2nd Oct happen to be the United Nations International Day of Non Violence as well as Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, in conjunction with the day; the USM, AIESEC & Soka Gakkai Malaysia and etc organized an event of “Run For Peace” (RFP) that aims to promote awareness of peace and non-violence at USM Campus. It was like ages since I last ran in USM campus. Back in the late 80s and early 90s, we used to have volleyball training camp conducted during the university semester break preparing for Intervarsity games. We would run around the quiet school campus as part of the warm up exercise before we proceed to the drills.
The event drew some 4000 participants, the 4.5KM run around USM campus was an incredible experience, besides that the organizer has put up stalls and cultural performances to enrich the event.
Here are some ideas to promote the culture of peace derived from Taiping Peace Initiative, an organization that promotes peace in three dimensions- inner peace, peace with other people and peace with the environment. (email everlastingpeace@time.net.my Tel: 605-8053245)
- Respect All Life
- Reject Violence
- Share With Others
- Listen To Understand
- Preserve The Planet
- Rediscover Solidarity
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