Now Available—The Missing Peace Curriculum

Muslim Leaders Meet with the Dalai Lama

Gyalyum Chemo: The Great Mother Premiers on PBS

Coming in July: Educators For NonViolence Summer Conference

We are happy to announce that The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama has opened at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History. This unique art exhibition, co-sponsored by The Dalai Lama Foundation and the Committee of 100 for Tibet, has been almost 3 years in the making, and includes the works of over 80 renowned artists from 30 countries.

To get a quick overview of the works in the show, visit the project's website, or go directly to the online virtual tour where you can see what the nearly 10,000 sq. ft. of gallery space looks like.

The project has received a written a message of support from his His Holiness the Dalai Lama, which reads in part:

“I am happy and honored to see that this project is now complete [...] because it draws attention to a cause I hold dear, the achievement of genuine lasting world peace. At the same time, the project itself demonstrates that individuals working together on many fronts are the best way to advance towards our goals.

“Art has an important communicative and inspirational role to play in our lives. In my own land of Tibet, for example, we had rich traditions of using art to remind us of the goals we sought. We also used art to create an atmosphere conducive to the achievement of those goals. I have no doubt about art’s power to inspire.

“I hope that the messages reflected in these works will not go unheeded. All human beings carry the potential for peace within them, but we have to work to develop it. The works in this exhibition can serve as an inspiration for people to cultivate peace and harmony in their own lives.”
—His Holiness the Dalai Lama, June 15, 2006

The Missing Peace is at UCLA thru September 10th. It then moves to the Loyola University Museum of Art in Chicago for an October 28th opening, and then on to the Rubin Museum of Art and the School of Visual Arts in New York City, opening March 3rd, 2007.

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As part of The Missing Peace Project we have created a values-oriented curriculum, using art as a lens through which to focus on our common humanity. The purpose is to provide a framework for young people to move from inspiration to engagement in the essential questions of ethics and peace.

Phase 1 of the curriculum includes an Educator’s Guide and two activity modules, in versions for both middle school (ages 10-13) and high school (ages 14-18). We will continue to develop The Missing Peace Curriculum as the exhibition travels to cities around the world over the coming years.

If you are an educator or parent, we invite you to download the curriculum materials and adapt them for use in your classroom

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Gyalyum Chemo: The Great Mother Premiers on PBS

We offer our heartfelt congratulations to Rosemary Rawcliffe, cinematographer and producer of the Women of Tibet film trilogy, on the world premier of her film Gyalyum Chemo:The Great Mother. Rosemary writes us “There’s so much to tell, I hardly know where to begin. I&rsqou;m not sure which is more thrilling, the fact that Gyalyum Chemo:The Great Mother has had her World Premiere in Telluride [Colorado] or that I just received our first month's PBS broadcast figures. Every year May brings us the opportunity to honor and celebrate Mother, and this year I am delighted to have been able to present a film that celebrates the life and timesof His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s mother. Thanks for helping me make all this possible. Without your support and encouragement, none of this could have happened. Thank you, thank you, and forever thank you.”

According to PBS, since May 7 the film has aired 105 times on 80 stations across 13 (US) states, potentially reaching 34.2 million households with a total of 90.2 million potential viewers. Email messages and requests are pouring in as PBS continues screenings around the country. It was a great blessing and great honor to have been invited to Telluride as an official selection in the 2006 Mountainfilm in Telluride film festival. The screening was billed as a “world premier” and the 600-seat PALM auditorium was overflowing.

Frame of Mind Films is currently preparing the DVD for release later this summer (2006). It will be a special edition containing additional anecdotes from His Holiness, Jetsun Pema, Ngari Rinpoche and others.

The Dalai Lama Foundation is happy to be counted among the supporters of this important work.

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Educators for NonViolence (EFNV) is holding its inaugural summer conference July 21st and 22nd on the University of California campus in Berkeley, CA. The conference offers teachers proven methodologies for conducting a less troubled classroom, such as training students in the techniques and skills of creative conflict resolution. It will also present valuable resources for teaching the basic principles and history of nonviolence as a subject within California Standards through biography, history and other avenues.

The Friday evening program includes the presentation of a film The Nonviolent Moment. The all-day Saturday sessions include presentations on “The Nonviolent Classroom” and “Nonviolence in the Curriculum.” The Dalai Lama Foundation's curriculum for The Missing Peace will be presented at one of the sessions.

Registration fees include breakfast and lunch, and the low, early registration fees end July 10th. Register now! A limited number of student registrations will also be available for $12. One UC Berkeley continuing education unit may also be earned by participants. Online information is available at www.efnv.org and online registration is now open.

Educators For NonViolence is a sponsored project of the METTA Center and a partner of The Dalai Lama Foundation.

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