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These links tell the stories better than I can here. Join in - Sign Up - Help Out Share Advocacy! Students Rebuild Watch the video - at least to the 2min 15sec mark.  At least! At THIS LINK - or embedded here Toward eupan ~ ~ marty alan michelson, ph.d. Posted via email from Eupan Global Initiative

Fellow Peace Leaders . . . something worth your awareness - toward Sept. 21, 2014  Toward eupan ~ ~ marty alan michelson, ph.d. Posted via email from Eupan Global Initiative

The ideas shared at this link include issue of overcoming violence, by engaging forgiveness! How to Drive Out Snakes: Lessons from a guy who wasn’t even Irish. Sometime in the fourth century Patrick, a sixteen year old boy,  was captured and sold into slavery with a number of other Welsh people.   Yep, he was Welsh.  So Patrick’s first encounter with Ireland was not one of shamrocks, beer and drinking songs.   It was actually an encounter with violence, conflict and for Patrick, suffering.   It is a harsh introduction to the people for whom he would  one day be remembered. Nevertheless, Patrick probably remained in slavery for 6 years or so before he escaped. He returned to his family in Wales and there entered the Church.  Years later, after having been ordained bishop,  he returned to the land of his enemies to serve them. Voluntarily.  He went to genuinely, make peace in a place where he had know pain. While he may not ...

If we saw this kind of beauty everyday - we'd be inspired to make the world a better place - for all living things! Check the amazing landscape shots at 500px(dot)com ! Toward eupan ~ ~ marty alan michelson, ph.d. See the full gallery on Posterous Posted via email from Eupan Global Initiative

Today's headlines from Afghanistan note: "Sixteen Afghan civilians killed in rogue U.S. attack" KANDAHAR, Afghanistan | Sun Mar 11, 2012 6:19pm EDT (Reuters) - Sixteen Afghan civilians, including nine children, were shot dead in what witnesses described as a nighttime massacre on Sunday near a U.S. base in southern Afghanistan, and one U.S. soldier was in custody. While U.S. officials rushed to draw a line between the rogue shooting and the ongoing efforts of a U.S. force of around 90,000, the incident is sure to further inflame Afghan anger triggered when U.S. soldiers burned copies of the Koran at a NATO base. U.S. officials said an American staff sergeant from a unit based in Washington state was in custody after the attack on villagers in three houses. Multiple civilians were also wounded, a spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) coalition said But, this U.S. attack is part of a deliberate program of extended violence! How...

I've been aware of the Fetzer Institute for quite a number of years . . . but realized that perhaps some persons I know might not be aware of their work. I'd encourage you to click through their links and become aware of who they are - as they seek:  To foster awareness of the power of love and forgiveness in the emerging global community. In collaboration with our Fetzer Advisory Councils, we seek to understand the motivations and preconditions of exemplary cases of love and forgiveness in the world. From these examples, we develop projects to grow an even greater awareness of love and forgiveness in action in individual and community life. Toward eupan ~ ~ marty alan michelson, ph.d. Posted via email from Eupan Global Initiative

“It’s not a war. It’s a massacre, an indiscriminate massacre.”  Chilling words from a photojournalist on the ground in Syria. From  thepoliticalnotebook : “As I’m talking to you now, they’re dying.”  Injured Sunday Times photographer Paul Conroy gives Sky News an interview from his hospital bed . This is a really important interview. His descriptions of what’s happening in Homs are painful and terrible. He spoke of the scheduled regularity of the shelling, beginning with horrible predictability at 6:00 every morning. I’ve worked in many war zones. I’ve never seen, or been, in shelling like this. It is a systematic  … I’m an ex-artillery gunner so I can kind of follow the patterns… they’re systematically moving through neighborhoods with munitions that are used for battlefields. This is used in a couple of square kilometers.  He described the state of fear in Homs, calling it “beyond shell shock,” and the actions of Assad’s forces “absolutely indiscriminate,” with the intensity o...

“You and I, and all of us, are incredible . . . . We are, as a matter of fact, made for goodness.” ~ Desmond Tutu Posted via email from Eupan Global Initiative

I have resisted posting several issues in the past few weeks, specifically related to the continuing, enlarging "rhetoric" and emerging violence involving situations in Syria (violence) and Iran/Israel (rhetoric). Thankfully, thus far the rhetoric for Iran/Israel has remained mostly just rhetoric.  Unwelcome is the violence in Syria. Wishing for these places - as reflections of our world - more peace, more stability, more shared conversation and less violence. Toward eupan . ~ marty alan michelson, ph.d. Posted via email from Eupan Global Initiative

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I was in Washington D.C. last year and passed by the location of the MLK Memorial under construction, though I did not see it finished. I was - and am - excited to see that they were giving MLK a "place" on The Mall next to other significant memorials! It is a historic issue that MLK stands permanently on The Mall when one considers that MLK (with others!!) challenged the powers of D.C. And now he is "enshrined" or "memorialized" there. I think it is fantastic that next to memorials built for Presidents - this Pastor has a place - no doubt because of his pervasive and powerful prophetic voice for Peace! That is fantastic. And yet - I am convinced Martin Luther King, Jr. would rather we extend his social, political, and economic advocacy - birthed from his religious discernment of justice and righteousness - than that we memorialize his "image." I am convinced that if we set MLK Jr. "in stone" - as he now stands, hands crossed, on ...

MLK Jr. was a person who inspired others, as much as he was inspired by others.  Though he was a charismatic, gifted, and intelligent speaker - his total ability came not from "him" - but from "them" - all of the many persons in many cities for whom MLK served as a mouth-piece for their common voice and their common struggle. In many ways, MLK's ability to lead emerged not so from who he was - but how he connected others.  The ability to connect and partner persons in a common cause - and one of non-violent integrity - is the mark of leadership strength. “ King constantly pointed out to those in the freedom movement that their refusal to respond in kind to the violence and terrorism of their opponents was increasing their own strength and unity. He reminded them and the world that their goal was not only the right to sit at the front of the bus or to vote, but to give birth to a new society based on more human values. In so doing, he not only empowe...

Much controversy hovers around the prison - not least of which for the deplorable torture reported in numerous contexts dating back to 2004, here cited in this single reference. The series of graphs in this image copied from the print version of Time Magazine - highlights some of the urgent continued problems of the prison, in terms of punishing a few (old, young, and without due process or evidence (!)). This unique place of incarceration reflects the worst precedent for the hope of extending the good for the all. Toward eupan ~ ~ marty alan michelson, ph.d. Posted via email from Eupan Global Initiative

A great article on how the human brain is keyed to emotion - with these great lines: Our challenge is to enhance, fine-tune, and act upon our capacity for empathy. It's especially important to include people with whom we seem to share more differences than commonalities. I'm referring here to the level of empathy spoken about by religious leaders and prophets throughout history ("Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.") If we can live up to this challenge of extending our empathy beyond our immediate circumstances and self-interest we have a chance of achieving the so far elusive goal of creating an "Empathic Civilization". Link to the Article:  'Empathic Civilization': Our Brains Were Built For Feeling Each Other's Pain Toward eupan ~ ~ marty alan michelson, ph.d. Posted via email from Eupan Global Initiative

In answer to the question, "What is the Eupan Global Initiative ?" We are an SA Group. We Share Awareness We Support Advocacy We engage Solidarity in Action. We research the best Scholarship to be Alert The Eupan Global Initiative is not a "membership" based group.  We don't have members - only interested, shared partners.  We do not have a mailing list - though we do have an email distribution list we have used, only on a few occasions. We do have persons who are more invested and involved than others - involving engagement with our events, or with other events where we partner in advocacy.  And, no doubt we have had shared partners over the years who have invested their efforts elsewhere, while we also get new invested partners that show up throughout each new year. We are not (at least currently) a 501(c)3 - not-for-profit charitable organization.  We have explored all the legal options toward this - but have not pursued it at this time. We are not ...