In my experience around the world, most of us are hungry for peace. Transforming ourselves and our societies from war-like, tribal, and nationalistic to peace-building communities requires daily exercise and attention. The PDP team online is an interactive and global community involved in changing the discourse and staging an international and intergenerational dialogue on making our deeds match our words. We want to involve everyone on planet earth in thinking differently about what we can each do to promote peace, regardless of our religion, class, race, gender. If we live in stable societies we may have the luxury of postponing active engagement with the social justice work that must precede peace.
As director of The Peace Doors Project, I am throwing out a challenge to everyone. The PDP is a plan to build nine monumental "peace doors" at nine sites around the world as a symbolic gesture. The real work of PDP is to create
a positive worldwide movement, young and elder, East and West, North and South to develop programs, activities, and workshops at the "sacred sites" where the doors will be built.
Let there be peace and let it begin with me and you.
Let's hear what you think, what you're doing, and what others are doing in your communities and around he world, that you admire. Far from being 'developing' and 'developed' nations, we are all related in one world, developing a new consciousness of human rights, social justice and peace.
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