Each IIPT Peace Town or Village will support a positive and dynamic concept of peace that goes beyond the traditional passive notion of peace as simply the absence of conflict. A Peace Town or Village will therefore be actively committed to promoting values of:<\/p>\n
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tolerance<\/li>\n
non-violence<\/li>\n
gender equality<\/li>\n
human rights<\/li>\n
youth empowerment<\/li>\n
environmental awareness<\/li>\n
sustainable social and economic development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Lou D\u2019Amore<\/strong><\/p>\n
IIPT has had a concept of positive peace since its founding \u2013 following from one of my articles –<\/p>\n
IIPT\u2019s concept of \u201cPeace\u201d from the start has been a positive concept that goes beyond the notion of simply the absence of war. It embraces six dimensions:<\/p>\n
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Peace and tranquility within ourselves;<\/li>\n
Peace with others, from our neighbors next door to our neighbors in the global village;<\/li>\n
Collaboration among nations<\/li>\n
Peace with nature and our common home – planet earth;<\/li>\n
Peace with past generations \u2013 by which we honor our respective cultures, heritage and achievements of past generations;<\/li>\n
Peace with future generations \u2013 through sustainable lifestyles and practices; and<\/li>\n
Peace with our Creator \u2013 by practicing the universal principle of all faiths and\n\n
humanists: do unto others as we would have them do unto ourselves;<\/li>\n
Bringing us full circle to \u2018peace and tranquility within ourselves\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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Suggestions for the Municipality<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Use the occasion of Peace Week 2018 to build awareness of: \u201cThe 1st<\/sup> Peace Town in the Caribbean\u201d status<\/li>\n
Determine through debates\/discussions, what the Municipality would want a Peace Town to mean for Mandeville<\/li>\n
Determine the potential benefits and design a plan to achieve them…to include timeline, budget, funding strategies, etc<\/li>\n
Put a stakeholders committee together to flesh out this plan(Possibly chaired by former mayor Ramsay, during whose tenure the town was designated<\/li>\n
Consider placing billboards at all 3 entrances indicting that this is a Peace Town.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n