#peace

#peace

John Connors has called on members of the Travelling community involved in feuding to step back from violence and 'return to God'.

Remaining present in the modern world includes noticing the good. We're not talking toxic positivity here. We're referring to a simple commitment to also noticing what's good in the world even as you navigate what's not. Whether you find these reminders burrowed in a news story, the feeling of being on your mat or out on a run, or the eyes of a loved one doesn't matter. Noticing them does.

My wish is to live in a society where marriage equality is a reality for all & where American families are treated with respect and dignity.

This short 1986 documentary follows the International Youth for Peace and Justice Tour, a programme in which teenagers from then-conflict zones around the world visited and spoke with high-school students across Canada. Capturing the tour's stop in Montreal, the director Premika Ratnam introduces viewers to teens from unstable or war-torn nations of the period - including Northern Ireland, East Timor, Namibia, Zimbabwe, El Salvador and Guatemala - as they recount their experiences. With wisdom often beyond their years, they discuss a range of hardships, from daily indignities and lack of job opportunities to witnessing torture and murder and fearing for their lives.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine is ready for "real solutions" for lasting peace, but decisions made without Ukraine are against peace.

Bill Hemmer reported that thousands of Gazans anxiously await food supplies, demonstrated by young boys, ages 12-16, racing for essential items like flour and potatoes.

Out on the moors in the late June light, I stood where the infinite hills halved the sky and saw where you first saw your horses.

In Muzo, life revolves around luck and chance, where the pursuit of emeralds has attracted fortune seekers for generations. The emerald trade, once violent, is now peaceful.