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SPIRIT OF CHANGE MAGAZINE:  THE AGE I SHARE WITH GANDHI

THE COURAGE OF CONSCIENCE
Father’s Day Gift from Mikey Randa


LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND REPARATION: We formally acknowledge that The Peace Memorial Park in Sherborn, MA, is situated on the traditional homelands of the Massachusett people. Recognizing the Indigenous communities whose lands we inhabit is important, but it is even more imperative to commit to meaningful reparations.  We have taken a significant step in this direction through the establishment of the Native Land Reparation Pledge. We invite you to join us in this vital initiative.  Let us remember that actions speak louder than words!
TAKE THE PLEDGE.

Charlie Sennott, Founding Editor of the Ground Truth Project, dedicates the War Correspondents Memorial on June 1, 2024.


The caisson is presently on Hart Island NYC holding the Global Pandemics Touchstone.  Once the touchstone is permanently placed at the site where over one million New Yorkers are buried in mass, unmarked graves, it will be dispatched to the Middle East where it will carry a granite stone to be pulled between major locations where armed conflict has wreaked havoc on civilian populations. Hart Island



USE YOUR VOICE

STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS PEACE ACTIVISM

VIOLENCE CLOSES DOORS; NONVIOLENCE OPENS THE WAY

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – SOCIALISM TO THE RESCUE

MISSION STATEMENT

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The mission of The Peace Abbey Foundation is to create and install public works of art that advance peace and nonviolence, and to steward both the Peace Abbey Multifaith Peace Chaplaincy and Peace Memorial Park.

The Park includes the Pacifist Memorial, the Animal Rights Memorial, the Cremation Cemetery for Conscientious Objectors, the World Peace Time Capsule, the War Correspondents Memorial, the Immigrant Deportation Memorial Stone, and memorials honoring Unknown Civilians Killed in War and Victims of Violence.

The Foundation also administers the National Registry for Conscientious Objection and the Native Land Reparation Pledge Program.

The Foundation also administers the National Registry for Conscientious Objection and the Native Land Reparation Pledge Program.

Throughout the year, it presents the International Courage of Conscience Award at conferences and peace ceremonies, and furthers the reach of Peace Seeds interfaith prayers for peace through their global dissemination.

The Foundation supports grassroots efforts to link the many dimensions of the peace movement with a committed emphasis on human rights and animal rights. We recognize these two dimensions of intrinsic rights as inextricably interconnected, just as social and economic justice require environmental sustainability and deep respect for the biosphere. Central to our universalist approach is the premise that nonviolence is the most effective and long-term strategy in addressing the multitude of challenges that now threaten our increasingly imperiled planet.

Short video of plaque installation at the Pacifist Memorial

A Tribute to Plymouth and
Lillian and Dick Gregory

UN DAY ANNOUNCEMENT: The Peace Abbey Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Meg Ash of Plymouth as its inaugural Poet Laureate, extending its longstanding commitment to recognizing and empowering individuals and organizations dedicated to peace, social justice, and nonviolence.
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Poetry has the power to inspire compassion, challenge injustice, and give voice to the hope for a more peaceful world. This new appointment builds on the Foundation’s decades of work honoring those who put these ideals into practice.
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The Foundation has commissioned Peace Chaplains to conduct ceremonies at peace events and officiate at weddings, bringing compassion and reflection to significant moments in people’s lives. Its International Courage of Conscience Award, established in 1988, has honored individuals worldwide for their extraordinary contributions to peace, justice, humanitarian service, and nonviolence. The Foundation also established the Pacifist Memorial, the only memorial of its kind in the country, honoring those who uphold nonviolence and conscientious objection to war.
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Together, these initiatives reflect the Foundation’s enduring mission: to honor peacemakers, preserve their legacies, and inspire others to follow their example.
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The appointment of Meg Ash as Poet Laureate advances that mission through the creative power of poetry, affirming the vital role of artistic expression in fostering understanding, promoting social change, and building a more compassionate world.


Open Letter to the Peace Movement

The time has come to ask more of ourselves. We face the dismantling of government agencies and global aid programs, the killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the kidnapping of the President of Venezuela and his wife and an unprovoked attack on Iran, yet our playbook remains the same.
 
Our work is not only to condemn these acts, but to teach forms of resistance that go beyond simply carrying signs at demonstrations and protests. When outrage grows and people see only ignored protests on one side and violent options on the other, it will be on us if some turn violent. We must provide an alternative for those within our ranks who struggle to contain their outrage. Carrying signs is not enough.
 
That “middle way” is nonviolent civil disobedience. It gives those who are angry and heartbroken a way to act boldly and decisively without turning to violence. 
 
If we do not demonstrate a clear alternative to violence, many will feel they have only two choices: be ignored while holding a sign, or fight back with the tools of violence. Civil disobedience is that alternative, and despite its risks, it must be embraced and carried out as a central part of our strategy. 
 
If members of the peace movement turn to violence, it will be because we failed to offer them this powerful alternative path.  People turn to violence because they see no other way. Civil disobedience gives them that way.
 
Lewis

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