V okviru cikla Misliti mir vzpostavljamo serijo javnih pisem – zgodb iz sveta, ki jih pišejo ljudje, ki jim je življenje presekala vojna ali so se znašli v kakšnem oboroženem spopadu. To serijo pisem smo poimenovali Živeti mir, da bi poudarili, kako pomemben je mir in kako to velikokrat ugotovimo šele takrat, ko se soočimo z vojno. Zanima nas, kako o miru razmišljajo ljudje iz Palestine, Ukrajine, Ruande, Bosne in Hercegovine, Hrvaške, Srbije, Sirije, Sudana, Afganistana, Konga, Jemna in drugod. Kako se v teh raznolikih vojnah in konfliktih znajdejo tamkajšnji prebivalci in prebivalke? Kaj se iz njihovih izkušenj lahko naučimo mi?
Medtem ko v medijih danes prevladujejo mnenja svetovnih voditeljev, ki vojne opravičujejo ali celo zagovarjajo, želimo s pismi v javnosti okrepiti glasove, ki zagovarjajo mir, zavračajo nasilje in vsem priznavajo enake pravice. Glasove, za katere verjamemo, da predstavljajo večino ljudi.
As part of the Thinking Peace cycle, we are establishing a series of public letters – stories from the world, written by people whose lives have been interrupted by war or who found themselves in armed conflict. We have called this series of letters Living Peace to emphasize how important peace is and how we often only realize this when we are faced with war. We are interested how people from Palestine, Ukraine, Rwanda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan, Congo, Yemen and elsewhere think about peace. How do the residents faces this various wars and conflicts? What can we learn from their experiences?
While the today’s media is dominated by the opinion of world leaders who justify or even defend war, with these letters, we want to strengthen the voices that defend peace, reject violence and recognise equal rights for all. Voices that we believe represent the majority of people.
