| Welcome to The Community. For eight years we have been connecting our audience to Nobel Peace Prize winners and the artists who support their valuable work. We invite you to connect with these remarkable individuals, meet people who think like you do, and help make the world a little bit better today. |
| Ashley Judd in Rwanda |
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Actress Ashley Judd sent us her diaries from a recent trip to Rwanda.
Ashley has a long history of contribution to Africa. She is a global ambassador for YouthAIDS, a board member of Population Services International, and a global ambassador for its Five & Alive initiative, which aims to improve the health of children under five.
In this delightful journal she takes us through her personal experiences walking through Rwanda's genocide memorial, visiting orphanages and clinics, and seeing the hope and rebirthtaking place in the country.
Read the blog
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| Nobel Women's Initiative in Sudan |
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In August Nobel Laureates Wangari Maathai and Jody Williams traveled to Sudan as part of a delegation from the Nobel Women's Initiative.
While there they met with government officials and women's groups. Actress-activist Mia Farrow joined them.
Watch the video message from Mia Farrow in Sudan
Read the statement from the delegation.
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| George Clooney's message to the Chinese government |
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In the run-up to the Olympics, George Clooney releases a message to the Chinese government on human rights.
In December 2007 Clooney was awarded the Summit Peace Prize by the Nobel Laureates in Rome, for his extensive work to end the suffering in Sudan. He has traveled to Sudan, produced a documentary, "A Journey to Darfur", about the trip, and has met with government officials including Chinese officials encouraging a peace process in the country. He was a co-founder of Not On Our Watch, and is a UN Messenger of Peace.
He released this statement on human rights in China exclusively to TheCommunity.com. watch it.
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| TheCommunity.com on Facebook |
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We're on Facebook. An easy way to get your Facebook friends connected to the Nobel Laureates and their vital peace building work.
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| Tibet: Speak up and support the Dalai Lama |
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| Gorbachev says, arms race continues to be a threat |
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"We need to develop a regime of control over arms trade," says Former President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, "and build international relations not on force, but on a balance of interests."
In 1986 Gorbachev initiated the world's first significant nuclear arms reduction talks in 1986, resulting in the US and the USSR jointly eliminating intermediate-ranged nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles. |
We recently asked him what the real security threats are today.
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East Timor: President José Ramos-Horta's Anti-
Poverty Initiatives |
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Mary Wald, Chairman of TheCommunity.com, traveled to Darwin, Australia in March to visit Nobel Laureate José Ramos-Horta, recovering from an assassination attempt. While there she helped to edit and place his first commentary on the incident, which ran on CNN.com on April 14.
We are incredibly excited to announce one of the other results of that trip -- the launch of a new network on our site -- a network specifically for the Fund for East Timor, that highlights the tremendous work he has been doing to lift the Timorese people out of poverty.
President Ramos-Horta, who has now returned to Timor, has always been a champion of the poor. Today as he recovers, he is even more committed to addressing the injustice inherent in not having the resources to earn one's basic survival needs.
Find out about his Anti-poverty Initiatives now. If you have suggestions on additional ways to help, let us know.
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Jimmy Carter still sees hope in the Middle East
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"An overwhelming majority of Palestinians now, as well as Israelis, look with favor on a two-state solution." In a recent interview with TheCommunity.com, former President of the US Jimmy Carter talks about what made Camp David work, and what conditions exist today for a possible peace accord.
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Launching soon, The Peace Kids is a child-safe social network for peace and human rights, for children 14 and under. |
| With the help of wizards, erfs, ploots, (and a few faces you may recognize), children can learn about the real Superheroes -- Superheroes like Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Mikhail Gorbachev, Aung San Suu Kyi and others. With the help of our Youth Ambassadors, they can do projects with these Superheroes, and sometimes even talk to them online! |
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