Rotary's Seven Paths to Peace – An Invitation

 

Bob Stewart, Rotary Club of Okotoks, Alberta, Canada (D5360) and

Founder of the Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace has concluded his reproduction of the Seven Paths to Peace on the Internet with the following invitation:

I invite you to consider helping to build peace through education and other activities, such as:

  • Translating Rotary’s Seven Paths to Peace into local languages and posting them on the Internet for all to access – spread the good word;
  • Publishing Rotary’s Seven Paths to Peace and distributing copies to local Rotarians and non-Rotarians with your own introductions (reference http://www.peace.ca/RotarySevenPathsToPeace.doc for copy in Microsoft Word);
  • Developing a video of Rotary’s Seven Paths to Peace to assist in training and raising awareness around the world;
  • Developing a Rotary Peace Plus program, analogous to the Polio Plus program (reference http://www.peace.ca/honoluludeclaration.htm );  
  • Send a donation to The Rotary Foundation and mark it “for peace education”;
  • Using every Rotary project as a “teachable moment” to make a connection with how it encourages and fosters the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace;
  • Develop your own websites about your peacebuilding programs, to share with others;
  • Join the Rotarians On The Internet (“ROTI”) email listserver which is a tool to promote communications, networking and information dissemination (reference http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ROTI/ );
  • Distribute a poster with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for the wall of every classroom in your area (reference http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html );
  • Developing a resource library of books, videos, etc. on peace for access by Rotarians, students and the general public;
  • Provide the space for Rotarians and others to get together to dialogue, network and disseminate peace information (eg. Conferences, regular discussion groups, etc.);
  • Learn about the United Nations Culture of Peace Program ( http://www.peace.ca/unesco.htm ) and the U.N. (reference http://www.un.org );
  • Learn about the Global Campaign for Peace Education ( http://www.peace.ca/globalcampaignforpeaceeducation.htm );
  • Other?

 

 

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