Peace, not vengeance - The Whig Standard - Ontario, CA: "Filipov joined Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, the organization founded by family members of those killed on 9/11 to turn their grief into action for peace. She also had a strong ally in Lombard who, for religious reasons, had been a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War.
The decision by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to lash out at Afghanistan and then Iraq was troubling.
"We had everyone caring, but we lost this (sentiment) because of the president," Filipov said.
Queen's professor Jill Scott has been thinking and writing a lot about revenge and forgiveness at the university's department of languages, literature and culture.
In the collective mourning following 9/11, says Scott, Americans have gotten so wrapped up in rhetoric that even the soldiers "who come back in body bags" from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are considered 9/11 victims.
She has much admiration for Filipov and Lombard and the peace and justice forum movement coming out of Concord.
"They have to be extremely courageous people to do this, even within their own congregation," Scott said."
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Sept 21, 2015 International Day of Peace Celebration at Lyceum University Cavite, Philippines
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