GIVE PEACE A CHANCE

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GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
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• John Lennon
• All we are saying is GIVE PEACE A CHANCE

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Definition of PEACE

• Peace can be a state of harmony or the absence of
  hostility.
• a non-violent way of life.
• cessation of violent conflict.
• a state of quiet or tranquility an absence of
  disturbance or agitation.

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• Peace can also describe a relationship between
  any people characterized by respect, justice, and
  goodwill.
• Peace can describe calm, serenity, and silence.
  This latter understanding of peace can also
  pertain to an individual's sense of himself or
  herself, as to be "at peace" with one's own mind.
  
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace

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In HISTORY

• "Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it
  can only be attained through understanding".
• Albert Einstein

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In recent history

• Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek,
  but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
• Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The V sign

• Originally strictly a sign for victory, it
  developed into a peace sign during protests
  against the Vietnam War (and subsequent anti-war
  protests) and by the counterculture as a sign of
  peace.

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• In Judaism and Christianity, a white dove is
  generally a sign for peace.

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Relgious Peace

• Peace comes from within. Do not seek it
  without.
• BUDDA
• Peace is its own reward.
• Mahatma GHANDI

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Religious Tolerance

•       If we are to teach real peace in this
  world, and if we are to carry on a real war
  against war, we shall have to begin with the
  children.
• Mahatma GHANDI

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• The Hebrew word "Shalom" (Hebrew ???????), and
  the Arabic "Salaam" (Arabic ????) have been used
  as peace symbols.

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John 1427 (New International Version)

• Peace I leave with you my peace I give you. I do
  not give to you as the world gives. Do not let
  your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

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ROCK and ROLL

• When the power of love overcomes the love of
  power, the world will know peace.
• Jimi Hendrix

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Other Musicians

• Had great impact through their music
• Pete Seeger
• Woody Guthrie
• Peter, Paul and Mary
• The Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison, etc
• Can you name more?

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

• Did you know the PEACE sign turns 50 in April
  2008!

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• Fifty years ago on a cold, grim Easter holiday,
  a protest was meant to be a watershed a global
  call to ban the bomb. People marched from London
  to a factory in the countryside where Britain
  built its atomic bombs.

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• Gerald Holtom was the artist and textile designer
  who created the PEACE sign. A conscientious
  objector during World War II, he was driven to
  the nuclear disarmament campaign, he said, by a
  feeling of despair.

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• I drew myself the representative of an
  individual in despair, with hands palm
  outstretched outwards and downwards in the manner
  of Goya's peasant before the firing squad
• Gerald Holtom

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• It's been used as a badge against tyranny in
  Greece,
• It's been used as a badge against apartheid in
  South Africa,
• it's been used just as a general peace logo,
• it's been worn by U.S. U.S. troops opposing the
  war in Vietnam,
• it's become very much an anti-war symbol, but
  also an anti-tyranny symbol.

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TODAY

• We still see the SYMBOL of the ultimate PEACE

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Whats next?

• TIBET
• IRAQ
• SUDAN
• DARFUR
• ISRAEL / PALESTINE
• PAKISTAN
• USA
• Where else is PEACE needed?

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WHAT CAN YOU DO??

• PRAY
• BE THE PEACEMAKER
• HELP OTHERS
• PRACTICE NON VIOLENCE
• GET INVOLVED
• PROTEST
• And.??????

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