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It is my honor and privilege, as Administrator for Common Peace, Center for the Advancement of Nonviolence to welcome you to our website. Common Peace was
born in 1997 as a 64 day nonviolence campaign called the Season for Nonviolence. The 64 day nonviolence campaign was created as a response to a request of Arun Gandhi,
grandson of Mohandas K. Gandhi as a way to honor the 64 days between the memorial death dates of Dr. Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi. ........More
2008 Appeal Letter
Dear Friend:
In 1960, in Nashville, Tennessee, and Greensboro, North Carolina thousands of college students risked their lives by daring to be seated at the lunch counters of the local five and dime stores where they regularly
shopped. A normal, everyday occurrence for most of us ---- but these seatings, and subsequent seatings at these same lunch counters by both African American and Caucasian students in support of
the end of segregation in the south, was the beginning of a major transformation, first in the south, and ultimately, in the entire United States which resulted in the passage of the Civil Rights Bill in 1964.
This simple act of nonviolent protest against the laws of segregation was a powerful shot which ultimately rang out as a loud and clear message to the people and government of the United States and the
world ---- that what the Declaration of Independence stated, would in fact, be implemented. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal . . .
Through our work as Common Peace, Center for the Advancement of Nonviolence, .....
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Do YOU Listen to KPFK 90.7 FM??
Common Peace's Founder, Eisha Mason, hosts
The Morning Review every other Thursday on KPFK
between 7:00 AM and 8:00 AM
Do You Want Your Story on KPFK's The Morning Review??
Forward your informative or inspirational stories about progressive politics and culture
Local, national, or international stories accepted. Please forward:
Successful social justice campaigns; models of nonviolent action and leadership;
what works in organizing; successful progressive institutions; courageous individuals & organizations affecting local and global peace & justice;
nonviolent alternatives to violence, war, & resistance
Please include name and contact information so that we may speak to you or the person involved in the story
Contact Producer Candace Carnicelli, or at (818) 888-3280
Or Eisha Mason, host.
Remember, it should fit within the context of KPFK: progressive politics and culture.
90.7 FM in Los Angeles / 98.7FM in Santa Barbara
TAKE ACTION! Support the Bill's Re-introduction in the House (New House Bill is # H.R. 3760) & the introduced Senate version (# S. 1756; with 2 Senators now sponsoring the Bill!).
Share with your friends and family how easy it is to call and write/fax Congress now!
You can find details for getting involved and Supporting the Team here.
The Campaign has grown to become the Americans For Department of Peace (AFDOP) Visit and Join Up Now!!!
DID YOU KNOW THAT ????? -- information about our Military Spending, Tax Dollars,
and Programs we could have if........
Questions the Army Doesn't Want You to Ask.
Before you enlist, find out the facts. www.objector.org
(800) 665-7682
U.S. Military Troops and Bases Around the World and The Costs of "Permanent War"
National Priorities Project -- a running counter for the cost(s) of the war in Iraq.
Comparisons to spending for items such as: Education, Childrens Health, Housing, World Hunger, Aids, World Immunization
National Priorities Project -- Enter the amount of federal income tax you paid
this year and see how the government spent the money.
Words of Inspiration
"If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another."
-- Winston Churchill
"Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime"
-- Ernest Hemingway
"I would say that I'm a nonviolent soldier. In place of weapons of violence, you have to use your mind, your heart, your sense of humor, every faculty available to you...because no one has the right to take
the life of another human being."
"One of the most persistent ambiguities that we face is that everybody talks about peace as a goal. However, it does not take sharpest-eyed sophistication to discern that while everbody talks about peace,
peace has become practically nobodys' business among the power-wielders. Many men cry Peace! Peace! but they refuse to do the things that make for peace."
-- Martin Luther King,Jr.
"We frail humans are at one time capable of the greatest good and, at the same time, capable of the greatest evil. Change will only come about when each of us takes up the daily struggle ourselves to be more
forgiving, compassionate, loving, and above all joyful in the knowledge that, by some miracle of grace, we can change as those around us can change too.
-- Maíread Maguire
"Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral question of our time -- the need for man to overcome
oppression and violence without resorting to violence and oppression."
-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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last updated April
3, 2008
Common Peace,
Center for the Advancement of Nonviolence
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