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Help Us Win a Grant to Create Shareable 2.0

Shareable
March 23rd, 2012

Shareable is in the running for a $300,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to redo our site using an open design process.

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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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A World of Difference: Fair Trade in the Banana Industry

Equal Exchange Yobo Member
March 19th, 2012

This March, as part of Equal Exchange banana Month, we are featuring news from our farmer partners, producer profiles, and articles written by those retail partners who had the opportunity to accompany us on our visit to Peru.

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Grassroots Peace Photojournalism Helps Young People Find their Voices

Yobo Yobo Staff
January 24th, 2012

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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Why Authentic Fair Trade Matters: The CESMACH Story Retold

Equal Exchange Yobo Member
January 19th, 2012

This article exemplifies the difference between Authentic Fair Trade and a corporate-centered imitation of Fair Trade. The former focuses on small farmer co-operatives and a belief that Fair Trade’s mission is to support the development model of organized farmers.

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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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Connecting Across Religious Divides: Program Update from Sri Lanka

Karuna Center for Peacebuilding Yobo Member
January 25th, 2012

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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Empowering for the Future

AFSC Yobo Member
January 19th, 2012

Our future is only as strong as the young people we have invested in as a community. Miafere “Mia” Jones is a young woman doing just that in Baltimore City, not just investing in our youth, but also offering herself as a resource to those in need of guidance.

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