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| Social Justice: Y-BUILD: Working for Peace in Srinagar, India | A First Candle for Martin Luther King's Birthday | |||
| "These young people got the opportunity to interact with each other and understand each other’s problems and circumstances. . . They have started to look into the root cause of the conflict and also started questioning propaganda. " | "There had never been a town-wide celebration of the Martin Luther King Holiday. Joined by mutual concern, these women felt that the day should be celebrated. They spent months planning, arranging for speakers and musicians, and exploring community resources. " | |||
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| Assault on Peaceful Co-existence (Nagaland, India) | Peace Flyer | |||
| "How do we build a culture of peace and human rights among the Nagas? These are vital issues that will require a meaningful intervention by all concerned—from the tribal bodies to human rights group to mothers, tribal hohos, church, political parties and national workers " | "I am a member of the newly forming peace coalition made up of about thirty high school students at Trinity high school in Louisville, Kentucky. " | |||
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| Massachusetts Peace Action Statement on Boston Marathon Bombing | Amahoro Amani: Lasting peace promotion in the Great Lakes | |||
| "we commit to helping our community heal, connect and create a culture of peace. " | "By the end of 2007, 420 community mediators aged between fifteen and twenty-five will have been trained in how to take action in their communities to prevent, mediate, and resolve conflicts peacefully." | |||
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| Sheikh Jarrah: solidarity in a shared city (East Jerusalem) | Eighth-grader crosses California to Conduct Research on Eleanor Roosevelt | |||
| "The film . . . charts how their campaign grows from small, local protests to peaceful rallies attracting thousands of people, documenting the friendship and solidarity that develops between the Palestinians struggling to stay in their neighbourhood and the Israeli activists who support them " | "I chose Eleanor Roosevelt because of her work in the United Nations and her role as first lady, and how she stood out against segregation and women's rights." | |||
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| USA: Educator unions reject guns in schools | High School Intifada | |||
| "[The unions reject]a report released by the National Rifle Association (NRA) task force. .[which]. . calls for armed police officers, security guards or staff members in every American school " | "My friends and I decided to ignore what we perceived to be an unjust rule, and we made hundreds of flyers ... setting off a process that would eventually involve the entire school." | |||
| Has the Arab Spring Been Beneficial for Women? | Culture of Peace in Hamilton, Ontario | |||
| "This experience of coming together to be agents of positive change has become a seed that will grow into greater demands for women’s rights " | "We in the Hamilton Culture of Peace Network are putting together a history of our accomplishments from April 2000 to now - a list of evidence that Hamilton is moving toward a Culture of Peace" | |||
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| The NGO HED Tamat for a Culture of Peace in Agadez, Niger | International Peace and Non-Violence Fortnight Celebration in Orissa (India) | |||
| "the intervention of French forces in the conflict in Mali will have consequences both locally and at the sub-regional level " | "when we understand the fierce preparation of countries for wars it has become inevitable to work for peace . . . peace and development are complementary. " | |||
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| L’ONG HED Tamat resolument engagée pour la culture de la paix a Agadez (Niger) | Peace Museums, Making a Space for Peace | |||
| "l’intervention des forces françaises dans le conflit malien aura plusieurs conséquences à la fois à l’échelle locale et sur le plan sous-régional " | "'Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters'(African Proverb). Peace Museums give the lion their historians." | |||
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| Rays of hope in Newtown (United States) | Eco-Citizen Programme : Urban Agriculture for Vulnerable Youth | |||
| "At Newtown's Town Hall, there's a banner reading: "Together We Birth a Culture of Peace." " | "planting of vegetable gardens and medicinal herbs ... awakens new interests and perspectives for the youth" | |||
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| Youth in Africa's Great Lakes Region: The Making of a New Generation | Hope in Venezuela | |||
| "Seven years running, the GGL team is proud of having surmounted the obstacles of polarization, trauma and fear in the region, amplifying a positive young voice of confidence, tolerance, and initiative " | "take notice of the fledgling grassroots democracy in Venezuela, because it could be the start of a new chapter in the struggle for a global culture of peace." | |||
| The Muslim community in Burkina says no to the fundamentalism of the Youth Muslim Associations | A Hartford Community Project Promotes Culture of Peace | |||
| "Catholic and Muslim authorities have initiated these courtesy visits and exchanges. This is something essential if we observe what is happening elsewhere " | "" | |||
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| La communauté musulmane du Burkina dit non à l’intégrisme de la « Jeunesse des associations musulmanes » | Reforming the 'Hooker' | |||
| "Les autorités catholiques et musulmanes ont initié ces visites de courtoisie et d’échanges. Chose qui s’avère indispensable si nous observons ce qui se passe ailleurs. " | "" | |||
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| Imams and preachers from the Sahel meet in Algiers to combat religious fanaticism | Peace Dollars | |||
| "the seminar participants urged all scholars, imams and preachers of the Sahel region recognizing the Maliki rite to remove all the ambiguities of religion, "to spread the culture of peace, tolerance, harmony and coexistence with other religions and communities " | "" | |||
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| Imams érudits et prédicateurs du Sahel se rencontrent à Alger pour combattre le fanatisme religieux | The World's Homeless Children: The Invisible Poor. | |||
| " les participants au séminaire ont exhorté tous les érudits, imams et prédicateurs de la région du Sahel se reconnaissant du rite malékite à lever toutes les équivoques sur la religion, de propager la culture de la paix, de la tolérance, la concorde et la cohabitation avec les autres religions et communautés " | "" | |||
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| Launch of the 30th edition of the Intercity (Côte d'Ivoire) | A Peace Vigil on the Town Green | |||
| "The speaker made a presentation on "Diplomacy, Custom and the Culture of Peace in Africa." Through diplomatic culture, we can achieve peace. " | "" | |||
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