The final stop on our 2017 East Coast Peace Tour was in Toronto, Canada. We were warmly welcomed by Hengameh and her family. Hengameh is part of our subtitle translator team and did an amazing job of making the Peace Experience Documentary available to Persian speakers Read more »
Majestic Niagara Falls
On route to Toronto we were drawn to see the majestic Niagara Falls. We were in awe by the huge amount of water cascade that flows down every second. Mother Nature presented herself in all colors, painting a brilliant rainbow that sprang from one end to the other side of the Read more »
Prayer and Screening in Rochester, NY
Upon invitation by the local Baha'i group we visited Rochester in Upstate New York. Jemeul Thompson and his family welcomed us with a wonderful home cooked lunch and showed us around. We learned that the city was home to Frederick Douglass, human rights leader in the anti-slavery Read more »
Visiting Nurah Johnson in New Jersey
It was in fall 2015 when we met dear Brenda Nurah Johnson at a screening of the Peace Experience documentary in Vienna, Austria. The charismatic power lady won our hearts in an instant and she has been part of our growing family ever since. Nurah is a writer, movie maker and most Read more »
Spreading Light in New York
The day we arrived, New York City cloaked herself in a fashionable, cold grey, which turned the idilic ferry ride from Staten Island to Manhattan into a pretty mystical journey. While at the ferry terminal our dear Donna sweetened the waiting time by spontaneously Read more »
Meditating for Peace in Virginia & Washington D.C.
While touring Virginia and the Carolinas we got to visit Florence and passed by Athens and Vienna. Who would have thought that there is a little Europe in the United States? On our way we stopped in Charlotte, NC, where we met with the local SRF meditation group for a Read more »
Peace Tour Kick-off in Atlanta, GA
Our East Coast Peace Tour had a fulminant kick-off in Atlanta, GA. We made our first stop at Martin Luther King Jr's National Historic Site. We learned that Dr King was deeply inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's teachings. At the Ebenezer Baptist Church we felt his inspiration and Read more »