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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

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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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Awards Honor Women’s Activism, Scholarship

Emory Wheel
February 29th, 2012

Distinguished faculty and alumni from various Emory divisions were recognized at the first-ever Women and Gender Awards Night on Thursday. The event honored women who have shown dedication to women’s issues through writing, scholarship and activism both within and outside the Emory community.

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Event Honors Black Women in America

Journal News
February 20th, 2012

“From the American Revolution to the present, African-American women have played a myriad of crucial roles in the making of our nation. Their labor and leadership, their motherhood and patriotism, and their intellect and artistic expression has both enriched both the African-American community and this nation at large,”

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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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Chadwick Stokes Combines Music, Activism

Hermosa Beach Patch
February 27th, 2012

The story behind one of Chadwick Stoke’s favorite songs to perform, “All My Possessions,” remains just one example of his ongoing efforts to create not only music, but also social change.

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Women As Peacemakers – Activists Share Success Stories At Harvard Kennedy School

Harvard Gazette
February 14th, 2012

When three women, including Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, an alumna of Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), received the Nobel Peace Prize in October, it was more than just a testament to their work. The prize was also a clear signal to the many unheralded women around the world that their peace building efforts were not only noble but necessary.

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