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Article 19 of the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Message of Peace by Adjunct Professor Karl Shelly after the Murder of his Colleague
Goshen College
Karl Shelly, GC Adjunct Professor of Peace, Justice & Conflict Studies, wondered today what to say as his “Transforming Conflict & Violence” class gathered for the first time since Professor Miller's death. Here were his words for them, and now for all of us: “Two things I know to be true: this world is filled with remarkable beauty and love. And this world is filled with unspeakable violence and pain. We live in between both; with glimpses of heaven and of hell; of darkness and of light. As one who seeks to transform conflict and violence, I will live by the proposition, and walk in the hope, that violence and pain _never_ have the final word ...”
Karl Shelly, GC Adjunct Professor of Peace, Justice & Conflict Studies, wondered today what to say as his “Transforming Conflict & Violence” class gathered for the first time since Professor Miller's death. Here were his words for them, and now for all of us: “Two things I know to be true: this world is filled with remarkable beauty and love. And this world is filled with unspeakable violence and pain. We live in between both; with glimpses of heaven and of hell; of darkness and of light. As one who seeks to transform conflict and violence, I will live by the proposition, and walk in the hope, that violence and pain _never_ have the final word ...”
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Mahatma Gandhi & International Day of Non-Violence
The 6th annual Mahatma Gandhi & International Day of Non-Violence was commemorated on October 2, 2011 in Honolulu Hawaii, at the Waikiki Zoo, in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue. International Day of Non-Violence was proposed by Iranian Nobel Laureate, Shirin Ebadi in January 2004 and established by the United Nations on June 15, 2007 on Gandhi's birthday. The event captures Gandhi's philosophy of "non-violence" and spreads his message of peace with performance and an interfaith discussion by various religious community leaders and scholars throughout Oahu.
This year, Brigham Young University-Hawaii, anthropology professor, Bishop Tevita O. Ka'ili, PhD represented the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was accompanied by several students who represented the David O. McKay Center for Multicultural Understanding.
Other speeches for "World Peace" by interfaith leaders are as follows: Rev. Barbara Grace (Interfaith Alliance), Bishop Eric Matsumoto (Hongwangji Mission), Rev. Patri Hidrith (Seicho-No-le), Govinda Das (Hinduism & Iskcon), Harendra Panalal (Jainism), Gregg Kinkley, Esq.(Judiasm) & Professor Karim Khan (Islam).
Saturday, October 1, 2011
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