Seek Peace and Pursue It: Daring to Take Small Steps

Introduction

Seek Peace and Pursue It: Daring to Take Small Steps was published in November 2020.

Chapters

The book has three parts:

• Part I – Seeking Peace has four essays from a Buddhist layperson, and from the APAY-ICF staff.
• Part II – Stories of Pursuing Peace is composed of stories from the experiences of twenty -five ICF alumni. Of the 25 entries, two are from Bangladesh, one from India, one from Cambodia, three from Indonesia, one from Laos, 3 from Myanmar, two from Nepal, nine from the Philippines, one from Thailand, and two from Timor Leste.
• Part III is a section on poetry that includes seven poems also from ICF alumni. An alumna from Nepal translated two poems that her SoP batch mate wrote from Nepalese into English.


The book will not be possible without the alumni's contributions and the production team's efforts. The book cover was designed by an ICF thematic workshop alumna, Teodora Dotusme from the Philippines. The ICF program officer, Baidido Saganding, collected the essays from the ICF alumni. Annika Denkmann, the seconded personnel from Bread for the World, did the layout while working from home in Germany. Sunita Suna, one of the Executive Secretaries for Programs, joined Annika Denkmann and Muriel Orevillo-Montenegro in proofreading the materials. Irene Chan and Fion Fung helped acquire ISBNs, contact the printing shop, and make logistic arrangements, respectively.


Nam Boo Won, General Secretary of Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCA wrote the Foreword. Muriel Orevillo-Montenegro edited the materials and coordinated the production of the book.