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10 Days Free from Violence
10 Days Free from Violence. Is it possible? Let’s share our stories and find out. Stories are powerful. They inspire us. They connect us. They help us to know each other. If we know each other’s stories, we’re less likely to do violence to one another…
Beginning Friday, September 21 (International Day of Peace), I will be participating as an ambassador of peace and guest author in Twin Cities Nonviolent's "10 Days Free from Violence." During these 10 days, over forty collaborators will host more than sixty events throughout the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Each of these events is offered to build community and raise awareness of best practices for violence prevention.
As a storyteller and author of the novel, A Hero Dreams, I will be asking the following question: "Is peace possible?"
A Hero Dreams explores, through the eyes of a 10-year-old boy, a world in which “honor” is the watchword, bullying is considered normal, and the age-old problem of violence is on the rise…yet hidden deep within this 10-year-old boy’s heart lies the possibility of peace... After losing his father, he embarks on a journey that leads him to the edge of a threshold, where a strangely familiar voice entices him to take one more step. But something is holding him back.
So what lies on the other side of this mysterious threshold? I'd like to suggest that what's out there for us—for each of us—is the possibility of peace.
But isn't peace unrealistic, impractical, idealistic, naïve? After all, human conflict and war have existed ever since the rise of modern civilizations at least 5500 years ago. Yet this fact should not prevent us from having conversations about the possibility of peace, of inner peace, peace between individuals, peace within our neighborhoods and communities, and yes, even the possibility of global peace...
Twin Cities Nonviolent is a grassroots, community-based organization committed to ending violence in all forms, structures and systems.
A Hero Dreams is a work of visionary fiction that offers a message of hope to a world too often afflicted by fear, anger, political divisiveness, mass shootings and other forms of horrific violence.
Visit A Hero Dreams
Come to my author event at Subtext Books in St. Paul on Tuesday, September 25 at 7:00 PM: Is Peace Possible?
Beginning Friday, September 21 (International Day of Peace), I will be participating as an ambassador of peace and guest author in Twin Cities Nonviolent's "10 Days Free from Violence." During these 10 days, over forty collaborators will host more than sixty events throughout the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Each of these events is offered to build community and raise awareness of best practices for violence prevention.
As a storyteller and author of the novel, A Hero Dreams, I will be asking the following question: "Is peace possible?"
A Hero Dreams explores, through the eyes of a 10-year-old boy, a world in which “honor” is the watchword, bullying is considered normal, and the age-old problem of violence is on the rise…yet hidden deep within this 10-year-old boy’s heart lies the possibility of peace... After losing his father, he embarks on a journey that leads him to the edge of a threshold, where a strangely familiar voice entices him to take one more step. But something is holding him back.
So what lies on the other side of this mysterious threshold? I'd like to suggest that what's out there for us—for each of us—is the possibility of peace.
But isn't peace unrealistic, impractical, idealistic, naïve? After all, human conflict and war have existed ever since the rise of modern civilizations at least 5500 years ago. Yet this fact should not prevent us from having conversations about the possibility of peace, of inner peace, peace between individuals, peace within our neighborhoods and communities, and yes, even the possibility of global peace...
Twin Cities Nonviolent is a grassroots, community-based organization committed to ending violence in all forms, structures and systems.
A Hero Dreams is a work of visionary fiction that offers a message of hope to a world too often afflicted by fear, anger, political divisiveness, mass shootings and other forms of horrific violence.
Visit A Hero Dreams
Come to my author event at Subtext Books in St. Paul on Tuesday, September 25 at 7:00 PM: Is Peace Possible?
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