Tell me how you got started. Peace work started for me many years ago when I created the first travel agency in Canada specifically for people with disabilities. (My background at the time was a social worker – mostly with people with disabilities.) Through naivety as much as anything I learned how to advocate and […]
Marcela Xavier opened the Bread & Yoga studio in 2009 in Inwood (Northernmost Manhattan), a neighborhood with many health-conscious individuals, but few wellness-oriented business. While opening a yoga studio in a neighborhood filled with families, actors and performers made business sense, Xavier was actually just looking for an excuse to create community. Xavier finds that
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by Andreas Perez de Fransius, Peace is Profitable Contributor While it rarely finds itself in the world’s headlines, Mozambique has been one of the most dynamic economies in the world over the past few years. Its growth rates are consistently in the world’s top ten and projected investments for the coming years are set to
Irish rock star, Bono, lead singer of the band U2, delivered a funny and inspiring speech at Georgetown University on November 13, 2012. Aside from a great Bill Clinton impersonation and drawing comparisons between the punk rock band The Clash and the Arab Spring, he discussed the importance of advocacy on several fronts: AIDS, poverty,
Immediate actions you can take to bring about an end to fighting and a just peace for all people of Israel and Palestine. By Kai Brand-Jacobsen, Director, Department of Peace Operations (DPO) – PATRIR If you’re feeling hopeless about the situation in Israel and Palestine, here are a few things that you can do
Tell me how you got started. Really, I got started by being the fifth of ten children. Being in the middle meant that I was always seeking harmony in the family. In terms of peacebuilding, from 1985 to 1989, I served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone and that was big initiation for
TIMES SQUARE, NYC – November 18th, 2012 – 2:15pm A grassroots Brooklyn based non-profit, Life Vest Inside, has orchestrated a WorldWide Dance for Kindness event on Nov 18th as part of the Global Celebrations that take place during World Kindness Week. The event will take place on the same day, to the same song and
Tell me how you got started. When I really think about it, I got started at a very early age by establishing the peace in my high conflict family dynamics. I didn’t know it then, but I was destined to be a peace builder, a mediator, and a conflict management coach. I knew when I
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Check out these two videos on Human Rights. The first one shows the history of human rights in a concise and visual way… from the beginning of time to the present… in under 10 minutes. Si prefieres la version en español, se puede encontrarla aqui. Version française à venir bientôt. German and Arabic coming soon too!
Grub Olympx (TM) is a user-friendly interactive app now available for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch that provides you the opportunity to search and discover signature international dishes from around the world and also learn facts such as country population, GDP, famous athlete, landmarks and country soccer team nicknames. Released in time for the London
