Observe the Day of Peace, & Then Make Every Day a Peace Day
Today is the International Day of Peace, a campaign to bring awareness to the importance of peace, to encourage positive acts of peace, and to offer a day of ceasefire and non-violence worldwide. It is...
View ArticleJane Goodall: Helping Us “Thaw the Ice in Our Hearts”
On September 20, I had the opportunity to meet Jane Goodall. One of our M.Ed. students, Shawn Sweeney, who works for Jane Goodall’s Roots and Shoots program, organized the annual Roots and Shoots Day...
View ArticleMake Every Day a Day of Peace
Peace. Something that most everyone says we want, yet it remains elusive –- in large part because we don’t actively work for it. September 21 is the International Day of Peace, a campaign to bring...
View ArticleJoin the Free PeaceWeek Virtual Event
Get engaged in creating the shift to a world at peace. Register for the free PeaceWeek Global Telesummit for Building a Culture of Peace, September 14-21, 2010. More than 50 inspiring peacebuilders are...
View ArticleCount Down With Us to a Day of Peace
The United Nations is counting down to its International Day of Peace, Sept. 21, a day when nations are called to honor the vision of a peaceful world and to observe an official global ceasefire....
View ArticleEducation’s Crucial Peace
Many of you will be at this Saturday’s Educating for a Just, Peaceful & Sustainable Future humane education conference in New York City, and we look forward to seeing you. In the midst of all the...
View ArticleHumane Education’s Time Has Come
As I stood at a podium recently, looking out at a room packed with 450 people, and began to speak, my voice cracked. I wasn’t expecting that. I hadn’t anticipated the flood of emotions I would...
View ArticleDeciding When Enough is Enough
Shawn speaking at this year’s International Day of Peace event.Image courtesy of Mark Maglio. In September I had the great honor of helping plan the student observance for the annual International Day...
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