Rap Against Dictatorship is a group that has grown out of the pro-democracy protests in Thailand which have been a direct challenge to the military, the political establishment, and the monarchy. They use hip-hop music infused with language that is very jarring in the ultra-polite and deferential Thai society. They express the rage and passion… Read more »
Category: Rising Generations
Saba Jallas
Saba Jallas is a young Yemeni artist who visually transforms photos of the war into images that lift up humanity, hope, and peace. Jallas sees women as images of compassion, so often her reworking of the photos of smoke from the war involve women, sometimes holding children. Jallas was outside of Yemen when the war… Read more »
Samantha Smith
Citizen diplomacy needed be only for the church leaders, academics, and retired diplomats. Sometimes a child with simplicity and clarity can cut through all the jargon and political talk to get to reality. Samantha Smith was one such child. In 1983 the Cold War was in one of its most intense stages with Ronald Reagan… Read more »
Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg is a teenage girl from Sweden. Since the age of 8 she has been concerned about climate change. In September 2018 she launched a 3-week long strike from school to protest government inaction on climate change in front of the Swedish Parliament. Her sign said, “School Strike for the Climate.” Greta spoke about… Read more »
Jec Dan Borlado
There are many peacemaking musicians who haven’t gained fame and fortune as entertainers but who have poured the passions into song. Their music is often the heartbeat of grassroots movements for justice, peace, and human rights. One such activist musician is Jec Dan Borlado from the Philippines, and one of our Peace Warriors. In 2012… Read more »