Peace News Articles2017-05-25T06:32:53-08:00
1101, 2014

Images of War vs. Peace

January 11, 2014|Categories: Uncategorized|

Browsing Facebook back in August, I was greeted with a stark photograph of a young man doing homework under the glow of a newly installed street light in the Liberian capital, Monrovia. I clicked on the next image: grinning children on a swing. Next: a policewoman shines out from her [...]

1101, 2014

Peace Out – Why Civil Society Cannot Save the World

January 11, 2014|Categories: Uncategorized|

Every aspiring beauty-pageant queen knows what to say when asked what she wants most: "World peace." World peace is at least nominally what we all want most. But evidently, we are not very good at making it. The modern peace movement is almost 200 years old; its origins can be [...]

2712, 2013

A Good Day for RAGFP at Rotary-UN Day, November 2, 2013

December 27, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|

By Dennis Wong Rotarian Action Group for Peace Co-Founder The good news...we learned that one year after being an approved RI entity, your Rotary Action Group for Peace is on the Rotary radar. There are expectations that RAGFP will be a key contributor to addressing a major Rotary Area of [...]

2712, 2013

The Arabs, three years after Bouazizi

December 27, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|

By Rami G. Khouri, The Daily Star December 18, 2013: I have learned in life that when you have a stressful problem to ponder or overcome, you should resort to one of three options: take a nap, listen to music, or just wait and let some time pass. The last [...]