Building Infrastructures for Peace The Science of Right Human Relationship

1. Building Infrastructures for PeaceThe Science of Right Human Relationship AMERICAN ETHICAL UNION 96th Annual Assembly: Choices That Matter June 16-19, 2011 Columbus, Ohio Dorothy J. Maver, Ph.D., President National Peace Academy www.nationalpeaceacademy.us

2. American Ethical Union Our faith is in the capacity and responsibility of human beings to act in their personal relationships and in the larger community to help create a better world.

3. How Could Anyone How Could Anyone Ever Tell You You Are Anything Less Than Beautiful How Could Anyone Ever Tell You You Are Less Than Whole How Could Anyone Fail To Notice That Your Loving Is A Miracle How Deeply You’re Connected To My Soul • Libby Roderick

4. THE STORY Harmony Through Conflict The Essence: Right Human Relationship The Storytellers: Humanity

5. WHAT WE KNOW http://bumpercars.com/wombat/wombat.swf The Game Changer: ALL IS ONE

6. How the Story is Unfolding - through one small lens • This Transition Time … • Blessed Unrest – Paul Hawken • A Threshold Moment

7. Song of Shamballa Nicholas Roerich

8. Science of Right Human Relationship If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationship – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together and work together in the same world, at peace. President Franklin D. Roosevelt

9. Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury Definition of Peace ”Peace is the wholeness created by right relationships with oneself, other persons, other cultures, other life, Earth, and the larger whole of which all are a part." - Earth Charter

10. Ambassador Anwaral ChowdhuryFormer Under-Secretary and High Representative of the UN Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence on behalf of the Children of the World Women at the center of peace: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 Asking the big question… Is Peace A Human Right

11. Where We Are Now • Shifting Worldview • Leaderless Movement • Infrastructures for Peace

12. Wendell BerryWhat We Need Is Here Geese appear high over us, pass, and the sky closes. Abandon, as in love or sleep, holds them to their way, clear in the ancient faith: what we need is here. And we pray, not for new earth or heaven, but to be quiet in heart, and in eye, clear. What we need is here.

13. Supports, advances and nurtures cultures of peace by preparing the next generation of peacebuilders who will bring their unique background to communities and the corporate, nonprofit, and government workplace. Through our learning programs we:- Support the development of the full spectrum of the peacebuilder – inner and outer, personal and professional - Facilitate the development of peace systems – local to global National Peace Academy http://www.nationalpeaceacademy.us We strive to embody and reflect the principles and processes of peace.

14. NPA History and Design • Multistakeholder Approach • Appreciative Inquiry co-creative emergent design process • Shared Responsibility / Shared Leadership

15. Education Shapes Society The general purpose of peace education, as I understand it, is to promote the development of authentic planetary consciousness that will enable us to function as global citizens and to transform the present human condition by changing social structures and the patterns of thought that have created it. This transformational imperative must...be at the center of peace education. - Betty Reardon

16. National Peace Academy www.nationalpeaceacademy.us International Institute on Peace Education Certificate Program Peacebuilding Peacelearning Intensive Global Campaign for Peace Education Teleconference Series

17. Global Alliance founded in London 20052006 – Canada Summit2007 – Japan Summit2009 – Costa Rica Summit 2011 - South Africa Summit Theme: Ubuntu in Actionhttp://www.mfp-dop.org/ Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace

18. ... I am happy to give my support to such a body whose responsibilities would include being a consistent voice for non-violent means of settling disputes. HH Dalai Lama, 2006

19. Archbishop Desmond Tutu ... Go for it and … one day we’ll ask, “Why were we so stupid for so long because of something so obvious?”

20. Ministries of Peace • Solomon Islands Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace • Nepal Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction • Costa Rica Ministry of Justice and Peace • South Sudan Ministry of Peace

21. The Storyteller’s Challenge “Developing the capacity to operate from the nothingness of the now, the ability to discern and take the next step in situations where old structures have broken down and new structures haven’t yet emerged is perhaps the most important core capacity of navigating work and life in this century.” Otto Scharmer

22. Infrastructures for Peace There is no time left for anything but to make peacework a dimension of our every waking activity. Elise Boulding

23. He drew a circle that shut me out, Heretic, rebel, thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win, We drew a circle that kept him in. - Edwin Markham LOVE & I HAD THE WIT TO WIN

24. Banner of Peace Nicholas Roerich

25. Signing Roerich Pact International Treaty

26. Peace in the World If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, There must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, There must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors, There must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart. - Lao-tse