The Drum Beat 111 - A Moment of Silence

The tragedy in the USA touches the entire world. Once again violence and terrorism have shown their inhuman face...

The Communication Initiative has decided to 'silence' The Drum Beat and other normal changes to our front page as an expression of our deep solidarity with our partners, colleagues and friends, as well as with the many people who have been directly and horribly effected by the extreme violence of September 11.

We plan to return to 'normal' next week and view this moment of silence on the web as a very small response to a very large tragedy that seeks to recognise all those who have confronted the horror of war and terrorism face to face.

We believe that war too often and literally explodes from a lack of communication and dialogue leading to intolerance, prejudice, hatred and an inability to respect difference. It is an expression of violence that often only only leads to more violence.

We hope that we can move from this place of shock and anger to find ways to listen to each other, so that tolerance, understanding, positive change and development can reach all the people's of a world that gets smaller every day.

Warren Feek, Chris Morry, Deborah Heimann, Victoria Martin, Todd Hooge, Jonathan Schlackl, Janice Innes, Jean Pinnegar, Sascha Klingsch, Carey Hooge, Robert Taylor, Deanna Brotherston, Cathy Challinor, Adelaida Trujillo, Juana Marulanda, Rafael Obregón, Edna Medina, Alejandra Ayala, Alejandro Escobar, Alejandro Jaramillo, Sergio Campos, Dayana Escobar, Michelle Amaya, Carlos Arturo Mejía, Laura Suárez and Liliana Sandoval.