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Vol. XX, No. 1 Fall, 2005 Nonviolent Change Journal helps to network the peace community: providing dialoguing, exchanges of ideas, articles, reviews, reports and announcements of the activities of peace related groups and meetings, reviews of world developments relating to nonviolent change and resource information concerning the development of human relations on the basis of mutual respect. WHAT ARE YOU UP TO? Please share with us what you are doing relating to nonviolent change. If you send us a short report of your doings, learnings, ideas, concerns, reactions, queries, then we will print them here. Responses can be published in the next issue. Take advantage of letting your colleagues and the readership know of your achievements, your musings, and your journeys. During these times, it so important for people to know how we as individuals are doing and being in our lives. If you have any questions, do let us know. Steve Sachs: I have enjoyed participating in the visit of Advancement for Maori Opportunity of New Zealand with Americans for Indian Opportunity to New Mexico, in July, and Leah and I are preparing to go to the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education in Hamilton New Zealand, end of November. I am pleased to see a number of meaningful moves toward peace this summer, especially in Northern Ireland, and hope that the removal of Israeli settlements from Gaza and a very few places in the West Bank can become a stepping stone toward a peaceful Middle East, in spite of the Sharon government's unilateralism, which is likely to make the withdrawal more problem producing than reducing. Here in the U.S. I am hopeful that the nation is beginning to gain an understanding of the terrible extent of the Bush administration's extreme misdirection, unbelievable incompetence, and unprecedented level of lying and cover up, unfortunately supported by much of the Republican congressional leadership and right wing commentators, so that it is possible that there may soon be a move away from the appallingly harmful actions of this administration for the U.S. and the world. That includes the need for a rapid move toward energy conservation and development of renewable power and fuel, now that even oil companies are admitting that world oil supplies are peaking even as demand is sharply increasing. By some readings, the Mayan calendar ends in 2012. We need to take significant and rapid action to insure that that does not mark the end of modern/post-modern civilization. Marilee Niehoff: Continues to write book reviews for Humanistic Psychology, including two in the July issue, of: Laua M. Ramirez, Keepers of the Children: Native American Wisdom and Parenting, from Walk in Pace Productions; and John Selby, Quiet Your Mind: An Easy to-UseGuide to Ending Chrinic Worry and Negative Thoughts and Living a Calmer Life. Her ongoing work in community and inter-community peace is being achieved through helping people develop their inner peace via Watsu (a form of Shiatsu) water therapy. Top ©2002, 2003, 2004, 2005. All rights reserve. The Nonviolent Change Journal is published by the Research/Action Team on Nonviolent Large Systems Change - an interorganizational and international project of The Organization Development Institute.  Opinions expressed are solely that of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editing staff, Nonviolent Change Journal, Organization Development Institute.