John NguyenApr 112 minDemocracy Under Fire Conference Program, May 2022We are glad to announce that we are able to hold our Peace Conference, especially after needing to postpone it in October 2021. We are...
Joachim ReppmannFeb 142 min"Spellbinding Rotary video talk!" R. SchulteI was able to attend the Zoom meeting sponsored by the Leavenworth Rotary Club on Wednesday, February 3, 2022. It was a terrific meeting....
Joachim ReppmannJan 41 min1932-2022: Nationalism - Then & NowKeokuk Peace Letters (331 p) - How to Shape the Future Today we sense once again that the fundamental values of our communal life are...
Joachim ReppmannJan 31 minRC-Jerusalem, Christmas 1931: "We leave our differences at the door!" Rotary Club of Jerusalem, 1931: "WE LEAVE OUR DIFFERENCES AT THE DOOR" In 1931, US Jewett Fulton, Rotary Club Keokuk, Iowa, grew...
Joachim ReppmannSep 5, 20211 minZoom Talk by Sabine Schwachula, PhD, Rotary E-Club Cologne, Germany, August 30, 2021 Brief historical overview of Rotarian peace initiatives: Every world peace initiative is given a new and sad urgency in view of the...
Joachim ReppmannJun 21, 20212 minPress Release for Conference & p'review MagazineToward a Better Future by Learning from the Past The online magazine “p’review” sets the scene for a Rotary conference concerning...
Joachim ReppmannJun 21, 20211 minArticle by Washington Post Explores Conference TopicsI am not suggesting that slavery and the Holocaust or the forced removal of Native American peoples are all in the same vein. They are...
Joachim ReppmannJan 13, 20211 minKeokuk Peace Letters, 1931: Nationalism, Then & NowThe Rotary International theme of Feb. 2021 is "Peace & Conflict Resolution". This is a topic that ties closely into our work with the...
Joachim ReppmannOct 13, 20201 minKeokuk Area Community FoundationRoger R. Ricketts, Executive Director, Keokuk Area Community Foundation, established the "Keokuk Peace Letters Fund," allowing non-profit...
Joachim ReppmannSep 7, 20204 minRotary and its Enthusiasm for Peace: www.PeaceConference.us Originally Published by Germanic ROTARY MAGAZIN, Hamburg – September 2020 In 1931, American Rotarians sought to send a symbol of peace in...
Joachim ReppmannJul 17, 20201 minInternational Peace Lette Rotaract eClub By Sophie Ruehlmann, Germany & John Knox, USA People everywhere are familiar with Rotary International which, since its founding in 1905,...
Joachim ReppmannJul 5, 20202 minPeace and Conflict Resolution in South AfricaMOIN - MOIN: Vergangenheitsbewältigung - Conference “dealing with the past” Values in America's Past and Present Peace-Pipe & Conflict...
Joachim ReppmannJul 4, 20201 minRC Johannesburg & PEACE & CONFLICT RESOLUTIONWe are excited about our collaboration -www.PEACE-PIPE-proposal.com- with Rotary Club Johannesburg and “100 Community Mediators for...
Joachim ReppmannJun 21, 20201 minRotary Mediation Action for Southern Africa (RMASA)A brief description of the project by Annemarie Mostert & Grace van Zyl, Rotary South Africa: Minka & Annemarie Mostert. Grace van Zyl...
Joachim ReppmannDec 10, 20193 minThe Peaceable Kingdom, 1834 & Jerusalem, 1931/2020A hundred years before the Peace Pipe initiative was started in Keokuk, Iowa, 1931, Edward Hicks painted a picture called The Peaceable...
Joachim ReppmannOct 6, 20191 minChristmas 1931 Letter from RC JerusalemIn 1931, Keokuk Rotarian W.J. Fulton attended the first Rotary International Convention outside North America, at Vienna, Austria. There,...
Joachim ReppmannOct 6, 20191 minRC Keokik Peace Letters Project Connects The WorldThe Peace Letter Project was featured in the Rotary District 6000 News, 1st Issue 2019-20. June 2nd, 2019: Two HUGE buses arrive in our...
Joachim ReppmannMay 30, 20191 minProf. Dr. Michael Göring: "Rotary as a Community of Values" (PDF, German)Download the PDF here.
Joachim ReppmannMay 18, 20194 minBill Tubbs: Choosing Hope, not FearThere are voices now, as in 1931, eager to tell us what to be afraid of and who to blame. “Be afraid! Be afraid!” they say as seeds of...