[ChatAction] Peace Week Planning

Sun Dec 20 07:58:34 MST 2020

How do I pitch in?

On Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 1:19 AM Kurt Krueger via ChatAction <
chataction at communitymagic.org> wrote:

> Peace Lab!  That’s the experiment we’re going through!!!  The peace
> labyrinth is a perfect symbol. 🤗
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> ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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> 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
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> Why is this the best day ever?
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> How are you the Hope of Humanity?
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> On Dec 16, 2020, at 8:49 AM, bruceschuman at cox.net wrote:
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> Very cool, thank you Leslie.
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> I know I am behind the curve and off the loop – but from my simple
> perspective – “I need it in writing” – this is the first statement I have
> seen that begins to define what this project is about.
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> I’d like to see a continuing string of such statements, with action-points
> attached.  A lot of who what how why where and when kinds of things.  Paint
> by numbers – create a framework and start filling in the blanks.  What are
> people going to do?  Why does it matter?  Why do they want to do it?  What
> is the outreach and activism?
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> But maybe what you say at the end of your two paragraphs is what I am
> looking for.  We are going to ask these questions in March.
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> So “What is Peace Labyrinth?”
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> A mystery to be explored.  So – we don’t open our grand project by saying
> “We are totally confused and have no ideas – but hey, what do YOU think”?
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> I have been in a lot of conversation like that.
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> Let’s arrive at that moment with a lot to put on the table.
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> 😊
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> Bruce Schuman
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> Santa Barbara CA USA
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> bruceschuman at cox.net / 805-705-9174
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> www.origin.org
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> *From:* Lesley Southwick-Trask <lesley at lesleysouthwicktrask.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 16, 2020 7:59 AM
> *To:* bruceschuman at cox.net; stan at othernetworks.org; 'ChatAction List' <
> chataction at communitymagic.org>
> *Cc:* K.A. Krueger <successsystemsinternational at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [ChatAction] Fwd: Upcoming Events: Engage with Compassion!
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> Hi Bruce & Stan. I believe some confusion exists as to what we are
> attempting to achieve through our Peace week. We are not attempting to
> become another Peace organization. We do not wish to function as an
> umbrella organization. We are replacing the earlier term “Department of
> Peace” with the Peace Labyrinth.
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> Our premise is that we, as a civilization, can no longer afford to define
> and enact Peace using the paradigm that we have been applying for
> centuries. We are seeking a NEW DEFINITION of Peace. And with this new
> definition will come a new way of bringing it about. We are on a quest to
> uncover this new definition as a mystery that is waiting to be solved. We
> do not believe that any one definition in play today is it – if it were –
> there would be no need to sponsor a week dedicated to discovering it :).
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> I hope this helps.
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> Lesley
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> *Lesley Southwick-Trask*
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> *From: *ChatAction <chataction-bounces at communitymagic.org> on behalf of
> Bruce Schuman via ChatAction <chataction at communitymagic.org>
> *Reply-To: *"bruceschuman at cox.net" <bruceschuman at cox.net>
> *Date: *Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 7:53 AM
> *To: *"stan at othernetworks.org" <stan at othernetworks.org>, 'ChatAction
> List' <chataction at communitymagic.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [ChatAction] Fwd: Upcoming Events: Engage with Compassion!
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> Good morning.  Just wanted to chime in behind Stan’s comment about many
> peace organizations.
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> It might have been twenty years ago that a very nice well-intentioned guy
> and his wife got all excited about internet possibilities and formed
> something he called “Peace Umbrella” – which was going to bring all the
> peace organizations together.  He had some beautiful high-quality t-shirts
> printed and sent me a couple.  He was so excited and positive.
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> His beautiful project died very quickly.  Dream meets reality.  But there
> are still lots of good art offerings connecting peace and umbrella.
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> Actually – what organizational development people have learned, most long
> ago, is that nobody wants to be contained under somebody else’s “umbrella
> organization”
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> And another obvious point – is that groups that have worked for years to
> develop a database of members are very unlikely to share that database.
> This is delicate stuff.
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> We need some powerful angle (?) that brings in the hundreds of factors
> that we have been cataloguing through our list of HR webinars.
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> I myself vote for “oneness” and a revolutionary model of the new world and
> the new paradigm.  Spectrum=Big Table.
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> I expect to see you guys in a bit, love you, thanks
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> Bruce Schuman
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> Santa Barbara CA USA
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> bruceschuman at cox.net / 805-705-9174
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> www.origin.org
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> *From:* ChatAction <chataction-bounces at communitymagic.org> *On Behalf Of *stan---
> via ChatAction
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 15, 2020 9:53 PM
> *To:* ChatAction List <chataction at communitymagic.org>
> *Subject:* [ChatAction] Fwd: Upcoming Events: Engage with Compassion!
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> *For the Department of Peace*
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> There are thousands of peace organizations.... This is an example FYI
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> This newsletter is from the Bucks County group, a relatively wealthy
> suburban county adjacent to Philadelphia.
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> Stan
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> *From: *The Peace Center <events at ThePeaceCenter.org
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> *Subject: Upcoming Events: Engage with Compassion!*
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> *Date: *December 15, 2020 at 5:34:01 PM EST
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> *To: *<stan at communitymagic.org>
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> *Reply-To: *The Peace Center <events at ThePeaceCenter.org
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> *Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.*
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>  - 14th Dalai Lama
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> *Ways to Engage!*
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