American Museum of Peace AMP Inc.

10/05/2024

In the Media: A story of history in-the-making from a primary source. The Honorable J. Michael Luttig, former Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, speaks:

"...What I have subsequently said about ....all of us...is that we decide what we will do when the moment arrives for all the months and years leading up to that moment, such that when that moment arises in each of our lives, there is no decision to be made. We've made that decision years before...

"That's the hero. The hero has made the decision before the moment and in the moment there is no decision to be made. He or she does it....

"Once, twice, three times in our lives our moment comes - in our family, in our community, with our friends, and others - when we must stand and affirm what we believe and what we do not believe..."

Aspen Community Program, "Democracy at a Crossroads, A Conversation with the Honorable J. Michael Luttig (1 hr.03min)," August 12, 2024: https://www.aspeninstitute.org/videos/judge-luttig/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFuKNVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSUKX-ddOENCClS1M9I8F4JakJpOA65aH8WcmmPwq55UpHV2i2F1YWWVKQ_aem_p5ni1H_yoXzj_IzLMxssXw

Understanding that whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly, honor your nation by living with integrity, love and respect. AMPeace.

Featuring the Honorable J. Michael Luttig, former Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and Aspen Institute trustee in conversation with Barbara McQuade, author and professor from practice at the University of Michigan Law School. Judge Luttig discusses his lifelong comm...

09/27/2024

Stevie Wonder launches an 11 cities tour, October 08- November 02, 2024.

"The Universe Is Watching Us – We Need Music That Feeds Our Soul As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx5uwYTGuZs

Stevie Wonder's 2024 Tour & Tickets: https://steviewonderlive.com

Live with love, integrity and respect to experience, extend and enhance peace. AMPeace.

The Universe Is Watching Us. We Need Music That Feeds Our Soul As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart!Tickets at https://steviewonderlive.com.

09/15/2024

Having immersed myself in environmental issues for several years I felt I had a good grasp of the challenges we face and an awareness of the international, national and local policy response, particularly as it pertains to energy production and use around which so many have directed their educational and advocacy efforts.

Focussed on the damaging effects of carbon dioxide we have been working, individually and collectively, to reduce carbon dioxide emissions without fully appreciating the heat-retaining effects of methane and nitrous oxide on the Earth's atmosphere.

The documentary "Eating for Tomorrow," (aka "Eating for Extinction [2021]") narrated by Kate Winslet, opened my eyes to the significant impact our personal dietary choices are having on the environment - startling facts which I had read but not fully appreciated until now.

When I first entered this field of work I prayed. If I have learned anything in life it is first to find out what, in me, is to be addressed in light of my concern, before I advocate or ask anything of others. I asked for direction as to what I was to change or do as a solitary individual. What I received surprised me, given the prevailing and programatic orientation of those with whom I worked. "Live - and teach - love and respect of life - all lives."

Everything we do has a ripple effect, from within - out. As soon as I/we understand, truly understand, that our orientation to life is mirrored in our experience, we will begin to see life enhanced.

As with all aspects of life I found that I keep coming back to one basic question: Who am I as a person? (Collectively, who are we as a people? ) Do I/we live affirming and embodying the Presence and Power of Love in and on Earth?

"Eating for Tomorrow" reminds us of the interconnected, interdependent, reciprocal nature of the Universe. As soon as we understand, truly understand, we will heal.

I thank VegRehoboth, PlanetDelaware and the Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware for hosting and expanding our consciousness with this screening.

Namaste. 💖🙏💖

Understanding that whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly, treat all lives and all that has been created with love, integrity and respect to experience, extend and enhance peace. AMPeace.

Viewing "Eating for Tomorrow," narrated by Kate Winslet, directed by brothers Otto and Ludo Brockway, aka "Eating Our Way to Extinction" released September 2021:

Spiritual Growth Free-Screening Events:
https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/events/eating-for-tomorrow-kate-winslet-documentary/

"Where to Watch in Multiple Languages for Free," including "The Essential Facts, a Summary Version:" https://www.eating2extinction.com/the-movie/

AmazonPrime: https://www.amazon.com/Eating-Our-Extinction-Kate-Winslet/dp/B09KJ6822F

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eating2extinction/

Books: https://www.eating2extinction.com/shop/books/

Article: "'Eating Our Way to Extinction' Review From a Food-Climate Researcher and Author," by Dana Ellis Hunnes, published in "Age of Awareness" April 26, 2022

Article: "Debunking the Myths, Answering the Arguments and Removing the Doubts," https://www.eating2extinction.com/facts/debunking-the-myths/

Eating for Tomorrow Documentary, narrated by Kate Winslet:

09/01/2024

It's a pertinent question: "Can We Fix Our Nation's Broken Heart?"

With the timely release of "Can We Fix Our Nation's Broken Heart?" American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder and Molly Bonner urges us to embrace the solutions as they posit the question:

"Can We Fix Our Nation's Broken Heart?"
music by Stevie Wonder,
lyrics by Stevie Wonder and Molly Bonner:.

[Verse]
"Can we fix our nation's broken heart?
Are we brave enough to try? Mm-mm
Can we fix our nation's broken heart
And leave a better world behind?

[Bridge]
"'Cause if we listen to different thoughts and points of views
All my brothers and sisters, we don't have to lose
Humanity
We're family
So can we please
Fix our nation's broken heart

[Verse]
"Children marching down the boulevard
Tears are streaming down their face, oh-oh
Tension in the air is so bizarre
Love has gone without a trace

[Bridge]
"People pushing and shouting and fighting through the haze
And all this sadness, madness, help me take away the pain
It's gotta change
This can't stay the same
So tell me please
Can we fix our nation's broken heart?

[Middle eight]
"Poverty and homelessness
Can we do away with this?
All we need to is to be giving
For our daughters and our sons
There's a light in everyone
They deserve a new beginning, yeah

[Verse]
"Will the light we share survive the dark
Or will it slowly fade away? Ah-ah
Will the light of good be torn apart
And swept away by crushing waves?

[Bridge]
"We've been floating alone in a dark and bitter cold
'Cause there's a growing ocean of lies that we've been told
To tear us down
But what I've found
Is with our truth, compassion and love
We can fix our nation's broken heart

{Harmonica solo]
"Ah-ah
[Harmonica solo]

[Verse]
"Can we fix our nation's broken heart?
Are we brave enough to try? Hey - ey
We must fix our nation's broken heart
To leave a better world behind

[Bridge]
"We've come together with purpose far bigger than you and me
Don't have no time for hatred and negativity
It's you and me
We hold the key
So tell me please
Can we fix our nation's broken heart?

[Harmonica solo]
"Can we fix our nation's broken heart?
[Harmonica solo]
I know and you know
We must fix our nation's broken heart"

"Can We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart" by Stevie Wonder, Producer Stevie Wonder, lyrics .com:
https://genius.com/Stevie-wonder-can-we-fix-our-nations-broken-heart-lyrics

Official Lyrics Video - Stevie Wonder, "Can We Fix Our Nation's Broken Heart?" currently available via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKSz3n3qP6g

"Listen to Stevie Wonder’s New Single, 'Can We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart,' a Heartfelt Plea for Unity," by Matt Friedlander, August 31, 2024: https://americansongwriter.com/listen-to-stevie-wonders-new-single-can-we-fix-our-nations-broken-heart-a-heartfelt-plea-for-unity/



Understanding that whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly, treat all lives and all that has been created with love, integrity and respect to experience, extend and enhance peace. AMPeace.

Official lyric video for Can We Fix Our Nation's Broken Heart

06/16/2024

"If we all sing one song,
One song of love, one song of peace,
One song to make all our troubles cease,
One hymn, one theme,
One hope, one dream.
Imagine what tomorrow would bring,
If we all sing one song.

"If we all learned the words,
Just think how great the sound would be,
And since the tune is in freedom's key
One voice you'd hear,
So pure, so clear.
Imagine what tomorrow would bring,
If we all sing one song.

"There's just one sun that warms our day.
The same moon and stars light our way.
This little ball whirling in space.
It's our only home, our only place.

"If we all sing one song,
One song of love, one song of peace,
One song to make all our troubles cease.
Imagine what tomorrow would bring,
If we all sing one song.

"If we all learned the words,
Just think how great the sound would be,
And since the tune is in freedom's key,
One voice you'd hear,
So pure, so clear.
Imagine what tomorrow would bring,
If we all sing one song.

"There's just one sun that warms our day.
The same moon and stars light our way.
This little ball whirling in space.
It's our only home, our only place.

"If we all sing one song,
One song of love, one song of peace,
One song to make all our troubles cease.
Imagine what tomorrow would bring.
Just imagine what tomorrow would bring,
Just imagine what tomorrow would bring,
If we all sing,
If we all sing one song.

"If we all sing, If we all sing,
If we all sing one song."

Lyricists: Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch
Music: Marvin Hamlisch

Video1: Whitney Houston sings "One Song" with LaGuardia High School Chorus and Marvin Hamlisch at the piano, Washington, DC, 1990:
https://www.whitneyhouston.com/video/one-song-with-marvin-hamlisch-laguardia-high-school-chorus-1990/

On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejj9B55M0_Y

Video2: Heartland Sings presents Tenor J. Mark McVey singing "One Song" by Marvin Hamlisch (Broadway & Beyond feat): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q7DJBR0iYI

Article: "Award-Winning Marvin Hamlisch Joins Mark McVey for Concert at the Keith Albee," by Dave Lavender, The Herald-Dispatch, December 02, 2010:
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/award-winning-marvin-hamlisch-joins-mark-mcvey-for-concert-at-the-keith-albee/article_e6451a2e-5099-52a1-a26d-224ea6abb19c.html

Video3: "One Song," with the Plano Civic Chorus (TX), Recorded October 5, 2013 with Ralph Stannard, Conductor; Jacquelyn Lengfelder and Randy Pearlman, Soloists; Jon Schweikhard, Piano; David Odegaard, Bass; Jay Majernik, Percussion; Audio/Video Mike Itashiki:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmxSfmnbwto

Plano Civic Chorus website: https://www.planocivicchorus.org/aboutthechorus.html

Marvin Hamlisch website: https://marvinhamlisch.com

"One Song" by Marvin Hamlisch (an anthem of unity and hope) fromBroadway & Beyond feat. J. Mark McVey | Available on-demand through 10/20/2020$25 | Heartland...

12/31/2023

"...(5:05) We are having a relationship to the natural world that's based on a myth - that we can control it and our influence will determine its future - as if we know what the purpose of creation is. We don't...It's a mystery. So we need a little humility in the face of this mystery. We need a little respect for mystery. We don't know where we were before we were born and we don't know we're we're going to be a short while from now, when our bodies dissolve. We don't know that. But to quote my political mentor, Senator Alan Cranston, "We do know that on this Sphere and Infinite Space is Love..."

"...(10:10) You and me - all of us, - have moral agency. (12:41) I say, "Love people, use things."
..(15:13) We've developed a technology that can melt the polar ice cap. It took hundreds of years to do this. It's more important now that we develop a technology to melt the human heart."

Jonathan Granoff
President, Global Security Institute; Permanent Observer to the UN of the International Anti-Corruption Academy, and Representative to the UN of the World Summits of Nobel Peace Laureates.

"Melting the Human Heart and Reconnecting Humanity," Jonathan Granoff speaking at the Leaders of Purpose CEO Summit 2023, September 2023, New York, New York, YouTube video recording (15:48) and computer-generated transcript: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQnOv_sPu64

Global Security Institute: https://gsinstitute.org

At the Leaders on Purpose CEO Summit 2023 in New York in September 2023, Jonathan Granoff discussed the importance of understanding why we produce weapons an...

12/23/2023

10/09/2023

“Let truth be your walking stick. Integrity each step. There is no tomorrow or yesterday, just this moment of awe at the gift of life with all its beauty and challenges.

"The leader within you does not parade for attention, speaks from compassion and wisdom and understands we make one person as we move through our living.

"Our walking stick is made of the beauty of the earth, carved with the intent of justice and equality for all.”

Joy Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate and internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

Video: "Remember," A Reading by Joy Harjo: https://youtu.be/U5FJ64I5wO4

Book Review: '"Remember," by Joy Harjo, A poem that reminds us who we are on this generous Earth,' Book Review by Patricia Campbell Carlson, Spirituality & Practice: https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews/view/29385/remember?gclid=CjwKCAjwyY6pBhA9EiwAMzmfwa2b5HhNtfBqYP8ljPfYWRFekw4Lr5TEXz8Bq8lC-iooT0tDxqq7cxoCP3gQAvD_BwE

Enjoy this reading of Remember, the iconic poem by US Poet Laureate by Joy Harjo, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade for virtual ! ...

08/17/2023

"More important than our talents are our gifts. We may have only a few talents, but we have many gifts. Our gifts are the many ways in which we express our humanity. They are part of who we are: friendship, kindness, patience, joy, peace, forgiveness, gentleness, love, hope, trust, and many others. These are the true gifts we have to offer to each other."

Henri J. M. Nouwen (1932 - 2017)
Dutch-born Catholic priest, spiritual thinker and writer

Excerpt from "You Are The Beloved," Henri J. M. Nouwen, Crown Publishing Group, 2017, p.251: https://henrinouwen.org/read/you-are-the-beloved-daily-meditations-for-spiritual-living/

Video: "Being the Beloved (17:58)" by Henri Nouwen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8U4V4aaNWk

About Henri J. M. Nouwen: https://henrinouwen.org/more-about-henri/

"Journey of the Heart: The Life of Henri Nouwen" A Documentary," film by Karen Pascal, narrated by Sarah Sarandon, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U8M1gx5Rk4

Understanding that whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly, treat all lives and all that has been created with love, integrity and respect to experience, extend and enhance peace. AMPeace.

Henri Nouwen preaches his first of three sermons on the Hour of Power with Robert Schuller. Nouwen

08/16/2023

“We are too ready to retaliate, rather than forgive, or gain by Love and Information.

"And yet we could hurt no man that we believe loves us.

"Let us then try what Love will do: for if men did once see we Love them, we should soon find they would not harm us.

"Force may subdue, but Love gains: and he that forgives first, wins the Lawrel (Laurel)."

William Penn (1644-1718)

Extracted from "Some Fruits of Solitude," William Penn, London, 1682, 1702, v:543-546: https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_some-fruits-of-solitude-_penn-william-founder-_1702/page/152/mode/2up?q=retaliate

PDF online, "Some Fruits of Solitude," William Penn, Headley Brothers, London, 1905, The Federalist Papers, p.108:https://thefederalistpapers.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Some-Fruits-Of-Solitude-By-William-Penn.pdf

"William Penn, A Biography," Pennsbury Manor, Morrisville, PA: https://www.pennsburymanor.org/history/william-penn/

"The Peaceable Kingdom ca. 1833," Edward Hicks (1780-1849), Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA). Philadelphia, PA:: https://www.pafa.org/museum/collection/item/peaceable-kingdom

"..an allegory of spiritual and earthly harmony based on Isaiah 11:6-9: 'The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the suckling child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.'"

Understanding that whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly, treat all lives and all that has been created with love, integrity and respect to experience, extend and enhance peace. AMPeace.

08/13/2023

First do no harm...

"...So suppose you said, ‘I’m only going to protect one percent of my heart.’ Is that enough? How much is enough? Well, I think we need to respect all of it. And, like the doctor who is treating a sick patient, first do no harm with your actions. Do everything you can to take care of the vital systems that keep us alive. That means looking at the ocean with new eyes, looking at the fish with new eyes, looking at what we’re putting in the ocean, with respect to dumping, whether it is garbage or sewage or whatever. Treat is as if your life depends on it, because your life really does depend on it..."

Sylvia Alice Earle
President and Chairman of Mission Blue, The Sylvia Earle Alliance; National Geographic Society Explorer in Residence, oceanographer, explorer, author and lecturer with experience as a field research scientist, government official, and director for several corporate and non-profit organizations.

Extract from "Dr. Sylvia Earle, A Conversation" Zoe Loftus-Farren, Earth Island Journal Home, Spring 2015: https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/sylvia_earle/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=tfd_dsa&gclid=CjwKCAjw_uGmBhBREiwAeOfsd1guviv_OWVdO_0fFwd-5YXb3dvLIlLBHG1TyXXmu5XlBE_Ayami5hoCvQ8QAvD_BwE

Mission Blue: https://missionblue.org

Respect the Earth and protect the environment that protects you and all life. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. Live with love, integrity and respect to experience, extend and enhance peace. AMPeace.

08/12/2023

Around Town: Philadelphia, PA

"It is the eternal struggle between these two principles - right and wrong - throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time and will forever continue to struggle." Abraham Lincoln

This is an example of the incredible masterpieces produced via Mural Arts Philadelphia, the nation’s largest public art program, dedicated to the belief that art ignites change: https://www.muralarts.org/artworks/

In Context:

Abraham Lincoln's words are an extract of his rebuttal in a debate with incumbent Senator Stephen A. Douglas during the Illinois Senatorial Campaign of 1858:

"That is the real issue. That is the issue that will continue in this country when these poor tongues of Judge Douglas and myself shall be silent. It is the eternal struggle between these two principles -- right and wrong -- throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time, and will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity and the other the divine right of kings. It is the same principle in whatever shape it develops itself. It is the same spirit that says, 'You work and toil and earn bread, and I'll eat it.' No matter in what shape it comes, whether from the mouth of a king who seeks to bestride the people of his own nation and live by the fruit of their labor, or from one race of men as an apology for enslaving another race, it is the same tyrannical principle."

Abraham Lincoln
Extracted from Abraham Lincoln's rebuttal during the Seventh Debate with incumbent Senator Stephen A. Douglas during the campaign for one of Illinois' two U.S. Senate seats.
Alton, Illinois
October 15, 1858

Full text of the 1858 "Seventh Debate: Alton, Illinois," National Park Service (NPS): https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/debate7.htm

"The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858," Lincoln Home, National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/debates.htm

Understanding that whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly, treat all lives and all that has been created with love, integrity and respect to experience, extend and enhance peace. AMPeace.