Linda Strickler:  

Peace Work The most important thing about me is that I have been working for peace most of my adult life. I used to go to anti-war rallies in the 1960s but then switched to pro-peace activities. Now that I have retired, I go into schools and give peace assemblies to children, helping them to learn how to solve their disputes without fighting. I founded two peace groups -- Moving for Peace and The Peace Information Network. You can read about this work at the Moving for Peace website and if you want to join in, I can send you a CD with peace assemblies and other peace materials. I interact with hundreds of other peacemakers throughout the world. Philosophy of Life I believe in unconditional love for all -- that way I don't have to choose who to love or make decisions about what is a good quality! Of course, I don't have to LIKE everyone or what they do!! I am a spiritual person who meditates daily. I believe in the power of healing. I feel blessed in my life -- I live in a lovely retirement flat, have precious offspring, and have friends around the world with whom I communicate through the internet. I work hard for peace but I know it is something each person has to come to in their own heart. Education I started life in Williamsville New York, attending Primary School and then starting High, but left in 1958. We moved to Bellevue Washington and I went to Bellevue Junior High and then Bellevue High School. I went to UPS in Tacoma for 2 years, then finished university at the University of Washington, majoring in History with minors in Psychology and Sociology. I got my Masters Degree in Information Systems at Leeds Metropolitan University in 1990. I also got a Certificate in Counselling. Work I did odd jobs when I was in High School and then had a few in between travelling from 1962 to 1974, including working at a blueprint company, an eye doctors, Boeing (of course!), and the University of Washington. In the latter days, I was a secretary in the Dean's Offices at the UW in the College of Fisheries and then the College of Engineering. I moved to California and worked for a pathologist at the Veterans Hospital in La Jolla, until my first child was born in 1975. After I finished my Masters Degree in Leeds UK, I taught at Leeds Metropolitan University for 16 years. My subjects were Systems Analysis and Design, Information Systems, and Personal Development. I retired in 2005 and now my 'job' is looking after my grandsons whenever the need arises. Travel I believe I learned as much or more from travelling to other places and meeting people from other cultures than I did from my formal education. In my life I have done a whole lot of travelling -...Expand for more