always enjoyed bob marley
the new biopic musical film about him
was a bit disjointed
but
leads were very good
his message stood strong
music was a great bonus
especially loved the real footage at the end.
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“love the life you live, live the life you love.”
-bob marley
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image credit: paramount pictures
our class of 3’s-4’s
met with their learning partners
a 4th grade class
and together
they read a book
learned about what Dr. King
stood for and fought for
in his own peaceful way
talked about
what love, fairness, equality
meant to them
then created
a lovely art piece together
each to become a square
in a large paper quilt
created by the whole school
a beautiful collaboration.
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“make a career of humanity.
commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights.
you will make a better person of yourself,
a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – March for Integrated Schools, April 18, 1959.
“the children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe;
and i’m beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this
may be incapable of morality.”
-james baldwin
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art credit: kana handel, ‘war is not the answer’
when it started taking a long time, the kinder figured out how to settle this peacefully all on their own.
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“then i reckon we got ourselves a good old-fashioned standoff…..
nobody moved, or said anything for the next few moments.
old-fashioned standoffs are mighty borin’ “
-derek landy, irish author, screenwriter and marvel comics contributor
my costa rican t-shirt
celebrates the country’s 1948 disbanding of their military
when they chose to give the money to education, culture, and social programs instead
there is a country-wide celebration each year
when i heard this as a visiting american
i was left gobsmacked.
(see the story below)
Peace consists, very largely in the fact of desiring it with all one’s soul.
The inhabitants of my small country, Costa Rica, have realized those words by Erasmus.
Mine is an unarmed people, whose children have never seen a fighter or a tank or a warship. – Oscar Arias
“the rabbit of easter. he bring of the chocolate.”
-david sedaris
photo credit: from my favorite chocolatier with a cause, peace by chocolate
link to my earlier post about their story:
“I live in Ukraine with my family. I love my country, family, friends, people.
I fight for them. I fight for Ukraine.”
-Oleksandr Usyk
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art credit: elana vasylieva, ukranian landscape watercolor
peace.
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“there never was a good war, or a bad peace.”
-benjamin franklin
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art credit: Chihiro Iwasaki, (1918-1974),
a Japanese illustrator known for her water-colored illustrations of Flowers, Happiness, Children, and Peace
“you never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.”
-bob marley
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image credit: rogue nasa
“I know how difficult it is going to be,
but I also believe that if just in one place we can win the battle over greed and callousness,
that one victory may swing the tide over the entire world.”
-Madeleine L’Engle, Dragons in the Waters
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art credit: Serhii Vasylkivsky, a.k.a. the “Painter of the Sky”, National Art Museum of Ukraine
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