If you haven’t been following us on Facebook and Twitter, you may have missed a lot of good information from the peace world. Below are some informative, challenging, and inspiring items related to peace — from the political to the personal.
The Global Alliance for Ministries and Infrastructures for Peace (GAMIP) held its 6th summit in Geneva, Switzerland, from September 16-20 with 167 participants representing 55 countries. This year, The Peace Alliance, the National Peace Academy, and the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding collaborated and offered a joint presentation entitled, “The U.S. Story: Integrated Peacebuilding – local to global.”
On Friday, October 11th, the Nobel committee announced this year’s Peace Prize winner. We plan to use the timing of this years announcement to continue the peacebuilding conversation with our local newspaper editors and the public by writing letters to the editor using the Nobel Peace Prize announcement as our news “hook,” looking at honor our own local Nobel-Worthy laureates.
Peace L.A., a multi-faceted event, included a forum to educate, inspire, and engage people towards action. The speakers shared information about proven effective programs for addressing bullying in our schools, and the prevention and intervention of youth violence. Click to see photos, watch some of the video and learn more.
On October 9th and 12th, we will be hosting two national Peace calls, looking at how you can get involved with us at The Peace Alliance. Congressman Bobby Scott will be joining us on October 12th for our first “Action Team” call. October 9th will be a newcomer “orientation” call.
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