Yes this trip is on the second half. Good and bad, I guess I can take it all. So maybe we should talk about one of my next projects. This project is going to try and meld my personal life with my peace work. I want to make a body of photographic work, showing the [...]
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This is a link to a video on youtube where I talked in Canada to support the war resisters there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYPTVTQQVx8
This is a link to a series of events that was held at Western Washington University, to help support the movement to make Bellingham a sanctuary city. The event was put together by a bunch of [...]
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Today I was in Osaka, first we talked at a high school, and then at a lawyer meeting. The high school was interesting because it was all seniors that are taking summer classes to prepare for college exams. You can feel the tension and the pressure that these students are under, no wonder there are [...]
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This is a link to The Big Family http://oranda8783.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2008/08/big_f.html, they hosted me for a couple days. They are a wonderful group of people near Sasebo, or Nagasaki.
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It cannot be disputed that Japan is following in the United States footsteps. They have modeled their economy after the U.S. It can be seen on many levels in Japan. From the workforce to how they are using seatbelts.
Before maybe thirty years ago in the US it was common for a family to only have [...]
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The two interpreters that have been traveling with me have been saving me from the stress that this trip brings. Shibano, the organizer, seems to be more interested in his own idea of peace than mine. It has been one long struggle, but my interpreters are looking out for me. I feel like I am [...]
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Yesterday we took the ferry to Shodo island and spoke at a community farm that had a beach on the ocean. The first thing I did when I got there was jump into the ocean, and I couldnt help but scream with delight. The water was so nice, and the beach was beautiful. Hearing my [...]
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I have been inspired by a group called Bridge for Peace http://bridgeforpeace.jp/. One of their members, Akane, is my interpreter on my trip here in Japan. She told me of this project that she has been working on where they are collecting text books from different countries, and showing an exhibition about how different countries [...]
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Two days ago I talked at Terada Shonin temple in the mountains. It was on kushu island and many young people came out to listen to me and the bands that followed my speach. Terada spent a lot of time and energy into organizing this event, his heart is so good. I wish that I [...]
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For the last two days I have been talking and staying with The Big Family. First I was in Nagasaki for the end of wwII celebration, now I aam outside the city about one half hour. We are staying at an organic farm in the mountains with a beautiful view of the ocean.
Two days ago i [...]
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