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SuAnne Big Crow |
Get informed. Get inspired. Create the future. Why do
we admire heroes?
Rachel Corrie, Heroic Worker for Peace in Palestine "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 Have you watched the movie Invictus? Now read about reconciliation. Deep Thoughts
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. Peace Hero Notable
--- Arlington West, a project that asks "What is the human cost of war?" |
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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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