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• Friends of Peace Pilgrim, the source for "Steps", books, audio and video tapes, and the Friends of Peace Pilgrim Newsletter. John and Ann Rush (recently retired) dedicated their lives to making information on Peace's life and message available to all who ask.
• Google "Peace Pilgrim" search: How can I compete with a search engine that returns thousands of listings.
• Swarthmore College Peace Library, list of the contents of the Peace Pilgrim materials held in the peace collection. Includes a brief biographical sketch.
• The Peace Abbey Plaques: In 1993 Peace Pilgrim was posthumously awarded the Courage of Conscience Award. A plaque was also placed at the abbey in her memory. Her name will be found in the women's listings. The Peace Abbey main page.
• Heartsong Books: Author Maggie Davis tells the story of the inspiration for her book "Roots of Peace Seeds of Hope" and the role Peace Pilgrim played.
• Jody Kessler: An Ithaca, NY based singer/songwriter who has written a song based on Peace Pilgrim (Listen in Real Audio). Her heartfelt music addresses issues related to connection with Spirit, mindful living, compassion, recovery, personal growth and peace. Listen to Real Audio clips online.
• A German site featuring "Steps to Inner Peace" in both English and German.
• "Steps Toward Inner Peace" in Japanese Uchinaru Heiwa e no Ayumi with some very nice graphics.
• Traprock Peace Center has created a Peacemakers Exhibit that features Peace Pilgrim as one of 11 honored peace makers.
• New Vegetarian tribute to Peace pilgrim. Includes the text of "Steps Toward Inner Peace".
• Angel Haven: A nice bio of Peace Pilgrim can be found here.
• Bobhard's Peace Pilgrim Page, more "Steps" text and a host of other non Peace Pilgrim pages to browse.
• Inspiration Point; A quote from Peace Pilgrim among many others.
• Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's tribute to Peace Pilgrim.
• Creative Balance once offered a Friends of Peace Pilgrim button.
• Peace Pilgrim Quotes can be found on this page at cybernation.com.
• Peace Pilgrim's Wisdom by Cheryl Canfield. A book of daily inspirational quotes by Peace Pilgrim.
• Flaming Rainbow Books offers some reflections about Peace Pilgrim on their website.
• Blue Dove Foundation: founded by Jeff Blom, longtime volunteer at Friends of Peace Pilgirm and co-publisher of Cheryl Canfield's book "Peace Pilgrim's Wisdom".
• Ocean Tree Books; Source for trade publication of the Peace Pilgrim book founded by one of its compilers. Be sure to visit The Monastery in the Home and the Peace Pilgrim quote.

On the Road - More Peace Walkers and Pilgrims     (top)

• Currently walking - Mark Boyle (Saorise) - walking from Bristol in the UK to Porbandar in India without any form of money. "On my pilgrimage I will be offering my services in whatever way I can, but at the same time, I will depend humbly on the true hospitality of others. This, to me, is symbolic of life; it is the meeting of complete freedom and complete interdependence."YouTube clip.
• Currently walking - Art Brown - www.peacesteps.net - Beginning on March 15, 2008, Art is currently walking from San Diego to the Pacific Northwest to promote peace. Visit his website to find out where he is currently walking. You can also read his blog about his experiences on the road. If you live near by, head out and give Art some encouragement.
• Currently walking - Sylvain Quenel -This French traveller began running alone for World Peace and environment protection ! He bagan his journey in 2000 and expects to spend a total of 7-10 years running in all parts of the world. Video on Daily motion.
• Currently walking - Jean Béliveau - Peace for the Children of the World: On August 18 th , 2000, at 9:00 am, Jean Béliveau left Montreal, Canada. His goal is to walk around the planet to promote "Peace and non-violence to the profit of the children of the world". Visit the updates page. Currently in the Middle East. YouTube clip. Clip 2.
• Currently Scooting - Peace Scooter - Riding 20,000 miles around America creating a continental Peace Sign of a route, Alix Brian is riding a motor scooter for Peace. On the road again in May 2008, keep an eye out for Alix on her journey for peace.
  
  
• Featured - Walking the Dream, information and pictures about my friend Derek Youngs, a Canadian walking world-wide peace journeys since 1986. A wonderful man with a GREAT dream. Derek recently completed a walk in Israel and will be walking in Japan in 2005.
• Featured - Peace is Every Step - Organizing mindfull walks for peace in the spirit of walking meditation. Offering opportunities to join local walks or create your own. "We shall walk in such a way that each step we make becomes a realization of peace; each step becomes a prayer for peace and harmony." Thich Nhat Hanh
• Featured - Sacred Sites: Martin Gray's 16 year odyssey to the sacred places of the world. Stunning photography.
• Featured - "Peace Walker" a new film by Tara Golden. Original filming on this project was finished in Sept. 2006 in England and involved a 1000 mile walk for peace from John O'Groats, in the northeast of Scotland to Land's End, the in the southwest of England. Peace Pilgrim was one source of inspiration for this work. View a clip on YouTube.


• Arthur Blessitt: Christian walker who carries a cross. He has walked over 36,000 miles.
• Brandon Wilson - A recent contributer to our Friends of Peace Pilgrim newsletter, Brandon has walked two famous European pilgrimage routes - The Camino de Santiago in Spain and the Via Francigena, Canterbury to Rome. He has also walked across Tibet and completed a walk from Europe to Israel in 2007.
• Camino de Santiago - Informational website about this famous pilgrimage route that crosses northern Spain.
• Don Vermilyea - Walked across America for several years visiting every Church of the Brethren congregation that extends an invitation. Don's mission has a message—that we must continue the work of Jesus: peacefully, simply, together. Almost 20,000 miles walked.
• Earth Walker: Paul Coleman walking and planting trees for peace and global environmental protection. Follow his current pilgrimage from England to China begun on November 2, 2000.  Journal updates can be found on the website.
• Hike for the Children - Melissa Luce is hiking the AT in Peace Pilgrim's 50th anniversary year in support of the children who make a living scrounging off garbage dumps in Guatemala. Walk starts on May 19, 2002.
• Hiroshima Flame Pilgrimage; January 15 to May 12, 2002 - A flame kindled from the 1945 A-bomb fires in Hiroshima is being carried on a US pilgrimage this spring. Visit the site for dates, locations, history, and details.
• Jack Sibbald - Peaceful Steps - On a cross country walk for peace with his dog Birch (photos), we recently met Jack in Rhode Island. The website will give you some background on his project. For updates on the walk visit his Google Group.
• Johanna van Fessem: Walk to Jerusalem. A 52 year old Dutch woman making a 7000 kilometer pilgrimage from The Hague to Jerusalem. (Loads slowly - hang in. Click on the little British flag for English.)
• March for Peace - 2007, Michael Israel, 18, of Jackson, Calif., and Ashley Casale, 19, of Connecticut, began the approximately 3,000-mile "March for Peace" journey May 21 in San Francisco. The trip concluded on Sept. 11 in Washington, D.C. - Read and article by Olga Bonfiglio.
•  Nevada Desert Experience: The mission of Nevada Desert Experience (NDE) is to stop nuclear weapons testing through a campaign of
  prayer, education, dialogue, and nonviolent direct action. Each spring they hold a 60 mile walk from Las Vegas to the Nevada test site.
• PeaceMaker - Earl J. Stanberry II began a cross-country walk to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Peace's first pilgrimage on Jan. 1, 1998. 
• Peace Pilgrim II, Enjoying the Journey - Peace Pilgrim II died in December of 2004. The website about his peace journey is still active. He began his pilgrimage in 1989.
• Peace Rider - Catherine Hunter is riding her horse Count of War on a peace pilgrimage from North Carolina to Ground Zero in New York City. Inspired by the Peace Pilgrim Book, her message states "I bring word that peace is possible in our lifetime, but it must begin with each of us as an individual.  By finding peace within ourselves we can change the consciousness of humankind. Ride with me as we find peace for ourselves and for our world ."
• Peace Walk 2002 - Artist, poet, and peace activist Kim Leverton is walking from Southern Louisiana to Washington, DC from April till June in the spirit of Peace Pilgrim. Visit her site if you are near the route perhaps you can arrange a speaking engagement or offer support.
• Pilgrim's Progress:  A web site devoted to the art and practice of pilgrimage.
• Spirit Walker - Arthur Burton:  A Friend of Peace Pilgrim - walked the north/south length of India in 2001.
• Some Pilgrims Step Forth: A site with information about peace walkers by Kevin J. Shay.
• STONEWALK: Honoring the millions of unknown civilians killed in war.  From July 4 to Aug. 6 1999.  Peace Pilgrim's shoes, after returning from The Interfaith Pilgrimage of the Middle Passage (below) accompanied the Stonewalkers from Massachusetts to Washington, DC. 2000 - Walked in Ireland. 2001 - Walked in England. Organized by the Peace_Abbey in Sherborn, Mass.
• Stonewalk 2004 - From July 26 through September 2, members of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows in conjunction the the Peace Abby of Sherbourn, MA will walk from Boston to New York, pulling a 1400-pound granite memorial honoring the "Unknown Civilians Killed in War."
• Stonewalk Japan - Beginning on July 2, 2005 in Nagasaki and ending in Hiroshima on August 4, Stonewalk Japan will continue the journey to raise awareness of the incredible cost in civilian lives that war has visited on the planet in the 20th and 21st centuries.
• Swami NadaBrahmananda: departed on a walking pilgrimage around North America in October, 1999. He is traveling  with few possessions, eating only when food is proffered, accepting shelter only when offered. Read updates on his "Journey for Peace". 
• Walk For Burma 2002 - On Saturday, June 1, 2002 a small group will depart Milwuakee enroute to Washington, DC in support of freedom and peace for the Burmese people.
• Walking with Faith - Debbie Schachner - Site about her 2007 cross-country walk to benefit students in a remote rural village in Kenya.

• Featured - Human Kindness Foundation: founded by Bo and Sita Lozoff, this non-profit organization emphsizes a way of life based upon simple living, a dedication to service, and a commitment to personal spiritual
• Featured - The Peace Abbey in Massachusetts - honoring peace heroes world wide.  Organizers of STONEWALK.
• Featured - The World Peace Prayer Society: Join in the Universal Prayer, " May Peace Prevail on Earth ". Plant a Peace Pole, attend a World Peace Festival.

• 4PEACE4PEACE: Offered by Andy Washnik and dedicated to PEACE and spreading PEACE to anyone who cares to listen.
• American Friends Service Committee: 1947 Nobel Peace Prize winner and preeminent peacemakers.
• Blues for Peace: Musician John Mayer promoting peace and honoring the roots of the blues.
• Bridges of Peace: Bringing peace by being peace is the message of Hagit Ra'anan an Israeli peace worker who is trying to heal the wounds of war with a focus on children from all sides of the Mid East conflict.
• Bruderhoff Peacemakers Guide: Created to inspire and empower you to work for peace, and to arm you with living proof of the power of nonviolence to effect change and resolve conflicts. 
• Bunny Sings Wolf - Songs of peace and harmony from the Black Hills. You will find the words to her White Buffalo Peace Song and others.
• Connecticut Department of Peace Campaign - Working locally for a national cabinet level department of peace - Peace Pilgrim carried a DoP petition on her first pilgrimage in 1953.
• Dances of Universal Peace: Join people from around the world in celebrations of peace through dance. Information about gatherings in your vicinity.
• Dayton International Peace Museum: A space to make peace. Dedicated to changing our culture of violence to a culture of peace. Scroll down this page for an unusual image of Peace Pilgrim.
• Earth Charter: An important document! A MUST READ! The mission of the charter is to establish a sound ethical foundation for the emerging global society and to help build a sustainable world based on respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a culture of peace.
• Earth Day: Become a trustee for our planet.  Official International Earth Day Site.
• Epworth United Methodist Church: Helping bring peace to Oklahoma City. Epworth also hosts our office in that city.
• The Fellowship of Reconciliation: A leading and historic organization fostering peace around the world.
• Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence: promoting and applying the principles of nonviolence locally, nationally, and globally, to prevent violence and resolve personal and public conflicts.
• Gandhi Foundation USA: Promoting non-violence, social justice and community service in the Gandhi-King tradition.
• Global Meditations: Information and dates for world wide peace events.  Be sure to sign up for the mailing list..
• Google Peace Directory: Google does such a great job organizing the web.  Visit this link to browse some great peace sites.
• Hits Against Hunger: Another site where you can click and help alleviate world hunger.
• The Hunger Site: Help alleviate world hunger with the click of a mouse.
• InnerPeace.org: Offering an array of online tools and information promoting inner peace.
• Institute for Global Communications (IGC): Promoting peace, justice, economic opportunity, human rights, democracy and environmental sustainability through strategic use of online technologies.
• International Peace Bureau: Noble Peace Prize winning organization based in Geneva, Switzerland.
• International Year for the Culture of Peace: Join people from all around the globe who are working to create a peaceful world.
• Irish Peace Institute: Contributing to the process of peace-building through programs of education, research and outreach
  directed to the development of mutual understanding and co-operation between the people of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland..
• Light a Candle for Peace: Interactive animated page where you can light a virtual candle for world peace.
• LIGHTSHIFT 2000: Another site dedicated to lightworkers and peace.
• The Mangrove Seed: A Florida non-profit working toward the cultivation of inner peace.
• Michigan Peace Team: MPT offers nonviolence training workshops and provides opportunities to join peace teams. We seek a just world grounded in nonviolence and respect for the sacred interconnectedness of all life.
• Nonviolent Peace Force: The mission of the Nonviolent Peaceforce is to build a trained, international civilian peaceforce committed to third-party nonviolent intervention. In partnership with local groups, unarmed Nonviolent Peaceforce Field Team members apply proven strategies to protect human rights, deter violence, and help create space for local peacemakers to carry out their work.
• The Nonviolence Web: Comprehensive resource for peace and nonviolence.
• The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation: Presenting a vision of a world at peace, free of the threat of war and free of weapons of mass destruction.
• One Day in Peace: Jan. 1, 2000: peace for the world at the start of the New Millennium.
• One Percent Peace Army: Thoughts and quotes about creating a more peaceful world.
• Our-Side: Website dedicated to Peace Making and Conflict resolution.
• The peaceCenter : Great site for and about peacemaking.  Check out the Peacemakers Quiz.
• The Peace Alliance Foundation: Revealing and fostering a culture of peace.
• The Peace Center of Nevada County: A grassroots peacemakers group located in Nevada City, CA not far from the Peace Pilgrim Center.
• Peace Cereal: Hey, why not.  An organic cereal promoting peace on every box.
• Peace Communicator: Fourth Graders working for world peace.
• The Peacemakers Speak: Comments from Nobel Peace Laureates on the events of Sept 11.
• The Peace Pagoda in Leverett, MA: Starting point for The Interfaith Pilgrimage of the Middle Passage which began on May 30, 1998 and concluded in Capetown, South Africa on May 31, 1999. A pair of Peace Pilgrims shoes on loan from The Peace Abbey were carried by one of the walkers.
• Peace Pebbles: What one person can do the help bring peace to the world. Please read Great Grandma June's Peace Pebble Story.
• The Peace Resource Project: Offering Peace Bumper Stickers and Buttons. Sometimes you just want to flaunt it. Almost every sticker and button you could ever imagine.
• Peace X Peace: Empowers women as the most effective means to enrich lives locally and promote peace globally.
• Peaceful Earth: Ideas and resources to help you create a more peaceful life and world.
• PledgePeace,org: Join thousands of others in making a personl pledge for peace.
• Plum Village: Home of Internationally renown peacemaker and Zen Buddhist master, Thich Nhat Hanh.
• Promoting Enduring Peace: Founded by Yale Professor Jerome Davis in 1952, Promoting Enduring Peace--"PEP"--conducts peace education activities to promote sustainable world peace. Since its founding PEP has distributed over 10 million free peace education articles to peace educators around the world.
• Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes: If you haven't heard this story, you need to visit this site. If you've heard this story, you'll want to visit this site.
• Shine a Light for Peace: Peace Pilgrim webmaster Bruce Nichols' personal peace project.  Get your free "Shine a Light for Peace" bumper sticker here.
• Swords-to-Plowshears: War causes wounds and suffering that last beyond the battlefield. Swords to Plowshares is a community-based, non-profit organization dedicated to restoring dignity, hope and self-sufficiency to veterans in need.
• Thousand Crane Peace Network: More origami cranes for peace from an international network connecting people and activities which promote peace, non-violence and tolerance.
• US Department of Peace: Website devoted to creating a cabinet level Peace Department - an idea that was included in Peace Pilgrim's original 1953 petitions.  Contact your representative (address finder) in support of this proposal.
• Western Friends Bulletin: A source for information on Quakers in the western states with links to other peacemaking resources.
• Whispers on the Wind: A site about a couple traveling the globe asking: What are we doing?   What is your part in it?  What is your message?  How can we create world peace?
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom:  During part of the 15 years before the pilgrimage, Peace Pilgrim was the Washington Lobbyist for this Peace Organization.
• World Peace Day: Join Chief Arvol Looking Horse of the Lakota in celebrating on June 21.
• World Peace Flame: More than ten million people have taken candles lit from the World Peace Flame as a reminder that
  peace begins with each one of us.
• World Prayers: Inspiring words of peace and spirit from various world religions.
• World Puja:  presents live net-casts of Peace events.

• The Dalai Lama: Information about this Nobel Peace Laureate from the Government of Tibet in Exile.
• Emissary of Light: Peace troubadour James Twyman sings a message of Peace around the world.
• Irwin Abrams: leading authority on the history of the Nobel Peace Prize, Quaker, worker for peace.
• Jimmy Carter: 2002 Nobel Peace Laureate, former president Carter and his wife Rosalynn have worked diligently for peace in the two decades since he left office.

Peace Pilgrim believed in living simply by taking life down to need level. You can find practical information on simple living in this section:

Simple Living Links    (top)

• The Simple Living Network: Perhaps the best net resource for those looking to move toward a truly simpler style of living. Be sure to also visit their Simple Living Newsletter.
• The New Road Map Foundation: Groundbreakers in the simple living movement. Publishers of the classic "Your Money or Your Life". This group has offered occasional financial support to Friends of Peace Pilgrim.
• The Simplicity Circle Project: a national, non-profit membership organization for the general public centered on voluntary simplicity. Learn more about how to get involved with others in your area who are practicing or aspire to a more simple lifestyle. And also visit the site of Cecile Andrews - the director of the project and author of "The Circle of Simplicity".
• Reevis Mountain School: Roosevelt, AZ - Providing a place of inspiration, a positive learning environment, and a rustic, self-reliant lifestyle that fosters: personal responsibility for one's own health and well being, natural healing, spiritual awareness (not religious), and a reverence for nature.

Upcoming Events    (top)

• Global Meditations: Very Comprehensive. Information and dates for world wide peace events. Be sure to sign up for the mailing list.
  

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The list continues in no specific order. These are random links of eclectic interest.

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Marianne Williamson Website    Smile Across Your Heart - Laurie Martin The School of Ageless Wisdom The Robert Muller School Lenora Boyle - Change Limiting Beliefs Brian Self M.H. - Holistic Healing

Jane Finley - Wanderings The Sageplace Point of Life The Red Victorian Peace Center B&B Open Heart Inspiration Website from Paul Foreman

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