Grassroots Initiatives Toward Peace in Rural America
kuaaina o Amerika
Na Becky J. Benes, Luna Nui o Oneness of Life, Authentic and Mindful Leadership Development Transformational Speaker a me Global Business Coach for Women
Q&A me Becky Benes ma Grassroots Initiatives Toward Peace in Rural America. Ma ka 5th Annual International Conference on Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding, Queens College, New York. Lunahoomalu: Susan Podziba, Mea Hoʻokumu, Podziba Policy Mediation and Director, Sacred Lands Project, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hāʻawi ʻia ka haʻiʻōlelo hanohano ma ʻOkakopa 31, 2018 ma ka 5th Annual International Conference on Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding i mālama ʻia e ka International Center for Ethno-Religious Mediation ma Queens College, City University of New York, me ka hui pū me ka Center for Ethnic, ʻIke Lahui & Hoʻomana (CERRU).
Introduction
Mai ka 2007, ua hana ikaika au me ka Peace Ambassadors o West Texas e hāʻawi i nā papahana hoʻonaʻauao i loko o ko mākou kaiāulu i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻopau i nā moʻolelo ʻino e pili ana i nā hoʻomana honua e hoʻolaha nei i ka inaina, ka hoʻomaopopo ʻole a hoʻomau i ka anti-Semitism a me ka Islamic-phobia ma ke kuaʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika. ʻO kā mākou papahana ʻo ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā papahana hoʻonaʻauao kiʻekiʻe a e hui pū i nā poʻe o nā kuʻuna manaʻoʻiʻo ʻē aʻe e kūkākūkā i ko lākou mau manaʻoʻiʻo, nā waiwai a me nā ʻōlelo hoʻomana i mea e hoʻoulu ai i ka ʻike a me ke kūkulu ʻana i nā pilina. E hōʻike wau i kā mākou papahana a me nā hoʻolālā holomua loa; pehea mākou i kūkulu ai i nā pilina a me nā pilina me nā poʻe o ka mana a me kā mākou mau mea hoʻolaha kūloko; a me kekahi o nā hopena mau loa a mākou i ʻike ai.
Nā papahana hoʻonaʻauao holomua
Hui Manao
ʻO ka hui ʻo Faith he hui puke pili i kēlā me kēia pule i hoʻoikaika ʻia e a i kapa ʻia ma hope o ka puke, The Faith Club: He Muslim, He Kristiano, He Iudaio-Ekolu Wahine Huli no ka Hoomaopopo, na Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, a me Priscilla Warner. Ua hui ka hui ʻo Faith no nā makahiki he 10 a ua heluhelu ʻo ia ma luna o nā puke 34 e pili ana i nā hoʻomana honua a me nā hana interfaith a me ka maluhia. Loaʻa i kā mākou lālā nā poʻe o nā makahiki āpau, nā lāhui, nā manaʻoʻiʻo, nā denomination i makemake nui i ka ulu a me ka loli; makemake e nīnau i nā nīnau paʻakikī e pili ana iā lākou iho a me nā mea ʻē aʻe; a me ka poʻe e hāmama ana i nā kamaʻilio ʻano, ʻoiaʻiʻo a me ka puʻuwai. ʻO kā mākou manaʻo e heluhelu a kūkākūkā i nā puke e pili ana i ka honua a me nā pilikia kūloko e pili ana i nā hoʻomana honua a hāʻawi i kahi ʻaha kūkā e hoʻāla i nā kamaʻilio a kūkākūkā a aʻo e pili ana i nā mea maʻamau a me nā ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā manaʻo like ʻole. ʻO ka nui o nā puke a mākou i koho ai ua hoʻoikaika iā mākou e hana a komo i nā papahana lawelawe kaiaulu he nui i wehe i ka puka no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana a me ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hoaaloha mau me nā poʻe like ʻole a me nā kuʻuna manaʻo like ʻole.
Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au ʻo ka kūleʻa o kēia hui ʻo kā mākou kūpaʻa e wehe i nā kamaʻilio, mahalo i nā manaʻo o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā kamaʻilio keʻa ʻo ia hoʻi, kaʻana like mākou i ko mākou mau manaʻo pilikino, nā manaʻo, a me nā ʻike me nā ʻōlelo I. Manaʻo mākou ʻaʻole e hoʻohuli i kekahi i ko mākou ʻano noʻonoʻo a i ʻole ko mākou manaʻoʻiʻo a hōʻole mākou i ka hana ʻana i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī e pili ana i nā sekta, nā denominations, nā lāhui a me nā ʻaoʻao politika. Inā pono mākou e lawe mai i nā mea uwao akamai e kōkua iā mākou e mālama i ka kūpaʻa o ka hui i ke kūkākūkā ʻana i nā pilikia hoʻopaʻapaʻa.
I ka wā mua, loaʻa iā mākou kahi mea hoʻoponopono no kēlā me kēia puke e hele mai me ka mākaukau me nā kumuhana kūkākūkā no ka heluhelu i hāʻawi ʻia no ka pule. ʻAʻole paʻa kēia a koi nui i nā mea hoʻokele. I kēia manawa, heluhelu mākou i ka puke a wehe i ke kūkākūkā ma hope o ka heluhelu ʻana o kēlā me kēia kanaka i kahi ʻāpana o ka puke. Hoʻonui kēia i ka manawa no kēlā me kēia puke; akā naʻe, ʻoi aku ka hohonu o nā kūkākūkā ʻana a ma waho o ke kiko o ka puke. Loaʻa iā mākou nā mea kōkua i kēlā me kēia pule e alakaʻi i nā kūkākūkā a e hōʻoia i ka lohe ʻia ʻana o nā lālā a pau a mālama i nā kamaʻilio ʻana. Hoʻomanaʻo ka poʻe hoʻokele i nā lālā i ʻoi aku ka mālie o ka hui a me ka manaʻo e huki iā lākou i loko o ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ʻole e lanakila nā lālā hauʻoli i ke kamaʻilio.
Hui Hoʻonaʻauao Puke ʻo Faith Club
Ka Kau Makahiki o ka Maluhia
Ua hoʻoulu ʻia ka makahiki makahiki o ka maluhia e ka Unity 11 Days of Global Peace ma 2008. Ua hoʻomaka kēia kau ma ka lā 11 Kepakemapa.th a hiki i ka lā pule o ka honua ma ka lā 21 o Kepakemapast a ua kālele ʻo ia i ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i nā kuʻuna manaʻoʻiʻo a pau. Ua hana mākou i kahi hanana 11 Day of Global Peace e hōʻike ana i nā poʻe kūloko o nā kuʻuna manaʻoʻiʻo like ʻole i ka lā 11: He Hindu, Iudaio, Buddhist, Bahaʻi, Christian, Native America, a me kahi papa wahine. Hāʻawi kēlā me kēia kanaka i kahi hōʻike e pili ana i ko lākou manaʻoʻiʻo a kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā loina maʻamau i kaʻana like ʻia e nā mea a pau, ua hāʻawi pū ka nui o lākou i kahi mele a/a i kahi pule. Pīhoihoi ko mākou nūpepa kūloko a hāʻawi iā mākou i nā moʻolelo e pili ana i kēlā me kēia mea hōʻike. Ua holomua, ua hoʻomau ka nūpepa i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kā mākou hana i kēlā me kēia makahiki. He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ua kākau nā lālā o ka Peace Ambassadors o West Texas i nā ʻatikala me ka manuahi no ka pepa. Ua hana kēia i ka lanakila / lanakila / lanakila no nā mea a pau. Ua loaʻa i ka pepa nā ʻatikala maikaʻi e pili ana i ko lākou anaina kūloko me ka manuahi, ua loaʻa iā mākou ka ʻike a me ka hōʻaiʻē a loaʻa i ke kaiāulu ka ʻike maoli. He mea nui nō hoʻi e hoʻomaopopo inā he paʻakikī nā ʻāʻī i kou kaiāulu e pili ana i kekahi ʻano lāhui / hoʻomana hoʻomana he mea nui ia e palekana i kāu mau hanana.
Mai ka makahiki 2008, ua hoʻonohonoho a hoʻopuka mākou i 10, 11 Day Season's of Peace Events. Ua hoʻoulu ʻia kēlā me kēia kau e nā kumuhana a me nā hanana o kēia manawa. A i kēlā me kēia kau, i ka wā kūpono, kono mākou i ka lehulehu e wehe i nā pule pule ma ko mākou hale pule kūloko a i ʻelua mau hanana o ka makahiki, i ka wā i loaʻa ai iā mākou kahi imam Islam, ua loaʻa iā mākou nā pule pule Islam a hoʻolauleʻa i ka Eid. Ua kaulana loa kēia mau lawelawe a ua hele maikaʻi ʻia.
Eia kekahi mau kumuhana no nā Kau:
- E kiʻi aku i waho: E hele mai e aʻo i ke ʻano o kēlā me kēia kuʻuna manaʻoʻiʻo "Hiki i loko" ma o ka pule, ka noʻonoʻo ʻana a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana a laila "Loaʻa" i ke kaiāulu ma o ka lawelawe a me ka pololei.
- Hoʻomaka ka maluhia me aʻu: Ua kālele kēia kau i kā mākou kuleana ponoʻī i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka maluhia o loko, ma ka nīnau ʻana a me ka neʻe ʻana i kahi manaʻo makua. ʻO kā mākou mea haʻiʻōlelo nui no kēia kau ʻo Kauka Helen Rose Ebaugh, Polofesa o nā hoʻomana honua mai ke Kulanui o Houston a hōʻike ʻo ia, Na Inoa Nui o ke Akua.
- E noʻonoʻo i ke aloha: I loko o kēia kau, ua kālele mākou i ke aloha i mea nui i nā kuʻuna manaʻoʻiʻo āpau a ua hōʻike ʻia ʻelua kiʻiʻoniʻoni. ʻO ka mua, ʻo "Hiding and Searching: Faith and Tolerance" e ʻimi ana i ka hopena o ka Holocaust i ka manaʻoʻiʻo i ke Akua a me ka hilinaʻi i ko mākou mau hoa kanaka. ʻO ka lua o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻo “Hawo's Dinner Party: the New Face of Southern Hospitality” i hoʻopuka ʻia e Shoulder-to-Shoulder nona ka ʻoihana e kū me ʻAmelika ʻAmelika; Ke kākoʻo nei i nā waiwai ʻAmelika e kōkua i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā pilina ma waena o nā malihini Muslim a me ko lākou mau hoalauna ʻAmelika hou. Ma kēia hanana, hāʻawi mākou i ka sopa, a me ka salakeke i mea nui loa a huki i ka lehulehu o nā Mahometa, Hindus a me nā Karistiano. Ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika, huli ka poʻe i ka meaʻai.
- Maluhia ma o ke kala ana: I kēia kau, ua nānā mākou i ka mana o ke kala ʻana. Ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia mākou i ʻekolu mau mea haʻiʻōlelo ikaika a me kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni e pili ana i ke kala ʻana.
1. ʻO ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni, "Forgiving Dr. Mengele," ka moʻolelo o Eva Kor, he mea ola Holocaust a me kāna huakaʻi kala ʻana ma o kona mau aʻa Iudaio. Ua hiki iā mākou ke kiʻi iā ia ma ka pale ma o Skype e kamaʻilio i ka lehulehu. Ua hele maikaʻi ʻia kēia no ka mea ua lawelawe hou mākou i ka sopa a me ka salakeke.
2. ʻO Clifton Truman Daniel, ka moʻopuna a Pelekikena Truman, nāna i haʻi e pili ana i kāna huakaʻi e kūkulu i nā pilina maluhia me nā Kepani mai ka wā i hoʻokau ʻia ai nā pōkā atomika. ʻO ia wale nō ka poʻe ʻAmelika i kono ʻia i ka Hale Hoʻomanaʻo 50 Makahiki Kepani ma Iapana.
3. ʻO Rais Bhuiyan, ka mea kākau o ʻO ka ʻAmelika ʻoiaʻiʻo: pepehi kanaka a me ke aloha ma Texas. Ua pana ʻia ʻo Mr. Bhuiyan i ka wā e hana ana i kahi hale kūʻai maʻalahi e kahi Texan huhū i makaʻu i nā Muslim āpau ma hope o 9-11. Ua haʻi ʻo ia i ka lawe ʻana o ka manaʻo Islam iā ia i kahi huakaʻi i ke kala ʻana. He ʻōlelo ikaika kēia no nā poʻe a pau i hele mai a hōʻike ʻia i ke aʻo ʻana o ke kala ʻana i nā kuʻuna manaʻoʻiʻo a pau.
- 'Ōlelo no ka Maluhia: I loko o kēia kau, ua nānā mākou i nā ʻano like ʻole e hōʻike ai ka poʻe iā lākou iho a kono iā lākou e hana i ka "He Expression of Peace." Ua hui mākou me nā haumāna, nā mea hana, nā mea hoʻokani pila, nā haku mele, a me nā alakaʻi kaiāulu e kaʻana like i kā lākou hōʻike ʻana i ka maluhia. Ua hui pū mākou me ko mākou hui ʻo Downtown San Angelo Organization, ka Hale Waihona Puke kūloko, ka ASU Poets Society a me ka ʻoihana Orchestra, nā hui ʻōpio a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo San Angelo Fine Arts e hāʻawi i nā manawa no ka lehulehu e hōʻike i ka maluhia. Ua kono pū mākou iā Kauka April Kinkead, Kumu Pelekania mai Blinn College e hōʻike mai "Pehea ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka ʻōlelo hoʻomana a i ʻole ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka poʻe.” A ʻo Kauka Helen Rose Ebaugh mai ke Kulanui o Houston e hōʻike i ka PBS Documentary, "He Verb ke aloha: The Gülen Movement: A Moderate Muslim Initiative to Promote Peace". He kiʻekiʻe o ka holomua o kēia kau. Ua loaʻa iā mākou he mau haneli o nā lālā kaiaulu ma ke kūlanakauhale e kālele ana i ka maluhia a me ka hōʻike ʻana i ka maluhia ma o ke kiʻi, mele, mele, a me nā ʻatikala ma ka nūpepa a me nā papahana lawelawe.
- Kou Maluhia!: Ua kālele kēia kau i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka ʻōlelo a ke kuleana o kēlā me kēia o mākou i kā mākou ʻāpana i ka Peace Puzzle. He mea nui ka maluhia o kēlā me kēia kanaka, inā nalo ka ʻāpana o ka maluhia, ʻaʻole mākou e ʻike i ka maluhia kūloko a honua paha. Ua paipai mākou i kēlā me kēia kuʻuna manaʻoʻiʻo e hāʻawi i nā lawelawe pule lehulehu, a hāʻawi i kahi hoʻomaha noʻonoʻo. Ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia mākou i ka hōʻike ʻana iā Dr. Robert P. Sellers, 2018 Chair of the Parliament of World Religions i kāna kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i Interfaith Initiatives ma ka ʻāina a ma ka honua.
Ka huakaʻi a puni nā hoʻomana honua me ka haʻalele ʻole iā Texas
He huakaʻi ʻekolu lā kēia i Houston, TX kahi i mākaʻikaʻi ai mākou i 10 mau luakini like ʻole, nā hale pule, nā hale pule a me nā kikowaena ʻuhane e hoʻopuni ana i nā moʻomeheu Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, Islamic a me Bahaʻi. Ua hui pū mākou me Kauka Helen Rose Ebaugh mai ke Kulanui o Houston nāna i alakaʻi. Ua hoʻonohonoho pū ʻo ia iā mākou e ʻai i nā meaʻai like ʻole e pili ana i nā kaiāulu hilinaʻi a mākou i kipa aku ai. Ua hele mākou i kekahi mau pule pule a hui pū me nā alakaʻi uhane e nīnau i nā nīnau a e aʻo e pili ana i ko mākou ʻokoʻa a me ke kumu like. Ua hoʻouna ka nūpepa kūloko i kā lākou mea kākau moʻolelo e kākau i nā ʻatikala a me nā blog i kēlā me kēia lā e pili ana i ka huakaʻi.
Ma muli o ka nele o ka ʻokoʻa hoʻomana a me ka lāhui ma ke kuaʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika, ua manaʻo mākou he mea nui ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā manawa no ko mākou kaiāulu kūloko e loaʻa ai ka ʻono mua, ʻike a ʻike i nā "mea ʻē aʻe" i ko mākou honua. ʻO kekahi o nā ala nui loa iaʻu mai kahi mahiʻai pulupulu kahiko i ʻōlelo me ka waimaka o kona mau maka, "ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke manaʻoʻiʻo ua ʻai au i ka ʻaina awakea a pule pū me kahi Muslim a ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ka pāpale a i ʻole. e lawe ana i kahi pū mīkini.
Ka Hale Paʻi
No 7 mau makahiki, ua hoʻomohala mākou i ka haʻawina a ua mālama mākou i ke kauwela kauwela "Peace Camp" e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka ʻokoʻa. Ua nānā kēia mau kahua hoʻomoana i ka lokomaikaʻi, ka lawelawe ʻana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe a me ke aʻo ʻana e pili ana i nā ʻōlelo ʻuhane maʻamau i loaʻa i nā kuʻuna manaʻoʻiʻo āpau. I ka hopena, ua neʻe kā mākou papahana hoʻomoana o ke kauwela i kekahi mau lumi papa lehulehu a me nā hui keikikāne a me nā kaikamahine ma ko mākou wahi.
Ke kūkulu ʻana i nā pilina me nā poʻe mana
Ke hoʻonui nei i nā mea e hana nei i ko mākou kaiāulu
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kā mākou hana, nui nā hale pule ʻē aʻe i hoʻomaka e hoʻokipa i kā lākou mau hanana "Interfaith", hauʻoli mākou e hele mai me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana e hoʻomaka ana kā mākou misionari e ʻimi i ke kumu maʻamau. ʻO kā mākou kāhāhā, ʻo ka manaʻo o ka poʻe a me nā mea hōʻike i kēia mau hanana e hoʻolaha i ka anti-Islamic a i ʻole Anti-Semitic propaganda a hoʻopiha i kā lākou poʻe hālāwai me ka ʻike hewa ʻole. Ua hoʻoikaika kēia iā mākou e hele i ka nui o kēia mau hōʻikeʻike me ka manaʻo maikaʻi e hoʻomālamalama i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a hele mai nā poʻe he alo me nā poʻe "ʻoiaʻiʻo" mai nā manaʻo like ʻole. Noho mākou ma ke alo; e nīnau i nā nīnau ikaika a hoʻonaʻauao e pili ana i nā mea like o nā hoʻomana a pau; a e hoʻohui mākou i ka ʻike ʻoiaʻiʻo a me ka ʻōlelo ʻana i nā paukū mai kēlā me kēia kikokikona kapu e kūʻē i ka "nūhou hoʻopunipuni" i hōʻike ʻia. I nā manawa he nui, hāʻawi ka mea hōʻike i kā lākou hōʻike i kekahi o kā mākou mau loea a i ʻole nā lālā o ka hoʻomana e kūkākūkā ʻia nei. Ua kūkulu kēia i ko mākou hilinaʻi a kōkua iā mākou e hoʻonui i ka ʻike a me ka ʻike honua o ka poʻe i hele mai ma ke ʻano aloha a maluhia. I nā makahiki, ua emi iho kēia mau hanana. ʻO kēia kekahi i lawe nui i ka wiwo ʻole a me ka manaʻoʻiʻo no ko mākou mau lālā, inā he Karistiano, Muslim a Iudaio paha. Ma muli o ka nūhou aupuni a me ka honua, nui ka poʻe o mākou e loaʻa i ka leka inaina, ka leo leo a me kekahi hana ʻino liʻiliʻi o ko mākou mau home.
Pākahi
Ma muli o ko mākou manaʻo nui e hana i nā hopena lanakila / lanakila / lanakila no ka maikaʻi kiʻekiʻe o nā mea a pau, ua hiki iā mākou ke hui pū me ko mākou Kulanui kūloko, ASU; ʻo kā mākou nūpepa kūloko, ka Standard Times; a me ko mākou aupuni kūloko.
- Ke Keʻena ʻOihana Kūʻai ʻo Angelo State University: No ka mea, he mau lako ko ke Kulanui, ʻike leo/kiʻi ʻike a me nā kōkua haumāna a me ke akamai i ka paʻi ʻana a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana a mākou e pono ai; a ma muli o ko mākou ʻimi ʻana i nā papahana kiʻekiʻe mai ke kumu hilinaʻi a kaulana hoʻi e kālele ana i ka ʻokoʻa moʻomeheu a me ka hoʻomana i kūpono i nā pono o kā lākou haumāna a me kā lākou ʻoihana, ua kūpono loa mākou. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana me ke kulanui i hāʻawi mai iā mākou i ka hōʻaiʻē ma ke kaiāulu a me kahi ākea ākea a ʻoi aku ka lehulehu. Ua ʻike mākou hiki iā mākou ke huki i kahi ākea ākea o ka poʻe ke hāʻawi mākou i nā hanana ma nā wahi ākea ma mua o nā hale pule. Ke mālama mākou i nā hanana ma nā hale pule, ʻo nā lālā wale nō o ia mau hale pule i hele mai a he kakaikahi wale nō ka poʻe mai nā moʻomeheu ʻaʻole Kalikiano e hele mai.
- ʻO ka San Angelo Standard Times: E like me ka hapa nui o nā nūpepa ʻāpana liʻiliʻi i loko o ka honua kikohoʻe, ua hakakā ʻo Stand Times me kahi kālā haʻahaʻa, ʻo ia ka mea ʻuʻuku nā mea kākau limahana. No ka hana ʻana i ka lanakila/win/win no ka pepa, ʻo ka Peace Ambassadors a me kā mākou anaina, hāʻawi mākou e kākau i nā ʻatikala kiʻekiʻe o kā mākou hanana āpau, me nā ʻatikala e pili ana i nā mea e pili ana i nā pilikia interfaith. Ua hoʻonoho kēia iā mākou ma ke ʻano he poʻe loea i loko o ko mākou kaiāulu a hele i nā kānaka no nā nīnau. Ua kono pū ka pepa iaʻu e kākau i kahi kolamu ʻelua pule i kēlā me kēia pule e nānā i nā hanana o kēia manawa a hoʻomālamalama i ke kumu maʻamau a me ka ʻike o nā hoʻomana nui e hāʻawi ana i ka Peace Ambassadors i ka hoʻolaha maʻamau ma West Texas.
- Kahunapule, kahunapule, kahunapule, a me na luna o ke kulanakauhale, ka mokuaina a me ke aupuni pekelala: Ua kono aku ka Bishop Katolika kūloko i nā ʻelele Maluhia o West Texas e lawe a hāʻawi i ka papahana hoʻomanaʻo makahiki 9-11. ʻO ka mea maʻamau, e kono ka Bishop i nā kahu, nā kuhina a me nā kāhuna e hoʻokani a hoʻopuka i ka papahana e komo mau ana nā mea pane mua, US Military a me nā alakaʻi kaiāulu kūloko a mokuʻāina. Ua hoʻoikaika kēia manawa i kā mākou hui a hāʻawi iā mākou i kahi manawa kūpono e hoʻomohala i nā pilina hou me nā poʻe mana a alakaʻi i nā wahi āpau. Ua hoʻonui mākou i kēia manawa ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi hoʻomanaʻo hoʻomanaʻo 9-11 i loaʻa ka ʻike maoli e pili ana i 9-11; e hoʻomālamalama i ka make ʻana o nā ʻAmelika mai nā ʻano lāhui, moʻomeheu a me ka hoʻomana i kēlā lā; a hāʻawi i nā manaʻo a me nā ʻike e pili ana i ka pule inclusive/interfaith. Me kēia ʻike, ua hiki iā mākou ke hoʻoneʻe iā ia mai kahi lawelawe Kalikiano āpau i kahi lawelawe hoʻohui i hoʻohui i nā manaʻoʻiʻo a me nā lāhui. Ua alakaʻi ʻia kēia i kahi manawa no ka Peace Ambassadors o West Texas e hāʻawi i nā pule pule he nui i ko mākou ʻaha kūkā kūlanakauhale a me nā hālāwai komisina kalana.
Ka hopena mau loa
Mai ka makahiki 2008, hui ka Faith Club i kēlā me kēia pule me ka lālā maʻamau a ʻano like ʻole ma waena o 50 a me 25. Ma muli o ka hoʻoulu ʻia ʻana e kekahi mau puke, ua lawe nā lālā i nā papahana lawelawe interfaith like ʻole a pau i hopena mau loa. Ua paʻi pū mākou a hāʻawi aku ma luna o 2,000 bumper stickers e ʻōlelo nei: Na ke Akua e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka honua holoʻokoʻa, nā ʻelele Maluhia o West Texas.
Acts of Faith: ʻO ka moʻolelo o kahi Muslim ʻAmelika, ka hakakā no ka ʻuhane o kahi hanauna na Eboo Patel, ua hoʻoikaika iā mākou e hana i kahi papahana lawelawe interfaith makahiki: ʻo kā mākou ʻaina awakea Valentine ma kā mākou kīhini sopa kūloko. Mai ka makahiki 2008, ʻoi aku ma mua o 70 mau mea manawaleʻa o nā kuʻuna manaʻoʻiʻo like ʻole, nā lāhui a me nā moʻomeheu i hui pū ʻia e kuke, lawelawe a leʻaleʻa i kahi pāʻina me kā mākou poʻe ʻilihune o ko mākou kaiāulu. Ua maa ka nui o na lala i ka kuke a me ka lawelawe ana i ka poe ilihune; akā naʻe, he kakaikahi ka poʻe i noho a kamaʻilio pū me nā poʻe kipa a me kekahi. Ua lilo kēia i hoʻokahi o nā papahana lawelawe maikaʻi loa i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā pilina paʻa me nā poʻe o nā ʻokoʻa like ʻole, nā poʻe mana a me kā mākou media kūloko.
ʻEkolu kīʻaha kī: ʻO ka Misiona a hoʻokahi kanaka e hāpai i ka maluhia. . . Hoʻokahi kula i ka manawa na Greg Mortenson a me David Oliver Relin, ua hoʻoikaika iā mākou e hoʻonui i $ 12,000 e kūkulu i kahi kula Muslim ma Afghanistan i kā mākou 2009 Season of Peace. He neʻe wiwo ʻole kēia no ka mea, ma ke ʻano he hui, ua manaʻo ʻia mākou e nā poʻe he Anti-Christ ma ko mākou wahi. Eia naʻe, i loko o ka 11 Days of Global Peace Program, ua hōʻiliʻili mākou i $17,000 no ke kūkulu ʻana i kula. Me kēia papahana, ua kono ʻia mākou i loko o nā kula haʻahaʻa kūloko e hoʻolauna iā Greg Mortenson's Penny's for Peace Program, kahi papahana i hoʻolālā ʻia e aʻo a hoʻokomo i kā mākou ʻōpio e hana i nā hana e kōkua i nā hoaaloha ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. He hōʻoia kēia e hoʻololi ana mākou i nā manaʻo a me nā manaʻoʻiʻo e pili ana i ka Islam ma ko mākou wahi.
He mea e noʻonoʻo ai i ke kolamu i kākau ʻia e Becky J. Benes i hōʻike ʻia ma kā mākou nūpepa kūloko ma ke ʻano he kolamu ʻelua pule. ʻO kāna mea i manaʻo ai ʻo ia ka wehewehe ʻana i ka manaʻo maʻamau i loko o nā hoʻomana honua a pehea e kākoʻo ai kēia mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ʻuhane a hoʻomaikaʻi i ko mākou kaiaulu ma ka ʻāina, ka ʻāina, a me ka honua.
ʻO ka mea kaumaha, ma muli o ke kūʻai ʻana o kā mākou pepa kūloko e USA Today, ua hōʻemi nui ʻia kā mākou hui pū ʻana me lākou, inā ʻaʻole i emi loa.
Panina
I ka loiloi, no nā makahiki 10, ua hana ikaika nā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa o West Texas e hāʻawi i nā hana maluhia aʻa mauʻu i hoʻolālā ʻia e hāpai i ka maluhia ma o ka hoʻonaʻauao, ʻike a me ke kūkulu ʻana i nā pilina. ʻO kā mākou hui liʻiliʻi o nā Iudaio ʻelua, ʻelua Karistiano, a me ʻelua Mahometa ua ulu aʻe i kahi kaiāulu o kahi o 50 mau kānaka i kūpaʻa e hana ma San Angelo, kahi kūlanakauhale kuaʻāina o West Texas i ʻike ʻia e ka poʻe he nui ʻo Belt Buckle of the Bible Belt e hana. kā mākou ʻāpana e hoʻololi i ko mākou kaiāulu a hoʻonui i ka ʻike o ko mākou kaiāulu.
Ua nānā mākou i ka pilikia ʻekolu a mākou i kū ai: ka nele o ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka ʻike e pili ana i nā hoʻomana honua; liʻiliʻi loa ka ʻike ʻana i nā kānaka o nā manaʻoʻiʻo a me nā moʻomeheu like ʻole; a me ka poʻe o ko mākou kaiāulu ʻaʻohe pilina pilikino a hui pū me nā kānaka like ʻole a me nā kuʻuna manaʻoʻiʻo.
Me kēia mau pilikia ʻekolu i ka noʻonoʻo, ua hana mākou i nā papahana hoʻonaʻauao e hāʻawi ana i nā papahana hoʻonaʻauao mahalo nui ʻia i hui pū ʻia me nā hanana pili kahi e hiki ai i nā poʻe ke hui a hoʻopili i nā poʻe mai nā manaʻoʻiʻo ʻē aʻe a lawelawe pū i ke kaiāulu nui. Ua kālele mākou i ko mākou kumu maʻamau ʻaʻole ko mākou ʻokoʻa.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana ua hālāwai mākou me ke kūʻē a ua manaʻo ʻia e ka hapa nui o ka "Anti-Christ." Eia nō naʻe, me ka hoʻomanawanui, ka hoʻonaʻauao kūlana kiʻekiʻe, ka hoʻomau, a me nā hanana interfaith interfaith, i ka hopena ua kono ʻia mākou e hāʻawi i ka pule interfaith ma kā mākou mau hālāwai kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale a me nā Komisina Kalana; ua hiki iā mākou ke hōʻiliʻili ma luna o $17,000 no ke kūkulu ʻana i ke kula Muslim ma Afghanistan, a ua hāʻawi ʻia i ka hoʻolaha pāpaho maʻamau a me kahi kolamu nūpepa ʻelua pule e hāpai i ka maluhia ma o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana.
I loko o ke ʻano kālaiʻāina o kēia wā, ʻo ka hoʻololi ʻana o ke alakaʻi a me ka diplomacy a me nā hui mega-media e lawe ana i ke kumu nūhou o ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o kā mākou hana; akā, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī. Pono mākou e hoʻomau i ka huakaʻi a hilinaʻi he papahana ko ke Akua All Knowing, All Powerful, Ever Present a maikaʻi ke kumumanaʻo.
Benes, Becky J. (2018). Grassroots Initiatives Toward Peace in Rural America. Hāʻawi ʻia ka haʻiʻōlelo hanohano ma ʻOkakopa 31, 2018 ma ka 5th Annual International Conference on Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding i mālama ʻia e ka International Center for Ethno-Religious Mediation ma Queens College, City University of New York, me ka hui pū me ka Center for Ethnic, Ka Hoʻomaopopo Lahui & Hoʻomana (CERRU).
