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2911, 2016

Event: PRESIDENTIAL PEACE CONFERENCE

November 29, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

Presidential Peace Conference Georgia World Congress Center Friday-Saturday, 9-10 June | $126.50 Peace is the topic of this special two-day event. We’ll celebrate our successes as we look back at our history of making peace a priority, through our Peace Centers and our work on the underlying causes of conflict: [...]

2111, 2016

Cypriots Give Peace a Chance

November 21, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

November 21, 2016, published in Incyprus Photos by Stefanos Kouratzis Peace-loving Cypriots from both sides of the divide joined together Monday evening in a call for solution to the Cyprus problem, sending a powerful message to their leaders who are having a crucial meeting in Switzerland. Members of [...]

1711, 2016

Too Sacred To Drill

November 17, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

By Jessica A. Knoblauch, Updated November 15, 2016, A version of this story appeared in the Earthjustice Quarterly Magazine, Fall 2015 issue. FOR MORE THAN 10,000 YEARS, the Badger-Two Medicine area near Glacier National Park in Montana has provided strength, subsistence and cultural identity for members of the Blackfeet Nation. The Blackfeet believe that their people were created among [...]

1711, 2016

100 Peace Pole Planting – April 21, 2017

November 17, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

District 5100 will be hosting a major event to plant 100 Peace Poles throughout the District on Friday, April 21, 2017. This event is being hosted in coordination with  the District's Peace Builder Clubs and Rotary District 5030. District 5030 will be hosting their annual conference in Portland that week. This project is [...]

1411, 2016

Giving Peace a Second Chance in Colombia

November 14, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

By Greg Gandin, November 14, 2016, published in The Nation A woman holds flowers as she attends a peace march, Bogotá, Colombia, October 12, 2016. (AP Photo / Fernando Vergara) Some good news. Just a few weeks ago, in a national referendum, Colombians narrowly rejected, by an even smaller [...]

811, 2016

Open letter to our new President-Elect

November 8, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

By Al Jubitz, November 6, 2016, published in Chicago Activism and PeaceVoice Open letter to our new President-Elect Dear President-Elect, Today you are elected to lead this great nation. The campaign season is over. As you prepare to lead us please consider carrying with you these four questions as guidelines [...]