I was absent most of the last two weeks due to my grandmother's passing.

She was a special woman filled with strength, wisdom and love. We were both very close and I hurt her loss. My grandmother was a holocaust surviver, in the year 1939 she had 2 siblings, 16 cousins, 2 parents, 14 uncles and aunts, 3 grandparents and 2 great grandparents. During the war she was liaison officer of the leader of the jewish resistance in the Ghetto in Krakow. She was caught and spent the last three years of the war as a political prisoner in Auschwitz concentration and death camp. Auschwitz was released by russian soldiers in December 26 and officialy released by American soldiers on January 26th 1945. My grandmother was one of four cousins who survived the genocide. No one else of her family remained.

Still she had come to Israel and built herself a new family and a new life, life that were always somewhat shadowed by the horrors of the holocaust.

My grandmother's life story had taught me the true meaning of Free Choice. The human race can by cruel and devastating, it has the abilities to destroy everything in its path including itself. But it also has the ability to build, to heal and to ammend. My grandmother have always taught me to do good. She used to say that it is not enough to follow, it is not enough to wait for things to change. "If you want something to happen, make it happen but more important if you want something to change - get up and act now because any minute later is too late."

I want this world to be healed, I want the people in this planet to live in peace. I wish to change the way people look at our world and our planet and I want to make sure that genocides will never happen again, that we will learn to act responsibly and respectivly with our planet nature and our fellow humans. This is my life goal and this is why I'm here - to act now, because any minute later is too late.

So to those of you who asked and pondered about the nature and the purpose of this group, I am making it clear today -

This group's aim is to bring peace, health and unity to the people of Earth:

By working to solve environmental problems world wide and promote global cooperation to repair evironmental damages, to preserve wildlife and nature, to create international standards for minimizing pollution and control of use of un-renewable resources.

By discussing global issues and sharing ideas of people around the world.

By bringing people together and breaking the walls of prejudice and bias.

By working together to stop all violence and agression between people around the world and helping to solve global problems of poverty, hunger, inequility and illness.

By creating a friendship that will accede differences of nationality, race, gender and religion.

By working together for the common good.

By working to empower the weaker groups in our world in order to make humanity stronger and better.

In the past month there have been many ups and downs in this group. There won't be anymore of those. The only chance this group could get anywhere is if the members will leave the ego and personal intrigues behind them when they come into the group and bring their virtues and ambition to create a better world. No one here is better or worse than the other. We are all equal in life and death and the best we can do is help others and make a difference with our campassion, our love and our will power.

I have returned now and I will do everything in my power to make a difference for the best in this world. I hope that you will chose to agree with what I've written and work with me on that.

Yours,

Erez Luke Cohen - Co-member of People of Earth Group

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You have my condolences on the passing of your grandmother… and my full support with your statement regarding the future of this group.

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Emily recommended this group to me.   Erez, your words are a wonderful tribute to your Grandmother. I also fully support the aims of this group.

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