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
By creating an exciting and accessible kindness experience, we will become more aware of the opportunities that surround us and recognize our potential to change the world, simply by changing ourselves. By living kindly and believing in the inherent good of each individual, change is POSSIBLE! Charity work and community service are invaluable tools for bettering our
Advance Humanity has been my dream for many years, since high school actually. During Peace Corps I really discovered my love for writing and found myself doing it all the time. Sometimes those writings turned into blog posts and sometimes into books. Write now I write weekly on AdvanceHumanity.com and I’ve written two books, the Unofficial Peace
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Pop, soul and world music producer, singer/songwriter and violinist Queen Rose braced herself and her crew against sub-freezing temps to complete the mid-January 2012 filming of her BUILDING BRIDGES music video in Central Park. A groundbreaking project undertaken with strategic partner Hal Eisenberg, executive director of Windows of Opportunity, Inc., a non-profit that trains youth
