February 2012
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“In life, the difficult periods are the best periods to gain experience and shore...”
– The Dalai Lama (via spiritualconditioning)
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“They told me I would have many ambitions but I wouldn’t have the opportunity to...”
– I, Rigoberta Menchu by Elisabeth Burgos-Debray (via michsaechao)
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Sex Trafficking Rampant in Indian Country
jalwhite:
Is sexual trafficking happening in your city? What about on your remote reservation? The short answer is, “Yes, right under your nose.”
Klamath tribal member and Portland, Oregon resident Jeri Sundvall-Williams’s horrific sexual slavery ended 22 years ago, and it took an attack from a male customer, who stabbed her multiple times, to give her the courage to break free. “The light went...
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“We frail humans are at one time capable of the greatest good and, at the same...”
– Mairead Maguire (via wonderrlove)
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PeaceJam | 3rd Annual SMASH-O-RAMA →
Fed up with something in the world? Write it down on a dish and throw it against a wall! If you’ll be in Kalamazoo on March 2nd, come visit us during Art Hop!
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PeaceJam: A Billion Simple Acts of Peace
billpagea:
PeaceJam: A Billion Simple Acts of Peace The Dalai Lama, the Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Costa Rican president Oscar Arias and political rights activist Aung San Suu Kyi are just some of the Nobel Peace Laureates who have joined the PeaceJam Foundation in their Global Call to Action. This book profiles all of these laureates and their work with teens around the world as they combine...
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The Lack of Human Rights IS an Issue →
sarahcantthinkofanythingbetter:
Hi Everyone!! I don’t know how updated you guys are on Guatemala and the human rights violations there, but please take a little bit of time to read this (even if it’s only a paragraph). The latest update is about the newest president in office (Otto Perez Molina) who was a general during the “civil armed conflict” and was both an intellectual as well as a...
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“They told me I would have many ambitions but I wouldn’t have the opportunity to...”
– I, Rigoberta Menchu by Elisabeth Burgos-Debray (via michsaechao)
If you guys haven’t read Rigoberta’s book yet get yourself to your local library and do so! Or you can buy it on Amazon here!
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“The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others...”
– Oscar Arias Sanchez (via eloquentandhonest)
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Watchalmaswithinalmas:
Women Forging a New Security: Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict.
Hopes and Expectations: Laureates’ Opening Address by Nobel Women’s Initiative
From May 23-25, Nobel Peace Laureates Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi and Mairead Maguire are leading an unprecedented conference in Canada, to develop strategies for ending rape as a weapon of war. Over 120 civil society...
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Watchelectricbanjo:
The Hunger Games new trailer (Tumblr Embedded)
The Hunger Games are great books that introduce themes of human rights and social justice to the teen crowd — that’s our excuse for reblogging this. :)
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“The West should realize that more than 65% of our university students are women....”
– Shirin Ebadi (via tightasaknot)
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REALLY AWESOMELY EXCITING NEWS!
“The PeaceJam Foundation is proud to announce the addition of 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee as the 13th Nobel Peace Laureate to join their board of directors.”
WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS!
Leymah Gbowee led a women’s peace movement in Liberia that ended the 2nd Liberian Civil War. We are so honored to have her join our other 12 amazing laureates on our board of...
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PeaceJam | Youth Conference Mentor Informational... →
Can you turn down the opportunity to work with a Nobel Peace Prize winner and impact the lives of hundreds of youth?
If you are between the ages of 18-24 and will be in Kalamazoo, MI April 21-22, apply to be a mentor and get the opportunity to meet and work with Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu!
PeaceJam | Eat Dinner, Help Youth →
If you’ll be in Portage on Feb. 19th come eat dinner at BD’s with us!
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January 2012
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NPR All Things Considered - Guatemala’s...
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A Nobel Winner Writes Of Peace In 'The Golden... →
atlampa:
Fromt this story:
“Five years ago on All Things Considered, [Shirin] Ebadi herself spoke about why she didn’t choose to leave Iran. She said, ‘I’m Iranian, I belong to Iran, and I work for Iran so I have to be in Iran.’ Since then, she has left the country. Here, she explains why. ‘One day prior to the elections of 2009, I left Iran to participate in a seminar in Spain,” she says....
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Support Boricua Human Rights →
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“Peace is not a little white dove. It is you and me.”
– Rigoberta Menchu Tum (via withanaxe)
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WHAT'S NEW—Nobel Peace Prize laureate to speak at... →
cisrjmu:
Jody Williams received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her work banning landmines. Credit Kennesaw State University
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jody Williams will speak at Kennesaw State University on Thursday, Feb. 2, as part of the university’s Pathways to Peace Lecture Series.
Williams is the founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines...
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