"Peace"
exemplars. . .moving toward one another
Sunday, 23 March 2014
"Humility is
not thinking less of yourself,
but thinking of
yourself less."
~ C.S. Lewis
"If I have an
object and you have an object and we exchange them we both have an object.
If I have an idea
and you have an idea and we exchange them, we both have two."
~Chinese proverb
"Sharing the
light of my candles takes nothing away from their brightness.
Rather it doubles
the brightness around my space."
~ Maji Peterx (Carefronting-Nigeria)
My space
becomes our space
when people share their time, skills, arts, personal stories, and affection.
Soul-by-soul we begin living as one, making that decision to move toward --
not away from -- one another.
See recent examples of living "as if" all is one.
Animate this life day-to-day where you reside.
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MOVING TOWARD ONE ANOTHER
in Commercial Art Form
Super Bowl
Sunday 2014 with 112.2 million viewers was the most-watched TV program in U.S.
history.
"Make Love, Not War with new AXE PEACE" was the
inspiring-yet-unlikely inspirational one-minute ad.
The perfume promotion carried the scent of reconciliation, affection, and
replacing war with love.
"Kiss for Peace," people were encouraged.
Sponsors were (1) AXE PEACE: Make Love, Not War, and (2) Peace One Day -- http://peaceoneday.org
WATCH the inspiring video:
Make
Love, Not War (New AXE Peace)
1-min video -- 2014 Super
Bowl ad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63b4O_2HCYM
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MOVING TOWARD ONE ANOTHER
Choosing Communication Over Separation
in the Middle East
The EcoME Center -- http://ecomecenter.org
-- is a home for co-existence and ecology for Israelis and Palestinians to create
healthy relationship between each other and with Earth.
They provide professional trainings in ecological and interpersonal skills
and attitudes, in a safe and welcoming environment.
From February 20- March 1, 2014, many dozens of Israelis, Palestinians and
Internationals were living at EcoME and practicing
Nonviolent Communication together in the desert at the crossroads of Jerusalem
and Jericho.
They are resided together, creating a community of individuals committed to
deeply transforming the dominant societal paradigms of mistrust and
victim/oppressor.
The women and men are discovering new models of genuine partnership and
shared vision of individual and societal change.
Nonviolent
Communication Training - EcoME 2014
07 Feb 2014 -- 5-1/2 min
video
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4gPHZodfq8
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MOVING TOWARD ONE ANOTHER
Sharing Space, Stories, Models of Engagement
at San Francisco State University, USA
At San Francisco
State University during March 12-14, 2014, diverse student groups partnered
to create their first campus Peace Week in school history.
Initiated by the new United People for Peace (UPFP), co-creators
included the Muslim Student Association (MSA), Hillel, Israel-Team, Student Kouncil of Intertribal Nations (SKIN), ImprovNation,
and musical artist Fely Tchaco
from Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa.
The week was conceived by Muslim Palestinians Jebril
Fayyad and Issam Ibrahim, co-founders of UPFP.
The sponsors receive e-mail at UPFP@mail.sfsu.edu
See PHOTOS at:
Peace
Week 2014
San Francisco State
University -- March 12-14, 2014
http://traubman.igc.org/sfsupeaceweek.pdf
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MOVING TOWARD ONE ANOTHER
Sustained Dialogue Campus Network
USA & Mexico
March 7-9, 2014,
at Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, diverse university students from the USA
and Mexico were convened.
They practiced communication skills and created relationships, part of the
vision of host Sustained Dialogue Campus Network -- http://www.sdcampusnetwork.org
Students and educators returned to their campuses and communities with
useful tools from powerful activities like their face-to-face Dialogue
Experience of story-sharing facilitated by travelers from the
Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue Group in northern California.
See PHOTOS:
Student
Dialogue Experiential Workshop
Sustained Dialogue Campus
Network Conference -- Dickinson College -- 08 March 2014
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These and hundreds of other success stories are preserved at http://traubman.igc.org/messages.htm