BELOVED COMMUNITY
We envision a global beloved community flourishing through justice, peace, healing, and transformation. Beloved Community includes a wide circle of neighbors thriving together, a community centered in love, mutuality, common memory, hope, and the strength of nonviolence in a polarized world.
We are one fluid community in two nations. We are one of many border cities around the world. In the words of Sal & Rosemary Sierra, “Juarez is El Paso, and El Paso is Juarez.” We are becoming family (a new humanity) beyond the borders that exist within ourselves.
Thich Nhat Hanh and Rev. Dr. King formed a friendship between two nations at war, across religious divides, in pursuit of nonviolence and ultimately: Beloved Community
"For me, Abara is a place where one can find peace, even if it's just a second. Peace exists when there is justice, healing and restoration. The idea of a physical space to provide people with the opportunity to find peace is amazing. Our world needs this kind of space. Why not El Paso? I am here to support the work required to bring this peace-space to reality."
~ Dr. Alisia N. Muir, Abara Board Member | Wisdom Council
