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21 August 2007

Tutu gets Gandhi

Filed under: Events, News, Organizations — Buster @ 5:07 am

Not only does Desmond Tutu understand the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, he’s to be honored with an award from the Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence at James Madison University in Harrisonburg (VA, US). The Gandhi Center will make the award on 21 September, International Peace Day.

Here’s a clip from the press release:

The Most Rev. Desmond Tutu, recipient of the 1984 Nobel
Peace Prize, will be visiting James Madison University to receive JMU Mahatma
Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence’s top honor, the Mahatma Gandhi Global
Nonviolence Award, at 7 p.m. Friday, September 21, 2007, the International Day
of Peace, at JMU Convocation Center, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Archbishop Tutu’s
award presentation is entitled “Goodness is Powerful.”

….

The name Desmond Tutu resonates profoundly with people all around the
world. While his vigorous anti-apartheid activism in his native South Africa first
propelled him into the glare of international news media, today he is revered as
a “moral voice” and someone who speaks with gravitas on a range of issues.
While he is an Anglican Archbishop emeritus and steadfast in his religious
beliefs, Tutu places great value on religious inclusiveness and interfaith
dialogue.

Archbishop Tutu will receive the Gandhi Award “for his contributions to peace,
encouragement of a nonviolent approach to human relations and world affairs,
and efforts to promote reconciliation and forgiveness among people,” said
Professor Sushil Mittal, Director of the Gandhi Center.

Link for the Gandhi Center.

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31 July 2007

Another candidate

Filed under: Organizations, Other sites — Buster @ 10:02 am

I’d say we should include this venerable group in the list, too.

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17 July 2007

More department

Filed under: News, Organizations, Other sites — Buster @ 1:59 am

Leaving aside whether the office of the vice president is or is not a part of the executive branch, the effort to establish a Department of Peace in the US government’s executive branch doesn’t seem to be going far or moving rapidly. Too bad. However, it’s not for lack of trying on some folks’ parts. For example, the Peace Alliance is conducting a campaign to promote the idea. It includes an effort to identify people in each congressional district to serve as team leaders, clips of celebrities supporting the initiative, and (of course) raise funds. Check it.

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9 July 2007

Orange?

Filed under: Events, News, Observations, Organizations — Buster @ 12:24 pm

Is orange the color of non-violence? Is purple the color of non-violence?

David Swanson wrote that people planning to march 23 July 2007 from Arlington National Cemetery (gather there at 10 a.m.) to Capitol Hill (Cindy Sheehan will lead a march) will wear orange during the event.

According to Episcoveg, the Episcopal Network for Animal Welfare says that it is. The Orange Overalls folks say their clothing is related for their cause. Some folks (here and here) say that the “orange revolution in the Ukraine supports the use of oranged as the color for non-violence.

Students Against Violence Everywhere (now added to the blogroll!) refers to purple as the color of non-violence; this organization uses orange in its color because of a student named Orange, who was shot while trying to break up a fight. The Stars of Tomorrow Youth Foundation also identifies purple as the color of non-violence.

I need more research to determine an answer to the lead question.

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30 May 2007

USIP

Filed under: News, Organizations, Other sites — Buster @ 11:33 am

Here’s one that looks like it might be the big time!

e United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan, national institution established and funded by Congress. Its goals are to help prevent and resolve violent conflicts, promote post-conflict stability and development, and increase peacebuilding capacity, tools, and intellectual capital worldwide. The Institute does this by empowering others with knowledge, skills, and resources, as well as by directly engaging in peacebuilding efforts around the globe.

I’m dropping it into the “organizations” links.

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