"Captain Paul K. Chappell has given us a crucial look at war and peace from
the unique perspective of a soldier, and his new ideas show us why world peace
is both necessary and possible in the 21st century."
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
In order to celebrate Memorial Day weekend, to remember and lift up our soldiers, all those who have given their lives for a higher purpose, for love, family, community, and the ideals for which our country stands, and upon which it was founded, I share with you the story and message of a soldier and warrior for peace, Captain Paul K. Chappell.
Captain Chappell graduated from West Point in 2002, was deployed to Iraq, and left active duty in November 2009 as a Captain. He is the author of the Road to Peace series, a seven-book series about waging peace, ending war, the art of living, and what it means to be human.
Chappell serves as the Peace Leadership Director for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. Lecturing across the country and internationally, he also teaches college courses and workshops on Peace Leadership. He grew up in Alabama, the son of a half-black and half-white father who fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars, and a Korean mother. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.
You can learn more about his campaign to unite Americans to wage peace, the American Unity Project, by going to: http://www.americanunityproject.com
You can visit his website at: www.paulkchappell.com or www.peacefulrevolution.com.
