Anna Groff

Mateo Gonzalez of Hesston College won first place at the inaugural Peace Talks contest held at Goshen College on Sept. 19 for his speech, “More Than a Sentence: Exploring Restorative Justice.” Gonzalez is a sophomore studying engineering mechatronics at Hesston College in Kansas. He is from Madrid, Spain. “I was inspired to choose restorative justice…

Peace Talks, an inaugural speech contest hosted by Goshen (Ind.) College, will invite students representing five Mennonite/Anabaptist colleges to compete on the same stage for the first time. As a project of More Than Just Stories, Peace Talks is a new annual public speaking event for young people to cultivate leadership through faith-based speaking and…