Summer at Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation
LA PLANT, SOUTH DAKOTA, USA. Zen Peacemakers International has an ongoing goal to develop relations with and support the indigenous Lakota community of Turtle Island. Since 2015, Bearing Witness retreats and plunges have occurred...
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“Beautiful if Loved:” Greyston Early Learning Center, Founded by Zen Peacemakers Co-Founder Jishu Holmes, Closes
YONKERS, NEW YORK, USA. "The most powerful message Jishu left us was things and people discarded can become beautiful if loved, cared for, and given an opportunity." The Greyston Early Learning Center, begun...
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Dejusticia releases free playbook for defending human rights amidst growing populism
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA. Indigenous rights organization Dejusticia releases "Rising to the Populist Challenge: A New Playbook for Human Rights Actors." The book has been freely distributed to inspire and educate human rights activists in a time...
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Planning This Summer’s Native American Bearing Witness Plunge: Report from Rapid City South Dakota
RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, USA. This past weekend Roshi Genro Gauntt and ZPI Executive Director Rami Efal met with Manny Iron Hawk, Renee Fast Horse Iron Hawk and Violet Catches, the three main hosts...
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Quarterly Membership Update, February 2018
MONTAGUE, MASSACHUSETTS, USA. Three months ago we saw the opening of our membership platform. Since then, you joined us from Nepal, Russia, the Mediterranean, Latin America and across Europe and the USA - Nearly...
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The Territory is My Body: More on the Indigenous Leaders Workshop in Colombia, Interview with ZPI Executive Director Rami Efal
SIERRA NEVADA de SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA. Interview with Rami Efal, executive director of ZPI on his experience in the First Workshop for Indigenous Leaders in December 2017, which saw leaders from indigenous communities of...
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Colombia-based Human Rights Group Dejusticia Organizes Global Workshop for Indigenous Leaders
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA. Colombia-based human rights advocacy group Dejusticia held a weeklong workshop, bringing together indigenous leaders from around the world to share their gifts and challenges.
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Bernie Glassman Acknowledges New Zen Masters in His Lineage
KRAKOW, POLAND. Prior to plunging into 2017 Zen Peacemakers Auschwitz Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreat, Bernie conducted a ceremony recognizing Roland Wegmüller, Francisco Lugovina and Fleet Maull as Zen Masters in his lineage.
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Find Peace in Srebrenica: New Documentary on Bearing Witness in Bosnia-Herzegovina
SREBRENICA, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA. On October 15, 2017, a new, Dutch documentary on Zen Peacemaker work was released. Created by Pat Van Boeckel and produced by Karin van der Molen, Vrede Vinden in Srebrenica is...
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Facing Up to Serbia’s Past: A Zen Peacemaker from Belgrade Bears Witness in the Balkans
BELGRADE, SERBIA. In late June, ahead of the yearly commemoration of the Srebrenica genocide on July 11, Mirko Gaspari gave a public talk on his experience in the '17 Bosnia-Herzegovina Bearing Witness at the local...
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