Victory Over Violence, Inc. (click here)

Did you know October 29 is Positive People Day?  Just click the title to locate the website.  But we can make every day a Positive People Day.  Just by reaching out to others with simple acts of kindness:

1. Smile (often).

2. Give a hug.

3. Thank someone.

4. Pay an unexpected compliment.

5. Share a laugh or a kind word.

6. Call your mother or a loved one.

7. Then tell us about your simple acts of kindness..

Book List on issues related to Peace

Members of Alaska Initiative for Peace  have read and want to recommend for your reading pleasure the following books.  If you have read them, please share your comments.  If you would like to recommend additional book(s).  submit as a comment and we will post your suggestion.

Kingston, Maxine Hong, (2003). The Fifth Book of Peace; Published by Knopf

Zeldin, Theodore, (1995). An Intimate History of Humanity; Published by Harper Perennial

Envision Anchorage (click here)

Envision Anchorage provides a snapshot of our community's quality of life.  How healthy are we?  How are our children doing in school?  Can people find work and afford the basics?  Click the title of this blog item to learn more.

The Recession is Closing Dirty Factories (Click Here)

Siberia's Lake Baikal--the oldest, largest, and deepest freshwater lake in the world--is the home of the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill, which has been belching foul-smelling sulfates into the air and chlorides, phenols and other chemicals into the lake since it was built during the Cold War.  The pollution killed plants, crabs and fish and threatened the world's only freshwater seal.  Environmentalists have bee trying to shut down the mill since 1964, getting nowhere.  But when greens failed. the global recession succeeded all too well. In November, the plant ceased production.   To read more, click the title of this blog item.

Global Zero-- end nuclear weapons (click here)

This website offers an opportunity to add your voice to the global initiative to end nuclear weapons.

"... Building a new global nuclear consensus is the only way to achieve lasting solutions to challenges such as Iran's nuclear ambition."

April 15-- Yuval Ron Ensemble (Click Here)

This looks like a great opportunity-- right here in Anchorage-- to see the power music has in the fostering of world peace. See video link below.

Middle Eastern Music--Presented by Anchorage Concert Association, Discovery Theatre, Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Yuval Ron Ensemble, led by Oscar-winning Yuval Ron, includes Jewish, Arabic and Christian artists who come together to perform both sacred and folk music of the Middle East. The ensemble is dedicated to fostering an understanding of the Middle Eastern cultures through music as well as creating musical bridges between people of different faiths.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akbZFWFdomY

Except from Major Barbara (Click Here)

On Feb 16 Paul Bryner read 2 paragraphs from George Bernard Shaw's book, Major Barbara.   Click on the title above to find the eBook, Major Barbara.  Go to the second section of the Preface, entitled "The Gospel of St. Andrew Undershaft".  Scroll down to the paragraph that begins "but the thoughtless wickedness with which we scatter sentences..."