Countries: International

Scholars for Peace

Formed in October 2023 by a small group of academics who felt the need to highlight the lack of a clear peace agenda under the administration of Pres. Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., especially in light of the derailment of the formal peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). The group advocates for resuming the GRP-NDFP talks by organizing academic activities to generate support, especially among students and teachers.

The Ribbon International

The Ribbon of Tangible Hope: has inspired many peopole around the world to express their thoughts on panels of cloth of what they hold near and dear to their hearts. The process of creating Ribbons, joining Ribbon panels in events and exhibiting Ribbons calls attention to peace, disarmament and care of the enivronment and helps people find common ground about what they care about. Started by Justine Merritt in 1982, a grandmother and former school teacher, she is one woman who made a difference, inspiring people to think and act from her idea to surrouond the US Pentagon and the A-Bomb Memorial in Horoshima, in 1985 with Ribbons. The original theme of the Ribbon project “What I cannot bear to think of as lost forever in a nuclear war.”