Gregory Hilbert

The September 12 Initiative inspires elementary, high school and college students to raise their voices for peace, with their written and spoken words, art, music, social media comments, letters to editors, posters, appearances at local govt hearings and meetings, organized rallies and marches, votes, volunteering and exchanges with students overseas to bridge and appreciate cultural differences to achieve mutual understanding for the sake of peace. In 2001 hundreds of thousands participated on the heels of Sept 11, many classes writing real books, reaching millions, gaining the endorsement of many heads of state who feared a conflagration of war would consume the entire Middle East, donating millions to victim families and even causing Pres Bush to put teacher boots on the ground to give the oppressed women of Afghanistan an education program that ran for 20 years. The US is again in effect at war in Ukraine, and conflict with China and other countries is brewing. We must speak out!