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January 28, 2014

What I Learned From Pete Seeger

It’s late Monday night and I’m staying up by the wood stove trying to catch up on some work.  Or at least I was. My plans for the night just changed.  A few minutes ago I received a note from my friend Laura saying that Pete Seeger left us about an hour ago.  Apparently the […]

Filed Under: General Update, Music News, Observations Tagged With: activist, hero, justice, life lessons, Love Wins, music, Nelson Mandela, organizing, peace, Pete Seeger, September 11, social activism, social change, Worldchanging 101

March 23, 2013

Nobel Peace Prize nominating season…

The American Friends Service Committee has opened a call for suggested nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize, and you are invited to submit your suggestions between now and May 1, 2013 for the 2014 prize.

Filed Under: Peace Work Tagged With: AFSC, American Friends Service Committee, Nobel Peace Prize, peace, QPSW

August 8, 2011

Thoughts on Peace and Power

On April 9, 2011 a group of people who are concerned about the course of the seemingly endless “War on Terror” gathered to hear impressive speakers, including several veterans, an active duty soldier, activists and an investigative journalist, bring perspective to the current state of affairs. A live orchestra performed between presenters, and excerpts of speeches from Dr. King and Dwight Eisenhower were offered by actors, speaking in character.

Filed Under: Observations, Peace Work, politics, Slideshow Tagged With: peace, Permanent State of War, Speaking Truth to Power, War

August 8, 2011

Peace, Perigrinations, and Pete Seeger

Greetings from Holden Beach, NC, where I’m spending a few days with most of my family celebrating my Dad’s eightieth trip around the sun. Mason and Deanna are napping, so I thought I would take a few minutes to write a quick update. When they wake up, it will be time to teach Mason how […]

Filed Under: General Update, Music News, Peace Work Tagged With: AFSC, Dan Buttry, Greenbelt Festival, Guatemala, music, Nobel Peace Prize, peace, Pete Seeger

March 9, 2009

A fascinating article

Joseph Hongo, my fellow Fellow from Kenya, handed this article to me a couple of days ago. It’s an interesting read, and outlines some of the great ideological and practical challenges faced by those who would work for peace. So what do you think?

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ICC, International Criminal Court, Joseph Kony, justice, Lord's Revolution Army, LRA, Omar al-Bashir, peace, Uganda

December 18, 2008

Something I think is worth doing

This summer I spent two weeks in Israel and Palestine, mostly in the West Bank. The group I traveled with, Interfaith Peace Builders, met with people from all sides of the conflict there, and had first-hand experience of the way people are treating each other. It left me somewhat radicalized, but not necessarily in the […]

Filed Under: Peace Work, politics Tagged With: Israel, Palestine, peace, Shministim

August 2, 2008

Nazareth

Nazareth This week has been astoundingly dense and deeply emotional.  Two days into the trip I already felt like my experience had been worth the effort and expense. I had no idea how each of the following days would multiply that impression. I’ve tried three times to start this update with a story from the […]

Filed Under: Peace Work Tagged With: Israel, Palestine, peace, Peacemaking

July 29, 2008

off to the Middle East

OK, so I do my share of travel. I admit this is a bit dense, though, even for a road dog like me. I flew to Washington, DC on Friday in order to be here in time for an orientation session that began on Saturday. The group seems strong, with a broad diversity of different […]

Filed Under: Peace Work Tagged With: Hans Koechler, Middle East, peace, Peacemaking

April 7, 2008

White Flour

Memphis, Tennessee People keep asking at shows where they can get a copy of my poem, White Flour. Christine Kane did me the honor of printing it on her excellent blog a while back, but I guess it’s time I added it to my own. By the way, I just got word that it will be […]

Filed Under: Peace Work Tagged With: Clowns, Coup Clutz Clowns, David LaMotte, Klan March, Knoxville, Ku Klux Klan, non-violence, non-violent, peace, poem, poetry

March 6, 2008

That’s not Peace

This morning I checked the news when I found a disturbing story in the news about a military recruitment center on Times Square being bombed by a small and ineffectual improvised explosive tossed from a bicycle. The ‘comments’ beneath the article are predictable, including some anti-immigrant posturing, “I bet they’ll find out it was someone foreign!”; and […]

Filed Under: Peace Work Tagged With: activists, bombing, New York, NY, peace, Recruitment, Times Square

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Come to Ireland with me

March 20, 2023

Hey friends, I'm taking an amazing trip with good friends this summer.  You're invited. My dear friends Gareth Higgins and Brian Ammons lead retreats in Gareth's native Northern Ireland, and … Read More

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