
We intended to bring together the questioning, the hopeful, and the visionary into a partnership that reflects our deepest values and creates new possibilities for a sustainable and nonviolent conflict resolution paradigm. We intended to explore success stories, share talents and abilities, and light the fires of inspiration -- AND WE DID IT!!!
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"Raising the Dove" in downtown Vancouver, Washington.
Art for the Sky by Daniel Dancer and Laura Merrell.The conference is over, and we will post stories and pictures on this page as we collect them.
Here's the video of the conference finale, "Raising the Dove"
.. and an article that appeared in the local newspaper, "Peace event ends on a high note"
Click on the image to download a high resolution file (3.8 MB) suitable for printing an 11x14-inch print at 300 ppi.
"Programs That Work" panel and all conference participants
Letter of support from Congressman Jim McDermott
"... whenever a culture had an image of its own future....when they had that sense in the imagination of what they were creating, they became alive, and creative, and brilliant..." --- Barbara Marx Hubbard
Featured Speakers
- Marianne Williamson, founder of The Peace Alliance. Bio and video.
- Lynn McMullen, National Campaign Consultant, The Peace Alliance Bio and video.
- Patty Kuderer, National Director of Communications, The Peace Alliance Bio.
- Riane Eisler, eminent social scientist, attorney, author, and social activist. Bio and video.
Program Highlights
- "Gift of Peace" play (included in registration, available as separate admission)Author statement
- Marianne Williamson: The Politics of Possibility
- Lynn McMullen and Patty Kuderer: The Mission, Strategies, Accomplishments, and Future of the Peace Alliance
- Lynn McMullen: Building movement and Fundraising
- Riane Eisler: Real Wealth and Peace: Creating a Caring Economics
- Breakout sessions:
- Student Peace Alliance
- World Cafe Focus
- State teams
- City Council Resolutions
- Letter-writing and laser-talking
- Dances of Universal Peace
- "Programs That Work" Panel
- Art for the Sky event: a Giant Living Painting Made of People (FREE outdoor event) Description
- Music by Sky In The Road, Satori Men's Chorus, Mike Pryor, and MORE! Descriptions
- Peace Store
Links Complete schedule (PDF format) One-page summary of the Dept. of Peace legislation.
Two pages of Frequently Asked Questions about the Dept. of Peace.
History of the legislation and the campaign.
Real World examples of Dept. of Peace programs.
Peace is Inevitable, brief reasons for a Dept. of Peace.
Conference organizer, David Hazen, e-mail.