By womenwagepeace, May 15, 2021 https://womenwagepeace.org.il/en/partners-for-reconcilliation/ Women Wage Peace was born seven years ago after Operation Protective Edge, when women from all over the country, Jewish and Arab, religious and secular, felt it was impossible to carry on without a political agreement with the Palestinians. Seven years later, in the midst of laying the groundwork […]
Grassroots Peace of the People ~ As Within So Without
Building peace, from the bottom up: A Q&A with Séverine Autesserre ‘What is fascinating is how personal peacebuilding actually is. ‘It is fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, brothers, sisters reaching out to family members who are fighting. ‘One and a half billion people live under the threat of violence in more than 50 countries around the […]
Like Learning to Walk Again
I’m amazed to find myself saying that, in the midst of so much chaos and upheaval, I can feel any of the divine states. I mentioned some time back the two miracles that happened that still have me woken up. (1) Going on in the background to that is just a generally-increased feeling of wellness […]
The Mother’s Day Proclamation for Peace On Earth
Julia Ward Howe, American poet and author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, wrote her famous proclamation calling for a Mother’s Peace Day in the year 1870. After bearing witness to the carnage of the Civil War, she called for an appeal to all mothers: to spare their sons, and the sons of others, […]
💚Sending Love: Monday, May 3rd, on Zoom 5pm PST / 8pm EST 💚
Come join with us sending Love. . . Kathleen is hosting this regularly on Mondays: Zoom call starting at 4:45pm PST / 7:45pm EST – sending healing green Love around the world for 30 minutes at the top of the hour (wherever you are). We found that 8 minutes, then 15 minutes was not enough, […]
Richard Branson, Peter Gabriel & the Elders: Reminding Us Why We Need Peace
The article below is excerpted from a Virgin blog post by Richard Branson, March 16, 2021. In it he describes how he and musician, Peter Gabriel, were instrumental in the forming of the group called, The Elders, made up of independent global leaders working together for peace and human rights. A Reminder of Why We […]
Worldwide Rally for Freedom and Democracy, March 20, 2021
Christopher Wood – World Wide Rally for Freedom and Democracy World Wide demonstration of the fight for Freedom and Democracy! Supporting people and businesses who understand the damage of peoples lives and the economy that our leadership has caused in response to COVID 19. One Day – Everyone together #wewillALLbethere
Amanda Gorman’s Inaugural Poem ‘The Hill We Climb’
We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another. We seek harm to none and harmony for all. Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true. By Jennifer Liu, CNBC, January 20th, 2021 https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/amanda-gormans-inaugural-poem-the-hill-we-climb-full-text.html Amanda Gorman made history Wednesday when she became the youngest inaugural poet during […]
The Quest for Peace with Chocolate and Avocados
www.voiceoffreedom.ca Indigenous ways of being often include the wisdom of a matriarch. In the first post below, about peace and chocolate in Columbia, a matriarch paints the story of her people (see the documentary) and explains their peaceful actions as a community amidst extreme violence. From the simplicity of farming the land comes a way […]
Patricia Diane Cota-Robles: The USA Needs Your Light This Week
THE USA NEEDS YOUR LIGHT THIS WEEK Patricia Cota-Robles, January 16, 2021 www.eraofpeace.org This is a critical moment in the United States of America and we at Era of Peace are joining with the Company of Heaven in sending our heartfelt plea for assistance on behalf of ALL of the Sons and Daughters of God […]
Jonathan Van Valin: Meeting Each Other Equal To Equal
There is a way of “looking past” all the stories a person might be telling themselves, past their “egoic structure,” and past all their pain and suffering and contracted self-concept. To what then? What is there? This is why music and art can be so powerful… They can embody what is there without resorting to […]
Paulette Stevens: Hold the Line!
Hold the Line! Paulette Stevens, Contributing Writer, Operation Disclosure, January 13, 2021 (https://operationdisclosure.blogspot.com/2021/01/hold-line-paulette-stevens.html#more) After reading Thinker2’s recent article, as he plays the role of ‘devil’s advocate’ in questioning our trust of certain spokesmen in this freedom movement, I realized my own weariness and vulnerability at the end of this long and messy slog to discover […]
New Book, Defund Fear: Safety Without Policing, Prisons, and Punishment by Zach Norris
From the publisher’s summary: A groundbreaking new vision for public safety that overturns more than 200 years of fear-based discrimination, othering, and punishment As the effects of aggressive policing and mass incarceration harm historically-marginalized communities and tear families apart, how do we define safety? Community leader and lawyer Zach Norris lays out a radical way […]
J. Robert Smith: The New Phony War
I’ve read this article several times and each time gotten something out of it. Whether or not one agrees with everything he says – and I don’t – the author handles his data well and offers a good read. And, yes, his biases mostly line up with mine. One disagreement that I have to declare […]
Imagine a Board Game Where You Still Like Your Friends at the End
In Rise Up!, a game focused on winning a people’s movement, social capital is key. Forget Monopoly. There are new games that challenge us to turn our competitive drive toward solving social problems. The familiar catch: We risk losing to “The System” if the relationship between players breaks down and someone thinks that the movement’s […]
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