This past Tuesday, October 2nd, we had the honor of hosting Dr. Jane Goodall of the Jane Goodall Institute and Roots and Shoots! We are thrilled that over 1,000 guests were able to hear Dr. Goodall’s wisdom at the speaking event in the UC Irvine Pacific Ballrooms. We wanted to share photos from the speaking event and the following VIP reception.
The live broadcast of this event will be available on our website for a limited time! Stay tuned for more details.
Chancellor Drake welcoming Dr. Goodall to the stage.
Dr. Goodall enthralling the crowd.
Dr. Goodall speaking to the audience of over 1,000 guests!
One of the giant peace doves from the Living Peace Projects flying at the front of the room.
Dr. Goodall greeting guests at the VIP reception following the speaking event.
Center for Living Peace staff members with Dr. Goodall.
Guests at the VIP reception.
Dr. Goodall and our founder Kelly Thornton Smith at the VIP reception.
Big thanks and gratitude to our lovely photographers: Alex Abercrombie and Jason Niedle. We also wanted to thank UCI, all the students, staff and faculty that came out to hear Dr. Goodall, Apples & Oranges for filming the speaking event and Orange County Films for streaming the event for us! And of course, a big thank you to all of the guests who joined us. We are so grateful to have such an amazing community helping us make peace real!
On Sunday, September 23rd we hosted two wonderful events! Our latest Living Peace Projects with Roots and Shoots was in the morning followed by our International Day of Peace celebration in the afternoon. We are so thankful for all who joined us and made so much good happen! Check out some great photos from the exciting day.
The 2011 human peace sign! We will unveil the 2012 version soon…
Young peacemaker learning about native California animals with Inside the Outdoors.
We are so thankful for the support of all who joined us on this wonderful day! Keep an eye out for more pictures to be added to a Facebook album and future blog post!
Roots creep underground everywhere and make a firm foundation. Shoots seem very weak, but to reach the light, they can break open brick walls. Imagine that the brick walls are all the problems we have inflicted on our planet. Hundreds of thousands of roots & shoots, hundreds of thousands of young people around the world, can break through these walls. We CAN change the world.
- Dr. Jane Goodall
We are very excited to welcome Jane Goodall this October for our Living Peace Series!
Jane Goodall’s world renowned work with Chimpanzees has led to receive titles such as, National Geographic explorer-in-residence, United Nations peace messenger, and the president of Advocates for Animals. However, her work with the Jane Goodall Institute and it’s youth component Roots & Shoots, deals with more than just the wellbeing of animals, but the interconnectivity of the wellbeing of humans, animals, and the environment.
Roots & Shoots was founded by Dr. Jane Goodall and a group of Tanzanian students in 1991 in order to motivate young people to make positive change. It has grown over the years, with chapters in more than 120 countries, to include a variety of projects and campaigns that have a global reach. The program is built on campaigns that are designed to unite a “global network” with common initiatives.
Get involved with Roots & Shoots at our International Day of Peace celebration on September 23rd where Shawn Sweeney, Roots & Shoots Youth Outreach and Engagement Manager, will speak on careers in peace! Youth involved will build and fly giant peace doves and receive premiere seating at Jane Goodall’s speaking event on October 2nd. You can sign up for the youth event on our website.
You can also become a Roots & Shoots member, find a group to join in your area, sign up for their newsletter, and visit their website for more information.
Starting September 1st, you can enter to win a chance to meet our next Living Peace Series speaker, Jane Goodall, by donating a dollar! We will be holding a raffle for a seat to a VIP event honoring Jane Goodall and the winner will have a chance to talk to and take a photo with Dr. Goodall. The Raffle ends September 28th and all money raised will benefit the Jane Goodall Institute. Download the raffle form below to enter the contest. All forms must be mailed, faxed or walked in to 4139 Campus DriveIrvine, CA 92612 or faxed to 949.854.5506. No entries will be accepted before September 1st.
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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. We wanted to share some photos with you from the speaking event on May 2nd, 2012.
Here is a behind-the-scenes photo from the green room at UCI! UCI’s Chancellor Michael Drake, Her Majesty Queen Noor, CLP’s Kelly Thornton Smith and UCI’s 2011-2012 XIV Dalai Lama Scholar Armaan Ahmed Rowther gathered together before the speaking event for a few quick photos.
Isn’t the Queen stunning?! And check out her bracelet! It’s from our very own Live Peace store!
The speaking event was moderated by Armaan Ahmed Rowther. He is the current Dalai Lama scholar at UCI.The Queen spoke about how she feels education is fundamental to the process of interfaith, and how she believes reaching out to one another is an incredibly grand gesture of peace, that is sometimes over looked. She explained that instead of branding people of other faiths with the idea of “other,” we need to make them a part of us. So inspiring!
Before leaving the stage, Her Majesty gave Kelly a hug…
Such a great image. What an amazing event it was! If you missed the speaking event, you can watch it in it’s entirety here. An edited, and better quality version of the video will also be on our site in the next few days!
A giant, special shout out to our lovely photographers: Alex Abercrombie, Ashely Strong Photography and Jason Niedle. We also wanted to thank UCI, all the students, staff and faculty that came out to the speaking event, helped set eveerything up to make the event possible, Apples & Oranges for filming the speaking event and Orange County Films for streaming the event for us! We are so grateful to have such an amazing team of individuals helping us make peace real!
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 own, Lauren Quijano, who was the Day of Service student chair welcoming the crowd.
Then UCI’s Vice Chancellor, Thomas Parham thanking the students for their commitment and passion to serve those in need.
Then Armaan said a quick hello and introduced the Queen!
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…
We were so incredibly honored to have Dr. and Mrs. Deepak Chopra attend the event!
Her Majesty with the Dalai Lama Scholar, Armaan Rowther, (who will be moderating the speaking event on May 2nd!) with CLP’s Kelly and UCI’s Vice Chancellor Thomas Parham…
Her Majesty with CLP’s awesome board of directors!
Peace warriors…
The Center for Living Peace staff had a blast at the event too…
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 at 7pm is the latest installment of our Living Peace Series in partnership with the University of California, Irvine.
Tickets are SOLD OUT, but here is your chance to win a set of 2 tickets to the May 2nd event!
Ready? To enter the contest, tag us in posts you make on Facebook & Twitter about the Living Peace Series event. Help us spread the word that the event can be watched live online on ourwebsite and Facebook page! Tell your friends to watch the event online live and be entered to win! Plus by following or liking us, you can keep up-to-date with upcoming events!
Of the posts we are tagged in, we will choose one lucky winner to receive 2 premier tickets to the speaking event on Wednesday, May 2nd. The deadline to make posts is 11:59pm on Thursday, April 26th. The winner will be chosen and notified on Friday, April 27th. Good luck!
After Charlize Theron and Dr. Michael Bennish of Mpilonhle spoke at the Center for Living Peace Series in 2010, students at Orange County High School of the Arts (OCHSA) were inspired to support artistic education programs in South Africa.
As a result, Mpilonhle (a non-profit organization that focuses on social development and health promotion in South Africa) recently oversaw a project where a mural was painted on a football field at Silethukukhanya High School in Africa. The art has lifted the students’ spirits and has made the walls come alive – take a look below to see for yourself!
Thank you, OCHSA Social Action Squad for inspiring us and making GOOD HAPPEN in South Africa! To find out more about this project, and how these inspiring high schoolers are changing the world, click here.
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, Abigail Disney, and Academy Award Winner Actor & Advocate, Geena Davis, all shared the insights on the changing landscape of war. The panel was moderated by Center for Living Peace, Founder, Kelly Thornton Smith!
We started the night off right with a party, celebrating all that women have done to help bring awareness to this issue.
It was such a beautiful event, thank to our fabulous event coordinators, Upon Request, and cater, Good Gracious.
The lovely, Kelly Thornton Smith with UCI Vice Chancellor, Parham.
From L to R: PBS SoCal President, Mel Rogers; Abigail Disney, Geena Davis, Kelly Thornton Smith, Roxanne Varzi and UCI’s Chancellor Drake.
Behind the scenes at our step & repeat!
Chancellor Drake welcomes our guests.
The VIP event was such a huge success. We are so grateful for our continued partnership with UCI, and for our NEW! partnership with PBS SoCal!
After the party, we walked over to UCI to dig into the issues at hand and learn how we can help.
Chancellor Drake and Kelly Thornton Smith welcome guests.
The event was packed and the room was filled to capacity! The talk was such a huge success. The panel brought thoughtful insight to the issues surrounding women in war, and Kelly moderated the panel with ease and grace. We are so proud of Kelly for doing such a great job!
Our expert panel, along with the fabulous Kelly!
Geena Davis and Kelly!
The night went by so quickly– it was so great to have Kelly moderating and asking these women how we can inspire other to “be the change they wish to see in the world.”
Speaking of be the change…
The Saturday before the speaking event, on October 8th, we welcomed youth to talk to them about women who are affected by war, and show them what they can do to help and inspire others.
Here are some highlights from the night…
Professional Tennis player and advocate, Maja Muric, spoke on her experiences growing up in war-torn Croatia.
Pamela Donohoo, the CUSA artist-in-residence performed a breathtaking dance inspired by the women of the Congo.
The performance was improvised, but used cultural dance movements that symbolized violence, nurturing and recovery.
Next, everyone broke up into smaller groups to delve deeper into the issues facing women all around the world who are victims of war.
College students discussed the impact of prominent women who have led challenges and shaped the ideas and practices of democracies around the world.
Elementary school attendees learned how to use media tools to share their story & explore ways to connect with other students & stories through Internet media tools.
Middle & high school students came together to make personal connections with a family who has been displaced by conflict in their homeland.
At the end of the day, participants left their hand prints on the CUSA’s painting. This painting will be sent to the Congo, symbolizing our dedication and commitment to helping them.
Check out this cool video from the Living Peace Projects!
It was such a great event– and we are so grateful to have worked with PBS SoCal! Want to learn more about Women, War & Peace? We’re screening the 5 PBS documentaries on Saturdays. To see the full schedule, click here.
We want to send out a huge THANK YOU and lots of love to Apples & Oranges for filming these events for us, our fabulous photographers, Alex Abercrombie & Jason Niedle; as well as everyone who participated in the events! We couldn’t do any of it with out YOU!
One of the giant peace doves from the Living Peace Projects flying at the front of the room.
