The Working Site for the Peace Train Group part of The Peace Train Charitable Trust
Announcements:
October 15, 2009
Many things to report. I'll start with a recent message from DarkLobo that the following URL is of interest: http://www.shootingcolombia.com/ . 12 or so people took video cameras around Colombia - not sure where exactly, haven't looked at it yet - and filmed what they ran into.
I just love this. I promise to post an update soon - still waiting on funds transfer from PF 09 PayPal - > bank account.
ONE WEEK LEFT! All sorts of preparation is happening - art donations for sale and auction, live bands coordinating times and venues, speakers from around the world getting ready with photos and discussion points. It's going to be amazing.
June 10: PeaceFest 09 Announcement!
June 9: Siri's work got on CNN's iReport! Here is the link - reporting on the health care organizing kickoff meeting she put together on Cedar Island.
June 8: Lots going on!
An interesting article on using social media for social good. Link HERE.
Also, our own Siri Vita led a discussion on Health Care Reform at the Nosotr@s Cafe on Cedar Island (SLURL). It was fantastic, and captured here in ablog post by Nazz Lane. Thanks, Nazz for the great write-up!
AND please check out the following amazing video, HOME - available on YouTube! It is an hour-and-a-half long...
June 2:
Cool stuff. Our own Siri Vita was in Informationweek online: The article was written by Mitch Wagner and focused on Siri's work with the Health Care Reform discussions in Second Life. Go Siri!
And, a reminder from a great, longtime friend in France;
Lots of updates regarding planning for PeaceFest 09. And! THANK YOU FireWave for the new PeaceFest 09 logo!
May 23: Gwenette pointed out an interesting short clip from Rita King at Carnegie Mellon, talking about the power of creativity in the virtual worlds. Enjoy.
May 8: So many good things happening!
The Cedar Island community (web site) supporting us with a meeting space at their lovely Nosotros Cafe. There is a notecard-giver there with our name on it - it will have the latest in scheduled meetings. Many thanks especially to Jon, Scot, Talaris, all the residents, and certainly Cadence for her wonderful build!
The wonderful folks at Four Bridges (Flickr set) have given us a fantastic, modern building to call our office! Please come visit if you are in SL! Special thanks to Medora, juni, any1, Gamma, and friends, and special thanks to millay - THANK you millay for everything!
FireWave imaging - Jonah and Alexxa have done it again! Thanks so much to FireWave imaging (SLURL) for providing a logo for PeaceFest 09! It's coming soon!!!!
Gwenette for her willingness to let us use sims she has!
May 3: Peace Train planning meetings are beginning! Stay tuned; the Engineers are getting together, and will be making announcements to the Peace Train group in SL in the next week. These will likely be happening at the Cedar Island cafe - see the link in the sidebar.
April 27:
Congratulations to juni, Medora, any1, and all the crew that organized the multi-sim, 9-day Earth Week celebration in SL. They should all take at least 3 hours off grid (lol). Interested in helping with PeaceFest???
April 10:
Looking for inspiration for this year's PeaceFest 09 tagline! I turn to one of my favorite sources.... what's so funny about peace, love and understanding??
March 30: After months of paperwork and process, The Peace Train Charitable Trust has now been confirmed as a Public Charity in the US (a 501 C 3 organization), as determined by the Internal Revenue Service (effective Sept. 2008). It's official : ) Now we need help.
March 26: Earth Week plans are coming together! There is quite a schedule of live events - check out the latest.
March 25: Draxtor Despres has done it again! A fantastic reportage on peace building in SL, with part of our interview with Alexjo captured, as well as the fantastic tunes of junivers Stockholm.
March 21:Great interview today! Check out the pics! Thanks to all the SL attendees for being there and for your questions! If you have ideas for other events, please use the contacts page and let me know! Now for Earth Week, and PeaceFest 09 planning...
March 11: The interview with the Monticello descendants is set for Saturday March 21 at 9am SLT / PST. It will be at the cafe in Port Spinoza (SLURL). More details here.
March 1: Planning for the we20 begins! A virtual instance of the Global 20 meetings that will be happening on April 4. We have 20 countries represented in the form of participants in Second Life. Planning here.
Also! Very excited about an interview / discussion with Thomas Jefferson and Sally Heming descendants. Want to hear directly from these people about race and reconciliation in the United States?? Come on over! Working out the time / date - currently looking like Saturday or Sunday, March 21 or 22.
Feb. 18: Don't miss the upcoming interview (Saturday, Feb 21 at 11am SLT) with Alexjo Magic, from Melbourne, Australia. She is an expert on the experience of women in the Palestinian / Israeli conflict. We'll start with some original music and poetry by Junivers Stockholm, Medora Chevalier, and Serene Bechir. More here!
Feb. 9: Congratulations to Junivers Stockholm and Medora Chevalier for putting together a great song/media piece on the Human Rights Festival!
Jan 23: With the US presidential inauguration behind us, many of us feel reinvigorated for this year's potential projects! Working on solidifying plans... To that end, I am adding a folder for event planning materials.
ALSO check out Draxtor Despres' interview with our own Siri Vita! Drax covered the Health Care Reform discussion that Siri organized...
Jan. 1: Happy New Year everyone!
Dec. 22: The Health Care Reform Discussion (for the US) on December 29 was a great success. This was the only of its kind in SL - the other discussions were held nationally in the US in RL locations. Siri Vita moderated as 20-30 avs contributed to the discussion on questions developed by the Obama-Biden Transition team. Read more here....
Welcome to the team wiki for Peace Train, a Second Life organization that seeks to advance the cause of peace globally. In this site our team will organize our information and resources related to our various projects.
What / who is Peace Train? You can check out our history here.
For information about PeaceFest 08, our multi-day celebration for peace, please see the public blog. Vision: A three-day event held in August of 2008, featuring artists, performances, panel discussions, and more. The PeaceFest ran around the clock in Second Life. The goal was to raise funding and volunteerism for a variety of peace-related organizations that serve our global community.
Comments (2)
Steve said
at 12:33 pm on Nov 20, 2008
Welcoming KK Dallagio as a writer here!
karenkayweeks@... said
at 12:44 pm on Nov 20, 2008
Hi Cotton!
thanks. exlporing now~
KK
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