Mary L. Hanna
Mary L. Hanna hails from Detroit, Michigan though she’s made her home in Laingsburg for many years now. She received her Master’s degree in Behavior Disorders from Vanderbilt University, and worked as a counselor/case manager for Community Mental Health for 20 years before becoming the Operations Manager for Meta Peace Team (MPT) in 2005, where she coordinates both MPT’s Violence De-escalation Skills Training program and their internship program. She has served on both International (Palestine/Israel, U.S./Mexico Border) and Domestic peace teams (those within the U.S). Additionally, she became the Pax Christi Michigan State Coordinator in 2015, and was named a Pax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace in 2022. She is currently working on a handbook for Domestic Peace Teams. Mary is committed to compassionate, assertive nonviolence, social justice, creative peacemaking, and the spiritual underpinnings that make it all possible.