Uniting Nations explores the intersection of nonviolence and the United Nations.
This informative show is a collaboration between Soka Gakkai International (SGI) and the Metta Center for Nonviolence for the UN International Year of Peace Through Dialogue. Hosted by Anna Ikeda and Stephanie Van Hook. Transcripts and audio by Matthew Watrous. Listen here or find it on popular podcast channels including Apple and Spotify.
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Peacebuilding and the Power of Dialogue
Yehuda Silverman is a Cultural Exchange Assistant of the peacebuilding network, Acquaint, “a nonprofit platform where people around the world grow and learn through human connections.” He joins Uniting Nations to speak about peacebuilding, dialogue, and his hope and idealism for the United Nations as a peacebuilding entity through his participation in some of the UN’s key peacebuilding programs.
Seville Statement on Violence
In this episode we speak with a retired scientist who was instrumental in the creation of the Seville Statement on Violence from 1986, which brought together scientists for UNESCO to refute the claims that underpin violence and war that we are predestined and genetically inclined toward violence and destruction as a species. David discusses this document as well as his work within the UN system for a Culture of Peace, including the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace
