Thomas Berry
Author
Founder: Riverdale Center for Religious Research, US
“Global Education Associates has a distinguished record of achievement in educating people for the new global context of human affairs”.
Helen Caldicott
Author
Founder: Physicians for Social Responsibility, US
“The noble works of Global Education Associates have for years stood at the pinnacle of loving, altruistic leadership”.
Loreta N. Castro
Center for Peace Education, Miriam College, Philippines
“In 1978 Pat and Jerry came to the Philippines to introduce GEA and its work to several Filipino leaders from various fields. After this meeting, the group decided to establish a council and to make it an affiliate of GEA. Since then Miriam College as well as other Philippine Council for Peace and Global Education institutions have endeavored to take a leadership role in the areas of peace and environmental education in the Philippines. It is a role which GEA has encouraged and generously supported through the materials that they send and through the sharing of their human resources. We thank GEA deeply for accompanying us in our efforts toward peace, justice and the integrity of creation”.
Muhammad Habib Chirzin
Forum on Peace and Development, Indonesia
“As we enter the 21st century, global education is becoming ever more important to prepare people, especially those in the third world and youth, to be effective global citizens and to participate actively in the formation of a just, peace, sustainable and humane global systems”.
Bruce J. Cohen
American Jewish World Service, US
“In my position with the American Jewish World Service, I can see first-hand the importance of the work that GEA is conducting”.
Robert Drinan
Georgetown University
Law Center, US
“GEA is alerting the world to the enormous problems of humankind into the next 50 years. GEA deserves the support of every person who loves and respects all individuals”.
Lowell Erdahl
Bishop Emeritus, Saint Paul Area Synod, US
“Thanks for your great work and witness”.
Alice Gerdeman, CDP
Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center, Cincinnati, US
“1980-81 was a momentous year: Oscar Romero was killed, four US churchwomen were murdered in El Salvador, Dorothy Day died, and I served as a GEA intern! All of these events challenged me to move beyond the limited scope of my life experience into global awareness. My 10 months with GEA set me, my religious community, and in some ways, the offices I have worked with since, in a direction that allows us to see various issues in a global context. I will always be grateful”.
Thomas F. Giardino, SM
Society of Mary (Marianists), Rome
“GEA's work in redefining sovereignty and security constitutes one of the more enlightened initiatives to world peace based on long-term and structural dynamics. GEA's relentless effort to forge partnerships is an effective witness of what it takes to transform hearts and minds”.
John Healey
The Archbishop Hughes Institute on Religion and Culture,
Fordham University, US
“Global Education Associates has access to a worldwide network of religiously committed people and an extraordinary openness to all the world's religious traditions. Bringing this network together in the Religion and world Order program is a wise move towards peace and justice for the next century”.
Hazel Henderson
Author and economist, US
“A goldmine of information for the grassroots globalist”.
Theodore M. Hesburgh
President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame, US
“For the last quarter of a century, Global Education Associates has given wonderful leadership on the international level”.
Mani Jacob
All India Association for Christian Higher Education
“GEA is doing marvelous work to generate worldwide awareness on the unity and inter-relatedness of the human family. Without such an agency, it will be difficult to link up the minds and activities of thousands of citizens of the world who work in their own organizations or local contexts for a just and peaceful global order”.
Nicolai Kanayev
UNESCO Commission of Russian Federation
“GEA has a great future. Humanity will always be grateful to its founders and staff for bringing together intellectuals to promote universal values, ethics, and spirituality; and for its efforts to promote sustainable human development, to strengthen the UN environmental program, and to create a more human civilization for the 21st century. I have found in GEA a highly professional and very passionate people, who devote their talents and knowledge fully to others and the rest of the world. At 25 GEA is a model of youth and maturity”.
Byong-suh Kim
Ewha Women's University, Seoul
“I commend GEA for its contribution to peace and world order, including its work in Asia”.
Eleonora Barbieri Masini
Futures Studies, Gregorian University, Rome
“Throughout the years I have found GEA to be coherent in promoting a more just world order. More than ever education for global citizenship needs to be included at all levels of education. In this regard, GEA has been very helpful within the entire civic society”
Theo Mathias
Xavier Labour Relations Institute, India
“Having been associated with GEA from the very beginning, it is most gratifying to see how the organization has grown and the immense good it has done”.
Estela Matriano
College of Education, University of Cincinnati, US
“On its 25th Anniversary (1998), GEA should have the warm wishes of the global community because of its remarkable contributions to reducing violence and promoting peace among the global citizens of this planet. As a professor of education, GEA has been my constant partner in some lonely days giving hope to those who become discouraged and need care, love and nurturance to go on. I have found my affiliation with GEA very valuable to my interest, commitment and profession in the global/ international/ multicultural education courses that I teach and programs/ projects that I am involved in. The Philippines is also grateful for the projects that GEA has done for our country”.
Alan McCoy, OFM
Franciscan Friars, US
“GEA's efforts at education in the developing countries, its sharing of insights with the larger religious community, and its work to bring people into contact with the real questions facing the human race today are much needed”.
Catherine McNamee, CSJ
University of St. Thomas, US
“I am particularly proud of GEA's leadership in education for global citizenship, with its special focus on human rights education during the 50th Anniversary of Declaration on Human rights and with a commitment to continue these efforts well into the new millennium”.
Maryse Michaud
Teachers for Peace, France
“Today, we urgently need to change our way of thinking and being. If we are able to gather our energies, we will have a world optimistic vision. I am very pleased to take part in the Education Global Project to build the tomorrow's world citizen. GEA proposes programs based on another ethic which has a new look towards the people. I join GEA with enthusiasm to promote tomorrow's culture”.
Jurgen Moltmann
Author
University of Tubingen, Germany
“GEA is a lighthouse of hope in a difficult time for humankind. I am deeply impressed by the global consciousness of GEA and I love the Earth Covenant”.
Fernando Ortiz Monasterio
Comite de Solidaridad, Grupos Etnicos Marginados, Mexico
“GEA has conducted extraordinary work and fulfills needs that are unique in importance and complexity. It is a light for the 21st century and it is blessed by its founders”.
Stephen McCarthy
Department of Education, Dublin
“We have been impressed with GEA's commitment and dedication to the development of civic society. As part of the Earth Covenant program, we were delighted to work with GEA and students in the Republic of Ireland. It is important for our young people around the world to know their voice is being heard”.
Robert Muller
UN University for Peace,
Costa Rica
“May God and the cosmic forces bless you for your wonderful work and devotion to our divine Earth and miraculous humanity”.
Francois Nkongola Muyumba
African and African-American Studies Department,
Indiana State University, U.S.
“GEA is one of the leading civic society organizations which will continue to make a real difference in the process of humanizing our world. GEA's joint ventures have provided fresh strategies in the dissemination of knowledge and technologies to marginalized peoples in many countries. It is an honor to be associated with GEA”.
Jan Oberg
Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research, Sweden
“What you have done over the years is so impressive!”
Lourdes R. Quisumbing
UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines
“GEA has blazed the trail for a new world order based on interdependence/ interrelatedness of people with each other and with nature towards peace, justice, freedom and sustainable human development. Its founders, leaders and members are committed and dedicated to bring about this community of nations united in the efforts to bring about a genuine culture of peace”.
Betty Reardon
Teachers College, Columbia University, US
“GEA's work has been a beacon, lighting the way of thousands in the struggle for a more humane and "human world order". GEA's unique combination of research, education and action is a model of the initiatives and organizations that are producing a vigorous global civil society”.
Samdhong Rinpoche
Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, India
“Global Education Associates is making a right effort to reestablish the process of educating people to a balance between outer and inner life so that a peaceful and fearless society can emerge in the 21st century. GEA skillfully combines the wisdom of the East and the West, tradition and modernity, and balance between materialism and spiritualism. I think this is the historical need of the present age”.
Elisabet Sahtouris
Evolution biologist, ecologist, futurist, author, US
“For 25 years GEA has pioneered a recognition of and contribution to globalization! Involving people from all walks of life in so many countries, it has given voice and support to their needs and desires, thus playing a major role in the shift from inequitable consumerism to a sustainable healthy life for all”.
Abdul Aziz Said
American University, Washington D.C.
“GEA activities have always stimulated my understanding of the world's ever-growing need for a global ethic through the development of inter-religious cooperation, environmental stewardship, and economic globalization. I support such endeavors that seek to find new ways of cultivating a true civic society where the whole is reflected in the parts, and from the parts comes the ever-greater whole”.
Jennifer Allen Simons
The Simons Foundation, Canada
“Global Education Associates, over the past twenty-five years, can be acknowledged as a major force in the increasing understanding of the nature of the world in which the ethical and spiritual dimensions are integral to economic global development and the fundamental essence for global survival. I commend GEA for its path-breaking initiatives in stimulating discussion and action in ethical and humane issues in the realm of global governance”.
Emilia S. Sokolova
Education and Culture of Peace Centre, Moscow
“I am proud to be a partner and collaborator with GEA, such a respectable organization”.
Virginia Swain and Joseph Baratta
Center for Global Community and World Law, US
“GEA's 25 year history of concrete accomplishments in education and leadership models of development ensure that human systems are connected to the resources of the earth's systems. GEA has extensive experience in the integration of local and global governance that could evolve into a just and sustainable society”.
Robert Traer
International Association for Religious Freedom, U.K.
“It is an honor to work with you”.
Mary Evelyn Tucker
Department of Religion, Bucknell University, US
“The work of GEA is indispensable in helping to shape new eco-justice paradigms for the 21st century. In 25 years, GEA has emerged as a leading player in key issues of common concern for the future of the planet”.
Paulette Vigeant
Pedagogue, Global Education Consultant, Canada
“Global Education Associates is a source of inspiration and a catalytic organization that is "making the path by walking" toward a more peaceful world. It is important to underline the high quality of the persons working in GEA and its activities. GEA is a leading civic society organization that is essential to forge long-term solution to build a world of peace, a culture of peace”.
Francisco Vio Grossi
International Council for Adult Education, Chile
“Global Education Associates offers a unique encounter for sharing experiences and information for innovation in education. Congratulations to all for having this opportunity on a worldwide scale”.
Caesar Voute
Earth scientist, Bulgaria
“GEA is to be commended for its continued actions to promote a new and more secure global world order through transnational, transcultural, multi-ethnic, multi-religious cooperation, based on commonly developed and shared ethical attitudes and on the individual responsibilities of all concerned”.