Hello, and a good Tuesday to you all, Friends of PeaceJam … An Evergreen, Colorado PeaceJam Juniors group has put together a Global Call to Action project collecting used Crocs shoes, which will be ground down and recycled into new footwear for people in less solvent areas of the world. Click here for the full story at Denver’s YourHub website.
The Evergreen group’s project is still ongoing - taken from the last paragraph of the article:
Boxes for Crocs will be in the lobbies of Bergen Meadow, 1892 Bergen Parkway, Bergen Valley, 1422 Sugarbush Drive and Montessori, 29740 Troutdale Scenic Dr., Evergreen lobbies until Sept. 5. Area retail stores that will accept Crocs for donation include the Journeys and Park Enterprises stores at Colorado Mills, 14500 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood. For more info, go to www.solesunited.com or email everjed@comcast.net.
Don’t forget - TODAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR GUARANTEED REGISTRATION FOR PEACEJAM’S GLOBAL CALL TO ACTION CONFERENCE! In order to GUARANTEE your spot at the PeaceJam Global Call to Action Conference, your registration forms and fees must be in to PeaceJam by the end of the day today, August 25th, 2008. Registration forms and fees will still be accepted after today — however, conference spots will work to a ‘first come, first served’ basis after that, with no guarantees that spots will be available. This means that anyone interested in attending the 2008 PeaceJam Global Call to Action Conference should GET THEIR FORMS AND FEES IN ASAP!
Gary the Blog Guy’s former hometown of Detroit dishes on PeaceJam’s forthcoming book/companion DVD coupling:
From the Detroit Free Press website, Freep.com:
It’s a busy time for former Detroiter Jack White.
His White Stripes (with Meg White) foot-stomping obscurity “Red Death at 6:14″ turns up on a DVD put together by the peace group Global Call to Action (www.globalcalltoaction.org).
He’s not the lone local on this — the Go is featured in the 25-minute disc that accompanies each copy of the new book “PeaceJam: A Billion Simple Acts of Peace” (Puffin, $16.99), which will drop on Monday. And next spring, a six-part television series about getting involved for the greater good, narrated by Peter Gabriel and featuring music by the Stripes, will be broadcast on public television.
Also, congratulations go out to PeaceJam cohort Stuart Alden and his wife Nicky, who were chosen by the Democratic National Convention Committee to design the official poster for the Democratic National Convention. Stuart and Nicky run Idaho Stew, a Denver-area graphic design studio. Fort Collins Now has more details about the couple’s work - read the full article here. Apparently, the pair submitted three designs, ALL of which were chosen for use. Stu also describes some of his work with PeaceJam and the Global Call to Action in the article, as well.
For those with slow internet connections (or just for folks who’d prefer to head straight to YouTube for the video), check it out at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyOxbDVNaM8. If you’re up for embedding the video into your MySpace, Facebook, LiveJournal, blog or website just as Gary the Blog Guy did just above here in the PeaceJam Blog, there’s code on the YouTube site for that as well. Spread the word — let’s get this video out to the masses!
If you know of a student or group being profiled locally in the media for their attendance at the 2008 PeaceJam Global Call to Action Conference, drop a quick e-mail to gary@peacejam.org and let the Blog Guy know about it. We love sharing details of PeaceJammers in the news!
PeaceJam co-founder Dawn Gifford Engle was recently interviewed by Lynne Hazelden for the Planting Seeds for Peace blogtalk audio webcast. Check out the streaming audio below:
The following is a press release from Loyola Marymount University concerning the Nobel Peace Laureate press conference that will be held with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Shirin Ebadi, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Jody Williams, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Betty Williams and President Jose Ramos-Horta on September 11, 2008 … Click here to read the release as it appears on earthtimes.org, or read below:
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On one of the most solemn days in American history, September 11th, SEVEN Nobel Peace Laureates will hold a press conference at the PeaceJam Foundation’s “Global Call to Action Conference” in Los Angeles, California, launching a campaign of hope and inspiration for the people of the world. Through the PeaceJam Foundation, the Laureates will be announcing a Global Call to Action, encouraging the people around the world to work with them on ten core issues to serve humanity and end the suffering that so many face. The goal is one-billion simple acts of peace within the next ten years. At the PeaceJam conference young people will engage in a once in a lifetime opportunity to work alongside the Nobel Peace Laureates on the projects that they have created and are creating.
The Nobel Peace Laureates attending include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Shirin Ebadi, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Jody Williams, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Betty Williams and President Jose Ramos-Horta. The PeaceJam conference will run from September 11-13, 2008 at Loyola Marymount University.
The ten core issues that the Nobel Peace Laureates have designated for projects include:
– Ending racism and hate
– Social justice and human rights for all
– Halting the spread of global disease
– Equal access to water and other natural resources
– Rights for women and children
– Eliminating extreme poverty
– Restoring earth’s environment
– Controlling the proliferation of weapons
– Investing in human security
– Breaking the cycle of violence
This September, PeaceJam will be at the center of a number of huge events in addition to the conference that will highlight and underscore the importance of the organization’s mission: the publication of a new book: PEACEJAM: A Billion Simple Acts of Peace (Puffin; September, $16.99) co-authored by PeaceJam founders Ivan Suvanjieff and Dawn Gifford Engle, which is the handbook for the Global Call to Action campaign and contains profiles of each of the Nobel Peace Laureates involved in PeaceJam and the firsthand accounts of the young people and their work with the Laureates, plus tools and resources to inspire others to action; The Global Call to Action Challenge Contest, sponsored by the Pearson Foundation, which will honor the best Global Call to Action projects in the U.S. — a top prize will be awarded to the winning project and will include a visit by a Nobel Prize Laureate to the winner’s school or youth organization; and in the spring of next year, a 10-part PBS TV series narrated by Peter Gabriel and with music by the White Stripes, the Arctic Monkeys, and Flobots will be broadcast to highlight exciting youth projects from the Global Call to Action campaign.
The PeaceJam Foundation hopes to create a new generation of young leaders committed to positive change in themselves, their communities and the world through the inspiration of the Nobel Peace Laureates. Working with schools and youth groups, PeaceJam workers travel the globe to find people who want to make a difference in the world. All of the board of directors of PeaceJam are Nobel Peace Laureates. In addition to those attending the press conference, other members include The Dalai Lama, Oscar Arias Sanchez, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Aung San Suu Kyi (still under house arrest in Burma), and Sir Joseph Rotblat (Emeritus).
As a result of their incredible work, PeaceJam co-founders Ivan Suvanjieff and Dawn Engle have been nominated for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize.
PRESS CONFERENCE DATE: September 11, 2008
TIME: 3 p.m.
LOCATION: Ahmanson 1000, University Hall
Loyola Marymount University
1 LMU Drive
Los Angeles, CA
WOW! Friends of PeaceJam, there are only 29 DAYS until the 2008 PeaceJam Global Call to Action Conference in Los Angeles, and the conference is really shaping up! The Laureates are extremely excited to see you all there!
The deadline for conference registrations and fees has been extended until MONDAY, AUGUST 25th, so what are you waiting for? Register now! We will accept registrations until the day of the event - however, spots are going fast, so register by Monday, August 25th to GUARANTEE your place at this monumental event!
Don’t miss this opportunity to work on Global Call to Action projects side by side with Nobel Peace Laureates including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Shirin Ebadi, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, President of East Timor Jose Ramos-Horta, Jody Williams and Betty Williams! The 2008 PeaceJam Global Call to Action Conference takes place at Loyola Marymount University. Online registration, as well as more information about the conference and fees, can be found at http://www.peacejam.org/gcaconference. All other questions should be directed to the PeaceJam Foundation main office at (303) 455-2099.
SPREAD THE WORD! We need everyone interested in this PeaceJam Global Call to Action Conference to know how incredibly close how close they could be to missing out if they don’t register now!
Greetings and salutations from Gary the Blog Guy and the rest of the PeaceJam Staff, on what’s turning out to be a damp, overcast Friday morning here in Colorado. Skies may be gray, but moods are energetic and bright here as we’re now only 29 DAYS AWAY from the jaw-dropping 2008 PeaceJam Global Call to Action Conference in Los Angeles, CA. Yes, that’s a link I dropped back there, and yes you should most certainly go pick it up and click on it for more details - ESPECIALLY if you’re one of the folks interested in going who hasn’t registered yet … What are you waiting for? Go, click now - get to it! I’ll have more details up on here on the Blog later today about the latest conference registration, fees and deadline information, so check back for that in a few hours.
First, though, I’d like to tell everyone about the LA Peace Collaborative’sDonate OneDollar for OnePeace fundraiser. Funds raised through Donate OneDollar will go to a scholarship fund set up to help youth attend the 2008 PeaceJam Global Call to Action Conference in September. Full details can be found at http://www.lapeace.org, so check out the website, donate a buck and spread the word for others to do the same!
