One Cannot Draw a Line - Amma
- Amma
Peace Is the Way: Bringing War and Violence to an End--Deepak Chopra
The Voice of Knowledge: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace--Don Miguel Ruiz
Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom--B.K.S. Iyengar
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life--Thich Nhat Hanh
The Powers of War and Peace: The Constitution and Foreign Affairs after 9/11 -- John Yoo
Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis -- Jimmy Carter
God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It -- Jim Wallis
The Case for Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can be Resolved -- Alan Dershowitz
- Amma
One year later, many Gulf Coast victims of Hurricane Katrina are still displaced and struggling to survive. Much has been accomplished in the last year, yet much more needs to be done.
In direct response to the London bombings in July, and in recognition of the great ongoing need for peace within our hearts and throughout the world, I am issuing this challenge to all who long for peace, let your voice be heard. Write a piece for peace, be it a poem, article, short story, song, or letter and share it with others in some way before December 31, 2006.
403 people commited to writing a piece for peace from July to December, 2005!
WHO
Writers, ministers, musicians, moms, and anyone else who feels the need for peace. If you feel scared or angry, frustrated or helpless, don't shut down, speak up! Take one positive action step to promote a greater experience of peace in the world.
WHAT
Write one piece:
Write about some aspect of peace or peacemaking that you're passionate about, from inner peace:
to world peace:
* share your feelings and concerns
* challenge the status quo
* ask questions
* educate
* pose solutions
* imagine a peaceful world
* suggest action steps to get us there
WHERE
Sharing your writing about peace with others is as important as the writing itself. Some ways to get your writing out into the world:
WHEN
Write your piece and start circulating it (as best you can) before December 31, 2006.
WHY
This is my piece for peace.
What's yours?
Come to http://www.aPassionForPeace.com and
email: julie@apassionforpeace.com
Since putting out this challenge in July, 403 people have commited to writing a piece for peace. And another 136 stated that while the writing challenge was not for them, they supported our efforts for peace.
Thank you all for joining in this chorus for peace.
The 2007 Swackhamer Peace Essay Contest is seeking suggestions for constructive approaches to the problems of war and peace. The contest is open to all high school students throughout the world. Applicants must be enrolled in the Fall 2006 through Spring 2007 academic year.
TOPIC: To be announced.
AWARDS: First prize $1,500, Second Prize $1,000, Third Prize $500
DEADLINE: All essays must be postmarked by June 1, 2007.
The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation initiates and supports worldwide efforts to abolish nuclear weapons, to strengthen international law and institutions, and to inspire and empower a new generation of peace leaders. Founded in 1982, the Foundation is comprised of individuals and organizations worldwide who realize the imperative for peace in the Nuclear Age. The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan international education and advocacy organization. It has consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and is recognized by the UN as a Peace Messenger Organization.
Too often we underestimate
the power of a touch, a smile,
a kind word, a listening ear,
an honest compliment,
or the smallest act of caring,
all of which have the potential
to turn a life around.
--Leo Buscaglia
Our true home is in the present moment.
To live in the present moment is a miracle.
The miracle is not to walk on water.
The miracle is to walk on the green Earth in the present moment,
to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.
Peace is all around us--
in the world and in nature--
and within us--
in our bodies and our spirits.
Once we learn to touch this peace,
we will be healed and transformed.
It is not a matter of faith;
it is a matter of practice.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
343 have committed to writing a piece for peace while
103 have stated that they won't participate in the writing challenge,
but support peace.
Thank you all for joining in this chorus for peace.
“The current crisis in our democracy has less to do with Congressional failure to express the will of the people and more to do with failure of people to express their will in a meaningful way.”
Marianne Williamson
The Department of Peace Campaign:
Participate in an historic citizen lobbying effort to create a U.S. Department of Peace. The primary function of a United States Department of Peace will be to research, articulate and facilitate nonviolent solutions to domestic and international conflict.
The Department of Peace will facilitate the most cutting edge ways to wage peace. From nonviolent communication skills, to conflict resolution techniques and cultural relationship building, the Department of Peace will employ proven and effective strategies for diminishing violence in our country and in our world. As a member of the President’s cabinet, the Secretary of Peace will provide the President; the State Department; the Departments of Defense, Education and Justice with greatly expanded problem solving options. The Department of Peace will also provide support for state and local government to address issues of domestic violence.
In the words of president Dwight D. Eisenhower, "Politics should be the part-time profession of every American." We think he was right.
The Department of Peace Will Address Causal Issues