Creating a World Peace Force

Creating a World Peace Force

NAME OF FACILITATOR:

James Park

E-MAIL ADDRESS:

PARKx032@TC.UMN.EDU

PHONE:

612-871-7275

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Even a movement requiring 100 years for completion
must begin with year one.
How many of the 6 billion people living on the Earth
would favor giving up their national armed forces
if there were a World Peace Force
to maintain world law-and-order?
Today probably less than 5% would agree to disarm.
But if each year this percentage
could be increased by 1 percentage point,
then about 100 years from now,
the World Peace Force would be fully operational.

Local police forces would still be required
to enforce all local, state, and national laws.
But the World Peace Force would prevent genocide
and keep all conflicts between nations non-violent.

This seminar will take place by means of a Facebook Page
of the same name: CREATING A WORLD PEACE FORCE.
On the Discussion Board of this Facebook Page,
we will present and discuss one theme per month.

Here are some of the themes:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/Y-WPF-B.html
These 3-page essays include titles such as:
"Blessed are the Peacemakers"
"How a World Peace Force Would Handle Situations Like Iraq
Better than the United States as Policeman"
"World without War"
"World Peace Force---100 Years for Transition"
and a series under the general title:
WHAT WOULD THE WORLD PEACE FORCE DO?

What might emerge from this EXCO group?
Do you want to meet others who dream
of making Earth a planet at peace?
While we work to end particular wars,
can we imagine ways in which such wars could have been prevented?
Spread the word among all your friends committed to peace.

A complete course description appears here:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/ED-WPF.html

FACILITATOR:

James Park is an independent
existential philosopher and advocate of world peace.
He is the author of the Internet essays
that will be discussed in this seminar.

During his long career in alternative adult education,
he has led about 200 different discussion groups.
Most of these were in the Minnesota Free University.
See more information about his
career in alternative adult education,
including a few other possible classes.

CLASS TIMES:

Discussions will begin when enough people
join the Facebook Page called
CREATING A WORLD PEACE FORCE

CLASS DATES:

PLACE:

Participants may join the discussion from anywhere on Earth.

CLASS SIZE:

At least 10, no upper limit.

INTERNET PRESENCE:

After only 20 days on the EXCO website,
this class has risen to #1 or #2 on Google
for the exact words "World Peace Force".

People who love peace anywhere in the world
are welcome to use the on-line essays linked above
as discussion-starters for groups anywhere.
Simply send the URL of the selected essay
to your group before the meeting.

This EXCO class will begin as an Internet class,
which will communicate entirely by means of our computers.
This allows participation from anywhere on the planet.
And participants can chime in whenever they are inspired to write something.
Later, we might try to have a local face-to-face gathering in the Twin Cities.

The Facebook Page called CREATING A WORLD PEACE FORCE
has now been created.
How to join is explained in the complete course description:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/ED-WPF.html

updated January 1, 2010.