conflict resolution
Submitted by pparris on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 13:23.
The project will be based upon the following objectives:
1) Students will compare and contrast the cultural similarities and differences between the Middle East and Pennsylvania by studying and discussing excerpts from the book, Snow by Orhan Pamuk. This will happen in a cyber class using skype and the moodle educational platform. The goal of this class is to promote world peace, and discourage school violence.
Submitted by joanna.maier on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 12:40.
The Old City of Hebron is a highly disputed territory at the heart of the Palestinian and Israeli conflict. International aid has focused on critical conflict intervention as well as medical and nutritional assistance. The children of the Old City, particularly the boys, are exposed to disruptive checkpoints, detentions, toxic tear gas, extended curfews, and physical searches. These affronts erode bodily sovereignty, both mentally and physically, which is vital to the development of healthy self-esteem.
Submitted by tlwilliams on Thu, 02/28/2008 - 16:03.
C.L.A.S.S.Y. is a new organization being started in Henrico County, Virginia. It is an organization designed to empower, educate, and expose teenaged girls to have their own identity, self-confidence, respect, optimistic attitude, proper etiquette, and shape character for a lifetime. The young ladies accepted into the program will be involved in hosting programs of their interest at Wilder, participate in social skills workshops and activities, as well as benefit from having a C.L.A.S.S.Y. director as their mentor.
Submitted by Kjerstin on Wed, 12/19/2007 - 00:09.
FORGE is a US-based international nonprofit organization that works with displaced communities in Africa. We invest in individuals affected by war to pursue education, economic self-sufficiency, and local development solutions in order to build capacity in African communities and lay the foundation for peace, stability and prosperity.
By investing in promising refugee individuals, FORGE provides opportunities for refugees to transform their home communities, both in camps and in the countries where they will eventually repatriate.
Submitted by FLFP on Tue, 05/08/2007 - 20:14.
We are Future Leaders for Peace, a non-profit organization located in Berkeley, CA. Founded in early January of 2005 by UC Berkeley Alumni Jonathan Kathrein and Richard Hunter, Future Leaders for Peace has reached out to the community to create its volunteer base. Now, nearly two years later, Future Leaders for Peace consists of over 20 volunteers from both UC Berkeley and around the Bay Area. As volunteers, we run workshops at various middle schools, high schools, and youth organizations around Northern California.
