Peace & Human Rights
For The Holidays, Let’s Remember That Peace is Not Only the Goal, but the Path By Which We Get There
Random acts of violence will only serve to undo what little progress those of us in the peaceful movement have accomplished and in fact, will reverse it and prevent any future progress. #peaceonearth
Lakota historian Nick Estes talks about Thanksgiving and his book Our History Is the Future. He is a co-founder of the Indigenous resistance group The Red Nation and a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe.
Veterans For Peace, an organization that speaks truth to war like nobody else, is attempting to reclaim Armistice Day, the Nov. 11 holiday that was flipped on its head 65 years ago when it was renamed Veterans Day — and became a celebration not of the end of war but of its perpetuity. #peace
A national network of cities files reports to the UN Human Rights body on corporate power and local human rights challenges. #humanrights
First impressions are usually accurate because your energy field is picking up on the other energy fields emissions and doing a quick and smart analysis of intent. When you get an uneasy feeling — it’s a sure sign that although the persons smile, words, resume and actions might be polished (and completely fake), their inherent nature is lacking somehow.
Every dollar of public money financing US militarism abroad is a dollar that could fight hunger, homelessness, or climate change. #peaceactivisim
Forgiveness; whether or not you are forgiving something big or small or give second or third chances, or even forgiving someone you still never want to see again, it is always for YOU. It is about maintaining YOUR inner peace. Because that is the space you always want to give and receive from for it to be authentic; that is where love blooms, grows and comes crying home to at times just to be held and told everything is OK.
EFT is a psychological acupressure technique that’s based on the same energy meridians used in acupuncture. However, instead of stimulating the pathways with needles, EFT uses tapping with your fingertips along with voicing positive affirmations. EFT can help you rid your mind of negative thoughts and emotions, facilitating gratitude. #gratitude
Historians say that matriarchal societies were not characterized by dominance of women over men, rather they are characterized by balance between the sexes, a respect for nature and the view that the Mother Goddess is the supreme creator. The matriarchal societies of our distant past flourished from the Paleolithic era 37,000 years ago until around the last Ice Age roughly 12,000 years ago. Historians like Marija Gimbutas say that these were peaceful times were women had positions of power and high regard with family lines being traced through the women.
New report challenges long held stereotypes concerning homeless people in the US.
Federal prosecutors in Arizona announced Tuesday that they will seek a retrial in the case of humanitarian aid volunteer Scott Warren, who could face several years in prison for providing food, water, clean clothes, and beds to migrants in the desert. #nomoredeaths #humanitarianaidisneveracrime #waternotwalls
Rejecting the notion that denouncing the Trump administration’s immigrant detention centers as “concentration camps” does harm to the memory of the Holocaust, 200 Jewish people demonstrated at a facility in New Jersey Sunday evening and demanded the release of the thousands of immigrants in U.S. custody. #NeverAgainIsNow
Do you find yourself grappling to find a ‘no’ and your vocabulary involuntarily slips out an unwilling ‘yes’? Do you know how to decline effortlessly? You need to read and memorize these 4 simple yet effective answers…
16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and the youth-led movement she inspired were honored Friday with Amnesty International’s top human rights award.
The very values that America upholds are the ones that they use to break up immigrant families and asylum seekers, both physically and emotionally.
