Archive for August 2008
Azerbaijan Peace Pole Plantings-April 12-14, 2008
Submitted by Masayo Shibamoto, Peace Representative Japanese members visited Azerbaijan for Peace Pole plantings and a flag ceremony. We planted one Peace Pole in the garden of the school in Isamyilli. There were so many pupils in this school, about 200. We also had approximately 30 participants of Olympic Peace Rides. After planting a Peace…
Read MoreBill Gates, Founder and Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to Receive the 2008 Goi Peace Award-November 9, 2008
The Goi Peace Award selection committee will bestow the 2008 Goi Peace Award on Bill Gates, founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in recognition of his visionary leadership in helping to create a more equitable world. The annual Goi Peace Award honors individuals and organizations in various fields that…
Read MoreVentura County Receives a Peace Pole-May 12, 2008
The Ventura City Council of Ventura County, California was gifted a Peace Pole on May 12, 2008. Citizens for Peaceful Resolutions (CPR) is working with the Ventura Beyond War Team to develop the first public peace garden in Ventura County. Central to the garden will be a beautiful western cedar Peace Pole inscribed with the message…
Read MoreMiracles Happen-May-2008
Firefighters Save Wind Tree Retreat from Summit Fire….where an eight sided Peace Pole had been planted. As the fire raged into the first evening, Elena Rauen stood watching the flames from a ridge. Someone from a news station called her and told her that her home had burned. MIRACLES HAPPEN Rauen considers it a miracle her…
Read MoreSymphony of Peace Prayers in Merida – Yucatan, Mexico-May 18, 2008
May 18, 2008 On this very special day, we gathered a group of about 50 people to pray for peace, by the organization Merida por la Paz (Merida for Peace), with whom we created the initiative. The Mayan Priest Valerie Canché led a Peace ceremony in which we shared a prayer and Copal smoke. We…
Read MoreHiroshima Survivor Recounts Day-August 6, 2008
This Wednesday, the City of Saskatoon will commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima by the United States with a peace rally at noon at the Rotary Park Peace Pole. Mayor Don Atchison will be speaking at the Hiroshima Day commemoration as part of Saskatoon’s newly declared Peace Week from Aug. 3 to 9. Mayor Don Atchison…
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