"We have Jews and equally strong Anti-Zionistic Arabs in our Rotary Club. We are a living 'Pipe of Peace' always being smoked." Jerusalem, Christmas 1931. (Page 331, Keokuk Peace Letters) Nada Ghanem, Paris, Rotary District Gov., presented our publication to Mário César Martins de Camargo of Brazil, Rotary World President. Please support Nada's Peace Conference, […]
Joni Sussman, a child of Holocaust survivors, is active in Holocaust education in the Midwest. She is a past president of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, where she continues to serve as Chair of Holocaust Education. She is a founder of CHAIM (Children of Holocaust Survivors Association in Minnesota). She […]
We are glad to announce that we are able to hold our Rotary Peace Conference, especially after needing to postpone it in October 2021. We are entering what is being called a Zeitenwende (a New Epoche). The timeless Rotary Keokuk Peace Letters from 1932 give answers to the challenges that Eastern Europe and especially Ukraine […]
We are glad to announce that we are able to hold our Rotary Peace Conference, especially after needing to postpone it in October 2021. We are entering what is being called a Zeitenwende (a New Epoche). The timeless Rotary Keokuk Peace Letters from 1932 give answers to the challenges that Eastern Europe and especially Ukraine […]
Keokuk Peace Letters (331 p) - How to Shape the Future Today we sense once again that the fundamental values of our communal life are under threat, in the form of nationalism, populism, homophobia. The commitment to peace and mutual understanding among peoples remains a constant challenge—and a perpetual task for all of us. In […]
Enjoy our latest Video on Youtube: Watch Video The year is 1931. The results of the global economic crisis have an impact everywhere. Nationalism and ideologies that violate human dignity are on the rise. In the midst of this, the Rotary Club of Keokuk, Iowa sends out 496 letters in late December. On the model […]
MOIN - MOIN: Vergangenheitsbewältigung - Conference “working through the past” Peace & Conflict Resolution October 2021 (INDIAN SUMMER), Northfield, Minnesota, USA: peaceconference.us (Feel free to forward these invites / mail to family & friends.) __________________________________________________________ 100 Community Mediators for Africa Steering Committee: Past District Governor Grant Daly; District Governor Annemarie Mostert; Advocate Les Morrison (SC); […]
Rotary/Rotaract Conference Online Magazine **People everywhere are familiar with Rotary International which, since its founding in 1905, has been a service organization one of whose major goals is working to help further world peace and understanding among nations. Yet it is likely that far fewer know of the parallel organization known as Rotaract, an international […]
The topic of the ZOOM PowerPoint: The Peace-Pipe Letters from Keokuk, IA, 1932-2022 – Rotary under Nazi Rule Today we sense once again that the fundamental values of our communal life are under threat, in the form of nationalism, populism, homophobia. The commitment to peace and mutual understanding among peoples remains a constant challenge—and a […]
You are cordially invited to the Peace and Conflict Resolution Conference to be held in Northfield, Minnesota in October 2021. With the world in a constant state of turmoil, opportunities to meet with others to promote mutual understanding and peace have become increasingly rare. During our conference time together, we will explore such topics such […]