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Santa Barbara UNA Peace Prize
Joan Blades, Activist, award-winning author and lawyer
In a previous life, Blades was a software entrepreneur. Now she is a political and social activist, co-founder of MomsRising.org and MoveOn.org, as well as co-author of award winning books including The Custom-Fit and The Motherhood Manifesto.
Watch or listen #61 Chehab (Shab) Elawar, Resilient Rotarian and world change agent
Raised in a poor family in Lebanon and caught in the middle of a civil war, Shab fulfilled his mother’s dream of being educated in the US and now focuses his efforts on serving people around the world as alongtime Rotarian who has participated in over 120 grants and over 30 missions.
Watch or listen #89
Bettina Gray, Emmy Nominated podcast host, composer and
Musician. Creator of Parliament of Souls: In Search of Global Spirituality: Interviews with 28 Spiritual Leaders from Around the World.
Watch or listen #27
Watch Bettina Gray’s interview with Robert Muller
Julie Johnston, teacher trainer, climate change
For 10 years, she served as a resource teacher for the Spring Leaves Family Learning program. She is a passionate climate change emergency activist and works with educators worldwide who want to green the heart of their classrooms, curricula, and school communities.
Watch or listen #87
https://mutuallyassuredsurvival.world/
Julie Johnston, and Peter Carter are co-
founders of Mutually Assured Survival, a coalition of peace builders committed to peace and understand the deep connection of climate change to the well-being of all life on earth. They invite everyone to join them in supporting the call from U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres who states:
“This year, we need an avalanche of action …”
Peter Carter, MD, Director Climate Emergency Institute, Warming and Climate Change
Peter Carter is a retired doctor, after nearly 40 years in practice as a family and emergency physician. Actively involved in environmental, peace, and sustainable development issues, especially as they relate to children's health. Also Co-author with Elizabeth Woodworth of Unprecedented Crime: Climate Science Denial and Game Changers for Survival.
Watch or listen #86
