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GRIP Program Targets At Risk Youth

Daily Titan
April 9th, 2012

In an effort to gain control of the increasing problem of gang activity, the Anaheim Police Department (along with other police agencies in Orange County), the Orange County district attorney’s office and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department collaborated to form the Gang Reduction and Intervention Partnership (GRIP).

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Birthing Justice: Women In Peace-Building: Peace Amidst War for Resource Control

Other Worlds Yobo Member
April 3rd, 2012

Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives. The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community.

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Women’s Work for Change Celebrated in Atlanta

AFSC Yobo Member
March 22nd, 2012

Atlanta hosted a powerful discussion in celebration of Women’s History Month, when AFSC staff gathered women activists for “A Woman’s Place: In Peace & Politics,” in conjunction with an exhibit by renowned photographer Jim Alexander.

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GOOD Maker Challenge: Nominate an Inspiring Woman to Win $1,000 From Oxfam America

Good
March 9th, 2012

International Women’s Day has been an occasion for reflection and celebration since the early 1900s, a time when the world’s economies and political topographies experienced a disorienting shift. Armed with fearless voices and powerful ideas, women campaigned for peace in the midst of global war, battled the abuses of industrialization, and called for an end to systematic injustice at every level of society.

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Ripples Of Peace In An Island Nation: Training The Trainers In Grenada

Karuna Center for Peacebuilding Yobo Member
March 7th, 2012

This year we offered our first Training of Trainers to 30 participants who have been with us before. Following that, we offered another basic workshop, this time assisted by our TOT group who led exercises and reviewed designs and strategies. Hopefully the TOT group members will stay connected to each other during the year, and the strongest among them will start leading their own workshops.

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Making the Grade: Empowering the community through education, peace march

The Californian
April 4th, 2012

Whether it’s students inviting the community to participate in a peace march to bring awareness of the harm gang violence causes in their neighborhoods or a computer raffle for low-income adults who do not own one — the objective is education and inclusion.

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Announcing a New Partnership with Insight on Conflict

Ashoka Yobo Member
March 22nd, 2012

After 18 months of blogging at the intersection of peace and social innovation, and leading a field-wide initiative on this subject, Ashoka Peace is excited to announce a new partnership with Peace Direct and its Insight on Conflict initiative.

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Ripples of Peace in an Island Nation: Training the Trainers in Grenada

Karuna Center for Peacebuilding Yobo Member
March 21st, 2012

Our group members are trying their best to address all of these forms of violence, and hopefully are planting new ideas and seeds of peace in their families, workplaces, church groups, police stations, and associations.

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Be Passionate – But First, Educate Yourself

Yobo Yobo Staff
March 8th, 2012

Awareness of issues like Kony 2012 is the first step in creating social action towards peaceful solutions. The next step involves doing critical research on both the issue at hand and the organization from which you got the information.

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Fight hunger. Invest in women.

Prosperity Candle Yobo Member
March 2nd, 2012

Oxfam America and Prosperity Candle have teamed up to create the new Sisters on the Planet travel tin, a 3-wick candle that supports the Sisters on the Planet initiative with 10% of every purchase.

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