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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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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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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’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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Man Honors Fallen Victims with Flower Messages

Daily News Egypt Video
March 16th, 2012

Hamdy Amasha honors the memory of the Port Said massacre fallen victims with flowers and mint leaves by the Victim Mural in Mohamed Mahmoud Street.

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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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Homegirl Café: Where Rival Gang Members Unite

Huffington Post
February 28th, 2012

In the kitchen, former gang rivals — and the girlfriends of rivals — work side-by-side to prep, clean, cook and serve healthy, Latin-inspired dishes.

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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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