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Colby and Awu – Singing a New Paradigm

An American rapper and Cameroonian singer team up to create songs that highlight environmentalism, peace, social justice and a more positive world. Colby and Awu’s journey began this past summer (2012) in Bamenda, Cameroon. Colby Jeffers went there with his wife, Mallory,...

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Raise a Flag for Peace

We’d like to introduce you to The Peace Flag, a new initiative that seeks the establishment of the world’s first official flag of peace. The Peace Flag is not a new flag, but rather, any flag, rendered colorless – white on white – such that it retains its identifying...

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Ambassador Bird – A Whole New World of Peace

What do a talking dove, a grumpy seagull and a stray kitten have to do with world peace? Plenty. The talking dove is the central character in The World of Ambassador Bird, a children’s media brand that invites peace-loving companies to partner with them in empowering families...

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Juanes – Peace Without Borders

Colombian rock star, Juanes, shares how he got aligned with the cause for peace. In this video, Juanes shares how he started using music to escape the violence he felt in Medellín, Colombia where he grew up. But it also became a vehicle for him to express his feelings. And...

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Gifts that are Peaceful and Sexy!

With the holidays quickly approaching here are some of our suggestions for great gifts that support peace in various ways. For kids, rather than giving them toys that reinforce violence (toy soldiers and weapons) or low self-esteem (Barbie dolls), try these...

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Bono: Pop Culture Studies 101

Irish rock star, Bono, lead singer of the band U2, delivered a funny and inspiring speech at Georgetown University on November 13, 2012. Aside from a great Bill Clinton impersonation and drawing comparisons between the punk rock band The Clash and the Arab Spring, he discussed...

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WORLDWIDE FLASHMOB: Dance for Kindness

TIMES SQUARE, NYC – November 18th, 2012 – 2:15pm A grassroots Brooklyn based non-profit, Life Vest Inside, has orchestrated a WorldWide Dance for Kindness event on Nov 18th as part of the Global Celebrations that take place during World Kindness Week. The event will take...

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Human Rights in Video

Check out these two videos on Human Rights. The first one shows the history of human rights in a concise and visual way... from the beginning of time to the present... in under 10 minutes. Si prefieres la version en español, se puede encontrarla aqui. Version française à...

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Grub Olympx – Taste the World!

Grub Olympx (TM) is a user-friendly interactive app now available for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch that provides you the opportunity to search and discover signature international dishes from around the world and also learn facts such as country population, GDP, famous athlete,...

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Emerald FEAST – Dinner and a Micro-Grant

On July 19th at First United Methodist Church, Community Alliance of Lane County (CALC) was awarded a $500 check, proceeds from an Emerald F.E.A.S.T. dinner event attended by about 50 people. The letters “F.E.A.S.T.” stand for Financing Eugene Area Sustainable Talent, and...

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