Friday Flicker (November 11, 2016)
This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happenings, with a quote from former Secretary of State, First Lady, and Senator Hillary Clinton’s deeply moving concession speech after the recent U.S. presidential election: “If we stand together, and work together, with respect for our differences, strength in our convictions, and love for this nation, our best days are still ahead of us.” Let’s stay inspired, there is much work to do!
Friday Flicker (November 4, 2016)
This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happenings, with a quote from poet, philosopher, abolitionist and naturalist Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862): “The world is but a canvas to the imagination.” Wishing you a great start to your weekend.
Friday Flicker (October 28, 2016)
This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happenings, with a quote from poet and journalist Henry Reed (1914-1986): “All human beings are interconnected, one with all other elements in creation.” Wishing you a great start to your weekend.
Friday Flicker (October 21, 2016)
This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happenings, with a quote from our founder and directress Joumana Rizk: “Look into the eyes of someone you don’t know, look deeply. Tell them, with your words or silently: I see you.” Telling another “I see you” is the underpinning of our Connect for Peace events, as Joumana continually asks the participants to turn to someone and look deeply into their eyes to truly see and recognize them as they […]
Friday Flicker (October 14, 2016)
This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happenings, with a quote from furniture designer and architect Charles Eames: “Eventually everything connects—people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.” Wishing you a great start to your weekend.
Friday Flicker (October 7, 2016)
This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happenings, with a quote from comedian, conductor, and pianist Victor Borge: “Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.” Wishing you a great start to your weekend.
Unite on the Ribbon of Peace
Unite on the Ribbon of Peace by Joumana Rizk You must ask For what you really want Don’t go back to sleep Let yourself be silently drawn By the stronger pull of what You truly love. Rumi Last month, we celebrated the International Day of Peace by going to Union Square in New York City and inviting passers-by to connect to each other in the name of peace. We have been doing these events since September 2010, when the first […]
Friday Flicker (September 30, 2016)
This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happening at the Vigil 4 Peace & Ecology in Central Park, with a quote from writer, poet, and philosopher Suzy Kassem: “To become a true global citizen, one must abandon all notions of ‘otherness’ and instead embrace ‘togetherness’.” Wishing you a great start to your weekend.
Friday Flicker (September 23, 2016)
We had an amazing time at Union Square this past Tuesday for our Connect for Peace street happening! Thanks to those of you who helped spread the word and to those who came out to join us. Below is our Friday Flicker with a photo from this week and a quote from poet, author and Jungian psychoanalyst Clarissa Pinkola Estés: “Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world at once, but of stretching out to mend the part […]
How You Can Advance World Peace This Month
How You Can Advance World Peace This Month by Joumana Rizk September is a special month for all of us who are working for peace. In 1981, September 21st was declared the International Day of Peace and there are so many amazing events taking place throughout the month, we could call it the International Month of Peace. When I discuss our work at Peacelights, people often ask: What can a regular person like me do to advance world peace? Do […]
