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Global VOV Live Video Broadcast
Sat, February 20th at 4 p.m.

"Global Citizenship and Conflict Resolution"
a Lecture by Kenneth Cloke
Director, Center for Dispute Resolution
President, Mediators Beyond Borders

Part of the Culture of Peace Distinquished Speakers Series

Recent VOV Blogs

VOV: Training for Transformation

Betsy Raasch-Gilman (Reprinted from SGI Quarterly)

Miami, Florida, November 20, 2003: Trade negotiators from Canada to Argentina had gathered to put the finishing touches--or so they hoped--on the Free Trade Area of the Americas agreement. A huge crowd of ordinary citizens from the affected countries, including me, had also gathered, to oppose the corporate style of globalization that the proposed treaty represented. And keeping the two groups apart, an enormous and heavily armed police force had completely closed downtown Miami.

By legal permit, our large march and rally could go on until 4:00 p.m. At 4:15 the pol … Read More »

ACTION AREA #8: A Dialogue Between Sir Joseph Rotblat and SGI President Daisaku Ikeda

(Reprinted from SGI Quarterly)

Sir Joseph Rotblat (1908-2005) was one of the scientists recruited to work on the U.S. project to construct the atomic bomb during World War II. He left the project when it became clear to him that Nazi Germany would not succeed in developing their own atomic bomb. He subsequently became a tireless campaigner for the abolition of nuclear weapons, co-founding the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs in 1957. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995. Daisaku Ikeda is president of the Soka Gakkai International and has spearheaded the organization's nuclear  … Read More »


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Building a Culture of Peace

VOV strives to foster global perspectives that view violence as a worldwide illness and identify and connect the root causes of violence underlying conflicts based on the eight action areas of the UN "Culture of Peace" initiative.
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2010 VOV Aloha Peace Challenge

The VOV Aloha Peace Challenge is an annual humanitarian competition in the State of Hawaii that challenges all people to create value in their communities through activities that celebrate and promote peace and nonviolence.
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