Raising Peace has morphed into a new format: the Raising Peace Salon. After several years of presenting many webinars promoting peace in its myriad forms, this year Raising Peace wants to continue this work in a different way. The Salon is an opportunity for people to come together to “raise peace” by talking about peace, sharing experiences and inspiring each other.
Raising Peace believes that talking about peace is important and urgent. Threats to peace are getting more pressing, and the act of thinking and talking about peace is essential in diffusing these threats. We all need to practise using the language of peace and to have access to non-violent ways of resolving conflict.
At the Salon you can:
- meet other people who are committed to peace;
- come with an openness and curiosity to hear what is happening in the peace movement in Australia and overseas;
- talk about and seek advice on your own peace activities;
- hear about the creative arts and peace: music, performance, poetry and visual arts;
- share information about new developments in peace;
- find information and encouragement to be involved in events and actions, with no pressure to do so (most participants are already involved in peace organisations);
- help start possible new actions or collaborations.
The Salon runs as a Zoom meeting every second month, on a Monday evening from 7 pm to 8 pm. The next Salon is on Monday 9 November. To join, email Wies Schuiringa at wies.schuiringa1@gmail.com, and Wies will send you a link to the meeting. Please share this invitation with others.
Anyone can act as the facilitator of a Salon. If you have an idea you would like to pursue, let the organisers know. Short presentations of up to 10 minutes are welcome as catalysts for conversation.
