Welcome to the Peace LAB

An Experiment & Journey into Peace 2021

ChatAction – Sponsors of Peace Week

March 1-5, 2021

The Peace LAB is the culmination of hundreds of hours of intense dialogue within ChatAction. Its genesis came from one of our members, Kurt Krueger, whose infectious passion for Peace opened the doorway to our quest. Thousands of articles, hundreds of organizations, and millions of people are dedicated to bringing Peace into our lives and the places in which we live. If we, as humanity, know so much about Peace, why does it not exist in our families, neighborhoods, communities, regions, nations… and inside ourselves? We are aware of the roles that economic disparity, climate disintegration, systemic racism and power differentials play in our lives. Each of these, and multiple others, open up the jagged chasms that now divide us.  We seek to discover how to bridge the chasms and build Peace together.

What is the Mystery of Peace (that which we do not know) that, if we were to discover and embrace it, our realization of it would be faster and easier?

Are we, as humanity, misguided in our notion of Peace? Is what we’re experiencing a direct result of the manner in which we define and embody Peace? Desiring a different reality, do we need a different approach? What would that look like?

The Peace LAB has been created to pursue these questions. We do not believe that doing more of one thing and less of another is the answer. We sense it is a whole new formula. It may have its roots in ancient wisdom and modern science. We don’t know. Do you?

The Peace Week and Peace LAB Initiatives

The Peace LAB is an experiment.  We do not know what we will find.  We are ready to be surprised. The Peace Week and Challenge both recommend novel ideas and practices that take us into different perspectives and actions for Peace. Share your ideas, music, poetry, dances, ceremonies, and art during the Peace Challenge (walking into the labyrinth) and then walk out transformed by Peace 2021 on Humanity Rising’s Peace Week by ChatAction on March 1-5.

Peace LAB offers the following invitations:

1. Peace Week March 1-5, 2021 – a new experience of Peace now in 2021. Please invite presenters, yourself, or some little inspiration to be part of the design here – Deadline to submit Feb 18
2. The 21 Step Peace LAByrinth Challenge – sign up here to undertake the challenge, Step by Step.
3. Peace 2021 Survey – we are researching the “playing” field of peace in 2021

Register for Peace Week on Humanity Rising:

Join us as we fuse our voices and vibrations together for Peace 2021. Register at Humanity Rising here. March 1-5, 2021 11am EST 90 min – Followed by 90 min of interaction, face to face, in our AfterChat in ChatAction’s Zoom room for a deep dive of the day’s theme.

For more information on the Peace LAB, please check out Othernetworks.org – the digital encyclopedia of Humanity Rising (HR) and ChatAction “After Chats”. Stan Pokras has applied his 40 years of connecting people and information to create a living library of all HR recorded sessions, the AfterChat recordings, and links to all panelists and speakers, their projects and networks. Stan’s commitment to bringing about the Age of Helpfulness knows no bounds.

Step with us into the Peace LAByrinth Challenge

Starting in February 2021, we are stepping into our Peace LAByrinth logo, a gift of Marcia Raff, one of our artists-in-residence. As with all labyrinths, we begin by releasing our questions into the world. We then collectively progress through the 21 steps of the Peace Challenge – a series of experiences designed to clear, clean and ready ourselves for receiving the answers to our quest. From March 1 to 5, we will share and showcase how peace is emerging in 2021 and, together, walk the path out of the labyrinth.

Want to play? We have a unique and fun challenge for you….