Projects tagged "peace"

Semper Fi
Practitioner:
Bill Fisher
Date:
Sep 23 2007
The motivation for this action came from the profound sadness felt at seeing a Marine Recruitment booth in the middle of our campus on an otherwise pleasant day in September. Legally we have no choice, but it seems antithetical to the stated mission of the university, and to all we, as an institution, are praised for among our communities. Though one could argue they are
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For Warmth
Practitioner:
Thich Nhat Hanh as featured at onbeing.org
Date:
Apr 1 2016
Thich Nhat Hanh reads his poem "For Warmth" in Vietnamese, Krista Tippett reads the translation in English, excerpted from the episode "Mindfulness, Suffering, and Engaged Buddhism."
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All of Us or None: Responses and Resistance to Militarism
Practitioner:
American Friends Service Committee
Date:
Dec 15 2014
Call to Artists All of us or None: Reponses and Resistance to Militarism--http://afsc.org/poster From Ferguson to Gaza, we can see the way that militarism has a direct impact on the lives of all of us.
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2013 Human Rights Youth Delegation to Rwanda
Practitioner:
Global Youth Connect
Date:
Jul 31 2013
"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." Albert Einstein
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Running for Peace
Practitioner:
Reza Baluchi
Date:
Sep 1 2002
"He's been running all his life, running for freedom, running for peace.It started when he ran away from home at the age of eight. Later he ran away from his homeland, Iran, and spent seven years on a bicycle, pedaling 49,700 miles across 55 countries. In 2002, he reached America. He now lives in a tent in Death Valley. It's been nearly 10 years since Reza Baluchi escaped from Iran.
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TIME OF THE POET:Second Name of Earth is PEACE.
Practitioner:
Mbizo Chirasha
Date:
Jan 16 0020
MOTHER EARTH is broken from incessant decadent wars carelessly perpetuated by mindless ,vicious political imbeciles. Our natural wealth plundered by greedy ,gluttonous economic dare-devils, imbibing crude oil and fresh blood . Warlord-ism set the suns of our freedom, our earth is torn naked . War is ravaging the beauty of African diamond fields ,We are now Wretched Vagabonds . Warlords are frying peace in oil springs of the Gulf.
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Embody the Message: Occupy the Mind
Practitioner:
We Will Not Be Silent
Date:
Apr 8 2012
Embody the Message: Occupy the Mind This t-shirt / language project began in March 2006, when a small group of artists and activists decided to embody the historic words “WE WILL NOT BE SILENT” while doing a public action in New York City.
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GLOBAL PEACE WALKWAY VR PEACE MUSEUM PROJECT
Practitioner:
PAUL=FELIX MONTEZ
Date:
Aug 15 2015
Imagine affecting the global cultural Landscape through art and technology use. Imagine one-mile long installation in 100 city locations worldwide, each mile-long install is of 250 bronze plaques of different Peacemakers. Then imagine its own App that when any smartphone is pointed at one of the plaques an entire timeline biographical history of that peacemaker becomes available.
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Connecting Peace Day and Valentine's Day
Practitioner:
Valentine Peace Project (VPP)
Date:
Feb 14 2013
Valentine Peace Project (VPP) Community Valentine actions started on the streets of Los Angeles with the sharing of thousands of poems on peace and expressions of love given out wrapped around carnations and later Fairtrade roses. Students also made paper flowers to give out with their own written reflections or submissions selected from Valentinepeaceproject.org.
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