Archive for the ‘Events’ Category
Can you believe it’s been two years since we first opened our doors? We can’t! What an amazing two years it has been– here are some highlights from over the years… Here are some highlights from our 2nd Birthday! So hard to believe that it’s been 2 years since we first opened our doors! A [...]
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What a whirlwind couple of weeks it’s been here at Center for Living Peace! We were so lucky to have Her Majesty come and spend time with us– we had so much fun! The weeks just flew by. We hope you’ve enjoyed seeing photos from the VIP fundraiser and the Living Peace Projects service day. [...]
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On Saturday, April 28th, Center for Living Peace hosted its fifth Living Peace Projects day! This time, we partnered with Leap of Faith at UCI, a student-led movement promoting interfaith engagement and community service based on a project from the 2011-2012 UCI Dalai Lama Scholar, Armaan Ahmed Rowther. The day started off with CLP’s very [...]
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The Center for Unconventional Security Affairs will honor social entrepreneur Jessica Jackley with the 2012 Human Security Award on Thursday, May 10 at the Arnold and Mable Beckman Center in Irvine at 7 p.m. Jessica is focused on empowering other entrepreneurs by creating new ways and resources for them to succeed. She is the Founder [...]
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This past Wednesday, April 25th, we were proud to host a fundraising event with Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan to raise money for the King Hussein Foundation. We were so lucky to have this amazing cellist, Philip Sheegog, a 16-year old prodigy play for us. Her Majesty Queen Noor with Honarary Chair, Christy Walton… [...]
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Her Majesty Queen Noor and His Holiness the Dalai Lama We are so thrilled for our upcoming Living Peace Series event with Queen Noor! As an outspoken advocate of global exchange and understanding, Queen Noor will speak on the importance of overcoming separateness and the idea of “other.” The event on Wednesday May 2, 2012 [...]
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In honor of Earth Day, Disneynature will be releasing a new movie called CHIMPANZEE next week. For every person who sees this movie during the film’s opening week of April 20-26, Disneynature will make a donation to the Jane Goodall Institute through the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, which helps protect chimpanzees and their habitats. The funds [...]
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Last Thursday night, we were honored to have our first Living Peace Series event in the 2011-2012 year. Women, War & Peace is a bold new five-part PBS television series challenging the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men’s domain. UC Irvine anthropology and film & media studies professor, Roxanne Varzi; Producer & filmmaker, [...]
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When Center for Living Peace founder Kelly Smith is traveling from one peacemaking event to the next, she’s blogging. Redeye. New York to Los Angeles 8:42 AM – 9/11/11 – NYC Close to Ground Zero The silence in New York City this morning was powerful. It sounded like music and mourning and respect. I left [...]
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This past Saturday, June 25, we were lucky enough to be a part of the Barett Jackson auction at the Orange County fairground! The sweet ‘Stang is a special edition “Hawkized” mustang, customized by Tony Hawk! The mustang went for $60,000! $30,000 will go to the Tony Hawk Foundation, and $30,000 will go to The [...]
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