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October 2010 Blog Posts (4)

First Aid Model for Peacebuiling in Communities

I really like the sound of this. Here in earthquake country, we have several models for response teams trained to help in home neighborhoods in the event of a major disaster, since we have all seen from recent events that the usual response agencies can be totally overwhelmed. Schools have often trainedstudent peer counselors to help calm situations and individuals. We are just having a meeting with other groups that train people in communication skills with the idea of jointly hosting an event… Continue

Added by Kendra Mon on October 31, 2010 at 10:50am — No Comments

A message to peace bloggers!

Now that we are only 16 days away from BlogBlast For Peace on November 4th, it is important that we stay together as a group and show up as a group. If you've ever flown a peace globe or will fly one this year, please place your presence here in the group at DoPeace. It is a place where many folks across the world come to perpetuate and… Continue

Added by Mimi Lenox on October 17, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

The 20 Day countdown to BlogBlast For Peace begins with quotations from famous peace activists - You

I am listening to the voices of peace bloggers.

I have long maintained that while there is significant noise in numbers, the real power of the peace globe movement lies in the eloquent prose buried deep in the pages of… Continue

Added by Mimi Lenox on October 14, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments