ONE WOMAN. ONE SCOOTER. ONE GIANT PEACE SIGN ON THE U.S. MAP.

22,000 miles, 10 inch wheels, 90mpg. Community. And You.

Hey I'm Alix and I'm on the homestretch of a 22,000 mile ride for peace; just 2,000 miles before I arrive in D.C. read more »

I just left this on the Wall of Beliefs at http://www.peacescooter.com

I invite you to leave your beliefs there as well. And share them here. Peace!

It is easier to wage war against nameless, faceless strangers than it is to raise weapons against friends.
Make as many friends in as many corners of the world as possible.
Make communities across oceans. read more »

If you are like me, you probably used to think of yourself as a "constitution thumper." Maybe you still do. However, if you are like me and over 70% of Americans, you think this country is "broken" beyond repair. Are you surprised at that number? I sure was! read more »

The following is a piece that has been submitted to the project, "One Million Peace Signs" as an answer to their call for folks to identify "Peace Heroes". I've asked that they publish the submission sometime this week, since the peace ride begins on Friday. Here's a preview for you folks. read more »

Chalk4Peace2007 SEPT 15 -23 - The Global Street Art Event

"OUR STREETS 'R OUR MEDIA -WE have TOTAL access"
The pavements are an untapped media resource through which we ordinary peace loving folk can share our messages, hopes, dreams, ideas and create a new momentum towards peace - at a certain point there is critical mass in the cultural conversation which transforms into ACTION read more »

The Peace Report, Issue #6
By Louise Diamond, Ph.D.

The Building a Culture of Peace conference coming soon in Santa Fe has spawned a very interesting phenomenon. It seems some of the local peace groups (especially anti-nuclear weapons proliferation groups, as befits the area around Los Alamos) are ‘up in arms’ about the conference.

They have various complaints (the State of New Mexico, which is sponsoring the event, cannot do so with integrity since it is aligned with the nuclear industry; the money for the conference would be better spent being given to the complaining peace organizations; no issues of real substance will be discussed there and no new ideas will come out of it; etc.) read more »