Urban Peace Movement

Urban Peace Movement

Block to Block,Turf to Turf,and Hood to Hood:

We're building a movement for Urban Peace.

The Urban Peace Movement Mission:

The mission of UPM is to transform the culture

and conditions that lead to urban violence. 

 We build the leadership of communities

 hit hardest by street violence through fostering

 non-traditional leaders who are the key 

the ending this crisis.  

Through community organizing, 

youth leadership development, 

and “culture change” events,  

UPM empowers young people to overcome

 internalized oppression and work towards 

Justice and Social Transformation.

We do this through:

transformational leadership work;

events to “Silence The Violence”;

helping young people spread 

the message of urban peace.

http://urbanpeacemovement.org/

Peace and Love Festival

Peace and Love Festival

The Peace and Love Festival started in 1999

as a manifestation against violence and racism

—In order to raise important issues, 

by questioning the world we live in and

 to raise awareness among people. 

The festival seeks to spread the message 

of diversity, solidarity and understanding.

Each year has its own theme and 

last year’s focus was on ‘Revolution’. 

 As always, the Peace and Love Festival was 

more than 

music and there were a lot of 

dance, 

spoken word, street performances,etc. 

Last year the Peace and Love Festival increased

 in size and lasted 

for three full festival days,

 plus three theme days.

Sweden’s elite musicians along with

 international musicians performed on the stages. 

As a part of the Peace and Love Festival 

there was a stage 

with dance performances 

by professional dancers

—with choreographies 

that enable the audience t

o feel the great power 

of their dance expressions. 

To round out the event there were poetry, 

art, film,

 photo and information from various organizations 

who, like us, wanted to make a difference in this world.

The Peace and Love Festival helded at 

Borlange,Dalarna in Sweden

June 25~29,2013.

'Though the mountains be shaken 

and the hills be removed

yet my unfailing love for you will

not be shaken nor my covenant of peace 

be removed.'says the Lord,

who has compassion on you.(Isa 54:10)

Mr. Gandhi

Mr. Gandhi

Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand (1869-1948)

Gandhi battled for national liberation

and 

he expressed a lot of patriotism

 towards 

Indian civilization. He redefined the terms

 'nationalism' 

and 'patriotism' to fit his vision. 

Nationalism, for instance,

 meant many different things. 

Gandhi said, "Every Indian whether he owns 

up to it or not, 

has national aspirations--

but there are as many opinions as there are

 Indian Nationalists as to the exact meaning 

of that aspiration.Gandhi's nationalism stood to disband 

the Congress Party upon independence, 

Its task is done. The next task is to move into villages

 and revitalize life there to build 

a new socio-economic structure from the bottom 

upwards.He also understood patriotism differently

 than his contemporaries,by patriotism, I mean 

the welfare of the whole people.

  To Gandhi, ideas were worth having.

 He defended his vision of Anarchy in India 

on this point, It may be taunted with the retort 

that this is all Utopian and, therefore, not worth 

a single thought... Let India live for the true picture,

 though never realizable in its completeness. 

We must have a proper picture of what we want,

 before we can have something approaching it.

  By trying to understand Gandhi's worldview, 

certain questions jump out with contemporary relevance. 

First off, what is our culturally appropriate 

"utopian" picture of America or of the communities

 in which we live?

 Secondly, what practical steps can we make

 towards swaraj amidst the current global empire?

 Finally, if Gandhi is right that all power resides 

in individuals, and that power is derived from 

an "indomitable will", then how do we reclaim

 the latent power within us, 

both individually and collectively?

                                                                  (PeacePower, Josh Fattal)

The only answer for the World Peace is

in God we trust.The only solution for it origins

from its Creator himself.

Without knowing Him and His will,there is no way

for men to have a World Peace.

Grace And Peace

Grace And Peace

Grace and peace

is the perfect

gift from God our father

and the lord Jesus Christ

our king of all creations

the creator of all the seasons

Grace and peace is brought

by our Lord God our father

who show's love and gives us peace

especially in our sleep

for we are his sheep

Lord show us Grace and show

us Peace for we believe in you

as you help us through

our toughest times

we love you O lord

just like you love us

Grace and peace shall

be forever shown

when he shows

it on his own

                                        (poem by punkrocker)

For it is by grace you have been saved,

through faith--and this is not 

from yourselves,it is the gift of God--

not by works,so that no one can boast.

(Eph 2:8~9)

Your Heart's Gladness

Your Heart's Gladness

In bible there is occasional mention 

in the word of gladness and of joy,

and sometimes

they are mentioned together;

but gladness is mentioned

when the subject treated of

 is truth and its affection.

and joy when it is 

good and its affection.

'...Joy and gladness will be found in her,

thanksgiving and the sound of singing.'

(Isa  51:3)

Your Heart's Gladness

               Sometimes, when you cry,               

no one sees your tears

sometimes, when you doubt

on one sees your fears.

Sometimes,when you worry,

on one sees your strain

sometimes, when you hurt

no one sees your pain.

Sometimes, when you lose,

on one sees your loss

sometimes, when you ache

on one sees your cross.

Sometimes, when you care,

on one sees how much

sometimes, when you reach out

on one sees your touch.

Sometimes, when you weep,

on one sees your sadness

but my friend,all the time

Jesus brings the heart gladness.

                        (by Deborah Ann Belk)

One step toward World Peace

One step toward World Peace

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

(India.1869.10.2~1948.1.30)

Mahatma Gandhi is a political and spiritual leader

during India's struggle with Great Britain for home rule.

During his life time, he had great influence 

not only on his own country but also on the world,

especially for the World Peace, 

with Truth and Nonviolence.

Let me share you with his powerful sayings.

'When I despair, I remember that

all through history the way of truth and love

has always won. there have been tyrants and murderers

and for a time they seem invincible but in the end,

They always fail--think of it,always~'

'Truth alone will endure;

all the rest will be swept away before the tide

of time...What may appear as truth to one person 

will often appear as untruth to another person.

But that need not worry the seeker...

Truth and untruth often co-exist;

good and evil often are found together...

Use truth as your anvil,nonviolence as your hammer

and anything that does not stand the test

when it is brought to the anvil of truth

and hammered with nonviolence,reject it...

Truth and nonviolence demand that 

no human being may debar himself from

serving any other human being,

no matter how sinful he may be...

Truth is the first to be sought for,and

Beauty and Goodness will then be added unto you.'

'...An error does not become truth by

reason of multiplied propagation,nor does

truth become error because nobody sees it...

Truth without humility would be an arrogant

caricature...The quest of truth involves

self-suffering,sometimes even unto death.'

'In the attitude of silence the soul finds

the path in an clearer light

and what is elusive and deceptive resolves

itself into crystal clearness.

our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.'

Love is the only answer

Love is the only answer

Here I am !

I stand at the door and knock.

If anyone hears my voice

and opens the door,

I will come in and

eat with him,

and he with me.(Rev 3:20)

God is love,

and Jesus is love.

Jesus is knocking on the door

to your frozen heart.

No matter how bitterly your heart is broken,

he'll heal you with his everlasting true love.

So open your heart 

and rest yourself on him.

Because he is the only answer

for your suffering 

and sorrow.

Do not ever feel alone. 

God is near and Jesus is

knocking on the door of your heart now.

May God bless you~♡