World BEYOND War

Waging peace around the globe for 24 hours

Waging peace around the globe for 24 hours

Waging peace around the globe for 24 hours

Waging peace around the globe for 24 hours

Waging peace around the globe for 24 hours

En esta sesión informativa de 1 hora, hablamos sobre la logística de iniciar un capítulo de WBW y escuchamos testimonios de nuestro equipo y de nuestros coordinadores de capítulos en el continente. Gabriel Aguirre: Organizador para América Latina WBW Juan Pablo Lazo: Coordinador del Capítulo Chile Rachel Small: Organizadora para Canadá de WBW

This 2-hour webinar featured speakers from Burundi, Nigeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Venezuela who discussed innovative approaches to engage youth, communities, and other stakeholders in the Youth, Peace, & Security (YPS) agenda. It also looked more broadly at the opportunities and challenges facing the YPS & peace education fields. And finally, we explored ideas and strategies for the future.

In this video, Iranian peace activist and educator Elaheh Pooyandeh invites you to join her and others across the globe on this 6-week, online course, Leaving World War II Behind. Click here to register and find out more information: https://worldbeyondwar.org/leaving-world-war-ii-behind-july-3-august-13-2023-online-course-registration/

From David Swanson

Whanganui Quakers kindly provided the historic handcrafted peace banners saying (‘Quakers Care’ and Make Peace Happen Peacefully) and hand held wooden signs spelling ‘PEACE’ which were used for the Springbok Tour in 1981 and other peace demonstrations. We recorded a video of the meeting which began with a mihi by Niwa Short, followed by 12 Quakers poignantly reading our updated Peace Testimony and concluding with the waiata ‘Te Aroha.’ This evolving event was a special reminder of the peace work Friends have taken part in over the decades and a timely reminder of the importance of our peace advocacy, which is as important as ever as our country’s military spending climbs ever upwards.

More than a statue https://worldbeyondwar.org/sinjajevina

On May 11, 2023, the Illinois for a World BEYOND War chapter hosted a statewide online meeting, featuring WBW’s Co-Founder & Executive Director David Swanson. The meeting kicked off with opening remarks by David Swanson, who discussed the work of WBW globally, from the U.S. to Montenegro, Canada to Ukraine to Latin America, and more, and how WBW chapters can take action. Then we discussed and adopted a vision statement for the new Illinois for a World BEYOND War chapter, and went into breakout rooms to discuss chapter activities, related to 1) peace education, 2) countering the dominant pro-war media narrative, and 3) influencing our elected officials to stop supporting and financing militarism and war.

With Pía Figueroa Edwards, David Andersson, and Fernando Garcia. More here: https://worldbeyondwar.org/upcoming-event-in-dc-nonviolent-journalism-a-book-debut-and-dinner/

On May 5, 2023, Ret. Colonel Ann Wright spoke about the U.S. provocative actions on Taiwan and the massive increase in U.S. military operations in the Western Pacific including the upcoming Talisman Sabre ground war maneuvers in Australia in July with over 33,000 US and Australian military, including some NATO countries. Ann Wright served 29 years in the U.S. Army/Army Reserves and retired as a Colonel. She was also a U.S. diplomat for 16 years and served in U.S. Embassies in Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan and Mongolia. She resigned from the U.S. government twenty years ago in March 2003 in opposition to the U.S. war on Iraq. She is a member of Veterans For Peace, CODEPINK: Women For Peace, World BEYOND War, NO to NATO and is on the advisory council of the International Peace Bureau. She is the co-author of "Dissent: Voices of Conscience." Co-sponsored by the Florida Chapter of World BEYOND War and the Veterans For Peace Chapter 136 in The Villages, FL.

Learn more about the online course and register at https://worldbeyondwar.org

En el siguiente video Juan Pablo Lazo responsable del capítulo de la Biorregión de Aconcagua (Chile), presenta en el programa la Telaraña, que es realizado por diferentes organizaciones chilenas que trabajan por la Paz, a Gabriel Aguirre organizador de América Latina de World BEYOND War, para hablar sobre los esfuerzos de construcción y fortalecimiento de WBW en la región y las diferentes iniciativas vinculadas a la Ola de la Paz el 8 y 9 de Julio del 2023. Chile WBW Chapter: Interview with Gabriel Aguirre Latin America Organizer. In the following video, Juan Pablo Lazo, responsible for the chapter of the Aconcagua Bioregion (Chile), presents Gabriel Aguirre, organizer of Latin America of World BEYOND War, in the program La Telaraña, which is carried out by different Chilean organizations that work for Peace. , to talk about the efforts to build and strengthen WBW in the region and the different initiatives related to the Peace Wave on July 8 and 9, 2023.

What: The focus of this webinar was on strategies for demilitarizing security. Specifically, it explored issues related to disarmament and divestment, the economics of peace and war, and the role of women in peace and security. When: Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 6 – 8 pm ET Who: Speakers: Isabel Rikkers (Colombia) Member of the Tadamun Antimili - Topic: Disarmament and Divestment Carlos Juárez Cruz (Mexico) Mexico Director, Institute for Economics and Peace, Rotary Peace Fellow - Topic: The Economics of Peace and War Otilia Inés Lux de Cotí (Guatemala) ONUMUJERES from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Guatemala - Topic: Women, Peace, and Security This 5-part webinar series is a collaborative venture between United4Change Center (U4C), Peace First, The Rotary Peace Fellowship Alumni Association, and World BEYOND War (WBW). https://worldbeyondwar.org/latinamerica/

Life for Palestinians living in the occupied territories is at a new crisis point. More Palestinians died in the West Bank in 2022 than in any year since 2006, and 2023 is shaping up to be even more deadly. After decades of impunity for countless human rights violations, Israel continues to control Palestinian movement, seize Palestinian land, and raid Palestinian cities, while enabling the violence and incitement of a rapidly expanding settler population. Dr. Yara Asi is a Palestinian-American global health researcher who returned from doing field work in Palestine in October. In this webinar, she gives a first-hand account of the situation in the West Bank and the effects on the health and well-being of Palestinians. About The Speaker: Yara M. Asi, PhD is an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida in the School of Health Management and Informatics and a Visiting Scholar at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University. She is also a 2020-2021 Fulbright US Scholar, a Non-resident Fellow at the Arab Center Washington DC, and a Non-resident Fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace. Her work focuses on health, development, and human rights in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Co-sponsored by the Florida Chapter of World BEYOND War, the Veterans For Peace Chapter 136 in The Villages, FL, and Partners For Palestine, FL.

GO HERE: https://worldbeyondwar.org/on-april-2nd-lets-take-peace-into-our-own-hands/

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Join Danaka Katovich (CODEPINK), James Leas (Save Our Skies VT), Paul Maillet (Retired colonel and former Green party candidate), and moderator Tamara Lorincz (VOW, WILPF) on February 9 at 7:30PM ET for a virtual panel and Q&A on Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Fighter Jet and Canada’s decision to buy them. Danaka Katovich is CODEPINK's National Co-Director. Danaka graduated from DePaul University with a bachelor's degree in Political Science in November 2020. Since 2018 she has been working towards ending US participation in the war in Yemen. At CODEPINK she works on youth outreach as a facilitator of the Peace Collective, CODEPINK's youth cohort that focuses on anti-imperialist education and divestment. James Leas is an attorney and activist who has published on Truthout, Counterpunch, VTDigger, NY Times, LA Times, Vermont Law Review, & Vermont Bar Journal. He founded the F-35 news report, CancelF35.substack.com in 2020. He is currently running for City Council in South Burlington, Vermont featuring opposition to the F-35 training flights from the airport in that city. For more information about his campaign, https://jimmyleas.com. Paul Maillet is a retired air force colonel with 25 years as an aerospace engineering officer in the federal department of national defence (DND), and four years as the DND Director of Defence Ethics following the Somalia affair. He is also a former Green party candidate who managed the CF-18 fleet during his time in the military. Moderated by Tamara Lorincz. Tamara is a PhD candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School for International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University. She is currently the convenor of the Environment Working Group of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). Tamara graduated with an MA in International Politics & Security Studies from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom in 2015. She is the recipient of the Rotary International World Peace Fellowship. She is a member of Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and a fellow with the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute. She is also on the advisory committee of World BEYOND War, the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and the No to War, No to NATO Network. This webinar is organized by members of the No Fighter Jet Coalition: World BEYOND War Canada and Canadian Voice of Women for Peace. For more about the no fighter jets coalition, check out our website here: nofighterjets.ca

Join World BEYOND War on February 7 to discuss peacebuilding, mediation, and Indigenous relations in Canada with Lorelei Higgins, a Métis Canadian Cultural Mediator, Rotary Peace Fellow, Rotary Positive Peace Activator and an Indigenous Relations Strategist. She is also Mrs. Canada Globe 2022. Lorelei leads conflict transformation projects globally, with a focus on Indigenous human rights. Lorelei Higgins’ work bridges the divide between peace work, Indigenous relations and reconciliation in Canada, and mediation across borders. What can we learn about truth and reconciliation from mediation work? What is everyday peacebuilding? What kind of peace work do we need to do within Canada’s borders? Join us to discuss the intersections of these topics and more.

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