Inspiration & Resources For Growing In Peace - Within Ourselves, Our Communities, Our Nation, & The World

Prayer For Peace. The prayer for peace in more than forty languages is said each day wherever it is noon around the world. You are invited to join in: http://peaceprayer.gn.apc.org/

World Peace Prayer Society. Voices of children heard from around the world: http://www.worldpeace.org/

Peace Action. We have choices. For what the US has spent so far on the War in Iraq, either 48,801,253 children could have attended a year of Head Start, or we could have built 3,317,543 additional housing units for low-income people, or hired 6,385,283 additional public school teachers for one year, or provided 17,861,650 students four-year scholarships at public universities (according to the National Priorities Project). We believe that these are priorities that should come before war: http://www.peace-action.org/abt/issues.htm

Peace.org. It is the obligation of thinking people on this planet to weigh the implications of a future without co-existence, to ponder the underlying causes of today's conflicts, to encourage efforts aimed at addressing these complexities and to promote similar thoughtful consideration by others: http://www.peace.org/

What is Tolerance? Tolerance is the appreciation of diversity and the ability to live and let others live. It is the ability to exercise a fair and objective attitude towards those whose opinions, practices, religion, nationality and so on differ from one's own.[1] As William Ury notes, "tolerance is not just agreeing with one another or remaining indifferent in the face of injustice, but rather showing respect for the essential humanity in every person. http://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/tolerance/

Southern Poverty Law Center: http://www.splcenter.org/index.jsp

Learn about hate groups in your area on our Hate Map: http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/hate.jsp

Learn to respond to everyday bigotry and speak out against hate through our Speak Up! and 10 Ways to Fight Hate publications: http://www.tolerance.org/speakup/index.htmlhttp://www.tolerance.org/10_ways/index.html

Tell your friends to stand strong against hate: http://www.StandStrongAgainstHate.org

Why Not Peace. Peace soldier provides a microphone for young American combat veterans, helping ensure their voices are heard loudly and considered frankly as we form our individual opinions and collective actions today and in the years to come: http://www.whynotpeace.com/

United For Peace and Justice. http://www.unitedforpeace.org/

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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. - Desmond Tutu

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. - Chief Joseph

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. - Buddha

Blessed are the peacemakers. - Jesus

Be the change that you want to see in the world. - Mohandas Gandhi