SuAnne Big Crow
Jimmy Carter
Cesar Chavez
Shirin Ebadi
Dalai Lama
Archbishop Oscar Romero
Ginetta Sagan
Cindy Sheehan
Kofi Annan
Mairead Corrigan
Rachel Corrie
Princess Diana
Al Gore
Mahatma Gandhi
Mikhai Gorbachev
John Lennon
Pumia Gobado Madikizela
Rosa Parks
Julia Butterfly Hill
Corita Kent
Craig Kielburger
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Kalle Lasn
Rafael Lemkin
Nelson Mandela
Medecins sans Frontieres
Albert Schweitzer
John Trudell
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Mordechai Vanunu
Veterans for Peace
Oprah Winfrey
Pallotta Team Works
The Peace Pilgrim
Sr. Helen Prejean
John Walsh
Pope John Paul II
Barack Obama
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Why do
we admire heroes?
What personal risk does it take to make positive changes
in the world?
A safer path for animal rescue workers. Read how one peace hero,
Laurie Loughlin,
succeeded
in pioneering Good Samaritan legislation in the state of Tennessee.
Rachel Corrie, Heroic Worker for Peace in Palestine
Rachel Corrie was killed on Sunday, March 16, 2003 while trying to stop
a bulldozer from tearing down a building in a refugee camp in
Gaza. Her body was crushed by the bulldozer passing over her
several times. She had been acting as a Human Shield, trying to stop the
demolition of a family home.
Read her letters home.
"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become reality. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word." -- Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ongoing Efforts for Recovery From Earthquake and Other Disasters
A race against time to find survivors, heal the injured, feed and aid
the displaced, and
later to rebuild, mourn, rehabilitate and move forward.
How you can help. Go to
Direct Relief
International
Have you watched the movie Invictus? Now read about reconciliation.
Deep Thoughts
"The most unrealistic person in the world is the cynic,
not the dreamer. Hopefulness only makes sense when it doesn’t make sense
to be hopeful. This is your century. Take it and run as if your life
depends on it.” ---
Paul Hawken
We face a true planetary
emergency. The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral
and spiritual challenge to all of humanity." Former US Vice President
Al Gore and recipient (jointly with the IPCC) of the 2007 Nobel
Peace Prize. [More]
"I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear. But that same principle must apply to Muslim perceptions of America. Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire.” ---US President Barack Obama, 6/4/09
What is the consequence of war as a means to resolve disputes?
As of October 28, 2009, the US Department of Defense has identified
4,343 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq
war. The war has been waging for eight years. The total number of
casualties (i.e., counting both the dead and the injured) since 2003 may
be over one million (sources
vary in exact totals). In December 2007 the Iraqi government reporting
there were five million orphans in Iraq; half the children in that
country have no parents.
Photo and Story
Peace Hero Notable
--- Arlington West, a project that asks "What is the human cost of war?"
A lot of viewers of the Arlington West cemetery in the sand
are commenting, "That really makes you think." Arlington West
has been erected every Sunday for six years near Stearn's Wharf in Santa
Barbara, California. The wharf is a popular tourist attraction, and
Arlington West, presents a visually provocative statement, in the
non-violent manner of Rev. Martin Luther King and Ghandi. This project
is repeated in other US cities, including
Santa
Monica, California.
What does it tell you when heroes stand strong for social justice, environmental protection, freedom from slavery, nonviolence? That it is possible? What is within each of us to do something that signals an end to hunger, poverty, war? Consider how heroes anywhere --- in your family, neighborhood, country, or worldwide --- demonstrate the desire, courage, and will to make a positive change for a better world.
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Examples of a contemporary peace hero include Shirin Ebadi, Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela of South Africa, a psychologist who assisted victim families in a forgiveness-reconciliation program with apartheid-era torturers. Another example is Mark Shriver director of US programs for Save The Children. Also, Al Gore for his eco activism on climate change, Mairead Corrigan Maguire from Ireland, Mordechai Vanunu from Israel, Craig Keilburger from Canada, Rachel Corrie and Julia Butterfly Hill from the United States, and Aung Sun Suu Kyi from Myanmar.
Do others come to mind? Perhaps John Lennon, Jesse Jackson, Jimmy Carter, Thich Nhat Hanh. And many others without celebrity, without famous names or international media publicity, such as --- Ginetta Sagan, Jean Knudsen Hoffman, and Suzanne Big Crow. The list would also include Mary MacMakin who is working to provide humanitarian aid for widows in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Actually this list could include nearly everyone on earth, if all stories were told. There is a part within each of us called courage, sensibility, and something that is a different word in each language, i.e., What is within you that could add to the beginning of a change to make the world a better place? This website strives to inspire you to find that something.
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