International Peace Actions To Date
April 24, 2004
WorldMAP participated in a school festival by having our booth. We asked visitors to write a peace message on a piece of paper so we could hang it on our Wish Bamboo. 48 people wrote their peace messages. See photos and messages
April 15, 2004
WorldMAP sent a letter to an anti-war group in Japan. The group collected letters to President Bush from several organizations then delivered them to the US consulate in Fukuoka, Japan during their protest against US occupation of Iraq. See letter
January 19, 2004 ... Martin Luther King Jr. Day
WorldMAP created a Peace Dove and flew it in the MLK Day Parade in Waikiki, Hawaii. See photos
November 21,2003
WorldMAP organized a "Blue Ribbon Project" at an Elementary School in Hawaii. Blue Ribbon represents support for families of Japanese abduction victims by North Korea. Thirty students participated in this activity. See photos
October 7, 2003 ... two years after the U.S./U.K. started bombing Afghanistan in retaliation for September 11th
WorldMAP sent 30 hand-knit caps to Afghani children displaced by war. This was a contribution to a humanitarian effort organized by the Japan-Islamic Trust.
October 5, 2003
WorldMAP participated in a Japanese school peace exhibit. We translated contemporary anti-war songs into Japanese for a multi-media display for middle school students in Hiroshima. See photos and letters.
June 26, 2003
WorldMAP guided children through an activity to promote environmental awareness. Children watched Jane Goodall's work on video, and then recreated a scene in clay. See photos and letter.
June 22, 2003
WorldMAP made a peace quilt with our children in recognition of peace activist Mayerly Sanchez of Soacha, Colombia. The peace quilt celebrates the power of children as peacemakers. See photos and letters.
May 11, 2003 ... Mother's Day
February 14, 2003 ... St. Valentine's Day
WorldMAP sent "Valentines of Peace" to peace activist and former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela. Mandela spoke up against the U.S. War on Iraq at the International Women's Forum in January 2003. See letter and photo.
February 7, 2003
WorldMAP sent "Valentines of Peace" to the Hawaii State House in celebration of which urges the U.S. to work with the United Nations and not to proceed with a unilateral military attack on Iraq. Hawaii was the first state to pass such a resolution. See letter and photo.
February 5, 2003
WorldMAP sent letters to United Nations Security Council members France, Russia, China, the U.K. and the U.S. to express concern regarding a possible war on Iraq. See letters.
November 1, 2002 - January 31, 2003
WorldMAP conducted an e-mail letter campaign to U.S. President George W. Bush urging him not to launch a unilateral military attack on Iraq. This letter was sent to the White House every week for 14 weeks. The final letter included 362 signatures from endorsers in six countries. See letter.
October 6, 2002
U.S. members of WorldMAP, and their children, created a paperdoll chain of 145 dolls representing those nations that had signed the International Landmine Treaty, to date, banning the use of landmines. Members also created 49 single, unattached paper dolls representating those nations that have not yet signed the treaty, including the United States. See letter and photo.
August 6, 2002 ... Peace Memorial Day in Japan
(a day to reflect upon the catastrophic effects of the atomic bombing on Hiroshima.)
Japanese members of WorldMAP folded and sent 1000 paper cranes to the Hiroshima Peace Cultural Center in Hiroshima. They were then delivered to a memorial at the site of the bombing. See photo and response letter.
May 12, 2002 ... Mother's Day
February 14, 2002 ... St. Valentine's Day
WorldMAP sent 481 handmade "Valentines of Peace" to U.N. Human Rights High Commissioner, Mary Robinson, asking her to continue advocating human rights in Afghanistan. See letter and photos.
The cards came from 19 countries (U.S., Japan, South Africa, New Zealand, Vietnam, Korea, China, Australia, Malaysia, Phillipines, India, Thailand, France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Holland, and Canada.)
December 24, 2001 ... Christmas Eve
WorldMAP sent a letter of support to California Congresswoman Barbara Lee, the only U.S. representative to vote "no" to America's "New War."
We had 146 endorsers from 10 countries (U.S., Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, Germany, France, Switzerland, Denmark, South Africa and Fiji.)
December 7, 2001 ... Pearl Harbor Attack Anniversary
WorldMAP sent a letter to the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco supporting efforts of Japanese anti-war demonstrators in asking the Japanese government not to join the "War on Terrorism." We had 42 endorsers from four countries (U.S., Japan, New Zealand and Sweden.) Read letter.
