GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR
PEACE EDUCATION NEWSLETTER
Issue #56 - June 2008
Dear colleagues of the Global Campaign for Peace Education,
As a member of the Peace Education Group, endorser organization of the campaign “Desmilitaritzem l’educació” (“Let’s demilitarize education”) (1), I would like to share my perspectives regarding the situation of campaigns and organizations that lobby for Peace Education in Spain, as I am sure that some of these characteristics can be extrapolated to other contexts.
The teaching of Peace Education in Spain is quite an exception. Since 2005, a law has existed for the promotion of Education and a Culture of Peace(2) but it hasn’t made any real change or significant impact in the formal, non-formal or informal educational sectors. Apart from the exception of the "Basque Plan of Action for Human Rights and Peace Education," which is very comprehensive and has significant means, Peace Education is absent from formal education. There are indeed some experiences of peace education in the classrooms, mainly due to individual motivations. In contrast of these isolated cases, there are the initiatives of the Ministry of Defense, that, with funds of the Ministry of Education, edits publications that explain the “positive role of the military in peacebuilding",(3) to be taught in the recently created major of Citizenship Education. Non-formal education sectors do sometimes conduct peace education (as boy and girl scouts groups, though even in these groups, the training in peace education is still a minority), while informal education has very few experiences of peace education in comparison to a very usual culture of violence.
In the last years, there have been various campaigns for the spread of peace education. Most of them, as “Escoles Objectores” (“Objector Schools”) or multiple other regional campaigns – including “Let’s demilitarize education” – have tried to keep education away from propaganda from the Ministry of Defense. The vast majority of these campaigns, therefore, are focusing on the goal of negative peace. On the other hand, the main initiatives that promote (positive) peace education prioritize training rather than lobbying. There is, then, a really limited constant and collective effort for transforming structures to guarantee a sustainable positive peace education in all educational spheres.
· It is my belief that to correct these trends, peace education campaigns should adopt a conception of positive peace education, enlarging their objectives.
· These campaigns should also define accomplishable goals in the middle term. Although the transformation of structures will take time, there is a need to set achievable objectives in a shorter term, so that progress and backward movement can be assessed.
· In this field, so commonly branded utopian, it is also important to publicize broadly all the small successes of the campaign.
· At the same time, to make good use of learnings from other contexts and show that “if it exists, that means it is possible,” lobbyists could use the GCPE Newsletter to share more concrete information on their campaigns strategies and accomplishments.
In peace, Cécile Barbeito Thonon
Escola de Cultura de Pau - Programa d'Educació per la Pau
Notes:
1) This campaign, still in its defining phase, will be officially launched in autumn 2008. Until today, it has mainly denouced the presence of the Ministry of Defence in educational fairs.
2) LEY 27/2005, de 30 de noviembre, de fomento. de la educación y la cultura de la paz. www.boe.es/boe/dias/2005/12/01/pdfs/A39418-39419.pdf
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South Africa: Institute for Justice and Reconciliation Wins UNESCO Peace Education Prize
The Cape Town-based Institute was chosen "for its outstanding efforts in building sustainable reconciliation through education and in addressing systemic injustice in Africa," according to the Prize jury led by Mohammed Arkoun, Professor of History of Islamic Thought. To read more, please visit: http://allafrica.com/stories/200805281036.html
Bullies, Beware: This School Will Teach Peace
In August, Wintons and Bishop Nathan Taylor will open the doors of Taylor Peace Academy, a charter school for students in kindergarten through third grade. They figure if they can reach children early, they'll carry those nonviolent teachings with them the rest of their lives. To read more, please visit: http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/article606675.ece
The Global Article 9 Conference: Toward the Abolition of War
While much of Japan was enjoying the extended holiday of Golden Week this year, supporters of Article 9, the war-renouncing clause of Japan’s constitution, were hard at work. The first Global Article 9 Conference to Abolish War drew 15,000 people to its plenary session and concert outside of Tokyo on May 4th, while 7,000 gathered on May 5th to participate in a day of symposiums and workshops. Overall, organizers counted more than 30,000 admissions to the series of events. To read more, please visit: http://japanfocus.org/products/details/2760
“It Doesn’t have to be that Way”
In this interview Betty Reardon discusses the role of women in helping the emergence of a paradigm of cooperation and the role of education in facilitating a deep social transformation. To read this interview please visit: http://www.sgiquarterly.org/english/Features/quarterly/0804/feature6.htm
Vulnerable Youth Gain Vocational Skills in Georgia
Vulnerable youth in Georgia, the former Soviet Republic, are gaining quality education and learning valuable job training and peace building skills along the way. The students are attending after-school programs that offer classes in English, basic computer science, video and photo production, job readiness, journalism, and peace education - all knowledge to help the students find good jobs in the future. To read more, please visit: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/284081/121251678936.htm
Jewish and Arab students connect through debate
Carny was one of four students from Lady Davis to join with four from Tira High School in a formal debate last Thursday. Mixed Arab and Jewish teams competed to answer the question "Is the Internet an invasion of our privacy?" The event was sponsored by Amal, an organization that prepares Jewish and Arab teenagers for matriculation exams, and the US Embassy in Israel. To read more, please visit: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1212041448992&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Trent Lott Leadership Initiative
Six postgraduate students from the University of Ulster have been selected to take part in the prestigious Trent Lott Leadership Initiative. The team of students, led by Professor Liam Kelly from the School of Art and Design, will visit South Africa and the USA in July 2008 as part of an international group of outstanding students examining the problems and experiences of reconciliation in societies historically divided by prejudice and conflict. To read more, please visit: http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2008/3799.html
Team Highroad supporting 'Right To Play' organization
The organization is a global-scale implementer of Sport for Development and Peace programmes for children in the neediest countries. To read more, please visit: http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/team-highroad-supporting-right-to-play-organization-16661
Peace envoys
FIVE vice-chancellors pledged to support character-building initiatives at their universities during an inaugural Malaysia Professors Conference officiated by Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Idris Haron recently. In his keynote address, Idris encouraged the participants to make concerted efforts towards nation-building through character education. To read more, please visit: http://thestar.com.my/education/story.asp?file=/2008/5/25/education/21299822&sec=education
Diaspora Conference
The third biennial Jamaican Diaspora Conference officially began today (June 16) at the Jamaica Conference Centre. Earl Jarrett, Chairman of the Preparatory Committee, noted that through this conference "right solutions will be found to address the challenges faced by us (Jamaicans), and strategies designed to exploit the timely opportunities from which the country can benefit." To read more, please visit: http://www.jis.gov.jm/foreign_affairs/html/20080617T100000-0500_15660_JIS_DIASPORA_CONFERENCE_OPENS_TODAY.asp
Back Our Peace Drive Says UN
A UN initiative that promotes peace, respect and understanding needs the backing of government authorities, civil societies and educational institutions, says a visiting Bangladeshi diplomat. The Culture of Peace programme teaches individuals non-violence and respect for cultural diversity. To read more, please visit: http://www.gulfdailynews.com/story.asp?Article=220508&Sn=Bnew&IssueID=31090
Cowern Elementary brings life to its peaceful practices
On May 28, a ceremony was held to dedicate the school as an International Peace Site and recognize a peace garden the students and staff made to honor that accomplishment. The organization's main push is its Peace Education Program and also its annual Nobel Peace Prize Festival. To read more, please visit: http://oakdalelakeelmoreview.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=233&ArticleID=3806&TM=59638.38
In Algeria, a Tug of War for Young Minds
At a time of religious revival across the Muslim world, Algeria’s youth are in play. The government is urgently trying to re-engineer Algerian identity, changing the curriculum to wrest momentum from the Islamists, provide its youth with more employable skills, and combat the terrorism it fears schools have inadvertently encouraged. To read the rest of this article, please visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/23/world/africa/23algeria.html?ex=1214884800&en=75be0f40f01aa74e&ei=5070&emc=eta1
Kids' lives are nightmares in unstable nations, UNICEF reports
In countries torn by war, like the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iraq, food shortages and poverty have added to the already hellish conditions children live in. The youngest in unstable countries have become primary targets for armed groups who see them as commodities, the agency said. To read the rest of this article, please visit: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/21/unicef/index.html
Special Journal Issue on The Earth Charter: In Factis Pax
The current issue of In Factis Pax focuses on the philosophy of The Earth Charter as an ethical, ecological, and pedagogical framework for the transformation of society. The articles in this issue reflect on, analyze, illustrate, and educate about the philosophical foundations of the Earth Charter and its pedagogical and curricular implications. The authors call for and begin to articulate a new social and educational vision, a vision for a more just, peaceful, and ecologically sustainable world. The Earth Charter is “a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable and peaceful global society in the 21st Century.” What is of particular significance is The Earth Charter is the product of a global civil society. It offers a cosmopolitan, planetary ethic that can serve as a moral, political, and educational paradigm for the transformation of both our local and global communities in the direction of an integrated peace. This special issue features articles by Abelardo Brenes, Karen Huggins and Kevin Kester, Sean Blenkinsop and Chris Beeman, Dale T. Snauwaert, and Betty Reardon. To view this issue, please visit http://www.infactispax.org/journal/
21st Century Peace Education: Discourses, Dilemmas, Practices
In 2008 the Peace Education Center hosted a series of colloquia conducted by visiting peace education scholars and practitioners from around the world. Each colloquium was envisioned as a dialectical space for the intersections of disciplines and approaches to peace education practices. Each offered a provocative and rigorous look at the ways that people are bridging theory and practice in peace education to address the problems we are collectively confronting as a global community. Click here for more information and to access the report www.tc.edu/peaceed/portal/reports/21century.html
Learning Peace – Teaching Peace (Video)
This video depicts a peace education program in a refugee camp in Kenya that tries to bring refugees from different countries with different experiences together under the themes of cooperation, trust and empathy. Learning Peace is a peace education program designed by the UNCHR. To watch this 51 minute movie, please visit: http://www.viewingprotection.org/2008/learning-peace-teaching-peace
Please note that only newly submitted events will contain a full description. All events & conferences that have been previously published in the newsletter will be listed by date with a link to follow for more information.
Excellence in Education 2008: Future Minds and Creativity – Paris – July 2-4, 2008
You can get more information about the conference if you access the conference website: www.icieconference.net
3rd Annual International Conference on "ENGAGING THE OTHER”: The Power of Compassion – San Francisco, California – September 4 - 7, 2008
An international, multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary conference examining concepts of "The OTHER" from a universal, cross-cultural perspective to promote wider public dialogue about concepts of "Us and Them". For conference details please visit: www.cbiworld.org/Pages/Conferences_ETO.htm
An international, multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary conference examining concepts of "The OTHER" from a universal, cross-cultural perspective to promote wider public dialogue about concepts of "Us and Them". For conference details please visit: www.cbiworld.org/Pages/Conferences_ETO.htm
Call for Proposals: 6th Annual Conference of the Peace and Justice Studies Association in conjunction with the Peace and Conflict Studies Consortium: “Building Cultures of Peace – Portland State University – September 11-14, 2008
For more information please visit: http://www.peacejusticestudies.org/conference
Nurturing a Canadian Culture of Peace – Hamilton, Ontario - October 2-5, 2008
For more information contact: Robert Gerald Porter < rob@peace-education.ca > and refer to http://www.cultureofpeace.ca
The Sixth International Conference of Museums for Peace: Peace Museums as Spaces for Creating Peace: Building “Peace Literacy” for Global Problem-Solving – Japan – October 6-10, 2008
For more information please visit http://www.museumsforpeace.org/
Re-Envisioning Leadership for a Hope-Filled Future – Emory University, Atlanta – October 12–14, 2008
For more information, registration or submission of papers please visit, http://www.candler.emory.edu/Events/FallConference08/
“Learning Democracy by Doing, Alternative Practices in Citizenship Learning and Participatory Democracy” – Toronto, Canada – October 16-18
The deadline for early registration is July 31, 2008. For further information, please visit: the website: www.tlc.oise.utoronto.co
Call for Proposals: 2008 Gandhi-King Conference on Peacemaking – Memphis, TN – October 17-18
The 2008 two day conference is entitled "Continuing the Dream…Constructing the World House". The conference will focus on practical ways one can build the ‘world house’ that Dr. King referred to as the next step in creating the beloved community. Our house will be built on three pillars; nonviolence, social justice, and community building. All plenary speakers, workshops, paper presentations, dialogue sessions, panel discussions, and film presentations will fall under one of these pillars. Deadline for proposals, August 1st, 2008. For more information and to register for the conference, please visit: www.GandhiKingConference.org
Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance – Dusit Hotel, Makati, Philippines – October 19-22, 2008
You can download the full information sheet and registration form for this Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance from our website, http://www.capwip.org/
Conference on intercultural dialogue in EDC and HRE (Vienna, 14-16 November 2008)
A preliminary announcement for a conference on intercultural dialogue in Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education which will be organized by the DARE Network (Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe) in Vienna, Austria from 14 to 16 November. For more information please visit http://www.dare-network.eu .
15th Annual Creating Safe Learning Environments in Ohio Schools – Salt Fork State Park Lodge – November 16 – 18, 2008
This three-day conference offers a unique opportunity for school and law enforcement personnel to learn, share, and form new partnerships. Register online at www.oacp.org
Seventh Annual Conference on Peace Education – Ontario, Canada – November 21-23, 2008
For more information or to submit a workshop or paper proposal, please see http://www.peace-education.ca/pec/ or email conference@peace-education.ca
Call for Proposals: Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies: Global Consultation, Bridging the Gaps: Preparedness, Relief, Development – Istanbul, Turkey – 23 -26 March, 2009
For more information please visit: http://www.ineesite.org/page.asp?pid=1457
Please note that only newly submitted workshops/trainings will contain a full description. All workshops/trainings that have been previously published in the newsletter will be listed by date with a link to follow for more information.
Conflict Resolution Education in Teacher Education
Different dates are available for this training. For more information please visit www.CREducation.org
MA Programs in Peace and Conflict Studies, European University Center for Peace Studies (EPU), Austria
For more information please visit www.epu.ac.at .
One World 2008 Applications Available
Programs in Cambodia, Chile, India and Senegal will run from June 1 through August 1 of 2008. To apply, please download our application at http://www.theoneworldfoundation.org/?page_id=63.
Global Kids Summer Institute for Educators – New York – July 7-11, 2008
For more information and registration please contact global kids at 212-226-0130 or info@globalkids.org
Sophia Summer Institute 2008: A Gathering to Celebrate Thomas Berry’s work – Oakland, CA – July 18-22
Download registration form: www.hnu.edu/sophia
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network Summer School 2008 – Istanbul – July 21 -28, 2008
To apply & for more information, contact Ms. Nour Hemici at nour@euromedrights.net
The Power of Dialogue: Constructive Conversations on Divisive Issues –New York Tolerance Center – July 27-29, 2008
Learn to foster constructive conversations on divisive issues. Focus on shifting communication and relationships, rather than changing others’ beliefs. Explore your own experiences, learn from others, and try out new thinking and skills that are highly adaptable and applicable to other contexts, including home, work, and community. For information on this and other workshops, see http://www.publicconversations.org/pcp/page.php?id=73.
Training for Human Rights Accompaniment Volunteers to work with Colombian Peace Community and Other Partner Organizations – Nyack, New York – July 29- Aug. 3, 2008
The training is free but applicants are required to pay their way to Nyack, NY. For more information and to apply, please go to http://www.forcolombia.org/apply
The training is free but applicants are required to pay their way to Nyack, NY. For more information and to apply, please go to http://www.forcolombia.org/apply
Free Training: School Safety – Ohio – August 6, 2008
The Montgomery County, Ohio Sheriff’s Office is hosting a school violence seminar
with Marjorie and Peggy Lindholm, survivors of the tragic school shooting at Columbine High School in 1999. This training is open to all police officers, firefighters, teachers, students, dispatchers, citizens etc. This seminar provides a unique opportunity to hear the inside details of the Columbine tragedy from the perspective of actual survivors. The seminar will take place at Montgomery County at the Dayton Art Institute Lecture Hall 456 Belmonte Park North, Dayton, OH 45405 on August 6th, 2008. If you are interested in attending contact Sgt. Mike Hild Jr., Montgomery County S.O. (937) 604-5247 or hildjrm@mcohio.org
Israeli-Palestinian Workshop on Education for Peace – Tantur, Jerusalem – August 8-9, 2008
Registration is open through July 31, 2008. For more information please visithttp://www.ipcri.org
The International Peace and Development Training Center in cooperation with the Department of Peace Operations (DPO), PATRIR, Forum for Youth Advocacy and ministry for peace Presents 2 workshops in London UK:
Systemic Peacebuilding August 26 - 28, 2008 and Transformative Mediation August 29 - 30, 2008. For more information please visit : <http://www.patrir.ro/training>
International Service for Human Rights Training on Human Rights (in French) – Geneva – September 8-26,2008
The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) in Geneva has announced that it will be running an "Advanced Geneva Training Course on Human Rights" in French (for French speaking activists) from 8-26 September 2008. For more information please contact the ISHR at courses@ishr.ch or visit their site www.ishr.com.
International Congress on "BLUE BLACK SEA" New Dimensions of Security, Energy, Environment, Economy, Strategy and Education – Sakarya University, Turkey – October 14-17, 2008
For more information, please visit: http://www.blueblacksea.sakarya.edu.tr
IHRN Training Programme 2008 Human Rights Fieldwork - Principles, Strategies and Skills – National University of Ireland, Maywood – October 26- November 2, 2008
For an application form and information on all IHRN Training programs see http://www.ihrnetwork.org/2007-08-programmes.htm
Peace, Religion and Media – Iran – November 9th to 22nd, 2008
The workshop will provide a unique opportunity in a friendly environment for the young participants to explore the complicated relationship between religion and media and to enhance their knowledge and skills in redirecting the power of this relationship towards the positive aim of building a culture of peace. Applicants should be graduate students between 22and 30 years old. All costs of the program in Iran (accommodation, food, local transport etc) will be covered for participants but they are responsible for their own airfare. Further information can be found at http://www.religionmedia.com/workshop.htm
Call for Papers: Field Research and Ethics in Post-Conflict Environments – New York – December 4,5 2008
The Program on States and Security is pleased to announce a two-day workshop on Field Research and Ethics in Post-Conflict Environments, to be held in New York, at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York on December 4 and 5, 2008. Abstracts of no more than 400 words should be submitted electronically to jmueller@statesandsecurity.org by August 1, 2008
Middle East/North Africa Social Innovators Program
In October 2007 Synergos launched the Middle East and North Africa Social Innovators Program (the Program) with funding from the US Agency for International Development and other donors. The three-year initiative seeks to identify and support twenty individuals from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Palestine who are implementing successful social projects. The Program will invest in Social Innovators in the region through professional development and financial support to better enable participants to transform their small-scale projects into sustainable programs and organizations. To learn more and apply, please visit: http://www.synergos.org/socialinnovators/
Local Action/Global Change: A Handbook on Women's Human Rights By Nancy Flowers and Julia A. Mertus
Each chapter of this comprehensive book addresses key issues on women's human rights along with participatory learning activities that encourage integration of these global issues with personal experience. Local Action/Global Change was written for a global audience both to inform and to motivate action on behalf of women's human rights. Local Action/Global Change is available through Amazon.com. See
http://www.amazon.com/Local-Action-Global-Change-Handbook/dp/1594515158/ref=ed_oe_p
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International Network of Peace Ed Centers – P&J books and video recommendations
The Peace & Justice Resource Center library founded 30 years ago, with 30,000 books in its collections, was the official library for the Clark University Peace Studies program in the late 80s, and advised over 100 Peace Studies and community libraries in the decade that followed. The following web site has several annotated bibliographies of books and films: http://pjrcbooks.tripod.com
New online resources for educators
The Education Program of the Advocates for Human Rights has created Discover Human Rights toolkits that encourage Americans to "get informed, get involved, and get others interested" in human rights in the U.S. The toolkits focus on pressing social justice issues and international human rights standards, including the rights to health, housing, food, and education. The complete toolkits are available for download at: http://discoverhumanrights.org/DHRToolkits.
Conflict Resolution Game
This is a really interesting premise to teach conflict resolution in K-2, http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/News/ArticleComputerGametoTeachConflictResolutionSkillstoGradesK2
Encyclopedia of Peace Education Edited by: Monisha Bajaj
The Encyclopedia of Peace Education provides a comprehensive overview of the scholarly developments in the field to date, so as to provide a common denominator for the various actors involved in advancing peace education internationally. The Encyclopedia grounds peace education in a solid theoretical and practical framework through the writings of the field’s most renowned scholars. For more information about the encyclopedia and to order it online please visit: http://www.infoagepub.com/products/content/p47b6037716fd1.php
Please note that only new submitted job postings will contain a description. All jobs that have been previously published in the newsletter will be listed with a link for more information.
Vacancy at Amnesty International, Human Rights Education Team - International Human Rights Education Advisor
The International Secretariat of Amnesty International (AI) is seeking an International Human Rights Education Advisor to be part of the Human Rights Education Team. The role of the International HRE Advisor is to advise and support capacity building for human rights education (HRE) within the movement and other partners working in the field of HRE, as well as to develop and manage some specific HRE initiatives within the mobilization framework and Amnesty International's International HRE Strategy. For more information and to submit an application, please go to the Amnesty International website: http://www.amnesty.org/en/jobs/vacant-positions/international-human-rights-education-advisor-20080613.Deadline to apply is July 11, 2008
Research Associate post available on EU-funded Project on 'Early Warning and Conflict Prevention' Department of War Studies - King's College, London
The project seeks to better understand the interplay of communication and political perception of early warnings about impending intra-state armed conflict since the end of the Cold War. for a project summary please visit http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/ws/staff/com.html . Candidates must have PhD in the social sciences, be well-organized, have a good knowledge of methodological issues in doing research, good IT and foreign language skills. For further particulars and application details, please contact strand-recruitment@kcl.ac.uk . Deadline for application is July 7, 2008
Teacher Education Specialist: Consultancy - Kabul (Afghanistan)
Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan (CW4WAfghan) aims to raise awareness among Canadians about the human rights challenges facing Afghan women and girls and the need for solidarity from Canadians; and to raise funds for our Afghan partners' projects in Afghanistan in the area of education, health, skills training, libraries and empowerment. CW4WAfghan has partnered with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to undertake a teacher training project in Kabul province in collaboration with two Afghan partner organizations. To apply, please send a letter of interest and CV with references to w4wafghan@praxis.ca by the 27th of June, 2008.
Institute Director Job- International Peace Research Institute, Oslo
The International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) is seeking to appoint a new Institute Director, to start on 1 June 2009. The Institute Director is appointed for a four-year term, with the possibility for an extension of up to four years. The Institute Director is responsible for the management of the Institute and reports to its Board. The Institute Director oversees the formulation and implementation of the Institute's strategies for research and publication, staffing, finance and all other key activities. For further details, together with a full job description, see www.prio.no/vacancies/director. Written applications, consisting of a CV, a list of publications and a two-page mission statement, should be sent by 31 August 2008 by e-mail to recruiting@prio.no
Gender Assistant Professor at University of Peace – Costa Rica
Resumes will be received until June 30, 2008 at the e-mail jobs1@upeace.org
West Africa Gender Project Manager
Peace Building Practice is looking for a person with a strategic mindset and firsthand knowledge and practical experience of integrating gender into peace building. The successful candidate will have worked in partnership with local organizations, and will be an experienced project manager. Closing date: 5 p.m. on Friday 27th June, 2008. To download job description and application please visit: http://www.international-alert.org/jobs/West_Africa_Gender_Project_Manager.pdf
Project Manager, Leadership Wisdom Initiative – Washington, D.C.
Search for Common Ground is seeking a Project Manager who is responsible for managing the development, coordination and implementation of the LWI vision with creativity and entrepreneurship. The Project Manager will work with a range of partners, including SFCG programs and divisions, outside organizations and individual consultants. S/he also manages/coordinates all financial, logistical, programmatic and partnership-related aspects of the project. Please visit http://www.sfcg.org for more information.
Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) - International Executive Director - Brussels, Belgium
Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) is seeking an International Executive Director. This IED will work from NP's international office in Brussels, Belgium. Responsible to the International Governance Council, s/he will provide overall strategic leadership and manage NP's global work including implementation of NP's Long-term Plan, organizational development, coordination of fundraising efforts, and acting as the NP spokesperson. Deadline for applications: July 7, 2008. To apply complete application found at www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org
Coordinator vacancy at Peace Games, NY
Peace Games Coordinators are responsible for overseeing a three-year partnership focusing on building a peaceable school using five program areas: students/curriculum, staff, volunteers, school climate, and families. Peace Games seeks to fill this position no later than mid-July, 2008. If interested, please e-mail your resume, references and cover letter to: sasha@peacegames.org. For more information on Peace Games, please visit: www.peacegames.org
Program Coordinator, Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program
Sister Cities International is looking for a program coordinator who is knowledgeable and interested in Iraqi politics, culture and history. Please apply by sending your resume and cover letter with all relevant experience, and salary history to Erica Sewell, Youth & Education Program Manager, at esewell@sister-cities.org . Please put IYLEP Coordinator Position in the subject line. Applicants will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Research Associate – Future of Peace Operations program
The Henry L. Stimson Center, a nonprofit public policy institute committed to finding pragmatic steps toward ideal objectives, seeks a full time research associate for the Future of Peace Operations program to work on issues related to peace operations, with a focus on genocide prevention and the protection of civilians by peacekeepers and military forces. For more information please visit http://www.idealist.org/en/job/279416-6 . Deadline to apply is July 12, 2008
New Scholarship: Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship
For more information, please visit http://www.usip.org
Position Vacancy: Summer Peace-building Institute (SPI)
For more information please visit http://www.peacejusticestudies.org
3 Jobs Available at the International Rescue Committee in Liberia
www.IRCjobs.org. IRC does not set closing dates/deadline dates for applications; recruitment is ongoing until the position is filled.
New Jobs Available at Building with Books:
For more information, please visit: http://www.buildingwithbooks.org/
Fellowship - Open Society Institute Invites Innovative Thinkers to Confront Global Challenges:
For more information please visit: http://www.soros.org/
Fellowship - Ford Motor Company International
Applications must be postmarked, faxed, or emailed by June 30, 2008 to be considered. For more information and to submit applications please visit: http://www.92y.org/content/ford_fellowship.asp?redirect=fordfellowship.
Founded in 1999, the Hague Appeal for Peace Global Campaign for Peace Education (GCPE) is an international organized network that promotes peace education among schools, families and communities to transform the culture of violence into a culture of peace. The Global Campaign for Peace Education is presently being coordinated by the Peace Education Center at Teachers College, Columbia University. (peace-ed@tc.edu)
Peace education is a holistic, participatory process that includes teaching for and about human rights, nonviolent responses to conflict, social and economic justice, gender equity, environmental sustainability, international law, disarmament, traditional peace practices and human security. The methodology of peace education encourages reflection, critical thinking, cooperation, and responsible action. It promotes multiculturalism, and is based on values of dignity, equality and respect.Peace education is intended to prepare students for democratic participation in schools and society. The Global Campaign for Peace Education has two goals:
1. To see peace education integrated into all curricula, community and family education worldwide to become a part of life;
2. To promote the education of all teachers to teach for peace. The papers of the Hague Appeal for Peace have been archived at Swarthmore College Peace Collection and can be found at http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library
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