Archive for April, 2009
Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú to speak at Peace Conference
Posted on April 8, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Comments Off
Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchu, who was honored in 1992 for her efforts on behalf of Indigenous Peoples’ rights, will address the Peace Conference. Rigoberta Menchú was born into poverty in a small Guatemalan village, where she worked with her parents, tending corn and beans on their small plot. Her father, Vicente, was one of [...]
What is a Culture of Peace? – by Louise Diamond
Posted on April 8, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Comments Off
“We live in a world where violence is not only rampant; it is normative. War as a staple of foreign policy; violence against women; the often-invisible violence of poverty, racism, and all forms of discrimination; political and religious polarization with demonization of ‘the other;’ a dehumanizing penal system; the degradation of the environment; and the [...]