Peace School Opens in Victoria B.C.
Members of World Beyond War Victoria (WBWV) have joined with members of local spiritual communities and other peace groups to establish Canada’s first independent, in-person learning peace education centre.
Members of World Beyond War Victoria (WBWV) have joined with members of local spiritual communities and other peace groups to establish Canada’s first independent, in-person learning peace education centre.
As the conflict in Ukraine rages on, we, the peace-loving people of the world, must raise our voices to demand a ceasefire and a negotiated settlement.
With fears looming of a negotiated settlement in Ukraine, participants are required to wear both blue and yellow “clearly visible and within a reasonable proximity to the correct shades of color.”
As scholars of nonviolent resistance, we see four key ways Ukrainians can organize and expand the civil resistance that’s already happening.
“I was arrested for singing … I’ve been hauled off and left to swelter in paddy wagons for 7 hours, and hog-tied and somebody kneeled on me and I thought if I’d been another color and saying ‘I can’t breathe’ …” – Kathy Kelly
World BEYOND War Education Director Phill Gittins is a founding member of a National Committee on a Culture of Peace launched in Bolivia by the National Chamber of Commerce.
Ever since the Russian government started its attack on Ukraine on the 24th of February, large numbers of people have gathered on streets in Russia, Europe, the U.S., Japan, and other regions of the world to show their solidarity with the people of Ukraine and demand that Russia withdraw its forces.
A webinar presenting the peace poetry of award-winning poets George Elliott Clarke and Gary Geddes.
By Marc Eliot Stein, February 24, 2022 We gathered together on Monday, February 21 – a day that was already tense with news of continued