For the past year, the California Peace Alliance has taken peace to the State’s Democratic Party (CDP) with the goals of: 1) infusing the CA Democratic platform — its statement of values — with peace, plank by plank; and 2) seeking the CDP’s endorsement of legislation to create a U.S. Department of Peace (DoP). At …
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The Global Peace Index, produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace, is the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness. It gauges ongoing domestic and international conflict, safety and security in society, and militarization in 153 countries by taking into account 23 separate indicators. Key Findings for 2011 The world is less peaceful …
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Mick Jones of the Clash and Tony James of Generation X teamed up in 2002 to form the band Carbon/Silicon and they asked, “Its the 21st Century … can we find the drive and inspiration to create something new – again?” Not only did they create something new, but they have an inspiring take on …
I started doing leadership classes in Los Angeles and my community peace project was volunteering for Congressman Dennis Kucinich. I wanted to evolve the conversation of peace from an out there, overly large, impossible endeavor by creating an attractive creative tool of engagement. I remembered all these fun activities and attention around Earth Day, and …
