Desmond Tutu to the Dalai Lama: We Stand With You

Sep 17, 2017

“We ask that China stop naming, blaming and verbally abusing one whose life has been devoted to peace.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu Desmond Tutu sent a message to China about the Dalai Lama. Look who added their voices. On March 13, 2009, The Community released a...

Human Rights Billboards

Sep 17, 2017

“Recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.” The Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Community partnered with Clear Channel to...

The UN Human Rights Council

Sep 17, 2017

“With the support of such tireless advocates for human rights, the United Nations need not lose sight of the highest principles on which it was founded.” Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General, in a letter to The Community When the proposal for the new UN...

Timor-Leste: The Birth of a Nation

Sep 17, 2017

“The lesson from East Timor is that nothing is impossible, if you believe, if you have faith, if you fight on, you perservere.” José Ramos-Horta Timor-Leste was the first new democracy of the millennium. We were there. East Timor, now called Timor-Leste,...

Crisis: Nobel Laureates Respond to 9/11

Sep 17, 2017

“The greatest danger I see is this: that people will begin to welcome violence into their hearts, and in this way diminish their own souls.” OSCAR ARIAS, FORMER PRESIDENT, COSTA RICA 1986 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE ON THE COMMUNITY.COM The Community was the online...