Nurture and Guard These Seeds...Forest Whitaker

"Nurture the seeds of love, equality, social justice, freedom & human rights that are planted into our hearts & minds but too often neglected."
--Forest Whitaker, Award winning Actor, Humanitarian, Philanthropist

The Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative (WPDI) was founded by Forest Whitaker in 2012 to foster peace and reconciliation in disadvantaged and fragile communities in the different regions of the world, including Africa, Latin America and the United States. The non-profit organization working along with other like-minded organizations promote youth empowerment, cultural diversity, continuous learning, capacity building, and access to internet connectivity and digital technologies. Find out more at wpdi.org

Securing Our Freedom...Ralph J. Bunche

"The well-being and the hopes of the peoples of the world can never be served until peace - as well as freedom, honor and self-respect - is secure." 

--Ralph J. Bunche

Experiencing Peace Is A Process...Jill Bolte Taylor

“To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life.” 

--Jill Bolte Taylor

The Valuables...Carlos Santana

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

--Carlos Santana

Courage Is..Amelia Earhart

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

--Amelia Earhart

Greatness Occurs...Quincy Jones

"Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind."

-- Quincy Jones, Record Producer, Conductor, Arranger, Composer, Television Producer, Film Producer, Instrumentalist, Magazine Founder, Record Company Executive, Humanitarian, and Jazz Trumpeter

Finding Joy and Peace In Your Heart...Howard Thurman

“Whatever may be the tensions and the stresses of a particular day, there is always lurking close at hand the trailing beauty of forgotten joy or unremembered peace.”

 --Howard Thurman, Author, Philosopher, Theologian, Educator and Civil Rights Leader, "Meditations of the Heart"

Imagine...John Lennon

Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.

--John Lennon 

Have Peace?...Mother Teresa

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

--Mother Teresa 

Power to the peaceful. Vanessa Hudgens

Peace...Martin Luther King, Jr.

Happy Birthday Dr. King!!

"One day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means." 

--Martin Luther King, Jr.

Peace...John F. Kennnedy

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.

--John F. Kennedy

Shalom...Katharine Jefferts Schori

“Shalom means that all human beings live together as siblings, at peace with one another and with God, and in right relationship with all of the rest of creation…. It is that vision to which Jesus points when he says, ‘today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.’ To say ‘shalom’ is to know our own place and to invite and affirm the place of all of the rest of creation, once more at home in God."

--Katharine Jefferts Schori, 26th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States

Twice a month on Tuesdays, WOMEN AT LIBERTY provides a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders. Today Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori is featured. She is the first woman to be elected as the chief bishop or the highest leader of the Anglican Church in U.S. She was elected in 2006.

Bishop Jefferts Schori is responsible for initiating and developing policy for the Episcopal Church and speaks on behalf of the church regarding the policies, strategies, and programs of the church. Before her calling to the priesthood and subsequent ordination in 1994, she was an oceanographer. She has a B.S. in biology from Stanford University, an M.S. and Ph.D. in oceanography from Oregon State University, an M.Div. from Church Divinity School of the Pacific.

In today's video, Bishop Jefferts Schori talks about managing change within her church denomination, how she dealt with discrimination within the church, and the positive use of power. To view the Leadership Tuesdays' feature, click here. For more information on Leadership Tuesdays, see here.

Peace...Eleanor Roosevelt

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

 --Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), First Lady of the United States 1933-1945

Happy Thanksgiving!!

May your day be blessed with unconditional love, peace and the presence of those who bring you great joy.  And oh yeah, FOOD!!   --Nona O.

Peace...Nona

May you know the calmness of peace at some point during your day. --Nona