American and Vietnamese Cyclists Seek Fathers’ Downed Fighter Jet
Mountain biker Rebecca Rusch rides the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Vietnam in a new documentary that documents a personal journey of healing. Ultra-endurance athlete Rebecca Rusch has won competitions all around the world in several disciplines, however she faced her toughest challenge yet in new Red Bull Media House documentary Blood Road. The American, […]
The Pope Does a Surprise TED Talk
Pope Francis made a surprise appearance at a TED talk conference in Toronto in April, urging powerful leaders “to act humbly” and said he hoped technological innovation would not leave people behind. The 18-minute video was filmed in Vatican City and broadcast to the audience at the annual TED 2017 conference in Vancouver. “The more […]
Malala Becomes Youngest UN Messenger of Peace
Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, has become the youngest United Nations Messenger of Peace. Yousafzai, 19, was appointed by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and will help promote girl’s education around the world as part of her new role. The Pakistani education activist came to prominence when a Taliban gunman shot her in […]
Honoring Diana, Prince Harry Urges Landmine-free World
Britain’s Prince Harry has thrown his support behind a campaign to rid the world of landmines by 2025, two decades after his mother, Princess Diana, walked through a minefield in Angola to highlight the plight of victims. Even though the production and use of landmines has dropped since a 1997 treaty to prohibit their use, […]
Business: A Powerful Force for Interfaith Understanding
Business is at the crossroads of culture, commerce and creativity. This means businesses have the resources to make the world more peaceful as well as the incentive to do so. Here are three examples from the UN Global Compact. Coca-Cola Serves up Cross-border Understanding In 2013, the Coca-Cola Company initiated a project to promote understanding […]
“African Union Should Stop Acting Like Exclusive Club”
Africa is approaching a tipping point across a number of issues, including the fight against terrorism, creating economic opportunity and embedding democracy across the continent. “Africa at the Tipping Point” was the theme of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s annual Ibrahim Forum on Saturday, 8 April. While the continent’s future is in the balance as opportunity […]
3 Lessons From Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Building Peace
As the CEO of TLEX Institute, which trains leaders from global agencies, Fortune 100 companies and governments in fragile states, I have seen how conflict and power struggles can become embedded in how people operate. Even seasoned progressive leaders can struggle to disentangle identities, cultures and systems from cycles of retaliation and aggression. For the […]
Should the Business of Business Only be Business?
What can the business community do to promote peace – and why should it be interested in doing so? After all, is the business of business not business – rather than peace-making? The answer, of course, is that business is about more than business: today it is widely accepted that there is a triple bottom […]
Join Forest Whitaker in Defeating a “Death Star” for $50,000
An online auction of “Star Wars: Rogue One” items is being held by actor Forest Whitaker to support the young women and men of The Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative (WPDI). In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the […]
International Children’s Peace Prize 2016 Finalists
Children’s rights organisation KidsRights has announced the three finalists for the International Children’s Peace Prize 2016. The prize is awarded annually to a child who fights courageously for children’s rights. Every year, the message of the new young winner has enormous impact and demonstrates to millions of people globally that change is possible. The International Children’s […]
