NURTURE NATURE PROJECT
“Americans have called on moderates in Muslim countries
to speak out against extremists,
to stand up for the tolerance they say they believe in.
We should all have the guts to do the same at home.”
NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, New York Times
- UNESCO Plan for a Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities
- The Coexist Foundation
- Forward Thinking
- Center for Global Ethics
- Interfaith Alliance
- Education about Religion and Beliefs
- Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
- Faith Matters
- (video) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
WORLD PEACE
- (Video) TEDTalk Jody Williams: A realistic vision for world peace
http://nblo.gs/cYGSy
BOOKS:
- The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain by Maria Rosa Menocal
The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew– Three Women Search for Understanding by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, and Priscilla Warner
NURTURE NATURE PROJECT’S PEACE POSTS
- Child of War Turned Peace Activist: Phan Thi Kim Phuc
- Budo for Peace
- (video) Sulha Peace Project and the Dalai Lama
- “Give Peace a Chance” : Twitter Treasure Yoko Ono’s gift of 4 million to Amnesty International to help end violence in Darfur
- NYT Op-Ed Columnist Nicholas Kristof – America’s History of Fear
- (Video) What Muslim Americans Want to Tell the World: A Land Called Paradise
- United Nations: Ending Attacks on Women in Armed Conflict
- (video) Poem for the Rooftops of Iran
- algore Must read book: “On Earth As In Heaven” by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
http://t.co/kimmHfxE
- RT @yokoono: Let’s carry the clearest vision of a peaceful world. Not with anger, not with fear. With your vision. Nobody elses.
- safeworld4women Safe World Campaign R @brajesh2001 Every revolution needed women. Without them they are not successful. Gandhi’s Freedom struggle many women took part. #Jan25
- safeworld4women Safe World Campaign ”More women needed in peace process – things are happening fast” – former PLO Ambassador 20th Jan digg.com/news/world_new…#MiddleEast
POINT TO PONDER:
“Peace is inextricably linked with equality
between #women and men ” – @UN
FAITH – FREEDOM & PEACE
- Interfaith Youth Core
- Project Interfaith USA
- Elijah Interfaith Institute
- Cambridge Inter-faith Programme
- Christian Muslim Forum
- The Coexistence Trust
- The Council of Christians and Jews
- faithXchange
- Interfaith Encounter Association
- Interfaithing, the Interfaith Community and Resource
- The Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel
- The Jerusalem Inter-Cultural Center
- Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia
- Joseph Interfaith Foundation
- Minareti It
- MYX – Muslim and Christian Youth Partnership
- Scripturalreasoning.org
- St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace
- Women’s Interfaith Network
- Trilog Institut
- The Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths
- 3faiths.org
- The Intrareligious Dialogue by Raimon Panikkar
- Interfaith Dialogue and Peacebuilding by David R. Smock
- The Evolution of God by Robert Wright
- Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation by Eboo Patel
DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU…
For peace to exist we must learn about and work to understand each other and treat each other with respect.
Education, education, education
Education to inoculate against prejudice
Teaching the history of peace
Conscious Evolution in emotional response and linked behavior
All people equal
Separation of Church and State
Tolerance
Interfaith Dialogue
No such thing as killing “for God”
No such thing as “honor killing”
No revenge killing in response to feeling shamed
Education about the concepts of shame and honor
Emotional Intelligence Education in Schools
Anger management training
Conflict resolution skills training
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