SuAnne Big Crow
Jimmy Carter
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Shirin Ebadi
Archbishop Oscar Romero
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Kofi Annan
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Rachel Corrie
Princess Diana
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Mikhai Gorbachev
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Pumia Gobado Madikizela
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Corita Kent
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Kalle Lasn
Rafael Lemkin
Nelson Mandela
Medecins sans Frontieres
Albert Schweitzer
John Trudell
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Mordechai Vanunu
Veterans for Peace
Oprah Winfrey
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"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 info]
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--- 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."
"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.
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 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.
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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