imagine
VOL 2, NO 1
SPRING 2016
Learning to stand in somebody else’s shoes,
to see through their eyes, that’s how peace
begins. And it’s up to you to make that
happen. Empathy is a quality of character
that can change the world.
– President Barack Obama
Features
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year by the Sedona
International City of
Peace, a nonprofit
Privilege, Empathy and
Hope for Peace
by Dawn Shattuck
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Imagine
is published twice a
REFLECTION
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organization
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
Empathy Is the New Literacy
by Danielle Goldstone, Founding Director
of Ashoka’s Empathy Initiative
SPEAK YOUR PEACE
Breaking the Code of Silence
E X P LO R AT I O N S
Seeing Both Sides of Immigration
by Lourdes Lee Vasquez
P R O F I L E S I N CO M PA S S I O N
The Heroic Impulse
by Wib Middleton
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Got Empathy?
by Debra Beck and Erin Staadecker
a culture of peace in
by Rabbi Bernie King
PEACEFUL PONDERING
In a Manner of Speaking
by Michelle Easson
by Kai Simson
DIVERSIT Y AND INCLUSION
Better Together
by Michael Iskowitz
PEACE OF MIND
Music as Medicine:
A Gateway to Memory
by Ryan Zepp
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C O U R A G E O U S C O N V E R S AT I O N
The Sex Trafficking
of Our Children
by Lori Rubenstein
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P E A C E I N I T I AT I V E S
Rotary Recruits Peace
Leaders for Fellowships
PEACE PRACTICES
Choose Peace as
Your Daily Word
by Robert V. Taylor, President of the
Desmond Tutu Foundation
FIRST PERSON
We Begin as Total Strangers
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by Margaret Joy Weaver
dedicated to fostering
Sedona and beyond.
departments
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THE ART OF PEACE
Building Bridges
by Kayt Pearl
PEACE SIGNS
Empathy Rising!
by Dawn Shattuck