The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) seeks a committed and motivated person with considerable knowledge and experience to carry forward work on Peace and Disarmament in the QUNO Geneva office.
Leading the Peace & Disarmament Programme, the Representative will maintain QUNO’s long-term Quaker presence at the United Nations. As a senior staff member and part of a small team, they will help ensure the effective and efficient management of QUNO Geneva.
This year’s event will feature a talk given by Marcus Rediker on his new book, Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea. Rediker is a distinguished professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. His already-acclaimed work, published earlier this year, documents ‘hidden waterfront networks and battle zones within the fight against slavery.’
Loved this quote from the book “Living the Questions - Essays Inspired by the Work and Life of Parker J. Palmer:”
From Chapter Four - Opening Space for the Inner Life
Part of the magic of music is that it synchronizes the participants into one whole. The field of neuroscience today is helping us understand why and how this happens. According to William Benzon, “for individuals sharing a common musical culture, there is a strong and systematic similarity between the tonal flow of music and its neurophysiological substrates that allows a tight coupling between the brains of those individuals.