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­Although we all met as a result ­of the same tragedy, every member of Peaceful Tomorrows brings unique talents and perspectives to their work inside and outside of our group. We'd like you to know about some of the good things being done by our membership in their own communities. Please click on the members' names for more details on their work.

 

 


 


Loretta Filipov - The Al Filipov Peace & Justice Forum

Among the victims on Flight 11, the first to crash into the World Trade Center, was Al Filipov, a beloved and dedicated member of Trinitarian Congregational Church and husband of Loretta Filipov, who would later become an active member of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows. Al was an engineer by training, but his family, friends, and fellow parishioners knew him as a family man, a true servant of the church, a human rights activist, painter, inventor, and a storyteller. He sought out the best in people and cared passionately about the world in its beauty and pain. Al earnestly believed in the power of the individual to make a positive difference in life. It is to his memory as well as to the fullness and faithfulness of his vision that the Al Filipov Peace & Justice Forum is dedicated.

 

 



 

 

 

Jack Hallock - Trip to Palestine

Jack is a member of Peaceful Tomorrows living in the Philadelphia area.

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

Colleen Kelly - The Ita Ford-Bill Kelly Jr. Health Team

Colleen is a member of Peaceful Tomorrows living in the Bronx area.

 

 

 


 

 

Wright Salisbury - Alliance for Jewish-Christian-Muslim Understanding

After losing his son-in-law, Ted Hennessy, at the World Trade Center, Wright became a founding board member of the Center for Jewish-Christian-Muslim Understanding in Irvington, NY . After moving north, he took the idea with him and created the Alliance for Jewish-Christian-Muslim Understanding in Lexington, MA, where he now serves as executive director.. The Alliance's goal is to build bridges between people of the three Abrahamic religions. To achieve their goals, members of the alliance hold meetings, art shows, concerts, lectures and social gatherings.

 

 

 


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Bruce Wallace - 121 Project

­Bruce Wallace, a member of Peaceful Tomorrows and a high school teacher, had an extraordinary idea: opening correspondence between American students and their Iraqi counterparts in an effort to give a face to those living in war as well as allowing the students the opportunity to see how their similarities far outweighed their differences.

 

 

 


 



Highlights of the work of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows

9/11 Responders Fund
by Michele Little
Thousands of 9/11 responder heroes, who survived the attacks, are being diagnosed with cancers and leukemia, as well as respiratory diseases today.

Stonewalk, Korea
February 24th, 2008
In the spring of 2007, Japanese peace and reconciliation activists commissioned a memorial stone with the inscription "Unknown Civilians Killed in War" in English, and, below this, "In Apology, Friendship,and Peace" in Japanese and Korean. Joining together with Korean and American counterparts, including a representative of Peaceful Tomorrows, they formed STONEWALK KOREA 2007. Pushing the one-ton stone in a cart in procession, they traveled through South Korea, starting in Pusan at the end of April and arriving in Panmunjeom, next to the DMZ, in June.

Peaceful Tomorrows' Andrea LeBlanc is the Buzzflash Wings of Justice award winner
September 13th, 2006

THE F WORD: Images of Forgiveness An exhibition of words and photographs
March 22nd, 2006

Bringing Baghdad and Brooklyn Youth Together: One Email at a Time
by Bruce Wallace
December 9th, 2005

Alliance for Jewish-Christian-Muslim Understanding
December 5th, 2005

The Al Filipov Peace & Justice Forum
December 5th, 2005

Jack Hallock reports on visit to Palestine, 7-16 June 2005
June 7th, 2005

The Ita Ford-Bill Kelly Jr. Health Team

121CONTACT: A PEACEFUL EXCHANGE WITH IRAQ



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