Building Democracy Salon
In February, 2009, TheCommunity.com co-hosted a salon with Nobel Laureate and President of East Timor Jose Ramos-Horta to introduce the Zones of Peace program to the Hollywood community. At the private salon, at the home of actress and human rights activist Anne Archer, President Ramos-Horta spoke to approximately 75 artists,...
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The Congo Salon
On January 14,2009, thecommunity.com co-hosted a private salon in Los Angeles in support of the Raise Hope for Congo campaign. We produced the event with our partner organization Enough, the project to end genocide and crimes against humanity, with support from Enough Envoys Javier Bardem, Emile Hirsch, Robin Wright Penn,...
(continue)George Clooney and Don Cheadle receive Summit Peace Award
On five different occasions, thecommunity.com has been a partner in the annual World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome. Actors George Clooney and Don Cheadle were selected by the World Summit of Nobel Laureates to receive the 2007 Summit Peace Award, for “their efforts in favor of pacifying...
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Youth Ambassador in Rome
On five different years, thecommunity.com has been a partner in the annual World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome. In 2007, Larissa Peltola, our star Youth Ambassador, came to Rome to attend the Summit and meet and interview the Nobel Laureates and others.
(continue)The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that every Human born has Rights Equal to the Rights of other people.
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Paul Simon in East Timor, Day 2
After the Manatutu distribution, we headed into the mountains to Hatubelico with Dr. Dan Murphy, an American doctor who has been running a clinic in East Timor since 1998. Click on any image to open gallery. Click on image to close. The day started with a drive into the mountains...
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The Human Rights Billboards
The billboards for the campaign to raise awareness of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have started going up! The first ones appeared shortly before Christmas in Los Angeles — like this one on Westwood Blvd off of Olympic. They are now running on 80 electronic billboards around the Greater...
(continue)Jose Ramos-Horta on the Taliban
Nobel Laureate and President of East Timor writes that the creation of a power sharing government in Afghanistan, one that includes the Taliban, is the only hope for a lasting peace in the country. In a recent article on the Wall Street Journal, he says the new government should initiate...
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