(Original article: Makeni: Funeral of Honourable Thomas Mark Turay, The Patriotic Vanguard, 9-20-15) President Ernest Bai Koroma, Vice-President Ambassador Victor Bockarie Foh, cabinet ministers and senior government officials have attended the …
Sierra Leone Peace Educator Thomas Mark Turay passes Read More »
(Original article: David Ragland and Mark Lance, Counterpunch.org, 10-16-2015) Recent grassroots mobilization against police killings of African Americans has thrust a long-standing pattern of racial violence into the consciousness of …
Ferguson, America, and Moving Forward Toward Truth Read More »
(Original article: Lila Ramos Shahani, philstar.com) In late January of this year, sixty-seven Filipinos died in Mamasapano, Mindanao—following a botched operation dubbed: Exodus. The public outcry was raw and visceral, awakening both …
Understanding conflict: education for peace in Mindanao (Philippines) Read More »
(Original article: Danielle Goldberg and Mavic Cabrera-Balleza, passblue.com) Fifteen years ago, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on women, peace and security, a landmark international law that demands …
As the UN Celebrates Empowerment of Women, a New Survey Shows Major Frustrations Read More »
(Original article, Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service) My dear friend, co-founder of TRANSCEND in 1993 with myself and Fumiko Nishimura left us today after a short hospital stay in …
Professor Dietrich Fischer, Ph.D., Co-Founder of TRANSCEND, Passed Away 18 October 2015 Read More »
(Original article: Jesuit Refugee Service – Oct. 12, 2015) Jbeil, 12 October 2015 – “Growing up everything was good,” said Catherine Mora, a Syrian refugee and teacher at the …
Lebanon: get all children off the waiting list (Syrian refugees) Read More »
Even in times of peace, women in conflict zones remain vulnerable to violence, sexual abuse, loss of bread winners and much more. (Original article: The Tribune India) Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty …
(Original article: Metta Center for Nonviolence) “Education is the root system underlying all other systems. Given the grave and potentially catastrophic problems we face, it is critical that we provide …
“An education in solutions-thinking” – Metta Center Podcast Read More »
(Original article: Prof. Dr. Alicia Cabezudo, Arigatou International) Education for peace and respect for human rights become particularly relevant today as the values that they entail are conflicted by daily …
(Original article: UNESCO) UNESCO will celebrate World Teachers’ Day (WTD) on October 5 by highlighting the importance of empowering teachers to achieve inclusive and sustainable global development. This year, the …
World Teachers’ Day calls for the empowerment of teachers to build sustainable societies Read More »
“The University of Toledo Graduate Certificate in Foundations of Peace Education is an innovative, unique and essential opportunity for high quality professional preparation in peace education.” -Betty A. Reardon, Nobel …
Janet Gerson Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University (2014) is the winner of the 2014 Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) Graduate Student Paper Award for her dissertation Public Deliberation on …