John Hunter invites his fourth-grade students to solve some of the most complex problems vexing human societies, and they do! A teacher given wide latitude to develop his own educational program for gifted students, Hunter developed the World Peace Game to stimulate the thinking and problem-solving of 9 and 10-year old minds. For Hunter world… Read more »
Category: North America
Jan Krist
Jan Krist is a singer/songwriter who started in Detroit but now lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She has toured nationally, playing most of the major folk venues. Though she has a solo career, she’s also been a part of many musical collaborations. The Yellow Room Gang is a collective of 8 musicians originally from Michigan… Read more »
Jason Isbell
Country singer/songwriter Jason Isbell’s song “White Man’s World” off his “The Nashville Sound” album is a perfect counter-point to Trump’s America with the disgruntled white male demographic of Trump’s “base.” One of the major themes in our global peace warrior network is “mainstream/margin.” Isbell gives a great example of someone from the mainstream who hears… Read more »
Peter, Paul and Mary
One can’t think about the protest movements in the ’60s without including the music of Peter, Paul and Mary. Formed in 1961, the trio of Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers popularized songs by Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan and others as well as adding some of their own rich tunes into the vibrant mix. … Read more »
David LaMotte
David LaMotte is a singer-songwriter and a global peacemaker living in Black Mountain, North Carolina in the U.S. He’s made his living as a musician for many years, but in 2008 he became a Rotary Peace Fellowship which opened up the activist opportunities. As a Rotary Peace Fellow he studied in Australia and worked with… Read more »