Suggested Resources for Building a Culture of Peace
Please find below a list of suggested resources from our Spring Seminar Committee! Feel free to add any other suggestions in the comments
Books
Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World…Samantha Power, 2008
The House at Sugar Beach … Helene Cooper, September 2008 … Liberian who fled to US with her family during 1978 coup
Kofi Annan: A Man of Peace in a World of War … Stanley Meisler, 2006
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier … Ishmael Beah, 2007
Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life … Thich Nhat Hanh, 1992
Practicing Peace in Times of War … Pema Chodron, 2007
The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger … Jonathan Schell, 2007
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace One School at a Time … Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, 2006 … working for peace in Pakistan and Afghanistan with books, not bombs
Films
Sometimes in April … HBO, 2006 … Rwandan brothers divided during the 100 days of Rwandan genocide in 1994 … “the will to survive, the strength to endure, the courage to face the truth”
Child Warriors … THE HISTORY CHANNEL, 2007 … “spans the globe to understand the heartrending, inhumane practice and to uncover individual stories of hope and triumph” including Ishmael Beah’s
Why We Fight … Eugene Jarecki, 2005 … critique of American militarism
The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo … HBO, 2007 … Lisa F. Jackson’s award-winning “documentary of the highest calling” re: sexual violence as a weapon of war
UN Organizations
Children and Armed Conflict … www.un.org/children/conflict/english/index.html
Stop Rape Now … www.unicef.org/protection/index_38552.html
UN Peacebuilding Commission … www.un.org/peace/peacebuilding
Voices of Youth … www.unicef.org/voy
Will You Listen? … Young voices from conflict zones … www.unicef.org/publications/index_41267.html
Youth at the UN … Youth Flash, email newsletter … www.un.org/youth
Canada and US
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace … www.home.ca.inter.net/~vow
4th World Youth Conference … a celebration of youth-led development … www.wyc2008.qc.ca
Peaceful Schools International … Canadian network supports schools committed to a culture of peace … www.peacefulschoolsinternational.org
United for Peace and Justice … 1400+ US groups protest Iraq War and oppose government policy … www.unitedforpeace.org
US Institute for Peace … National Peace Essay Contest … www.usip.org
Non-governmental Organizations and Civil Society
The Earth Charter … www.earthcharter.org
The Global Peace Initiative of Women … providing global leadership for women … www.gpiw.org
Global Youth Action Network … www.youthlink.org
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation … worldwide efforts to abolish nuclear weapons and empower new generation of peace leaders … www.wagingpeace.org
Peace Boat … building a culture of peace around the world … www.peaceboat.org
Peace Education Center … Teachers College, Columbia University … www.tc.edu/PeaceEd
Peace Jam Foundation … Nobel Peace Laureates work with youth to create positive change … www.peacejam.org
Peace Women … WILPF project monitors and works toward rapid and full implementation of UNSC Resolution 1325 … www.peacewomen.org
Pennies for Peace … encouraging children to be active in the creation of global peace … started by Amira Mortenson, Greg’s daughter … www.penniesforpeace.org
The United Network of Young Peacebuilders … global network of youth working mostly in conflict and post-conflict regions … www.unoy.org
The Waves of Change … empowering youth and women to promote ocean sustainability … www.thewavesofchange.org
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom … www.wilpf.org
Jane Addams Peace Association … educational affiliate of WILPF … 6th Floor, 777 UN Plaza … www.janeaddamspeace.org
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