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Heart of Peace 2026
September 18 @ 7:00 pm – September 19 @ 8:30 pm
The 2026 HEART OF PEACE: A Speaker & Seminar Series
The Quaker Leadership Center (QLC) invites the communities of Earlham School of Religion, Earlham College, Bethany Theological Seminary, Western Yearly Meeting, Friends United Meeting, Friends Meetings of Richmond along with QLC participants to two events.
Max Carter & Jane Deichler Carter
September 15 and 16, 2026
from 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Earlham School of Religion and online
Together they have led nearly thirty service-learning programs in Palestine and Israel. Focusing on sharing the realities on the ground, they are committed to exposing participants to a full spectrum of Israelis and Palestinians who offer a variety of perspectives and concerns and reveal the challenges and opportunities to achieving a just and lasting peace in the region.
On Tuesday, Sept. 15
Three Generations of Peacemaking/ Peacebuilding: Things change over time!
On Wednesday, Sept. 16
Our Intertwined Journeys as Peacemakers/Peacebuilders
Register for Tuesday and/or Wednesday by contacting [email protected]
Registration is required.
More about Jane & Max
Jane Deichler Carter grew up in western New York State and met Max while she was attending Earlham College and he was attending Earlham School of Religion. Max L. Carter grew up in central Indiana, attended Ball State University, and completed his alternative service during the Vietnam War teaching at Ramallah Friends School in occupied Palestine. Together they have led nearly thirty service-learning programs in Palestine and Israel. Focusing on sharing the realities on the ground, they are committed to exposing participants to a full spectrum of Israelis and Palestinians who offer a variety of perspectives and concerns and reveal the challenges and opportunities to achieving a just and lasting peace in the region.
Presently they live in Greensboro, North Carolina, and are active members of New Garden Friends Meeting, N.C. Fellowship of Friends. Jane retired in 2016 with an M.A. in math education and 35 years in ministry, teaching, and administration in Friends meetings and primarily Friends schools. Max retired in 2015 with an M.Min from ESR and a PhD in American Religious History and 45 years in ministry and teaching in Quaker secondary schools and colleges. They have three grown children, seven grandchildren, and one sweet rescue dog, Yahya.
About The Betty Carter Peace Fund
The Betty Carter Peace Fund is a living memorial to honor Betty Lynn Carter (Bickel) (10-15-1957 to 12-28-1984), graduate of Earlham College (Class of ’79).
The purpose of The Betty Carter Peace Fund is to bring to the Earlham campus “outstanding persons of Christian faith, scholarship, and experience who are noteworthy for their investigation into the role that moral vision, religious tradition, theology and a life of spiritual sensitivity bring to questions of peace, human relations, and human need of our time.”
About The Heart of Peace: A Speaker & Seminar Series
The fund was originally established in 1985 by Wayne & Betsy Carter (parents) and Philman Bickel (husband). In 2024 the Quaker Leadership Center of the Earlham School of Religion was given oversight of the fund to provide annual events known as “The Heart of Peace: A Speaker & Seminar Series” presented by The Betty Carter Peace Fund to be offered for Earlham College, Earlham School of Religion, the wider Richmond community, and North American Quaker leaders.
More about The Betty Carter Peace Fund and The Heart of Peace: https://esr.earlham.edu/qlc/the-heart-of-peace/