.
