Jennie

Female

Boston, MA

United States

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About Me/Us:
I believe in and practice non-violence. I believe in the ideas and works of Gandhi, Dorothy Day and Martin Luther King. They fought back but never used the violence that was thrown at them. They used truth and love. I believe that history teaches us that violence, as a response to violence, never stops it. I care about suffering. I do not believe some people should die over others simply because of the place of their birth. I understand self defense, but I do not believe we know when it is time for self defense until it is up close to us. This is why I do not wish soldiers to die for me, or to kill for me. I would rather be responsible for myself. I am so sorry about the suffering of our soldiers, past and present. They will face such a hard life now. I am so sorry for all the people that died from here and in Iraq, especially those who did not sign on for this suffering, either civilians, or soldiers who were lied to. I am sorry for all the families who have lost someone because I lost my husband although not through war. I just know how much it hurts.

I have wanted war to stop since I was eleven years old. I try to get to Washington DC and Boston peace marches whenever I can and sign things on line. I wish I could do more, but it's hard. I am well-educated, academically speaking, experientially speaking. I became a lawyer, but now I work for Starbucks and I teach part time. (Social Justice, Peacemaking Circles and Bullying Behavior). I love music more than anything except my girls. I play piano and try to get better at it and I still dream one day I will write the best book ever! Or maybe that will be you!
Relationship Status:
Single
Movies
Shawhshank Redemption, Ghandi, Chocolat, Empire of the Sun, Spirited Away, Elf, Moulin Rouge
Television
Back in the 70s, Little House on the Prairie, The Bionic Woman, Fantasy Island.... It all went downhill from there!
Music
Beatles, The Who, Evanescence, Josh Groban, Iron and Wine, Springsteen, Indigo Girls, Classical Piano, Duncan Shiek, Broadway Soundtracks/Singers
Books
The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon
Heroes
Toni Morrison, Ghandi, John Lennon, Dorothy Day

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  • Elieno P Costea

    Merci ! Jennie ! Pleased to meet you, I came on this site as an experiment and some exploration. "We live in a political world where "peace" is not welcome at all - Bob Dylan. Peace should'nt have to be even brought up, It should be as natural as rain ! Now that I got that out of the way !! So you're from Boston, I'm from Vancouver, BC, Canada,do you know where that is ? I felt the Alan Parson's song sung by Eric Stewart of 10cc was appropriate for introducing myself to the site. I checked your page out, would you like to keep in touch ? Where's your pic ? LOL.... till soon Elieno

    May 27, 2009

  • Daniel LaLiberte

    Jennie,

    Good of you to share some of your extroverted energy and get things moving. Thanks, and now maybe I will have to return the favor, indirectly, and find some more people to welcome. What a great idea!

    We moved to Acton (neighboring town of Maynard), a dozen years ago to raise kids in the pretty good schools, along with pretty fine neighborly communities. I work mostly in Cambridge (I've changed jobs several times, maybe just for the variety of experiences), travelling by commuter train - I would never work where I have to drive long distance.

    Life goes on, and we are doing fairly well, though I see signs of stress on everyones lives. Still, it seems to me there is a non-rational optimism drawing us all together, no matter what the difficulties, or maybe because of the difficulties. In any case, I can feel the excitement ever-increasing, and this MyPeace.TV effort is just one of many examples of exciting things happening. I'm looking forward to exploring this space, making more connections, and co-creating peace.

    May 27, 2009

  • Yaron Fishman

    Peace!
    human peace sign

    Oct 14, 2009