International Peace Study: Rotary International:
Scholastic Awards
are sponsored in Portland by Rotary District 5100 which covers Northern
Oregon, and Southwest Washington.
www.rotary.org
Applications must be completed by April 30, 2009. Interviews are
scheduled in June. Richela Avedon-Grantz, the chair of the scholarship
committee, can be contacted via e-mail at
grantz@peoplepc.com
Additional information is also available at local Rotary clubs or on the
district website at
www.district5100.org
These include: a six-month, "Cultural/Language Immersion" program and
a two year "World Peace Fellowship." An ambassadorial scholarship
valued up to 23 thousand, is a 12-month academic scholarship to study abroad
at a university or a six month cultural course which is primarily for a
student to learn a second language to enhance the candidates professional
career. There are no age, gender, or economic need requirements for
the scholarships, other than the completion of at least two years of college
work or vocational experience. The Peace Fellowship is intended for
individuals who have chosen a career in international relations, peace and
conflict resolution, and worked at least three years in these areas.
These may include individuals active in journalism, civil service,
nongovernmental agencies, diplomacy, mediation work, or military service.
The programs are a 2 year masters program attending one of six Rotary peace
centers, or a three month program of certification for mid-career
professionals to study in Thailand.
Mutually assured destruction is not a
reasonable option or a sane alternative.
The greatest problem is simply the
asymmetry of America and Korea:
for fifty years the United States has
meant everything to Korea, but Korea
still means little to the United States.
In fact, some of the suggestions for a
response to the missile tests that have
significantly increased international
tensions are more dangerous than
the specter of a North Korean
missile capability itself.
Launching pre-emptive airstrikes or
even imposing economic sanctions
would be far more provocative and
dangerous than relying on deterrence
and engaging Pyongyang in strategic
diplomatic encounters. We need cool
heads to prevail in Washington and
the various East Asian capitals. North
Korea is an annoying problem, but it
is not an overwhelming threat.
This is no time for childish notions,
Hollywood hooliganism, or for
neonatal neanderthals to allow petulant
schoolyard cowboy machismo to
overrule objectivity, rationality,
and common sense. The Bush doctrine
of preemptive aggression contradicts
our most basic beliefs and values.
Beyond this, such sociopathological
behavior flies in the face of the
recommendations of our intelligence
community and the Pentagon.
The state department should butt out.
Those who are better trained
and more adequately briefed must
deal with this situation.
We have seeen the results of politicizing
our military perogatives. We do not need
unending wars and unbridled corporate
aggression. The misuse of our military
forces as enforcement for cost-plus,
no-bid contracts for corporate transnationals
has proven unproductive, unsafe, and a threat
to our economnic and military security interests.
We cannot afford to gamble our future on the
posturings of entertainers or the pretensions
of partisan pundits. Never again.
Award-winning journalist
Stephen Kinzer (ALL THE SHAH’S
MEN, OVERTHROW), along with a
diverse group of other experts
on Iran, Congressional leaders
and military experts, are
traveling across the country to
counter the message from
Washington and to present
options for a more rational
foreign policy towards Iran. The
Cultures of Resistance Network
is excited to be a part of the
tour, and we are creating a
powerful traveling photo
installation with Iranian
photographers to accompany the
tour.
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All she is saying is give peace a chance
Bryan College Station
Eagle, TX - 7 hours ago
WASHINGTON - Yoko Ono hung a wish for love
and peace from a tree she dedicated Monday at the
Hirshhorn Museum's Sculpture Garden. ...
Journal Chrétien, France -
3 hours ago
WCC member churches worldwide are once more invited
to pray for peace on 21 September 2007 or the closest Sunday.
The International Day of Prayer for Peace...
Jan. 27-29: march for peace and impeachment, workshops, lobbying for
defunding and investigating
ActiveResource.org/
At the January 27, 2007 march on Washington, the protesters numbered
about 400,000. Smaller antiwar protests took place on Saturday in other
cities, including San Francisco, Los Angeles and Sacramento.
Demonstrators listened to speeches from a roster of politicians and
entertainment figures including the Rev.
Jesse Jackson; Representative
Dennis J. Kucinich, Democrat of Ohio and a candidate for the presidency
in 2008; and Representative Maxine Waters, Democrat of California. The
actors Jane Fonda, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins also addressed the crowd.
“We need to be talking not just about defunding the war but also about
funding the vets,” Ms. Sarandon said, adding that more than 50,000 had
sought treatment through the
Department of Veterans Affairs while benefits for them continue to be
cut.
With Mr. Bush facing low approval ratings and Congress continuing to
debate the terms of a nonbinding resolution opposing the troop increase,
elderly people in wheelchairs, housewives pushing strollers, seasoned
dissenters in tie-dye and veterans in uniform turned out to protest....
