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.
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.
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 […]
Friday Flicker (August 26, 2016)
This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happenings, with a quote from Sufi teacher and author Dr. Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee: “It is the feminine that understands all the interconnections in life.” Wishing you a great start to your weekend.
Friday Flicker (August 19, 2016)
This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happenings, with a quote from psychotherapist and radio broadcaster Armand Dimele (1940-2015): “When people go within and connect with themselves, they realize they are connected to the universe and they are connected to all living things.” Wishing you a great start to your weekend.
Friday Flicker (August 12, 2016)
This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happenings, with a quote from author of Moby Dick, Herman Melville (1919-1891): “Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results.” Wishing you a great start to your weekend.
Friday Flicker (July 22, 2016)
This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happenings, with a quote from the 34th President of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969): “We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.” Wishing you a great start to your weekend.
Friday Flicker (July 15, 2016)
This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happenings, with a quote from artist, mathematician, inventor, and writer Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519): “Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.” Wishing you a great start to your weekend.
Friday Flicker (July 8, 2016)
This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happenings, with a quote from a Native American proverb: “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” Wishing you a great start to your weekend.
