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Third Regional Seminar on Health Promotion and Culture of Peace (Brazil)
an article by Circle of Adolescent Multipliers (RAM)
Greetings, friends!
Nothing changes in the world except through changing the heart. We all need love, justice and unity. From Gandhi to Martin Luther King, from Jesus to the Dalai Lama. Peace is life and awakening hope.
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Yesterday, Wednesday, 18 April 2012, the municipality of Lobato participated in the Third Regional Seminar on Health Promotion and Culture of Peace, with 12 participants (professionals from health, education and adolescents from RAM) held in Sao Jose dos Campos in the theater of UNIVAP, Catejón campus.
Discussion centered on the following topics: tourism, regional environmental change: new challenges to confront the violence and promoting a culture of peace. It was organized by the Center for Living in Peace
During the event we discussed important issues related to environment, sustainability, culture of peace, etc. It was also an opportunity for our teen members Alana, Julia and Lary to describe the work of RAM to other professionals in various cities.
The Circle of Adolescent Multipliers (RAM), is a group of teenagers from the city of Lobato (Sao Paulo), which promotes youth leadership to protect youth and reduce our vulnerabilities.
Another cool thing that happened was that after work in the afternoon, the Hip Hop group from the organizatiopn GAM Prevention of Sao Jose dos Campos, sang the "Peace Rap" that was created by I. Camin.
(Click here for a Portuguese version of this article)
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DISCUSSION
Question(s) related to this article:
The new generation, How does it interpret the culture of peace?
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LATEST READER COMMENT:
CPNN is pleased to reprint with permission this account of the UN DPI briefing on the culture of peace by Alex Freedman of the Railroad Street Youth Project.
Railroad Street Youth Project brought a contingency of bright-eyed, big-hearted Youth to the UN’s first NGO/DPI briefing of the Year. And what could have been a more appropriate and more inspiring topic for a year of incredible transition and change than “The Culture of Peace.” An expert panel of speakers, including Ambassador Chowdry of Bangladesh, Dorothy Maver, Mike O’Malley of Soka Gokkai International (SGI), and Cora Weiss, each spoke briefly about their views and experiences with Peace – “waging peace”, struggling for peace, working to Build peace, amongst the entrenched and powerful monolithic structures of Violence and War. But most powerful was the crowd that the briefing and the topic itself pulled together: a room full of Future Peacekeepers. It was inspiring to see how many people from so many cultures, talking about Peace and Ending War. Everyone brought positivity, sincerity, compassion, and a sense of urgency. The space truly held the intention of creating peace – all of our personal differences seemed insignificant in the face of such a righteous and pressing Universal need.
The briefing immediately considered the most fundamental of questions: What is peace? There are many definitions, touching on the many different causes, sources, and results of war. One called war “Jealousy of the Old towards the New”, calling attention to the attitude towards Youth and their perspectives and ideas in conflict. Another acknowledged Peace as the recognition that “the Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts”, encouraging us to look away from egoism and towards collaboration and cooperation if we wish to build a peaceful society. . ...more.
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