SL PeaceFest 08

[Vivienne Cassavetes]

PEACEFEST '08, a benefit event for worldwide peace, on August 15th, 16th and 17th. Starting at 8AM pacific time on the 15th and ending at 11:59 PM on the 17th and covering more than 20 sims this festival will feature live music, theatre and dance performances, art exhibitions, panel discussions and a rally at the Peace Park in SL Central Park. Master schedules for these exciting events are posted at http://slpeacefest.wordpress.com and found at the landmark above. PEACEFEST '08 is a global, cross-cultural effort to create lasting peace through mobilizing support and learning for RL Peace organizations. All proceeds from PEACEFEST '08 will go to benefit organizations such as Amnesty International, UNICEF, World Conference Of Religions for Peace, Kids4Peace, and Uthango Social Investments.

This event represents a true cross-over from "real life" (RL) to SL and back again as we bring RL speakers in-world to discuss peace related initiatives in our global open and free SL forum. Musicians and speakers will be streamed in SL along with panel discussions and performances.

Peacemaker Institute will host the following events Friday-Sunday at Peacemaker Institute on Commonwealth
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Commonwealth%203/236/231/22
Global Meditation for Peace at 8am pacific time
Group Tai Chi 6pm pacific time
Sunday: noon, Conversation Cafe, Topic: Can the Way We Use Language Create Violence? And if so, how can we change?


Friday 10am pacific: we will host a film "Barro de Paz" and discussion at the Commonwealth Amphitheatre
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Commonwealth%203/107/245/35
Saturday: 1pm pacific video and discussion on Nonviolent Communication


Some of the Panel Presentations for the festival are listed below, click here for the full schedule
*Dr. Charles Tauber
Head of Mission for Southeast Europe
Coalition for Work with Psychotrauma and Peace
Vukovar, Croatia
www.cwwpp.org
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Sammy Jacobs Abbey
Director, International Centre for Conflict & Human Rights Analysis
Accra - Ghana
www.icchra.org
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Val Liveoak
Latin American and Caribbean Coordinator for Friends Peace Teams
www.friendspeaceteams.org/
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Celina Garcia
Director, Centro de Estudios para la Paz, San José, Costa Rica
Violence transformation at 50 at-risk high schools in Costa Rica.
http://www.ceppacr.org/
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Dorette Steenkamp
Director, Uthango Social Investments, Cape Town, South Africa
An investment and development company specialising in sustainable poverty eradication through innovation. It focuses on the digital divide, micro-enterprise development, intercultural dialogue, crime prevention, community mental health, and infrastructure development.
http://www.uthango.org
http://slafrica.wordpress.com
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Hector Aristizabal
Imaginaction: Focused use of theater to engage attendees in important issues of the day; example - Theatre of the Oppressed.
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Mariette Utamuvuna, UMUSEKE
Focused training in Rwanda on “Le Sentier de la Paix” - the path to peace. Mariette will be presenting on what their training entails, and the impact it is having on the Rwandan people.