Great thread idea Kay.
Here is an article I read so pertinent for the11th of September. If it is too long for this thread, let me know and I can post it elsewhere.
My quote for the day though is:
It is better to light just one little candle than to stumble in the dark
....and if everyone lit just one little candle what a bright world this could be.
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Nobel Peace Laureates Offer a Message of Hope on America's Most Solemn Day -
September 11, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On one of the most solemn days
in American history, September 11th, seven Nobel Peace Laureates will hold a
press conference at the PeaceJam Foundation's "Global Call to Action
Conference" in Los Angeles, California, launching a campaign of hope and
inspiration for the people of the world. Through the PeaceJam Foundation, the
Laureates will be announcing a Global Call to Action, encouraging the people
around the world to work with them on ten core issues to serve humanity and
end the suffering that so many face. The goal is one-billion simple acts of
peace within the next ten years. At the PeaceJam conference young people will
engage in a once in a lifetime opportunity to work alongside the Nobel Peace
Laureates on the projects that they have created and are creating.
The Nobel Peace Laureates attending include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Shirin
Ebadi, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Jody Williams, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Betty
Williams and President Jose Ramos Horta. The PeaceJam conference will run
from September 11-13, 2008 at Loyola Marymount University.
The ten core issues that the Nobel Peace Laureates have designated for
projects include:
-- Ending racism and hate
-- Social justice and human rights for all
-- Halting the spread of global disease
-- Equal access to water and other natural resources
-- Rights for women and children
-- Eliminating extreme poverty
-- Restoring earth's environment
-- Controlling the proliferation of weapons
-- Investing in human security
-- Breaking the cycle of violence
This September, PeaceJam will be at the center of a number of huge events in
addition to the conference that will highlight and underscore the importance
of the organization's mission: the publication of a new book: PEACEJAM: A
Billion Simple Acts of Peace (Puffin; September, $16.99) co-authored by
PeaceJam founders Ivan Suvanjieff and Dawn Gifford Engle, which is the
handbook for the Global Call to Action campaign and contains profiles of each
of the Nobel Peace Laureates involved in PeaceJam and the firsthand accounts
of the young people and their work with the Laureates, plus tools and
resources to inspire others to action; The Global Call to Action
ChallengeContest, sponsored by the Pearson Foundation, which will honor the
best Global Call to Action projects in the U.S. -- a top prize will be awarded
to the winning project and will include a visit by a Nobel Prize Laureate to
the winner's school or youth organization; and in the spring of next year, a
10-part PBS TV series narrated by Peter Gabriel and with music by the White
Stripes, the Arctic Monkeys, and Flobots will be broadcast to highlight
exciting youth projects from the Global Call to Action campaign.
The PeaceJam Foundation hopes to create a new generation of young leaders
committed to positive change in themselves, their communities and the world
through the inspiration of the Nobel Peace Laureates. Working with schools
and youth groups, PeaceJam workers travel the globe to find people who want to
make a difference in the world. All of the board of directors of PeaceJam are
Nobel Peace Laureates. In addition to those attending the press conference,
other members include The Dalai Lama, Oscar Arias Sanchez, Mairead Corrigan
Maguire, Aung San Suu Kyi (still under house arrest in Burma), and Sir Joseph
Rotblat (Emeritus).
As a result of their incredible work, PeaceJam co-founders Ivan Suvanjieff and
Dawn Engle have been nominated for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize.
PRESS CONFERENCE DATE: September 11, 2008