Martha Gallahue: Remembrance: Our Civic Duty

On Sunday, April 19, 2015, the 38th Annual SO/Maplewood Interfaith Holocaust Remembrance Service will be held at St. Joseph’s Church in Maplewood at 4 pm. The service is a major interfaith event in our communities. In light of recent events, particularly in Europe and the Middle East, it seems very important to remember and tell what happened in our past and to be aware of what is happening in our present.
In honor of this service, Gallahue will speak to the necessity of remembrance in order to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice … has brought untold sorrow to (hu)mankind and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person.” [UN Charter] Ethical Culture Society is the first peace site in the country and as such continues to educate for the promotion of the culture of peace.

Gallahue co-founded and serves on the steering committee for Global Movement for the Culture of Peace at the UN (www.gmcop.org). They recently co-sponsored another High Level Forum on The Culture of Peace, convened by the President of the General Assembly, which is archived on the UN webcast: UN Webcast Archives www.un.org/webcast/archive.htm Her first priority is to promote a culture of peace in line with the NES Mission and through Global Movement for the Culture of Peace. She does this through advocacy with the groups mentioned above, presentation of Platform Talks in Societies, and development of the Rose L. Walker Fund. Her focus on promotion of The Culture of Peace includes interfaith/interspiritual cooperation and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. She is a representative for United Religions Initiative at the UN.

“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” — Thomas Campbell