Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jody Williams discusses what has fueled her activism for over 30 years and her latest passions around stopping gender violence and killer robots. Tell me how you got started. My first protest was against US involvement in Vietnam and it awakened me to a different understanding of my country, the US. Read more about Jody Williams – Righteous Indignation with Sparkle[…]
His father is a convicted terrorist, but Zak has chosen to be a peacebuilder. Tell me how you got started. Because of my life story I had been introduced to fanatical ideologies that drive people to commit acts of violence. My own father chose to pursue a life of violence instead of a peaceful life Read more about Zak Ebrahim – Choosing the Path of Peace[…]
Tell me how you got started. I currently co-direct a social enterprise that works at the intersection of civic engagement, peacebuilding and technology… which I guess is also the intersection of my interests. I started off working in civic engagement: I was a student activist, then worked for the Mayor of London. While I was studying Read more about Helena Puig Larrauri – Building Peace through Technology[…]
by Joslin Roderick To be at peace is to be in a state of superpower. It is from a place of peace that we, as humans, have the capacity for good choice and right action. It if from a state of peace within ourselves that peace is created in the world. The battleground for peace Read more about Peace is Also Powerful[…]
by Jakob Silas Lund When I first met Samba, he struck me most of all as a person almost obsessively engaged in the local reconciliation process in the wake of the Sierra Leonean civil war. He was the most eager of all the participants at the first consultation among former fighters, victims and witnesses of Read more about What a former rebel fighter can teach us about humanity[…]
I think there were two defining moments that got me started on my current path. One was as a teenager back in Boston, when I watched a friend get shot while hiding behind a car and trying to keep another friend from getting involved in the fight. My teenage years had been turbulent, as they Read more about Ruth Henry – Making peace with Hip Hop[…]
This story by Sarah Benazera made it to the top 10 of MasterPeace’s My MasterPeace Moment storytelling competition in which participants were asked to share a personal story about why they work for peace. Peace is Sexy was a co-sponsor of the contest and the winner shared her story at UN Headquarters in New York Read more about Sarah Benazera – God Created Me Too![…]
As Peace is Sexy celebrates its third anniversary on Valentine’s Day, I would like to wish the community a peaceful and sexy holiday. On a global level, this has been a difficult year, with disease, terrorism, invasions and crises taking center stage. But on a more personal level, I’ve seen peace be created, made accessible and propagated Read more about Anniversary Message from the Founder[…]
by Matthew Johnson It is no secret that despite the softening of rhetoric against Muslim terrorists since Sept. 11, 2001, the so-called West and the so-called Muslim world remain locked in an eternal battle over non-negotiable values that represent the foundation of both so-called civilizations — at least this is what many are led to Read more about In Defense of Muslims AND Liberalism[…]
During this season, from Halloween to Valentine’s Day, we are culturally invited to indulge in a lot of food. Dr. Robyn Benson and Kevin Snow, co-hosts of the Self-Care Revolution, share in this interview with Marianne Perez de Fransius, founder of Peace is Sexy, which foods to watch out for (sugar and gluten) and which Read more about How Food Can Make You Feel Sexy and Peaceful[…]