New Design on the way

http://www.namesforpeace.com

Im working on the new design for names for peace as you read .. it is a bed theme inspired by a re-recording of give peace a chance from the bed in at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel where the original was recorded 35 years ago. They brought together Canadian Artists in the same room to update the song.

It is not just about that event though. It is also a thank you to Yoko Ono for getting back in the game ( I'm not sure that she has ever been gone ) and supporting Amnesty internationals Instant Karma "Instant Karma is Amnesty International's new campaign using the power of John Lennon's music and the voices of millions of concerned people around the world to stop the horrific human rights abuses taking place in Darfur, Sudan.". See that Campaign here Instant karma



Im a bit mad at myself. I saw Sean Lennon in Toronto a while ago in a tiny room with an audience of about 40 people and I regret so much that I didn't mention Names for Peace to him then. I hope he sees this. If you happen to know Sean Lennon ..or if you run into him please mention the site.. http://www.namesforpeace.com .. I would love to have his or his Mother's endorsement. :)




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all the best,

Michael Kerr

Has anyone watched the video

Let me know what you thought of the video.

email me if you like michaelckerr@gmail.com or standup@namesforpeace.com

All the best,

Michael

Why Peace

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving ..the dubious Turkey feast ...

Don't forget to get out and enjoy the falling leaves and crisp cool air.

I hope you are all spending today with family or friends enjoying the trimmings and the long weekend.

Be safe , all the best

Michael

Connecting

I realized a long time ago that this wasn't going to work until we connected with more people and possibly with other like organizations.

There is so much potential that it is hard to know where to start. On the other hand there is so little time it's hard to know when it might really start.

We had our first outside connection today though at Concordia University. It's very encouraging to be able to tell you that Nancy Davenport has agreed to let us use a piece she did for the Guggenheim museum in New York on the Names for Peace website.

Nancy Davenport is a photographer/artist who lives and works in New York city, she has taught at Yale University and has instructed at the New York school of Visual Arts as well as MIT. She has an interest in the new face of activism and it's lack of visibility. We are very proud to be able to present her work on our site. That will be arriving as soon as I have time to convert the data format of her work and spice up the Names for Peace main page.

We hope that this is just the beginning of many collaborations and interesting presentations that we will be able to bring to you over time as we grow and become effective.

Michael

stalled

Names for Peace seems to have stalled in name collection. Perhaps it's the wording on the main page. Part of it is that we have been far too busy to do anything with it but this is changing. I find it hard to imagine that people don't desire peace.

For a while I was taking time to post the site where ever I could but have since been distracted by life in general. This is one of the problems that we all have. We don't have time to do ANYTHING outside of living our own busy lives.

We had a meeting recently and reshaped the guidelines and goals for Names for Peace. Those goals and guidelines will be posted here as soon as time permits. I'll send out an email to everyone once that it is out.

For now all the best and remember that peace begins at home ;-)



Michael

The state of Peace in 2007

NOT GOOD

start again

ok