Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre

21st of September is the International day of Peace, a day which means a lot to all of us. Such a big significant word: PEACE.
Mahatma Gandhi definition for Peace: "Peace will not come out of a clash of arms but out of justice lived and done by unarmed nations in the face of odds. It is the law of love that rules mankind. Had violence, i.e. hate, ruled us, we should have become extinct long ago. And yet, the tragedy of it is that the so-called civilized men and nations conduct themselves as if the basis of society was violence".
Wikipedia definition of Peace: “is a term that most commonly refers to an absence of aggression, violence or hostility, but which also represents a larger concept wherein there are healthy or newly-healed interpersonal or international relationships, safety in matters of social or economic welfare, the acknowledgement of equality and fairness in political relationships and, in world matters, peacetime; a state of being without any war or conflict. Reflection on the nature of peace is also bound up with considerations of the causes for its absence or loss. Among these potential causes are: insecurity, social injustice, economic inequality, political religious radicalism, and acute nationalism”.
But what we really want to know is what Peace means to people like you, people like us.
So we would like to invite all of you to send us a contribution saying what Peace mean to you. We will publish them in the next months' newsletters.
Email or post it to:contact@peaceandjustice.org.uk
Edinburgh Peace and Justice Resource Centre
St John's Church
Princes Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4BJ
Hope you all enjoy this special day, and many thanks for your collaboration .