| Global Campaign
for Peace Education Newsletter | Issue # 41 | March 2007 The Global Campaign for Peace Education (GCPE) e-newsletter provides a monthly bulletin of GCPE news, events, action alerts and reports of peace education activities and developments from around the world. **Please add this email address to your "safe sender" list to assure it arrives safely in your inbox. |
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| Dear friends of the Global Campaign,
As we all know well, learning communities are central
to peace education – in the classroom, in the community,
in networks, within and across regions. The GCPE, the It seems to me that this combined newsletter provides a space to further foster a non-hierarchical peace learning community, the kind of community that Parker Palmer describes “a chaotic, emergent, and creative force field.” The peace learning that emerges from our work as we interface with the real world problems of destructiveness and of possibility is often cutting edge. The GCPE Newsletter offers a place to bring together information about the events where significant peace learning is taking place. In this March Edition, the new “Peace Education Online Community” website is announced (see article in the News section below). This new space can serve in a complementary role to the newsletter as a site for sharing peace knowledge. I invite each of you to consider this space as providing an opportunity for “authoring” the leading edges of peace education learning. This is possible in several ways. The “Peace Education Online Community” site makes available space for sharing research issues and participating in ongoing discussions much like university “class web” sites. The special collaboration working spaces are designed to be used for more intensified working-together interactions. To begin, I urge you to add your profile. Through the website, we can familiarize ourselves with each other and stay in touch. Like an online kaffeehaus, we can meet together from afar. We envision GCPE participation as a powerful and enjoyable way to generate energy and enthusiasm, to sustain current projects, and lift new ones into action. I invite you to browse the topical dialogue links and add your comments. I am sure that there are more ways to use this new peace education medium than even our brilliant web artists have envisioned. Your ideas and insights into the ongoing construction of the website are welcome. Please consider it a peace space for learning -- dynamically (and nonviolently) hot – a peace zone for collaborative travel. Let’s move this world toward peace! With warmest wishes, Janet Gerson Co-Director, |
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IN THIS ISSUE
News & Highlights:
§ Launch
of “Peace Education Online Communities”
§ Human
Rights Working Group Visits Peru
§ Peace
Education in the Field: Updates from Nigeria and Norway
Action
Alerts:
§ “Endless” War:
A MEMORIAL
§ Death
Sentence to Three Iraqi Women
Announcing
the Launch of the “Peace Education Online Communities”
Inviting
your Participation! (www.c-i-p-e.org/forum)
The
Peace Education Center, IIPE, and Global Campaign for Peace Education
invite you to participate in a new global online initiative “the
Peace Education Online Communities.” The Peace Education
Online Community is an interactive website that enables members
of the global community to communicate and interact with each
other through a number of tools including: online discussions,
collaborative working spaces, an updatable calendar of events,
member profiles, reports of institutes, the sharing of files
and papers including sample curricula and best practices from
local communities, and much, much more. This web-based
initiative was developed to support the members and participants
of the International Institute on Peace Education, Community-based
Institutes on Peace Education, and the Global Campaign for Peace
Education, and other concerned educators.
The
site is comprised of several specific communities some of which
are restricted or private for people who are working on projects
or people who have participated in specific events or programs. We
invite you to participate in the “Global Classroom” and “Networking” communities
which are open to anyone who registers to the site. The Global
Classroom is a topic oriented space designed to facilitate
discussions on issues of relevance to the peace education community. From
child labor to disarmament, we encourage you to post your thoughts,
research questions, or share your educational strategies on any
of these topics. The Networking Community is organized
geographically and is intended as a space to introduce yourself
and your work within your region or community. If you are
looking for a peace education event or workshop within your region
we encourage you to visit the Networking community. If you
post something on either the Global Classroom or Networking Community
you will automatically be notified by email if someone should
respond to you.
You
can access the forum directly at www.c-i-p-e.org/forum. A link to the
Community space is also provided in the right hand column of
this newsletter. When you first visit the site you will
need to register by clicking on the “create new account” link
located in the “login” box on the top left of the
site. Registering is a two-step process. A few minutes
after you register a confirmation notice will be sent to the
email address you provided. You will need to open this email
and follow instructions to complete your registration. Simple
instructions for navigating and using all the many features of
the website can be downloaded by clicking on the link on the
upper right side of the site.
The
site is a work in progress. The more our designers play
with it the more we discover it is capable of doing. The
more you and others contribute and share your ideas and questions
the more the community will come to life! We encourage you
to visit and contribute often. For questions, comments,
or more information contact peace-ed@tc.edu.
The
25th Anniversary Celebration of the International
Institute on Peace Education
August
8-10, 2007 -- United Nations Headquarters, New York
The 25th Anniversary of the International Institute on Peace Education will be hosted at the United Nations from August 8-10, 2007.The celebratory event will be a three day symposium launching new and more intense initiatives in the development and dissemination of peace education while providing an opportunity for reflection on the evolution of the international peace education movement over the past quarter century. It will offer demonstrations of lessons learned, developed and practiced by IIPE participants and others. Sponsored by The Peace Education Center, Teachers College along with many UN & NGO cosponsors. For more information visit www.tc.edu/PeaceEd or email peace-ed@tc.edu Human
Rights Working Group visits Peru
Established
by the Commission on Human Rights in 2005, The Working Group
on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights
and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination
recently made a visit to Peru. Chairperson-Rapporteur Ms. Amada
Benavides de Pérez (Colombia), one of the Working Group’s
five members, is also a member of the Global Campaign for Peace
Education. The Group was in Peru from January 29 – February
2, 2007 collecting information from various government officials
and members of civil society. This information seeks to “identify
current manifestations and problems as well as emerging trends
regarding mercenaries, mercenary-related activities and the role
of private security and military companies and their possible
impact on the enjoyment and exercise of human rights”.
A detailed report of the Group’s findings will be submitted
to the United Nations Human Rights Council and the report’s
contents addressed this year to the General Assembly. For more
information on recommendations given and statements from Ms.
Amada Benavides de Pérez, visit: http://www.ohchr.org/english/issues/mercenaries/index.htm
Arabic-English
School opens in New York City
The
New York City school system will open its first Arabic-English
speaking public school in September 2007. Debbie Almontaser,
principal of the school envisions the school as a place where
students learn to become global citizens, providing an open environment
where students with mixed backgrounds can learn Arabic language
and celebrate Arabic culture. The school, the Khalil Gibran International
Academy, will be grades 6-12, beginning the first year with sixth
grade and expanding with every year. Half of the classes will
be taught in Arabic. Almontaser hopes that students will be open
to going into international careers after their educational experience. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/13/nyregion/13schools.html?ex=1329022800&en=58be5c8dd2ad76c6&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Centre
for Human Development and Social Transformation - Nigeria
The
Centre for Human Development and Social Transformation is seeking
collaboration. Our vision is to build a democratic-based, culture
of peace among the youth of Nigeria through various programmes
of human development and social transformation. This we strive
to achieve through research and training on conflict and peace
building; civic education, as well as environmental awareness.
Our first project -- the 'protect our future project' -- has
been sponsored in part by grant from the United States Institute
of Peace (USIP). It is based on the premise that in order to
protect the future of Nigeria, students / youths who form a significant
majority of the population should be trained to know their rights
and to cultivate a culture of peace and democracy. The strategy
is to train teachers in primary and secondary schools in workshops
as well as student leaders in camp meeting. The teachers will
in turn assist in training students on a culture of peace in
the peace clubs. This training is on non-violent conflict resolution,
peace education, democracy, environmental and human rights. The
content of the project includes: 1.Training of Teachers, 2. Training
of Students, 3. Formation of Peace Clubs, 4. Manual on Peace
Building and Peer Mediation in School. The desire is that this
peace and civic education project given in schools will have
an effect in the wider community. Feel free to check our website: www.protectourfuture.org. Yours
faithfully, Imoh Colins
The
Norwegian Peace Alliance - Norway
The
Norwegian Peace Alliance, in charge of the H.A.P. involvement,
is working with a new strategy to strengthen the Peace Movement
as such in Norway. We want to continue using the net and have
received money to update our website. It also has a link, made
some years ago about Peace Education, translated to english,
and arabic, since we had a close work together with teacher association
in Ramalla on conflict solving programmes in schools. Much has
made this work difficult, but the website was made, and we have
had many visitors. The spring we will concentrate on NATO
and the mixing of military and humanitarian purposes. In April
the Minister Conference of NATO will be in Oslo, and we prepare
for an alternative conference focus on the new NATO strategies
and trying to develop a clearer mandate for our official bodies.
Together with us Red Cross, Amnesty and Helsinki Comité will
work. The arrangement will be on the 16th of April.
Yours,
Anne Margrete Halvorsen (NPA)
Action
Alert Subscription
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those of you interested in receiving action alert updates more
frequently than the once-a-month information provided in the
GCPE newsletter, you can subscribe to a new email list that will
forward important information, stories, and actions as needed.
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link provided in the email and then you will be able make changes.
“Endless” War:
A MEMORIAL – Times Square, NY – March 11, 2007
At
dawn on Sunday, March 11th, 2007, as we approach the
fifth year of the invasion of Iraq, people of conscience will
begin reading all the documented names of the war dead, both
civilian and military. We will continue reading from sunrise
to sunset for six days, through Friday, March 16th,
2007. We invite you to join us to read for a period of time,
to bear witness to this tragedy and suffering. Be part of a growing
resistance movement demanding an end to the illegal occupation
of Iraq and saying “NO” to an attack on Iran. To
add your name to the list of participants and schedule a time
to read, please contact endlesswarmemorial@gmail.com or call 212-533-2125.
Online
Call to Action against Death Sentence Imposed upon Three Iraqi
Women
Citizen’s
International has alerted us that three Iraqi women were convicted
and sentenced to death at an Iraqi Tribunal. The three women
denied the charges and were not allowed to present their cases
with legal counsel. This action denies them a fair trial as guaranteed
by Article 14 of the International Convention on Civil and Political
Rights, which both Iraq and the United States are bound to. Please
follow up on this story in whatever way possible, including visiting
amnesty international http://blogs.amnestyusa.org/weblogEntry/bk3wl4fddowc.htm
Iraq
Veterans Memorial – Online – March 19, 2007
Jim Miller at the Brave New Foundation in partnership with Gold Star Families Speak Out, Military Families Speak Out, Iraq Veterans Against the War, North Texas Vets, Veterans for Peace, Soldiers of Today and Yesterday, GI Special, and United for Peace and Justice are organizing a virtual memorial “The Iraq Veterans Memorial” that will be unveiled March 19th across the internet. This memorial will bear witness with the 60-second video testimonies of family, friends, co-workers, and military colleagues of those killed. For more information visit: http://iraqmemorial.org/ March
for Israeli-Palestinian Peace – Global Event – June
5, 2007
June 5, 2007 will mark 40 years since the June 1967 war. On June 5 the “march for Israeli-Palestinian peace” will take place in cities and towns throughout the world in solidarity with the people of Israel and Palestine who will march, demonstrate and organize for Israeli-Palestinian peace throughout Israel and Palestine. Several main events will be held in key cities such as Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Ramallah, Nablus, Gaza, Washington, New York, Chicago, Athens, Paris, Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, London, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Moscow, Rome, Amman, Cairo, Tokyo, and others. 2007initiative-for-israeli-palestinian-peace@googlegroups.com Update
on Restructuring of the UN Department of Disarmament Affairs
Last
month’s newsletter mentioned the petition of United Nations
Representatives to keep an independent Department of Disarmament
Affairs. The actions taken by many civil society organizations
seem to have slowed down the restructuring process. Groups
have called for more accountability of the decisions of the Secretary-General.
For updated information on the progress of this story visit http://www.ipsnews.net/new_focus/disarmament/index.asp
International
Institute on Peace Education 2007 - Arantzazu, Spain –Applications
due March 15, 2007
The International Institute on Peace Education will take place July 14-22, 2007. This year’s theme is “Identity, Interdependence & Nonviolent Transformations: Practical Priorities of Education in Transitions to Peace.” The International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE) 2007 will be hosted by Baketik, the Peace Centre in Arantzazu in the Basque Country (Spanish Estate). The event is being co-organized by Baketik and the Peace Education Center at Teachers College, Columbia University. The application deadline is March 15. For more information about the IIPE and to obtain an application please visit the IIPE website www.tc.edu/PeaceEd/IIPE or email peace-ed@tc.edu Women
and Al Qaeda Conference – Tufts University – April
10, 2007
Featuring
panel discussions on Women and Suicide Terrorism and the Women
of al Qaeda. Dean Stephen W. Bosworth and Brigadier General (Ret.)
Russell D. Howard invite you to attend at the Fletcher School,
Tufts University. To register visit http://fletcher.tufts.edu/WomenAndAlQaedaConf
Travel
to Israel/Palestine with Interfaith Peace Builders and the
American Friends Service Committee – May 26-June 9, 2007
Join
Interfaith Peace-Builders (IPFB) and the American Friends Service
Committee (AFSC) to travel to Israel/Palestine. This delegation
provides a unique opportunity to focus on the current situation
in Israel/Palestine and understand the effects of the ongoing
Israeli occupation. Your on-the-ground experience will enrich
your understanding of the conflict as you meet courageous Israelis
and Palestinians working for peace and justice, and witness the
current realities of life in Israel and the occupied Palestinian
territories. For more information visit www.ifpbdel.org
American University – Features
Dr. Johan Galtung – April 7-8, 2007
Weekend
symposium “Peaceful Conflict Transformation” at American
University, Butler Boardroom. April 7-8, 2007 9am-5pm. The symposium
will introduce the TRANSCEND approach to peaceful conflict transformation.
For registration information visit http://www.aupeace.org/files/galtungreg4-7-8-2007pdf.pdf
American University - 2ND Annual Conference of Muslim Peacebuilding,
Justice, and Interfaith Dialogue – May 5 – 6, 2007
Salam
Institute and ISNA will be holding the Second Annual Conference
of MPJID on May 5– 6, 2007 at American University, in Washington,
D.C., to enhance the capacity of Muslim peacebuilding scholars
and practitioners. This conference creates an opportunity for
scholars and practitioners to discuss and clarify main concepts
and approaches to peacebuilding, conflict resolution, human rights,
democratization and development rooted in the Islamic tradition. For
more info visit http://www.ildc.net
XXI
ENCONTRO GALEGO-PORTUGUÉS DE EDUCADORES/AS POLA PAZ
Adjunto
os envío dos archivos, uno con el Programa y otro con
el cartel del XXI ENCONTRO GALEGO-PORTUGUÉS DE EDUCADORES/AS
POLA PAZ que celebraremos el fin de semana del 4 al 6 de mayo
del año en curso en la hermosísima ciudad de Chaves
(norte de Portugal). Este año con el tema de debate “la
perspectiva de género en la cultura de paz”. jares@udc.es, agappaz@mundo-r.com
Balkan
Regional Conference on Peace Education and Conflict Resolution
in schools – Serbia – April 12-13, 2007
The
Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC)
would hereby like to invite you to the first regional conference
on peace education and conflict resolution in schools organized
by the Nansen Dialogue Centre, Serbia and the European Centre
for Conflict Prevention in Belgrade, April 12-13 2007. For more
information email infor@conflict.prevention.net or
call +31(0) 70 31 10970
America’s
Dialogue – Oregon, USA – April 14 - 22, 2007
I’m
writing from Eugene, Oregon, to let you know about an unprecedented
week of national grassroots discussions taking place April 14-22,
2007. The project is AMERICA’S DIALOGUE. During this week,
people will be gathering in both small and large groups all across
the country to discuss the future of America. You can get more
information at: http://www.americasdialogue.org.
InterAction’s
Forum –Washington, D.C. – April 18-20, 2007
InterAction’s
Forum for 2007, Setting a Bold Agenda for Relief and Development, will
be held April 18-20 at the L’Enfant Hotel in Washington,
D.C. This event will provide the context for three days of discussions
organized around the central goals of InterAction’s new
strategic direction: Advocacy and Communications; Accountability
and Impact; and Influence through Partnerships. For more
information and for registration visit www.interaction.org.
BCA conference –The Future of International
Education: Peace, Justice, and the Development of Global Civil
Society – Ireland
"The Future of International Education:
Peace, Justice, and the Development of Global Civil Society." 16
- 23 June. This seminar will lay the initial foundation for a
much broader effort to create synergy between international educators
and those working on peace and justice in various educational
institutions. http://www.bcaabroad.org/Programs/International/derry_and_galway.asp
Loyola University
of Chicago – “Peacemaking in an Age of Terror” – March
20-22, 2007
Loyola
University of Chicago is holding a major conference "Peacemaking
in an Age of Terror" on March 20-22, 2007. Speakers include
Arun Gandhi, Helen Caldicott, Daniel Berrigan, Mohammed Abu-Nimer,
Yaacov Iram, and many others. Our speakers and respondents will
help us examine how we might best mitigate forces pushing extremist
violence and militarism and push instead for stability, justice,
and peace for a planetary community facing multiple challenges. www.luc.edu/ethics.
Idealist
Campus Conference – Chicago, Ill. – March 23-25,
2007
The
2007 Idealist Campus Conference is taking place in Chicago, on
March 23-25, and we expect over 1,000 students and campus staff
there. The Idealist Campus Conference is an exciting weekend
of networking, skill-building, and story-telling - all around
the themes of imagining a better world, connecting across geographic
and ideological borders, and acting for change! For more information,
please go to the conference site at: http://www.idealist.org/conference2007.
10th International Interdisciplinary
Congress on Women, 2008 – Proposals Requested
The
Organization of the 10th International Interdisciplinary Congress
on Women (Mundos de Mujeres / Women’s Worlds 2008 (MMWW08)
announces that the preparation of this important event is making
important progress. Starting March 30th 2007, the congress is
officially open for submissions, registration and applications. www.mmww08.org / secretariacongreso@mmww08.org
Alliance
for Conflict Transformation Summer Institute on Peacebuilding & Conflict
Resolution (IPCR) - Santa Cruz, Bolivia - June 9, 2007
- July 7, 2006
The
Alliance for Conflict Transformation (ACT), in partnership with
Nur University in Bolivia, is pleased to announce the Summer
Institute on Peacebuilding & Conflict Resolution (IPCR).
IPCR will be held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, with travel to La Paz
and surrounding communities. Application deadline is April 15,
2007, but those who register before March 15 will receive a discount. http://conflicttransformation.org
Fellowship of Reconciliation – Follow-up
articles available – March 5-9, 2007
"Closing Bases" issue of Fellowship supports
global conference in Ecuador this week. Support the March 5-9
International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military
Bases http://www.no-bases.net/. While it's too
late to fly to Quito, FOR is helping connect you to the hundreds
of global activists participating in this major event. The Winter
2007 issue of Fellowship magazine features a dozen articles written
by conference organizers from around the world. For more information
visit http://www.forusa.org
Teaching
Peace Conference – New Hampshire - April
14, 2007
The
3rd Annual Teaching Peace Conference entitled “Weaving
Peace through Curriculum and Community” will be held April
14, 2007. This year’s conference will focus on the ways
educators and community leaders can weave peace education concepts,
principles and values into their existing curriculum and how
community can further peacemaking goals. www.teachingpeaceconference.org
Inter-American Summit on Conflict Resolution
Education – Ohio, USA – March 14-17, 2007
Global Issues Resource
Center, Office of Community Continuing Education at Cuyahoga
Community College and The Organization of American States will
host a four-day Inter-American Summit on Conflict Resolution
Education in Cleveland, Ohio on March 14th - 17th, 2007.
For more information www.tri-c.edu/community/gircsummit.htm
Notre
Dame Student Peace Conference – Kroc Institute – March
30-31, 2007
The
University of Notre Dame's Annual Student Peace Conference will
take place on March 30-31, 2007. This year, the conference is
entitled: "Unmask the Unknown: Understanding the Other, Discovering
Ourselves". This year's conference will focus on the exploration
of the "other" in the world around us, whether that unknown is
distanced from us by national, cultural, or more local and personal
boundaries. Deadline for proposals: February 16, 2007. For
more information visit:http://kroc.nd.edu/events/KrocInstituteStudentPeaceConference2007.shtml
15th Annual International Conference on Conflict
Resolution – St. Petersburg, Russia – Proposals
due March 10, 2007
This
conference will take place May 5- 13, 2007. Participation is
open to all. Call for proposals due by March 10, 2007. Submissions
are currently being accepted. For more information visit: www.cbiworld.org.
International
Education for Peace Conference – Vancouver, Canada -
November 15-18, 2007
This
conference is being held November 15-18, 2007 and is entitled “Strategies
for Building a Civilization of Peace”. For more information
visit their website at: www.efpinternational.org/conference2007
Heinrich
Böll Foundation: Summer School July 27 – August
4, 2007 – Washington, USA
The
fifth Summer School of the Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF)
on "Engendering Economic Policies in a Globalising World," will
focus on a critical analysis of the gender implications of the
International Financial Institutions' policies and projects.
To download the application form, log at www.glow-boell.de/media/de/txt_rubrik_5/ApplicationForm_SS2007.pdf.
For more information: www.glow-boell.de/media/de/txt_rubrik_5/Ankuendigung_ProgrammSS2007.pdf
The
Ford Motor Company International Fellowship of the 92nd Street
Y
The
Ford Motor Company International Fellowship of the 92nd Street
Y provides a tremendous opportunity to international community
leaders. Applications are currently being accepted from community
leaders who could benefit from a three-week intensive nonprofit
management training course in New York. For more information
visit our website at www.92Y.org/ford. Please
contact Ms. Alison Gardy at 212.415.5473 or agardy@92Y.org
UPEACE
Headquarters, Costa Rica – MA Programmes – 2007-2008
The
application period for the academic year 2007-2008 is currently
open for the following MA programmes: Environmental Security
and Peace, Gender and Peace Building, International Law and Human
Rights, International Law and the Settlement of Disputes, International
Peace Studies, Natural Resources and Peace, Media, Conflict and
Peace Studies, Peace Education. Visit our Academic Programmes
website: http://www.upeace.org/academic/masters/ .
The application deadline is 31 March 2007.
Davis-Putter
Scholarship Fund – Attention Student Activists
The
Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund has applications available for
student activists who are building the progressive movement and
will be enrolled in school during the 2007-08 academic year. If
you know of students working for peace and justice, or if you
have a list of activist contacts, please send this announcement
along and refer potential applicants to the Fund's website: www.davisputter.org.
The
Center for Contemplative Mind in Society – Mass., U.S.C. – August
12-17, 2007
The
Center for Contemplative Mind in Society is pleased to announce
the third annual 6-day residential summer session on contemplative
curriculum development. This will provide an opportunity for
teachers in universities and colleges to research, prepare, and
evaluate curricula that integrate contemplative practices into
courses in any discipline. Summer session will take place at
Smith College. For more information visit http://www.contemplativemind.org/programs/academic/summer07/application.pdf
European University
Center for Peace Studies
We wish to invite you to join a select group of 44 students from around the world in an intensive course in peace and conflict studies at the European University Center for Peace Studies (EPU) in Stadtschlaining, Austria. All the courses are taught in English, by leading specialists in their field from around the world, including Johan Galtung, one of the founders of the academic discipline of peace research and frequent mediator in international conflicts. Website: www.epu.ac.at University
for Peace – Gender & Peacebuilding
University for Peace with great pleasure announces its forthcoming Master of Arts in Gender and Peacebuilding. This program is comprised of eleven intertwining courses and a thesis project that offers a combination of theoretical and practical knowledge, incorporating historic and current events from around the world. For more details and the application procedure can be found on our website: http://www.upeace.org/academic/masters/GPB.cfm The
Caux Scholars Program
The Caux Scholars Program (CSP) in Conflict Transformation is a month-long course held in Caux, Switzerland at the international conference center for Initiatives of Change. The program brings together students from around the world to learn about the moral and spiritual dimension of peacemaking and the relationship between individual transformation and change in the world. CSP combines academics, networking, and practical experience. Website: www.cauxscholars.org, Email: cauxsp@us.iofc.org The
United States Institute of Peace – Summer Seminar for
Community College & University Faculty
1) Summer seminar for community college faculty and administrators - Global Peace and Security in Community Colleges and the Communities They Serve - to be held May 29-June 3, 2007 in Washington, DC. The deadline for applications is March 16, 2007. For an application: www.usip.org/ed/seminars/ccfs.html. 2) Global Peace and Security from Multiple Perspectives - a summer seminar designed for college and university faculty to be held in Washington, DC from July 10-15, 2007. The deadline for applications is April 16, 2007. For an application go to http://www.usip.org/cufs.html Washington & Lee University
and the Council on Foreign Relations
Washington & Lee University and the Council on Foreign Relations will sponsor an interdisciplinary workshop for educators on the role of nuclear power in meeting future U.S. energy requirements. The workshop will be held June 20-24, 2007, on the campus of Washington & Lee in Lexington, VA. For more information, contact Carah Ong via email: cong@armscontrolcenter.org The
Summer Peacebuilding Institute – Applications due April
16, 2007
The Conflict Transformation Across Cultures Summer Institute, offered each June, is a three-week, three-credit, professional development, and graduate training program in conflict transformation. It is specifically designed for field workers and managers of development and community-based organizations who serve communities in often-volatile environments. Application deadline date: April 16, 2007. For more information email: contact@sit.edu The International Human Rights Academy – Utrecht,
Netherlands – August 20 – September 1, 2007
The
2007 International Human Rights Academy will be held in Utrecht,
the Netherlands, between August 20 and September 1, 2007. The
various intensive courses that make up the Academy are designed
to provide high quality legal education in comparative international
human rights and humanitarian law, with an emphasis on practical
aspects in the various fields. Applications are due April 20.
For more information visit www.law.uu.nl/ihra
BCA's Peace Studies program in Derry, Ireland
For
students interested in studying in Peace Studies programs, or
who have a Peace Studies orientation, come to Derry for a semester
or a year long program. This experience provides a strong academic
program, as well as the opportunity to observe the Peace Process
and the residue of the conflict in Northern Ireland first hand.
For more information about the program in Derry visit the following
website:
http://www.bcaabroad.org/programs/ireland_derry/default.asp or contact Jim Skelly at jskelly@bcaabroad.org Citizens’ and
Multi-Track Diplomacy: Mitigating Violence and Instability,
University of Maryland - June 25th - July 12th 2007
This
is a program for those struggling with the always corrosive,
often devastating impact of persistent conflict on relationships
and community, in day-to-day situations or internationally. Join
us for an intensive evening and weekend program of experiential
learning and new perspectives on ways to bring about conflict
transformation and peacebuilding. Contact Prof. Edy Kaufman at ekaufman@cidcm.umd.edu or co-instructor
Prof. John Davies at jdavies@cidcm.umd.edu
Updated
Version of Peace and Conflict Database is available - Uganda
The
M.A. Peace and Conflict Studies Programme, under the Department
of Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts at Makerere University,
Kampala, Uganda, recently published the updated version of its
Peace and Conflict Database. The third version, which comprises
more than a thousand documents, consists now of two CD ROMs:
Volume 1 “Conflict Resolution in Uganda” and Volume
2 “Approaches to Peace”. If interested in purchasing
the CD ROMs, please contact the M.A. Peace and Conflict Studies
Programme, Makerere University Kampala: Mr. Cyprian Bikweto at mail@peacedatauganda.info
Gernika
Gogoratuz – Materials about the treatment of victims
of terrorism
We
are pleased to inform you about the new Project that the Peace
Research Centre Gernika Gogoratuz has developed a compilation,
analysis and systematization of materials about the experiences
in the pedagogical treatment regarding terrorism, the Basque
case, and other cases. http://www.gernikagogoratuz.org/educacionporlapaz.html.
For more information e-mail to gernikadok@gernikagogoratuz.org.
Handbook
of Peace and Conflict Studies - edited
by Charles Webel and Johan Galtung
This major new Handbook provides a cutting-edge
and transdisciplinary overview of the main issues, debates, state-of-the-art
methods, and key concepts in peace and conflict studies today.
Journal
of Stellar Peacemaking
The
Journal of Stellar Peacemaking (http://www.jsp.st)
welcomes submissions for publication. Please visit its web site
to see the newly uploaded edition of this noncommercial journal
and consider it for publication of your important research in
peace development.
Making
Enemies: Humiliation and International Conflict - Evelin Lindner
Ground-breaking book on one of the most
fundamental - but sadly overlooked - aspects of all conflicts. http://www.amazon.com/Different-Kind-War-Sanction-Regime/dp/1845452224/sr=1-1/qid=1159474346/ref=sr_1_1/102-4719541-3542511?ie=UTF8&s=books
International
Journal of Transnational Justice – call for submissions
The
International Journal of Transitional Justice invites submissions
for an upcoming thematic issue on ‘Gender and Transitional
Justice’. This issue will be jointly co-edited by
Justice Navi Pillay of the International Criminal Court and will
be published in November 2007. The deadline for submissions is
June 15, 2007. Submission guidelines and instructions. http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/ijtj/
Prakash
Shrestha – Nepal
I
am Prakash Shrestha from Nepal and a member of IPPN. I am
trying to compile examples of good practices and interesting
stories, experiences, reflections observed and encountered in
the process of implementing conflict transformation/Peace building
and development projects from around the world. The articles
could focus on personal reflections on relations between aid
agencies and peacebuilding; demobilization, disarmament and rehabilitation;
and success stories of local peace activists. Articles will be
used at local trainings and may later be published with your
permission. If interested please send your articles to shresthaprakash@gmail.com.
Peace
and Justice Studies Association – Thesis and Dissertation
Collection
We
will be publishing a list of theses and dissertations completed
between January 2006 and July 2007 in the upcoming September
2007 issue of the Peace Chronicle. Your submissions will also
be eligible for the separate Graduate and Undergraduate Student
Research Awards, announced at the annual meeting of PJSA this
fall. Complete the on-line form by July 15, 2007 (we have already
begun to compile the list). http://www.peacejusticestudies.org/membership/theses.php
Peace
Action National Office Internships Available
Interns research and write campaign
materials, organize events, develop web and e-organizing resources
and assist in grassroots mobilization. Peace Action interns
gain professional working experience with a nonprofit advocacy
organization committed to responsible US foreign policy and
grassroots movement building. Contact: Katherine Fuchs at kfuchs@peace-action.org
Peace
Voice International
Position
consists of a variety of tasks supporting and maintaining Peace
Voice, a project designed to help change the national conversation
about peace by assisting peace professionals and peace students
to get published in the mainstream media. This position will
be a total of 200 hours between April 1-July 31, with a possibility
for further employment. Applications sent to: pcwtom@gmail.com.
Joan
B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies – University
Notre Dame
The
Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the
University of Notre Dame seeks a Student Services Coordinator
to manage student affairs for the undergraduate and graduate
academic programs. For more information and to submit and application
please visit https://jobs.nd.edu
PC4Peace
looking to expand
PC4Peace
is constantly seeking socially minded individuals to jump on
board and assist in any way possible. For more information please
visit http://www.pc4peace.org
Peace Brigades International (PBI) – Co-Director
Peace
Brigades International is seeking a Co-Director to help to mobilize
the enthusiasm and energy of the many different people that make
up PBI USA (interns, returned volunteers, committee members,
etc.) to achieve the organization's goals detailed in the PBI
USA Strategic Plan. For more info contact search@pbiusa.org or visit www.peacebrigades.org.
Jobs
Available at the International Institute of Development and
Research (IIRD)
The
International Institute for Development and Research (IIDR) is
an autonomous world wide and new agency engaging in multidisciplinary
research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting
development and growth. For more information, please contact employment@iidra.asso.ws
Executive
Director, Center for Peace and Global Citizenship – Haverford
College
Haverford College seeks
to hire a new, full-time Executive Director for its Center for
Peace and Global Citizenship. Please review the job description
online. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, and
list of references to John Mosteller, CPGC Search Chair, Founders
Hall, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA
19041-1392.
Part
time Office Coordinator - Brooklyn Nonviolent Communication
Office Coordinator
Brooklyn
NVC is hiring a part time Office Coordinator. We are seeking
someone with NVC skills and a passion to the support the growth
of NVC in the Metro Area. TO APPLY: Send a cover letter
and resume' to info@BrooklynNVC.org or by mail to: Attn: Dian
Killian, 120 4th Ave., #2, Brooklyn, NY, 11217.
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