Marsha Hunt, peace activist

Barbara’s Peace Garden

Marsha Hunt: actor and first celebrity activist

At 104. Marsha Hunt is the oldest

living star from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Just as impressive as her acting career, however, is her many years as an activist.

She was Hollywood’s first celebrity activist, working tirelessly for the UN and to raise awareness and money for hunger, homelessness, peace and the refugees who need to make a new start.

Marsha is remembered and beloved

around the world for her beauty, her talent, and for her bravery in standing up to the powerful forces of the McCarthy era. Although she was blacklisted in the movies, she continued performing on television and Broadway.

Los Angeles Times reviewer Roger Abele describes her documentary as, “articulately told by Hunt herself, primarily, in interviews that showcase her elegant mien, fiercely intelligent eyes, poised diction and sense of drama (“The clouds were gathering … the rain came”), the movie flits across decades in which the New York-raised performer navigated Hollywood’s enchanting ups and, after the Red Scare swept show biz, disturbing downs.”

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Marsha’s story is one of service and resilience in a difficult time. She spent 25 years promoting the UN, working What is your peace dream for 2022?closely with Eleanor Roosevelt and specialized agencies such as the World Health Organization and UNICEF. She also had a special concern for veterans, selling war bonds, visiting wounded soldiers, and trying to raise their morale wherever she went. We are delighted to honor Marsha Hunt’s many years of service to our world and encourage you to see the documentary by Roger Memos and fall in love with Marsha, her magical life, her resilience and her contribution to peace. She continues to inspire us all!

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Publisher’s Corner

Barbara Gaughen-Muller is a peace activist, educator, and Peace Podcast host. … people creating a more peaceful world

"We are all leaves of one tree. We are all waves of one sea."

– Thích Nhất Hạnh

CONTENTS

Sometimes all it takes to bring peace into our lives is to be thoughtful to someone we may not even know. Simple things like opening a door for someone with their hands full, noticing something beautiful or interesting that someone is wearing.

If peace begins with us, what is holding us back? What attitudes might be keeping peace at a distance, keeping us from noticing the opportunities for peaceful interactions available to us every day?

One of the most important things that we can do is watch our thoughts. They have power and our thoughts about peace can become tomorrow’s reality, helping to create the world, the community, and peace not only for ourselves but for others who happen to cross our path.

Today, find opportunities to be peace. – Gratefully, Barbara

2 Marsha Hunt, peace activist 3 Publisher’s Corner

4 Voices for Peace

5 Mother’s Peace Day 6 Featured podcast guests 10 United Nations Charter

11 A Question of Peace

12 Ideas for a Better World

13 Crestline, CA City of Peace 14 Imagine: Cost of War 16 The Culture of Peace

17 Bio-Regeneration 18 Robert Muller Book Club

20 In Passing: Philip Hellmich 21 99 Days of Peace Back Earth Flag

The Team

Founder & Publisher Barbara Gaughen-Muller Editor Joyce Wycoff Technical Guru Tony Morrison

“War is an invention of the human mind. The human mind can invent peace.”

—Norman Cousins