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August 2017

Reflection: A Daily March against Racism

My social media feed filled with reaction to a Unite the Right gathering and march in #Charlottesville organized by white supremacists. I have a pretty one-sided social network, so messages ranged from anguish over the one life lost and 19 others injured Saturday when one person used his car as a weapon; to telling observations […]

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Peace Through Action USA Joins Global Compassion Community
On: Aug 10, 2017
By: Peace Through Action USA

Peace Through Action USA is pleased to announce that it has become a partner with Charter for Compassion International (CCI), an organization that brings to life the principles articulated in the Charter for Compassion through concrete, practical action in a myriad of sectors. The Charter for Compassion is a cooperative effort to restore not only […]

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Reflection: Too Old to Die
On: Aug 10, 2017
By: Peace Through Action USA

I gasped as I read the headline. The front page of the August 9, 2017 print issue of the Washington Post carried an article titled “97-year old’s slaying a sign of Baltimore’s deep distress.” What caught my attention was not Baltimore’s deep distress (that has been heavily covered in the media…and it also overlooks the […]

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