West Point and the U.S. Army trained me how to be a peace activist. If you think working for world peace means pursuing a naïve and impossible dream, what I learned in the military may change your mind, just as it transformed my understanding of humanity’s potential for peace. To explain my transformation, this book will shatter commonly held stereotypes about soldiers and peace activists. These stereotypes not only deceive […]
Thanissara | The wind intends to take away our footprints
Its name is ≠Koaxa, while the Europeans call it Haarfontein; and it was at Haarfontein that Smoke’s Man saw the wind. He saw the wind but thought it was a !kuerre-!kuerre bird, and therefore, he threw a stone at it, and it burst into wind, it burst out blowing, it blew hard, it blew fiercely. It raised the dust, and it flew away and went into a mountain hole: and he, […]
Peggy Turnbull | The Hill Tribe of Women
The hill tribe of women live among clouds on emerald slopes in Appalachia. They wear handmade adornments, dichroic glass earrings, dream-catcher pendants, and bead necklaces. To console bereaved neighbors they make music together, it entertains children and soothes a sad soul. It’s hard to befriend them. They’re very selective, you must prove your compassion for children and the earth. They started as hippy, do-gooder idealists. A longing for justice burns […]
Youth Leadership!
It almost seems as if the darker the headlines get, the more–and more brilliant–are the young people stepping up to illuminate that darkness. From the eloquence and courage of Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, to the defiance and persistence of the Parkland massacre survivors, to the indigenous youth leading the No DAPL movement and the undocumented young people behind United We Dream, young brothers and […]
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