Intercultural Education – Pathways to Peace

Participants: Roberto Ruffino (AFS Italy); Carol Bellamy (World Learning); Margee Ensign (University of the Pacific); Helene-Marie Gosselin (UNESCO); Vivien Stewart (Asia Society).

So Margee shares a funny but deep story. Do we know our world? Our nation? This is the story: Margee was in a plane, and the women besides her started a conversation, with that women-typical presentation "I like your purse". So Margee answered "Thank you". And then the women goes on, what brand is it? -she said-. It's from Rwanda. I don't know that brand -the women said.

This is it. Maybe Miss South Carolina should be an exemple on this. And then Sandra Bullock saying "... and world peace".

World Peace Forum in NYC

I just get here two days ago. Finally today the World Peace Forum at Columbia University, organised by AFS, has started.

Peace? Well known word, so badly understood. People is starting to talk about this word today. Just a word? a state of mind? a political position? a international convention?

Well, what you think about it? I'll keep posting through this journey.