Promoting

Peace

inOu
Uncivil World
 “It may be that the
greatest
tragedy in this
period of social
transition is
glaring
NOT the
noisiness of the
so called
bad people, but
the appalling
 What are YOUR Life’s

great
tragedies?
ACCIDENTS
HAPPEN

We all
have
our
BAD
Days
BAD ADVICE

A friend
told her
Meth
would
help her
lose
some
weight
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Hungry
at Home
Hungry Abroad
Disaster
s Natural
ANDMan
Made
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us
rethin
k
schools
and
school
safety
9/11 made
US Rethink

EVERYTHIN
 As WE move through life’s

social
transitions
Learnin
g to
deal
with
life’s
tragedi
es
 T0
Achieve
GREA
T
Success
From the thrill of OUR
beginnings
with thrills & challenges along OUR
 We
should
NEVER
forget to
have
some
FUN
Source -
in Good Times
in Tough
Times
Our Greatest Tragedy is

NOT the
glaring
noisiness of
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… they just chang

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 from
Small Time
Crime
To BIG Time
Criminals
to Crimes against humani
Our REAL Greatest Tragedy is
theappalling
silence of the so
called good
people
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 US Voter Turnout
Election Voter Turnout
Year (percent)

2006 43.6%
Source: Federal Election Commission
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 Will you walk
by without
even looking?

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Apathy at Home

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Apathy
toward OUR
World
 American Knowledge of the World
 30% knew the locations of countries in the news
 47% couldn’t find India on a map
 60% didn’t know the most heavily fortified border in the
world was between North and South Korea
 30% thought the US Mexican Border was the most
heavily fortified border in the world

 60% couldn’t locate Iraq on a map!!!

 11% couldn’t locate the United States on a
map!!!
Source: National Geographic Survey/Roper Surveys and the AP 2005
What canWE the so
called
GOOD
PEOPLE
be Doing?
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We
Can
 WE
Can
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We can
Volunte
 We Can Take
Responsibility
 WE
Can
Be
Bigger
than Me

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We Can
Benefit OUR
 We Can Help
those in
NEED

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We Can
Ser
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WE Can
Connect OUR
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Idaho High School exchange

students
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Angoon/Colony, Alaska Middle School Student

WE MUST
Pay Attention, Participate
Knowing is not enough; we must
apply. Willing is not enough; we
must do.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We CAN
start
TODAY
romoting Peace
A guide for

Knowing
Promoting
Peace &
can be scheduled as a

Doing
Keynote,
Workshop or
Seminar in YOUR
Classrooms & Companies
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