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"This book is both a deeply entertaining read and a guidebook, crafted by inspiration and calling to everyone on earth who is willing to be counted among the ranks of Conscious Peacemakers." Chambliss shares the remarkable stories of this wildly diverse band of women change agents, from an Israeli soldier to an Irish nun, a paralyzed Olympic skier to a young Zimbabwean orphan who now directs the esteemed Future of Hope Foundation."
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WHAT IS A PEACEMAKER?
Place your hands together in front of you, palms up, as if you were waiting for someone to pour them full of sweet clear water. These two hands, side by side, represent Peace. Now raise one hand and lower the other. This is Not Peace, because one hand is in a dominant position and the other subordinate. Depending on how far apart the hands are,
Not Peace can range from neglect to discord, from bullying to homicide, from oppressive colonization
to dictatorship, war, and genocide.
Not Peace can range from neglect to discord, from bullying to homicide, from oppressive colonization
to dictatorship, war, and genocide.
A peacemaker is anyone who narrows the gap between dominant and subordinate stances, by working to create a relationship of MUTUAL RESPECT.
WHY PAPER CRANES? THE STORY OF SADAKO
Sadako Sasaki was only two years old when she was exposed to radiation from the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. As she grew up she developed leukemia (A-bomb disease). She learned of the Japanese tradition of being granted one’s most desired wish if they had the patience to fold 1,000 paper origami cranes. One story is that her wish was for a world without nuclear weapons. Sadako folded 644 cranes in her hospital bed. Her classmates also folded cranes, enough so that when Sadako died at age twelve she was buried with 1,000 cranes. Her story infused the origami crane with the symbolism of hope and peace.
Japan has dedicated the site of the A-bomb as Peace Memorial Park. One of the buildings on the site is the Children’s Peace Monument. There is a tall bell with a statue of Sadako atop it. Within the bell is a large bronze crane that creates a ringing sound when it touches the sides of the bell. There are glass cases containing thousands of origami cranes sent by people from all over the world as symbols of their hope for world peace.
The cranes that are donated each year amount to 10 metric tones, - more than the weight of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atom bombs combined Japantimes.co.jp. Each year last year's paper cranes are recycled into notebooks and are sent to schools to promote peace activities.
Japan has dedicated the site of the A-bomb as Peace Memorial Park. One of the buildings on the site is the Children’s Peace Monument. There is a tall bell with a statue of Sadako atop it. Within the bell is a large bronze crane that creates a ringing sound when it touches the sides of the bell. There are glass cases containing thousands of origami cranes sent by people from all over the world as symbols of their hope for world peace.
The cranes that are donated each year amount to 10 metric tones, - more than the weight of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atom bombs combined Japantimes.co.jp. Each year last year's paper cranes are recycled into notebooks and are sent to schools to promote peace activities.
"I will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over the world."
Written on the gravestone of Sadako Sasaki
Written on the gravestone of Sadako Sasaki
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