using the principles of peace and diversity to achieve a more peace-filled world |
The mission of
the Peace/Diversity Foundation is to distribute raised funds to individuals,
organizations and projects that use the principles of
diversity in educational forums and experiential
learning whose goals are to achieve a more peace-filled
world.
HISTORY 
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| While traveling
in Italy in 2003, I was immediately intrigued by
the ever present sight of rainbow flags. Rainbow
flags with the word PACE (Peace) hanging from
balconies in every neighborhood and town. From
the large metropolitan city of Rome, to the old
fashioned province of Avellino outside of Naples
-- the colorful message of Peace waved to
Italian citizens and visitors. |
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| Flags hung from churches, apartments,
businesses, small shops and vendors in the
piazzas. I asked about the flags and was told
they have been used for many years to raise
consciousness among the population for a variety
of “causes”. |
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During
the next two weeks of our visit, I searched
throughout many of the shops for a “PACE” flag
to hang from the our balcony at home! But
try as I might to track down a flag at shops,
vendor carts, museums, etc., not a flag to be
found… I started photographing the
balconies with their message of PEACE. |
| Finally, the
night before I was to return home to the
“city by the Bay”, while searching for a
final gelato at Piazza Narvone, I
spotted a vendor cart with the illusive, sought
after PACE flag. |
| When I
returned home I began to research the origin of the “PACE“ flag. This rainbow
“PACE” flag floated in my consciousness
for the next year. On Christmas morning
2004 I had a dream in which I created
rainbow “wristbands” and the website
peacediversity.org -- a website which
would be an educational site about Peace
and Diversity and how interconnected
these two concepts and lived realities
are to truly bring PEACE to our world. I
immediately went online and secured the
websites peacediversity.org and peacediversity.com and thus this website
was born. |
| It is my
intention to sell peace/diversity
wristbands through my not-for-profit
organization and use the funds generated
to award monetary grants to other
not-for-profit organizations who are
trying to promote peace and diversity
through education, processes and
experiences that will help the human
family live together in a more peace
–filled way. |
| It is my
hope and vision that there will be folks
of all ages wearing peace/diversity
wristbands and that peace/diversity
flags will be flying from balconies,
porches, rooftops, flagpoles, churches,
synagogues, mosques, as reminders to
each of us individually and collectively
to reflect and strategize on how we can
live more peacefully in our homes, our
neighborhoods, our countries and our
world, our global village. |
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| The mission of
the Peace/Diversity
Foundation is to distribute raised funds to individuals,
organizations and projects that use the principles of
diversity in educational forums and experiential
learning whose goals are to achieve a more peace-filled
world. |
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