Peace: Back By Popular Demand
by The Charter
11 months ago
Memorial Day is a good time to commemorate and to contemplate.
A good starting point is the radio series on WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show, The End of War where dozens of thinkers try to answer the question "Is War Invevitable?"
John Hunter on the World Peace Game
John Hunter plots conflicts on a 4'x5' plywood board -- and lets his 4th-graders solve them. At TED2011, he explains how his World Peace Game engages schoolkids, and why the complex lessons it teaches -- spontaneous, and always surprisi...
Jody Williams: A realistic vision for world peace
Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams brings tough love to the dream of world peace, with her razor-sharp take on ...
Jeremy Gilley: One day of peace
Here's a crazy idea: Persuade the world to try living in peace for just one day, every September 21. In this energetic, honest talk, Jeremy Gilley tells the story...
Get to know some of our Charter partners working for peace:
Global Peace Initiative of Women provides a global platform for women and men to work as partners to foster the spiritual values of global unity, peace building and development.
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs is at the heart of a university-wide effort to make Georgetown a global leader in the interdisciplinary study of religion and the advancement of interreligious understanding.global tolerance
Search for Common Ground works to transform the way the world deals with conflict - away from adversarial approaches and towards collaborative problem solving.
The Tanenbaum Center, a secular, non-sectarian organization, works to reduce and prevent violence perpetrated in the name of religion by supporting religious peacemakers and addressing intolerance in workplaces and schoolsThe Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education
The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, Canada that educates the heart and fosters compassion through creative learning, facilitating and applying research, and connecting people and ideas.
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