Peace Quote

This is taken from a newsletter I subscribe to, Your Daily Thought. Today's quote is:

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted;
the indifference of those who should have known better;
the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

(Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975)

Gazoo

For my Blogazoo readers, here's a gazoo for you!

Thanks for reading,
Jen

Because You Can't Have Peace on an Empty Stomach

I'm looking ahead to the day (hopefully not too long from now) when I finally set up my peaceripples website. I want to include a section on hunger which will have both information on how this issue relates to peace and also recipes which are both economical and delicious.

If you have any recipes you'd like to submit, please email them to peaceripples@gmail.com with "recipes for peace" in the subject. If you have a website you would like to include a link for, you're more than welcome to.

Make Poverty History

This is an email I was asked to forward on.... please consider signing on to this campaign.

Dear Friend,

Today, I became part of an unprecedented global call to action to end poverty: Make Poverty History

Right now, there is active campaigning in over 100 countries around the three core demands: More and Better Aid, Trade Justice, and Cancel the Debt. In Canada, we're also campaigning to End Child Poverty in Canada.

You've just got to be a part of this campaign.

Go to http://www.makepovertyhistory.ca and sign on to the campaign yourself.

There is no time to lose. It doesn't matter who or where you are, your voice is critical to the success of this campaign. This is a rare chance to join me and millions of others across the planet to once and for all make poverty history.

What are you waiting for? Join me and click in!

Jennifer Cole

What you can do right now:

• Sign on to the campaign
• Tell federal MPs other politicians to commit to a timeline for 0.7%
• Click others into action - forward this message to your networks

"If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be deafening. Politicians will have to listen."
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Upcoming Events in the Cambridge Area

For my local (Cambridge, Ontario and area) readers, there are a couple of events happening in the next week you might be interested in.

Thursday, May 3, 2007
7 – 10 pm
Calm & Ground Gathering
Balance Natural Healing Arts, 71 Dickson Street, Cambridge
519-620-0262

Please bring a food offering for potluck and any percussion instrument for drum circle.

Friday, May 4, 2007
7pm
Peace Walk
Waterloo Park

Join the Peace Walk on May 4th Waterloo park -west (enter off Westmount) at 7 pm followed by the viewing of the film, Gandhi (at the Princess Cinema). May 4th. The Humanist Movement is hosting this event. The film will begin at 8 pm for those interested. Regular admission prices apply.

Peace Quote

Violence just hurts those who are already hurt...Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.

César Chávez

Blog Your Blessings Sunday on Life at the Edge

Surfing around the blogs today, I came across this post on a blog titled Life at the Edge. I highly recommend reading it. It's a Taoism chant from the 6th century, and it perfectly and simply captures the philosophy behind PeaceRipples.