An Entire Philosophical Revolution

http://www.thepeacealliance.org/main.htm

Participate in an historic citizen lobbying effort to create a U.S. Department of Peace. This legislation was introduced into the U.S. Senate and re-introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives in September of 2005.

The primary function of a Department of Peace will be to research, articulate and facilitate nonviolent solutions to domestic and international conflict.

The Department will focus on peaceful conflict resolutions, prevent violence and promote justice and democratic principles to expand human rights.

Peace, to have any lasting value, must be advanced, expanded and strengthened continuously. Doing so requires skill, dedication, persistence, resources, and, most importantly, people."
~Senator Mark Dayton

http://www.thepeacealliance.org/action/bill_reintro/senate.htm

"Each of the great social achievements of recent decades has come about not because of government proclamations, but because people organized, made demands, and made it good politics for governments to respond. It is the political will of the people that makes and sustains the political will of governments."
~ James Grant, former Executive Director of UNICEF

http://www.dopcampaign.org/action.htm

"What is quite clear - and would become clear as you go along with this campaign - is that you are trying, and I consider myself with you on this in every way... [To create] not only a massive but a basic change in our culture, in our entire approach to our relationships with other human beings... It's not a matter of simply getting another Department of government. You're speaking of an entire philosophical revolution."
~Walter Cronkite

~~~light opera~~~

 smiles @ everybody