August 9, 2021

Reflections

Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D.

Jonathan Granoff, J.D.

Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D.

Jonathan Granoff, J.D.

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As we travel on our respective paths from birth to death we are always learning from the multitude of challenges that we face. One of the gravest challenges that we face is our having created and unleashed on an unsuspecting population more than 76 years ago, nuclear weapons that annihilated life in the blazing flashes of mushrooming radioactive death and suffering. Now, more than nine countries have that capability, with other countries striving to join this Nuclear Club of Death. Our wisdom traditions teach us that we must respect and honor life as Sacred, and care for all life forms through the development of our hearts of love, compassion, and kindness. Placing our focus on life affirming thoughts, speech and actions will help us individually and collectively, to transform the existential challenges that we create out of ignorance and fear. May our collective awakening to authentically love each other generate a global movement to abolish nuclear weapons so that no one will ever again experience such heinous death.

~Audrey Kitagawa

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Just like everyone else, I came here bringing and responding to love. And I too became identified with nation, race, gender, and religion. I forgot we are part of one human family and every person is precious. Yet, in the stillness of the heart a light remembers and longs for that love that brought us all here. It remembers a love without borders. Intelligence coupled with fear and forgetfulness has caused us to create devices of incomprehensible power to inflict indescribable horrific suffering in the pursuit of an absolute security that is only found in that borderless love. Nuclear weapons represent a denial of the wisdom arising from that love. Working to eliminate this irrational risk is its affirmation.

~Jonathan Granoff

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Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D.

Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D., is President/Founder of the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation, President of the Light of Awareness International Spiritual Family, and Chair of the Anti-Racism Initiative and the Gender Equality Working Group of the G20 Interfaith Forum. She is the former Advisor to the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict at the UN, a UN Representative for the URI, a member of the Advisory Council of the Global Security Institute, and a Board member of the International Center for Religion and Democracy. She has been listed in Who’s Who of American Law, Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World, and Prominent People of Hawaii. She was enstooled into the royal family of Ajiyamanti, Ghana as the Nekoso Hemaa (Queen Mother of Development) where a school she helped to build, the Nana Ode Anyankobea Junior Secondary School, is named after her.

Jonathan Granoff, J.D.

Mr. Granoff is an attorney, author, and international advocate emphasizing the legal and ethical dimensions of human development and security, focusing on advancing the rule of law to address global security and the threats posed by nuclear weapons. He serves on numerous governing and advisory boards, including Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, Fortune Forum, Jane Goodall Institute, the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, and Middle Powers Initiative. He chaired the special session on Terrorism and Threats to Humanity at the Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Rome in 2004, where he represented the International Peace Bureau, a Nobel Peace Laureate organization.
August 9, 2021

Reflections

Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D.

Jonathan Granoff, J.D.

‍

As we travel on our respective paths from birth to death we are always learning from the multitude of challenges that we face. One of the gravest challenges that we face is our having created and unleashed on an unsuspecting population more than 76 years ago, nuclear weapons that annihilated life in the blazing flashes of mushrooming radioactive death and suffering. Now, more than nine countries have that capability, with other countries striving to join this Nuclear Club of Death. Our wisdom traditions teach us that we must respect and honor life as Sacred, and care for all life forms through the development of our hearts of love, compassion, and kindness. Placing our focus on life affirming thoughts, speech and actions will help us individually and collectively, to transform the existential challenges that we create out of ignorance and fear. May our collective awakening to authentically love each other generate a global movement to abolish nuclear weapons so that no one will ever again experience such heinous death.

~Audrey Kitagawa

‍

Just like everyone else, I came here bringing and responding to love. And I too became identified with nation, race, gender, and religion. I forgot we are part of one human family and every person is precious. Yet, in the stillness of the heart a light remembers and longs for that love that brought us all here. It remembers a love without borders. Intelligence coupled with fear and forgetfulness has caused us to create devices of incomprehensible power to inflict indescribable horrific suffering in the pursuit of an absolute security that is only found in that borderless love. Nuclear weapons represent a denial of the wisdom arising from that love. Working to eliminate this irrational risk is its affirmation.

~Jonathan Granoff

‍

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Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D.

Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D., is President/Founder of the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation, President of the Light of Awareness International Spiritual Family, and Chair of the Anti-Racism Initiative and the Gender Equality Working Group of the G20 Interfaith Forum. She is the former Advisor to the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict at the UN, a UN Representative for the URI, a member of the Advisory Council of the Global Security Institute, and a Board member of the International Center for Religion and Democracy. She has been listed in Who’s Who of American Law, Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World, and Prominent People of Hawaii. She was enstooled into the royal family of Ajiyamanti, Ghana as the Nekoso Hemaa (Queen Mother of Development) where a school she helped to build, the Nana Ode Anyankobea Junior Secondary School, is named after her.

Jonathan Granoff, J.D.

Mr. Granoff is an attorney, author, and international advocate emphasizing the legal and ethical dimensions of human development and security, focusing on advancing the rule of law to address global security and the threats posed by nuclear weapons. He serves on numerous governing and advisory boards, including Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, Fortune Forum, Jane Goodall Institute, the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, and Middle Powers Initiative. He chaired the special session on Terrorism and Threats to Humanity at the Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Rome in 2004, where he represented the International Peace Bureau, a Nobel Peace Laureate organization.
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August 9, 2021

Reflections

Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D.

Jonathan Granoff, J.D.

‍

As we travel on our respective paths from birth to death we are always learning from the multitude of challenges that we face. One of the gravest challenges that we face is our having created and unleashed on an unsuspecting population more than 76 years ago, nuclear weapons that annihilated life in the blazing flashes of mushrooming radioactive death and suffering. Now, more than nine countries have that capability, with other countries striving to join this Nuclear Club of Death. Our wisdom traditions teach us that we must respect and honor life as Sacred, and care for all life forms through the development of our hearts of love, compassion, and kindness. Placing our focus on life affirming thoughts, speech and actions will help us individually and collectively, to transform the existential challenges that we create out of ignorance and fear. May our collective awakening to authentically love each other generate a global movement to abolish nuclear weapons so that no one will ever again experience such heinous death.

~Audrey Kitagawa

‍

Just like everyone else, I came here bringing and responding to love. And I too became identified with nation, race, gender, and religion. I forgot we are part of one human family and every person is precious. Yet, in the stillness of the heart a light remembers and longs for that love that brought us all here. It remembers a love without borders. Intelligence coupled with fear and forgetfulness has caused us to create devices of incomprehensible power to inflict indescribable horrific suffering in the pursuit of an absolute security that is only found in that borderless love. Nuclear weapons represent a denial of the wisdom arising from that love. Working to eliminate this irrational risk is its affirmation.

~Jonathan Granoff

‍

Read
Click image below to play video
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Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D.

Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D., is President/Founder of the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation, President of the Light of Awareness International Spiritual Family, and Chair of the Anti-Racism Initiative and the Gender Equality Working Group of the G20 Interfaith Forum. She is the former Advisor to the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict at the UN, a UN Representative for the URI, a member of the Advisory Council of the Global Security Institute, and a Board member of the International Center for Religion and Democracy. She has been listed in Who’s Who of American Law, Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World, and Prominent People of Hawaii. She was enstooled into the royal family of Ajiyamanti, Ghana as the Nekoso Hemaa (Queen Mother of Development) where a school she helped to build, the Nana Ode Anyankobea Junior Secondary School, is named after her.

Jonathan Granoff, J.D.

Mr. Granoff is an attorney, author, and international advocate emphasizing the legal and ethical dimensions of human development and security, focusing on advancing the rule of law to address global security and the threats posed by nuclear weapons. He serves on numerous governing and advisory boards, including Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, Fortune Forum, Jane Goodall Institute, the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, and Middle Powers Initiative. He chaired the special session on Terrorism and Threats to Humanity at the Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Rome in 2004, where he represented the International Peace Bureau, a Nobel Peace Laureate organization.
August 9, 2021

Reflections

Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D.

Jonathan Granoff, J.D.

‍

As we travel on our respective paths from birth to death we are always learning from the multitude of challenges that we face. One of the gravest challenges that we face is our having created and unleashed on an unsuspecting population more than 76 years ago, nuclear weapons that annihilated life in the blazing flashes of mushrooming radioactive death and suffering. Now, more than nine countries have that capability, with other countries striving to join this Nuclear Club of Death. Our wisdom traditions teach us that we must respect and honor life as Sacred, and care for all life forms through the development of our hearts of love, compassion, and kindness. Placing our focus on life affirming thoughts, speech and actions will help us individually and collectively, to transform the existential challenges that we create out of ignorance and fear. May our collective awakening to authentically love each other generate a global movement to abolish nuclear weapons so that no one will ever again experience such heinous death.

~Audrey Kitagawa

‍

Just like everyone else, I came here bringing and responding to love. And I too became identified with nation, race, gender, and religion. I forgot we are part of one human family and every person is precious. Yet, in the stillness of the heart a light remembers and longs for that love that brought us all here. It remembers a love without borders. Intelligence coupled with fear and forgetfulness has caused us to create devices of incomprehensible power to inflict indescribable horrific suffering in the pursuit of an absolute security that is only found in that borderless love. Nuclear weapons represent a denial of the wisdom arising from that love. Working to eliminate this irrational risk is its affirmation.

~Jonathan Granoff

‍

Read
Click image below to play video
CLICK IMAGE TO PLAY VIDEO

Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D.

Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D., is President/Founder of the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation, President of the Light of Awareness International Spiritual Family, and Chair of the Anti-Racism Initiative and the Gender Equality Working Group of the G20 Interfaith Forum. She is the former Advisor to the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict at the UN, a UN Representative for the URI, a member of the Advisory Council of the Global Security Institute, and a Board member of the International Center for Religion and Democracy. She has been listed in Who’s Who of American Law, Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World, and Prominent People of Hawaii. She was enstooled into the royal family of Ajiyamanti, Ghana as the Nekoso Hemaa (Queen Mother of Development) where a school she helped to build, the Nana Ode Anyankobea Junior Secondary School, is named after her.

Jonathan Granoff, J.D.

Mr. Granoff is an attorney, author, and international advocate emphasizing the legal and ethical dimensions of human development and security, focusing on advancing the rule of law to address global security and the threats posed by nuclear weapons. He serves on numerous governing and advisory boards, including Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, Fortune Forum, Jane Goodall Institute, the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, and Middle Powers Initiative. He chaired the special session on Terrorism and Threats to Humanity at the Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Rome in 2004, where he represented the International Peace Bureau, a Nobel Peace Laureate organization.
August 9, 2021

Reflections

Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D.

Jonathan Granoff, J.D.

‍

As we travel on our respective paths from birth to death we are always learning from the multitude of challenges that we face. One of the gravest challenges that we face is our having created and unleashed on an unsuspecting population more than 76 years ago, nuclear weapons that annihilated life in the blazing flashes of mushrooming radioactive death and suffering. Now, more than nine countries have that capability, with other countries striving to join this Nuclear Club of Death. Our wisdom traditions teach us that we must respect and honor life as Sacred, and care for all life forms through the development of our hearts of love, compassion, and kindness. Placing our focus on life affirming thoughts, speech and actions will help us individually and collectively, to transform the existential challenges that we create out of ignorance and fear. May our collective awakening to authentically love each other generate a global movement to abolish nuclear weapons so that no one will ever again experience such heinous death.

~Audrey Kitagawa

‍

Just like everyone else, I came here bringing and responding to love. And I too became identified with nation, race, gender, and religion. I forgot we are part of one human family and every person is precious. Yet, in the stillness of the heart a light remembers and longs for that love that brought us all here. It remembers a love without borders. Intelligence coupled with fear and forgetfulness has caused us to create devices of incomprehensible power to inflict indescribable horrific suffering in the pursuit of an absolute security that is only found in that borderless love. Nuclear weapons represent a denial of the wisdom arising from that love. Working to eliminate this irrational risk is its affirmation.

~Jonathan Granoff

‍

Read
Click image below to play video
CLICK IMAGE TO PLAY VIDEO

Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D.

Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D., is President/Founder of the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation, President of the Light of Awareness International Spiritual Family, and Chair of the Anti-Racism Initiative and the Gender Equality Working Group of the G20 Interfaith Forum. She is the former Advisor to the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict at the UN, a UN Representative for the URI, a member of the Advisory Council of the Global Security Institute, and a Board member of the International Center for Religion and Democracy. She has been listed in Who’s Who of American Law, Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World, and Prominent People of Hawaii. She was enstooled into the royal family of Ajiyamanti, Ghana as the Nekoso Hemaa (Queen Mother of Development) where a school she helped to build, the Nana Ode Anyankobea Junior Secondary School, is named after her.

Jonathan Granoff, J.D.

Mr. Granoff is an attorney, author, and international advocate emphasizing the legal and ethical dimensions of human development and security, focusing on advancing the rule of law to address global security and the threats posed by nuclear weapons. He serves on numerous governing and advisory boards, including Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, Fortune Forum, Jane Goodall Institute, the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, and Middle Powers Initiative. He chaired the special session on Terrorism and Threats to Humanity at the Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Rome in 2004, where he represented the International Peace Bureau, a Nobel Peace Laureate organization.