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Founded in 1999 as a portal for non-profit organizations, TheCommunity.com provides news, projects and interaction with global leaders including the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize
. Six Nobel Peace Prize winners sit on the site's Advisory Board.
In January 2001 TheCommunity.com conducted an online drive to raise school supplies for students in East Timor
, with partner Peacejam and Columbine High School
survivor Richard Castaldo.
In October 2001 the site, led by Nobel Laureate José Ramos-Horta gathered statements from 25 of the 28 living Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and opened a dialogue with the Laureates about 9/11 and the invasion of Afghanistan. The site received the only written statement from Yasser Arafat about 9/11. It was named number two in the USA Today's list of top ten web sites for the year.
The web site published one of the last interviews with Nobel Laureate Joseph Rotblat
before he died in 2005. In the interview Rotblat said that "the Bush Administration’s aggressive nuclear policy is plunging the world into a new nuclear arms race", and that "the United States’ development of new nuclear weapons and its aggressive 'first use policy' have undermined the work of scientists working to get rid of the world’s nuclear arsenals --- and created a danger even greater that that of the Cold War."
TheCommunity.com is producing What's so hard about Peace?, a series of interviews for television broadcast, with the Nobel Laureates being interviewed by celebrities. The first episodes taped were Bono
interviewing Mikhail Gorbachev
and Paul Simon
interviewing the Dalai Lama
. The series is being produced by Alex Kitman Ho, producer of Hotel Rwanda, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July and other films. The series is to be directed by two time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple.
In December 2007 the web site partnered with the Gorbachev Foundation and the office of Mayor Walter Veltroni in Rome to present actors George Clooney
and Don Cheadle
with the Rome Peace Summit Award at the annual Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome. The award was presented in acknowledgment of Clooney and Cheadle's extensive work to halt the killing and alleviate the suffering of the victims in Darfur.
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
. Six Nobel Peace Prize winners sit on the site's Advisory Board.
In January 2001 TheCommunity.com conducted an online drive to raise school supplies for students in East Timor
East Timor
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...
, with partner Peacejam and Columbine High School
Columbine High School
Columbine High School or CHS is a high school in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.- History :Columbine High School opened in the fall of 1973. There was no senior class in its first year. The school's first graduating class was the class of 1975...
survivor Richard Castaldo.
In October 2001 the site, led by Nobel Laureate José Ramos-Horta gathered statements from 25 of the 28 living Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and opened a dialogue with the Laureates about 9/11 and the invasion of Afghanistan. The site received the only written statement from Yasser Arafat about 9/11. It was named number two in the USA Today's list of top ten web sites for the year.
The web site published one of the last interviews with Nobel Laureate Joseph Rotblat
Joseph Rotblat
Sir Joseph Rotblat, KCMG, CBE, FRS , was a Polish-born, British-naturalised physicist.His work on nuclear fallout was a major contribution to the agreement of the Partial Test Ban Treaty...
before he died in 2005. In the interview Rotblat said that "the Bush Administration’s aggressive nuclear policy is plunging the world into a new nuclear arms race", and that "the United States’ development of new nuclear weapons and its aggressive 'first use policy' have undermined the work of scientists working to get rid of the world’s nuclear arsenals --- and created a danger even greater that that of the Cold War."
TheCommunity.com is producing What's so hard about Peace?, a series of interviews for television broadcast, with the Nobel Laureates being interviewed by celebrities. The first episodes taped were Bono
Bono
Paul David Hewson , most commonly known by his stage name Bono , is an Irish singer, musician, and humanitarian best known for being the main vocalist of the Dublin-based rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his...
interviewing Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991...
and Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
interviewing the Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word далай meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "teacher"...
. The series is being produced by Alex Kitman Ho, producer of Hotel Rwanda, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July and other films. The series is to be directed by two time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple.
In December 2007 the web site partnered with the Gorbachev Foundation and the office of Mayor Walter Veltroni in Rome to present actors George Clooney
George Clooney
George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award...
and Don Cheadle
Don Cheadle
Donald Frank "Don" Cheadle, Jr. is an American film actor and producer. Cheadle rose to prominence in the late 1990s and the early 2000s for his supporting roles in the Steven Soderbergh-directed films Out of Sight, Traffic, and Ocean's Eleven...
with the Rome Peace Summit Award at the annual Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome. The award was presented in acknowledgment of Clooney and Cheadle's extensive work to halt the killing and alleviate the suffering of the victims in Darfur.