World Citizen, and our dedicated Peace Ambassadors, center Five Peace Actions:
We invite you to explore, (un)learn and reflect on your relationship, ideas and implementation of each of these peace actions.
We all have our own experience and journey with what inner peace looks, sounds and feels like.
“Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquility.”
How we interact with others creates a big ripple. Conflict may be inevitable, but responses of aggression and violence need not be.
“The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person’s suffering and bring that person joy.”
There are so many ways to reach out in service that will bring you joy and fulfillment.
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Protecting our environment means that human life is in balance and living in harmony with nature and its resources, which in return provides for sustainable life on this planet.
“"Honor the sacred. Honor the Earth, our Mother. Honor the Elders. Honor all with whom we share the Earth:-Four-leggeds, two-leggeds, winged ones, swimmers, crawlers, plant and rock people. Walk in balance and beauty."
Respect diversity by honoring identities, cultures and lived experiences of all; including our non-human world.
"Peace cannot exist without justice, justice cannot exist without fairness, fairness cannot exist without development, development cannot exist without democracy, democracy cannot exist without respect for the identity and worth of cultures and peoples."
Being a responsible citizen means recognizing our shared responsibility to participate, advocate and contribute (individually and collectively) to co-create a more peaceful and just society.
“Never doubt a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”