“Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky. They are people who say: this is my community, and it is my responsibility to make it better.” — Studs Terkel Excuse me while I karate-chop this old cliché. So when we hear about people who have really changed the world, we tend to hear about …
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“The constructing of peace begins in our minds as a vision of something new for the future.” — Sevilla Statement on Violence While there are many people, groups, and organizations dedicated to advancing the cause of peace, there are shockingly few blogs that show us how to build peace. This is really unfortunate because, after …
“We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can quietly become a power no government can suppress, a power than can transform the world.” — Howard Zinn Those who work for peace and justice have an extensive array of approaches …
“Ask yourself what you can do to make a difference, then take that action, no matter how large or small.” — Graça Machel There’s a lot of people out there who care deeply about some social issue (or issues), but aren’t sure what they can do to make a difference. For many of us, it is …
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“It is not enough to say ‘We must not wage war.’ It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but the positive affirmation of peace.” – Martin Luther King Jr. If you’re an idealist like me, you may have heard it, …
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