Educating For Peace - Wholistic Peace Institute

04/29/2026

Alex is so right when he speaks the Truth about Education "...Real change begins when we stop seeing education as just a personal achievement and start seeing it as a national responsibility. Every policy, every decision, and every opportunity we create today shapes the kind of leaders, professionals, and citizens we will have tomorrow. If we truly care about the future of this country, then we must care deeply about the quality, accessibility, and dignity of education for every child. "

Education is the greatest equaliser when a nation chooses to take it seriously. I have always believed that behind every child sitting in a classroom, there is a family praying for a better tomorrow, a parent sacrificing in silence, and a dream waiting for one opportunity to breathe. Some students walk into class with full support, while others walk in carrying hunger, pressure, and battles no one sees. Yet they all deserve the same chance to rise.

A strong university is not just about buildings and qualifications, it is about creating hope for the less privileged, opening doors for those who thought life had already closed them, and producing graduates who can transform families, communities, and the country itself. We must protect education, improve it, and fight for systems that make excellence accessible to everyone, not only to the fortunate few.

Real change begins when we stop seeing education as just a personal achievement and start seeing it as a national responsibility. Every policy, every decision, and every opportunity we create today shapes the kind of leaders, professionals, and citizens we will have tomorrow. If we truly care about the future of this country, then we must care deeply about the quality, accessibility, and dignity of education for every child.

Consider it done. – Alex Lushaba

03/02/2026

Our student alumni, former Schnitzer Spirit of Unity winners and amazing young adults that have purpose filled lives, interesting varied careers and are enlightening others about the way out of this dark period in our history.

Find an image or phrase that captures your attention and engenders discourse, openness, lovingkindness, or cracks you up for a good belly laugh

Then post it - or send to someone to post for you
let's flood the zone with Positive Peace Messages

Read this now (or message me and I will send you a copy)

Non-violence is also a social virtue V.74 pg. 392- Source: Collective Works of Mahatma Gandhi

01/06/2026

HUMANITY JAN 6th
we are Educating for Peace
a few years ago I was in Italy during the Feast of Befana, the world’s most famous old lady that magically flies around and brings gifts to children. This January 6th day of family and children intertwines the pagan Roman beliefs with the time of Epiphany when Christians commemorate the bringing of the gifts from the wise men, the Magi to the newborn King they named him, Jesus. https://www.italia.it/en/italy/things-to-do/epiphany-in-italy-befana-meaning-and-traditions

So this week on January 6th let’s consider Human Birth is a miracle -- every child that makes it into this world, God smiles My parents used to say “a new baby is God’s sign that the world should go on”

During this festive or fearful season whatever way you see it, won’t you pause with me and be grateful that your mother sustained the trials of childbirth and that somehow you thrived
The first year of a child’s birth throughout the entire world is also treasured because a woman must go through so much travail during the pregnancy, the labor the birth and the gestation of a newborn – every child that makes it with its mother to be one year of age has great promise – we as humans, have lost touch with this reality

"Children to Children" is an initiative that our agency started to provide necessary funds for freedom for Ukrainian refugees, without access there is not a similar approach to take in Sudan or in Gaza but certainly, there are medical teams that can inform us as to how best to support --
Should it be any different for other beings? They only need assistance for those months in the womb and those early days where they can not fend for themselves

I am in – are you in? Let’s not sit back and watch a generation of children be starved, maimed, traumatized by the war induced famine. Surely there is a solution whereby the objectives of ending conflict can continue and the generation of children allowed to live, no?

12/08/2025

A bright constellation in the field of peace education is right here. Portland Jewish Academy was a brilliant idea 64 years ago and it serves as our community as a beacon for K-8 education. If your children are eager to learn, explore, solve problems independently, and value peace while collaborating with others to make a positive impact, check out this school. Their leadership stands as a bright light to our country's field of education. Wholistic Peace Institute lifts up PJA's model for educating for peace. www.pjaproud.org