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President Barack Obama's Quest for Peace Wins Him the Nobel Prize: What A Great Day For All of Us
I woke up this morning to the sad reminder that just a day before, my father-in-law, Gba Saide Kwia Wesley had just died at the wonderful age of 94 in Monrovia, Liberia, a country that for fourteen ye… more →
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley's International Blog on Poetry for Peace
President Barack Obama's Quest for Peace Wins Him the Nobel Prize: What A Great Day For All of Us
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poetryforpeace wrote 1 month ago: I woke up this morning to the sad reminder that just a day before, my father-in-law, Gba Saide Kwia … more →
The Clinton Global Initiative University - engaging young people in social action
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Laura Hyde wrote 3 months ago: “Today’s generation of young people holds more power than any generation before it to make a positiv … more →
Truth & Reconciliation Commission Recommends Prosecution of Warlords, Blocking President and Other Officials from Holding Public Office- and There's the Charles Taylor Question....
poetryforpeace wrote 3 months ago: ” War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the de … more →
Stop the Deportation of Liberian Immigrants:Tell President Barack Obama/ State Law Makers to Keep Families Together Here in the US!
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poetryforpeace wrote 8 months ago: _ During the 14 year civil war in Liberia, desperate Liberian civilians were given sanctuary in seve … more →
As Liberians In the US Face Possible Deportation, their President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Apologizes for Helping to Start the Civil War that Drove them Into Exile: So What Does that Mean?
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poetryforpeace wrote 9 months ago: So what does this mean for Liberians abroad, for Liberians still languishing in Refugee camps, for L … more →
AWP Conference 2009 In Chicago, Illinois, and I Am Thinking In Poetry: Read A Few Poems from Some of My Favorite Poets
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poetryforpeace wrote 9 months ago: The Associated Writing Program Conference in Chicago will bring writers from mostly the US and a few … more →
Barack Obama's Inauguration:What A Worldwide Celebration for America, for Us Black People, and for Evryone- God Bless America
poetryforpeace wrote 10 months ago: WHAT A DAY, WHAT A MOMENT, WHAT A HISTORICAL MOMENT TO CELEBRATE Millions gather in Washington D.C. … more →
THE WAR IN GAZA: Hold Up a Candle for Peace, Will You? Pray for the End of Fighting Between Isreal and the Palestinians- Civilians Are Dying on All Sides
poetryforpeace wrote 11 months ago: STOP THE WAR, PLEASE: Look at the images and hold up a candle to end the war in the Middle East. W. … more →
Miriam Makeba- Mama Africa, Warrior Woman, Dead at 76- Come, and Let Us Lay Out the Lappas
poetryforpeace wrote 1 year ago: AFRICA, MIRIAM MAKEBA – WEST WIND MOTHER AFRICA IS NOT REALLY DEAD- YES, SHE LIVES ON! On Hear … more →
All of My Poetry/ English Professor Friends, Whites and Blacks Are Voting for Obama-WOW, Please Remember to VOTE!!!!
poetryforpeace wrote 1 year ago: This is an historic election, no doubt. Everyone is at a standstill, waiting. All over the world, ev … more →
Who Says Students Won't Vote? How come the young Democrats on my campus are gearing up to vote? This is the Time To Be Alive!
poetryforpeace wrote 1 year ago: I saw an announcement that made my heart jump. The young Democrats on my college campus are all gear … more →
Obama for America: This Is A Time for Prayer and Reflection
poetryforpeace wrote 1 year ago: - If My Grandfather Had Lived to See This, He Would Have Told Me About It The Unity among all the ra … more →
POETS FOR A BETTER COUNTRY: Pittsburgh Poets Rally in A Big Poetry Reading for the Obama/Biden Campaign
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poetryforpeace wrote 1 year ago: poets for a better country: Some of America’s finest poets, many I know personally and have mu … more →
September 13-20 is Women's Week to Endorse the Obama-Biden Ticket: Come Join the Women for Obama Movement- Register to Vote- the Deadline is Near
poetryforpeace wrote 1 year ago: . OTHERS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR FUTURE Calling On All Women for Peace: Remember, You Can Ca … more →
I Bring You Greetings From Liberia: A Country of Survivors- Liberia, Land of Liberty, Where the Sun Still Rises Each Morning- Aye-Yah, My People!
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poetryforpeace wrote 1 year ago: Meeting the President This is part I, which is really a pictorial reflection of my trip to Liberia. … more →
Greetings from the Ocean City of Accra, Ghana: The Pan African Literary Forum in Ghana is Going Well Out Here
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poetryforpeace wrote 1 year ago: At home just before I left for Ghana The Pan African Literary Forum Study Abroad in Ghana is going w … more →
Looking Back on The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Hearings in Saint Paul, MN- What A Solemn and Sad Experience It Was- War Is Horrible-Oh, My People!
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poetryforpeace wrote 1 year ago: WAR IS A TERRIBLE THING TO KNOW- WAR IS THE CRUELEST OF ALL HUMAN WICKEDNESS Members of the Truth an … more →
The Truth and Reconciliation Commision (TRC) of Liberia is Here in the US---Finally, Liberians In The Diaspora Get to Tell Their Own Stories of Massacres, Rape, Torture and All Sorts of Human Rights Abuses From the Liberian Civil War- Thanks to God The Truth Will Come Out Even As We Try to Move On
poetryforpeace wrote 1 year ago: The Liberian Flag For the first time, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia (TRC) is vi … more →
BARACK OBAMA WINS THE DEMONCRACTIC PARTY NOMINATION- WHAT A DAY TO BE ALIVE & IN AMERICA- EVERY NOW AND THEN, GOD BRINGS A HERO!!!
poetryforpeace wrote 1 year ago: America the Beautiful Words by Katharine Lee Bates, Melody by Samuel Ward MIDI sequencing provided b … more →
