Former Palestinian Fighter Now Battles For A Middle Path

CSMonitor   
May 10th, 2013

Former Palestinian Fighter Now Battles For A Middle Path

Mohammed Dajani has stepped away from the radical views he developed working for the Palestinian militant group, Fatah, and has embraced more rational and balanced approaches for achieving peace and stability.

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Bosnian Woman Helped Make Rape A War Crime

TheChristianScienceMONITOR   
March 13th, 2013

Bosnian Woman Helped Make Rape A War Crime

Nusreta Siva was a victim of sexual violence at a concentration camp in Bosnia. The crimes were never discussed, but now, thanks to Siva’s efforts to gather testimony from women across Bosnia, rape has been categorized as a war crime under international law.

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Saving The World, In The Present Tense

GOOD   
December 21st, 2012

Saving The World, In The Present Tense

It used to be a lot easier to envision, and then enact, good. Today, the challenges of the 21st century are different, and we must act in sustainable and thoughtful ways now, and in the present-tense.

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Public Administration and the Impact Economy

Public Administration   
January 30th, 2012

Public Administration and the Impact Economy

In America today and around the world there is an increased reliance upon innovation to kick-start the economy and address social needs. Enter the ‘impact economy’ and the revitalized public administrator to take center stage in social innovation.

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Connecting Across Religious Divides: Program Update from Sri Lanka

Karuna Center for Peacebuilding    Yobo Member
January 25th, 2012

Connecting Across Religious Divides: Program Update from Sri Lanka

I recently returned from two weeks in the Sri Lankan city of Trincomalee, where we had earlier launched our year-long reconciliation program with a series of workshops within Buddhist, Christian, Muslim and Hindu religious communities.

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‘Tahrir Lounge’ Pushes Grassroots Democracy

DW   
March 23rd, 2013

‘Tahrir Lounge’ Pushes Grassroots Democracy

In Cairo, a group of young Egyptians are attempting to boost civil participation and raise political awareness without abiding by orthodox or defined ideologies.

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Arab Spring: When Citizens Claim Sovereignty

agence global   
March 12th, 2013

Arab Spring: When Citizens Claim Sovereignty

The ongoing demands for sovereignty in many Arab countries during the past two years has caused many to step back and examine the motivation behind such extraordinary acts of bravery, citizenship, and social movement.

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Human Rights: Our Moral Imperative

The Huffington Post   
September 27th, 2012

Human Rights: Our Moral Imperative

Awakening to human rights is a moral imperative. One needs to protect oneself as well as others in need. How does the human rights movement present the world with a way for a person to jump in this river of consciousness to help oneself or another?

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Advice to Aspiring Social Entrepreneurs

Echoing Green    Yobo Member
January 26th, 2012

Advice to Aspiring Social Entrepreneurs

How do I know if a business is the right way to make the difference to the area I want to explore? I’d say let it grow organically.

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Grassroots Peace Photojournalism Helps Young People Find their Voices

Yobo    Yobo Staff
January 24th, 2012

Grassroots Peace Photojournalism Helps Young People Find their Voices

We have all been told that a picture is worth a thousand words, but graduates of Peace In Focus’ Grassroots Peace Photojournalism program know that some pictures are worth much more than that.

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