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Dalai Lama.
His Holiness appreciates the initiative that your organisation is taking. He is therefore pleased to endorse this March begining from October 2nd 2009 to January 2nd 2010, with calls to end violence, and dismantle nuclear weapons. |
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David Suzuki
David Suzuki is a Canadian environmental activist, television personality, scientist and author. In 2009, he was awarded the 'Alternative Nobel' Right Livelihood Prize.
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Desmond Tutu
Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and member of the Comité de Honor of the International Coordinating Committee of the Decade for a Culture of Nonviolence, the Reverend Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African cleric who was a central figure in the fight against apartheid. |
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Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile
"I call on the political, social and cultural leaders of our country, our region and all parts of the world to welcome this great human mobilization and support this new peacemaking mission."
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Noam Chomsky
"The World March for Peace and Nonviolence is a wonderful idea, a fitting commemoration of Gandhi's legacy on the centenary of his birth. It could hardly be more timely, and should serve as an inspiration to those who seek to fulfill the noble ideals that Gandhi's life and work symbolized in ways that are rarely approached." |
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Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist and musician. She is known for her work as an avant-garde artist and musician, and her marriage to and work with musician John Lennon. |
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 Sarah Polley
As an actor, Polley has appeared in such films as The Sweet Hereafter, Guinevere, and Go. Her feature directorial debut, Away From Her, received great critical acclaim and numerous awards, including two Academy Award nominations. Polley is also well-known for her commitment to causes of social justice |
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Meili Faille
Bloc Quebecois MP for Vaudreuil-Soulages, spokesperson for Public Affairs. A strong supporter of the World March, on December 2, 2009, Mrs. Faille presented the World March to the Canadian Parliament and invited all MPs to endorse the Nobel Peace Laureates' Charter for a World Without Violence.
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Melissa Auf der Mar
Member, songwriter and bass player for "Hole", MadM also joined "The Smashing Pumpkins" for their farewell world tour, and had her first solo album "Auf der Maur" released in 2004. She is currently wrapping up her new multimedia project "Out of Our Minds".
"A 'nonviolent global consciousness' sounds like the future I want to live in. The first World March is an ideal guide for us in the 21st-Century, a symbol and goal to collectively hope and march for. The wars must stop and the violence must stop on a large scale to bring peace into our homes and hearts. Join us in a Global effort for Peace." |
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Mayor David Miller
David Miller is the Mayor of Toronto, Ontario. The City of Toronto also issued a Mayoral Proclamation declaring October 2nd 'Toronto Day of Nonviolence', in recognition of the World March. |
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Patrick Watson
Patrick Watson is the former Chairman of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. For over 50 years he has been one of Canada¹s foremost broadcasters, authors, commentators, producers, directors and actors. The recipient of many awards and distinctions he is an Officer of the The Order of Canada - the country¹s highest civilian order. |
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Lou Reed
Lou Reed is an American rock musician best known as the guitarist, vocalist from The Velvet Underground. Reed has also had an extremely influential and successful solo career which has spanned four decades. Some of his signature songs include: 'Walk on the Wild Side', 'Sweet Jane', 'Heroin' and 'Waiting for the Man.' |
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Evo Morales, President of Bolivia
President Morales is the 5th head-of-state to have endorsed the March. Bolivia recently entrenched in its Constitution the rejection of war as a means of resolving conflicts, and as such, is an example for the whole world. Morales later made a statement asking all Bolivians to support the March. |
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Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter is a Nobel Peace Laureate and former US President.
"I am pleased to enthusiastically endorse this initiative with so many distinguished and talented people. Rosalynn and I send our warm best wishes for a successful event." |
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President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez
"May these lines be an expression of the certainty that we must all commit ourselves to work every day for the construction of a world without violence, in which the banners of justice, liberty, dialogue, equal opportunities and respect for the dignity of every human being are upheld. Let the March find people from all nations together striving for peace and liberty."
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Bryan Adams
A Grammy Award winning singer-songwritter, Adams was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 1998. |
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Jose Ramos Horta, President of East Timor
In 1996, Ramos Horta was co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for his "sustained efforts to hinder the oppression of the people" of East Timor. He was elected President in 2007. |
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Chris Wells
North American Spokesperson for New Humanism
"The World March is a brave and beautiful project, an inspired idea. I'm proud to stand (or walk!) with members of the Humanist Movement and the other courageous and intelligent people who are leading the call for a new nonviolent world." |
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Art Garfunkel
Art Garfunkel was inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 for his work with Paul Simon. |
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Philip Glass, Composer
In his prolific career, he has written internationally acclaimed operas, symphonies, solo works, string quartets and film scores. Glass's most known operas include "Einstein on the Beach", "Akhenaton" and "Satyagraha", themed on the early life of Mahatma Gandhi. |
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Elizabeth May, Green Party of Canada Leader
"Greens embrace the commitment to a culture of peace. Canada must return to our historic strengths as a peace-maker and reject the arms merchants and the business of making money making war. For the world to be peaceful, governments must invest in peace." |
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Alexa McDonough
Alexa McDonough is one of the five Co-Presidents of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament. She was the first female leader of the New Democratic Party and has also been a leader in numerous national and international social action groups and human rights organizations. |
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Anton Kuerti
Anton Kuerti is one of today's most recorded classical artists, and has been called "one of the truly great pianists of this century". Throughout his long career, Kuerti has often lent his talents to important causes of peace and social justice.
"The World March for Peace and Nonviolence is a cry for reason and justice to prevail and prevent our planet from spiralling into a nuclear and environmental disaster." |
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Hunter 'Patch' Adams
Doctor. Founder of the Gesundheit! Institute in 1971.
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Carl Zehr, Mayor of Kitchener, Ontario
Carl Zehr is one of Kitchener's longest serving mayors and has an extensive record of public service and community involvement. |
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Joy Kogawa
Joy Kogawa is an award-winning writer, and activist. In 1986, she was named a member of the Order of Canada. Kogawa also helped found the Toronto Dollar community project. "In this time of great challenge and change, it's wonderful to join with others who are walking for peace. May this groundswell of hope grow till we glimpse the promise of a planet safe from war. And may the peace within us spread while there is still time for action to save our beautiful earth for our children." |
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Karl Daigle
In 2008, 19-year old Karl Daigle won two Championship titles in the Pro 600 and Pro Superbike regional class of the Ontario R.A.C.E. series
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Abolition 2000
"Abolition 2000, an international network of over 2000 organizations in more than 90 countries working for a global treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons, has approved support for, and active participation in, the World March."
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APAVECQ
Association professionel des animateurs et animatrices à la vie spirituelle et à l'engagement communautaire du Quebec. "Together, we contribute to making young people aware of their responsibilities for building a world of peace, and to giving them the tools to do it, and to transmit to them a clear, egalitarian vision of citizenship and solidarity regarding human rights." - Louise Coutu, Presidente.
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Peter Julian
Peter Julian is the Member of Parliament for Burnaby-New Westminster, BC, and the NDP International Trade Critic.
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Brenda MacIntyre, Medicine Song Woman, Juno Award-winning world/roots singer.
Native Canadian hand drummer, healer and speaker, her latest CD, Spirit Connection, was nominated for a 2007 Aboriginal People’s Choice Award, and she continues to be the #1 Canadian Artist in Roots & Neo-Soul on MySpace.com.
"Every time you think a thought that fills you with gratitude, hope, peace, love, joy, inspiration, compassion and/or hope, that thought creates a chain reaction. Imagine what happens when a large event like the World March takes place. What a grand chain reaction we can create of positivity, not only for us as individuals, organizations, communities or even countries, but for the world." |
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Schools in Canada
L'Odyssée, Trois-Saisons, L'Équipage
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Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW)
"Since our foundation in 1960, the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace/La Voix Canadiennes des Femmes pour la Paix has worked locally, nationally and internationally on issues related to peace, social justice, human rights and development, always seeking to promote a woman's and a feminist's perspective."
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Hon. Douglas Roche
Author, parliamentarian and diplomat, Douglas Roche was the Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament, and Chairman of the UN Disarmament Committee in 1988. His latest book is Creative Dissent: A Politican's Struggle for Peace.
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Victoria Purcell-Gates, Ph.D.,Canada Research Chair - Early Childhood Literacy University of British Columbia
"As an educational researcher, and as a Canada Research Chair, my work is with the poor and marginalized around the world. I support the World March for Peace because I see world peace as an essential factor is the work to bring basic life necessities to those who have not, including culturally responsive and effective education that will allow all people to live productive and fulfilling lives."
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Toronto Bolivia Solidarity
TBS is a member of the Bolivian Solidarity Action Network of Canada, and works to support and raise awareness in Canadian society of the revolutionary democratic process underway in Bolivia led by President Evo Morales, a strong proponent of nonviolence. Bolivia's new proposed Constitution explicitly rejects war as a means of conflict resolution. |
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Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish
Dr. Abuelaish is a Palestinian doctor from Gaza who works at a medical centre in Israel. His three daughters and niece were killed by an Israeli tank during the Gaza war in January 2009, and yet he continues to fight, more strongly than ever, for peace and reconciliation.
"I would be pleased to participate in the World March for Peace and Nonviolence. The world march to discover the humanity in everyone of us. Go for it and I am with you." |
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The Transformative Learning Centre
The Transformative Learning Centre is based at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Its main goals are to support interdepartmental research and instruction in Transformative Learning Studies, and to provide a structure for community-university partnerships in research, education and social action both in local and global communities. |
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The Global Security Institute
The Global Security Institute is dedicated to strengthening international cooperation and security based on the rule of law, with a particular focus on nuclear arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament.
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The Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office
The Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office promotes the goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all, as reflected in the United Nations Charter.
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Project Ploughshares
Project Ploughshares, the ecumenical peace centre of The Canadian Council of Churches, works with churches, governments, and civil society, in Canada and abroad, to advance policies and actions that prevent war and armed violence and build sustainable peace. website |
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Saguenay Organizing Committee
Since 2000, the Saguenay Organizing Committee has organized an annual week of nonviolence for the region, inviting people to various educational activities, and to wear the yellow ribbon for nonviolence. website |
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Humanity’s Team
Humanity’s Team is a spiritual movement whose purpose is to communicate and implement the belief that we are all one, one with God and one with life, in a shared global state of being, so that the behavior of humanity may shift to reflect this understanding. We are looking forward to walking for Peace and Nonviolence. website |
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The Hiroshima Day Coalition
The Hiroshima Day Coalition includes representatives of peace groups and concerned individuals in the Greater Toronto Area. The Coalition was formed to commemorate the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and to work for the abolition of nuclear weapons. website |
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Creating Cultures of Peace Children
A non-profit society dedicated to bringing about a culture of peace for children. Currently, we are doing this through our project called, 'Acts of Transformation: War Toys into Peace Art'. "The March begins on Gandhi's birthday and as Gandhi stated, 'If we are to achieve real peace in this world, we must start with the children.'" website |
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Mary Jo Leddy
Writer, speaker, theologian, and social activist. Recipient of several honourary doctorates as well as the Order of Canada. website |
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Dr. Shreesh Juyal
Dr. Juyal is the President of the Canadian Peace Research & Education Association (CPREA). He is also Vice-President of the World Federation of Scientific Workers, and Chairman of the International Commission on Disarmament, Security and Peace (ICD). "The World March for Peace and Nonviolence symbolizes yet another tangible step by humanity towards a world free of violence, free of nuclear arms and lethal weapons. It pursues the great ideals of Mahatma Gandhi in the spirit of understanding and cooperation, and peaceful co-existence of all nations." |
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Albert Schultz
Actor, director, founding Artistic Director of the celebrated Soulpepper Theatre Company in Toronto, and General Director of the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. website |
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World Peace Forum Society
The World Peace Forum Society was established to organize the World Peace Forum in Vancouver in June of 2006. In 2007, WPF organized Peace Without Borders at Peace Arch Park on the Canadian-U.S. border. website |
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Mario Luis Rodríguez Cobos - Silo
Writer, thinker, founder of Universalist Humanism.
"This World March can help create awareness about peace and active nonviolence." |
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Rhinoceros Party
The Parti Rhinocéros was a registered political party in Canada from the 1960s to the 1990s. Operating within the Canadian tradition of political satire, the Rhinoceros Party's basic credo, their so-called primal promise, was "a promise to keep none of our promises." Today, they continue their work as the NeoRhinos. www.neorhino.ca. |
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Mario Beauregard, Ph.D.,
Mario Beauregard, Ph.D., is a member of the Centre for Research in Neurological Sciences and of the Centre for Research in Experimental Neuropsychology and Cognition of the Université de Montréal. In 2000, he was chosen by World Media Net as one of the "One Hundred Pioneers of the 21st Century." His work on the neurobiology of consciousness, emotions and of mystical experience has received worldwide media coverage. |
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Kevin Papatie, Award-winning filmmaker
Kevin Papatie is from Kitcisakik, an Alguonquian indigenous community located in Abitibi, north of Quebec. He is a filmmaker, cameraman, sound-recordist, musician, and director. In 2007, his short film, Wabak, won Best Experimental Film at the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival and the Young Hope 'Main Film' award at the First People Festival. "We all need to know that we can make changes around the earth. Pollution is polluting our lives, our health, our culture. There is only one race and we need to fight against the violence that we do to the earth. (Nonviolent) consciousness will find its way, and the World March will start it." |
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Zubin Mehta
World-renowned orchestra conductor.
"There are conflicts that are raging all over the world principally between peoples who have no desire to live as good neighbours, be it Israel, Palestine or Kashmir. It is my permanent desire that demonstrations such as this noble march will inspire such peoples to reconsider their inborn hatred and choose the path Gandhiji strived for all his life." |
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The Church of the Holy Trinity, Toronto
"The Church of the Holy Trinity endorses the World March for Peace and Nonviolence and wishes it well in this vital undertaking."
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Night at the Indies
Night at the Indies was established in 2005 as a non-profit artist collective in Toronto, and was launched in Vancouver in 2008. Our mission, especially mainly through our monthly multimedia events, is to celebrate art, build community, create revenue for independent artists and have fun!
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INTER MILAN Football (Soccer) Club.
Current Italian champions.
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A. Walter Dorn, Ph.D., Chair, Canadian Pugwash.
"I am very pleased to endorse the World March for Peace and Nonviolence. Your acts of global conscience inspire and uplift the world in ways that are both apparent and mysterious. By showing personal and collective commitment to bettering the world and fostering harmony among all peoples, at the physical, intellectual and spiritual levels, you are bringing our dream closer to reality. I will be glad to help you take a few steps for world peace." |
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Social Justice and Peace Alliance Canadian Memorial Church and Centre for Peace Vancouver, BC
"The Social Justice and Peace Alliance at United Church of Canada/Canadian Memorial Church and Centre for Peace enthusiastically and prayerfully endorse the World March for Peace. The pursuit of peace is central to the mission of Canadian Memorial... God calls us all to be makers of peace."
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Eduardo Galeano
Writer.
"The five main arms producers are the ones in charge of world peace- that’s why we’re in this shape!" |
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Physicians for Global Survival
PGS is the Canadian affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), which is the only international medical organization dedicated to preventing nuclear war. PGS recognizes that the catastrophic health and environmental consequences of a nuclear war are at the extreme end of a continuum of armed violence that undermines health and security. The primary focus of our organization since its inception has been on the complete disarmament of nuclear weapons which could destroy civilization in a few hours.
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Non Violence Festival, Kitchener-Waterloo
Matt Albrecht (organizer)
"Non-violence is our future."
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John Mighton
John Mighton is an author, an award-winning playwright, a Fellow of the Fields Institute for Mathematical Research, and the founder of JUMP Math. In 2004, Mighton was granted a prestigious Ashoka Fellowship as a social entrepreneur for his work in fostering numeracy through JUMP.
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Niv Fichman
Film producer and director. Most recently, he produced Passchendaele and Blindness.
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Kevin McMahon
Kevin McMahon is a documentary filmmaker whose personal, highly stylized, and widely praised films have appeared on television and in theatrical release. His films have ranged in subject matter from issues of militarism and the threat of nuclear weapons, to ecology, culture and Canadian identity.
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Jennifer Abbott
Jennifer Abbott is a documentary maker, cultural activist and editor with a particular interest in producing media that shifts perspectives on problematic social norms and practices. She is the co-producer and editor of "The Corporation", and her video work has appeared in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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Denis Delestrac
A resident of Toronto, Denis Delestrac is a French filmmaker whose work focuses on the effects of globalization, human rights and political issues. His latest documentary “Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space” will be released in theaters in the fall of 2009.
"Gandhi once said, 'We need to be the change we wish to see in the world.' Let’s take the World March for Peace and Nonviolence as a wonderful chance to remember we are all Mahatmas, great souls, bound for excellence when we join forces." |
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Autonomous Teaching Federation (FAE)
The Autonomous Teaching Federation (FAE) is a group of nine teachers' unions that represents close to 27,000 teachers (a third of the teachers in Quebec) at the elementary, secondary, professional levels, as well as adult education teachers, those who service penitentiaries, and those from the Peter Hall and Fournier Academic Centre schools.
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Nurit Peled-Elhanan.
Israeli peace activist, professor at Hebrew University. After the death of Elhanan's 13 year-old daughter in 1997, she became an outspoken critic of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. |
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Michael Lerner.
Revolutionary politician, humanitarian, political activist, spiritual mentor, psychologist, and editor of Tikkun, a progressive interfaith Jewish magazine based in Berkeley, California, rabbi of the Beyt Tikkun synagogue in San Francisco. |
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Jose Saramago,
Nobel Prize for Literature.
"Peace is possible if we mobilize ourselves to attain it. In people’s awareness and in the streets." |
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