The visual at left shows photos of people of peace, or visual
expressions of peace which they created. These photos provide just a small capsule of the tens of millions
of people around the world being visible, speaking up and speaking out for peace. Please - join in!
Afghanistan: over 3,487 Coalition soldiers dead, with the civilian death count unknown. Iraq: more than 650,000 civilians
and over 4,808 Coalition soldiers - dead from war. Darfur: over 400,000 people, dead. Israel and Palestine: over 6,200 people since 2000.
The Congo: 3,000,000 since 1998. Mumbai.Chechnya. New York. Sri Lanka. Lebanon.Madrid. The list goes on.
Our Sons and Daughters. Husbands and Wives. Sisters and Brothers. Parents and Friends. It's enough already. All you "leaders" out there, listen. We - the people - want peace, please. Make it happen!
FEATURED VIDEO
"The End of War"
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Please wait a bit - it will start to play.
The song and video above, by Eric Colville, "imagines war in the past tense, after
humanity realizes the folly of it all." In the realm of the song, in trying
to explain after the fact why peace broke out, basically it just seemed
so...obvious. The song inspires a great sense of calmness, however
momentary, when you imagine how it might feel to live in a world of
peace. For the sake of the world's children, for the sake of humanity,
please - let's make it happen.
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Local Students Wrap Up 30 Days of Peace With Art Collections WBKB-TV Wrapping up the 11th Annual 30 Days of Peace, local students from each school had a message. Showing off their creative and artistic styles, students presented projects of what peace means to them. “It means a lot and it should mean a lot to the entire& ...
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Peace Bridge to be lit blue in honor of Officer Craig Lehner WKBW-TV BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) - The Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority will light the Peace Bridge blue in honor of Buffalo Police Officer Craig Lehner. The officer went missing in the Niagara River last Friday. Buffalo Police recently recovered ...
Peace Islands Institute donates platefuls of generosity NorthJersey.com The peppers were stuffed with meat the kitchen receives every year as part of an annual holiday tradition in the Muslim religion from the Peace Islands Institute, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization. Founded by Turkish-Americans of North Jersey, the ...
