the Peace Gathering (Nobel Peace Prize #2)

It takes a person with true courage to get two people who dislike each other, or having a dispute, together, and bring peace between the two. A person of such courage is truly a deserving recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize. Not only was Theodore Roosevelt a person with courage to bring two enemies together in his home, he was also the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize, or any Nobel Prize, but he was also the first American President to win the Nobel Peace Prize. From 1904 to 1905 there was a conflict between the Russians and Japanese know as the Russo-Japanese War. Theodore Roosevelt invited a delegate of each party to his house in Portsmouth, NH, and began negotiations and peace talks between the two. He took them out in a boat at Oyster Bay. On the 5th of September 1905 the Treaty of Portsmouth was signed, and put an end to the Russo-Japanese War. Both countries were at peace, and Theodore Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his great efforts of brining peace to the world. The great Roosevelt served the United States as president from 1901 to 1909.

In 1915 the oldest Women’s Peace Organization, Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF), was founded and is still running strong to this day. The Women’s international League for Peace & Freedom stands "to bring together women of different political views and philosophical and religious backgrounds determined to study and make known the causes of war and work for a permanent peace." The first President for the WILPF was the famous Jane Addams. Addams won a children’s book award for writing children’s books to promote peace. She was a true leader for peace protesting the American’s going to war, and promoting peace for women, children, and most importantly her country. In 1931, Jane Adams was the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her contributions to the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom.

Where are our Peace & Freedom fighters for the 21st Century? Where are the one’s speaking out for the voiceless? There are many great authors currently speaking about finding inner peace, and positive thinking. Is the next great president going to be a diplomat and bring peace between countries, or is the next American president going to engage in continued war? Who is the next great Jane Addams, or Mother Theresa? Who will be the next Theodore Roosevelt and bring fighting nations together to talk about peace? We can engage peace talks in many aspects in life. You can bring peace between two feuding best friends, brothers, sisters, mothers with their children, fathers with their children, peace between husband and wife. If one follows all the great authors of inner peace such as the authors of the Secret, or Wayne Dyer, the Dali Lama, Deepak Chopra, Joe Osteen, and many other great authors out there, and actually applies their great knowledge to ones life, we can begin peace talks between friends, co-workers, and our loved ones. It starts with you. “Peace-making is a healing process and it begins with me, but it does not end there." - Gene Knudsen Hoffman

Peace & Love,

Chris G.
Rock for Hunger Executive Director & President

“Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.” – Jane Addams