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708, 2014

Student creates anti-bullying phone app

August 7, 2014|Categories: Uncategorized|

Kylie Conway reports for CBS News Wed August 6 21014 17-year-old Brandon Boyton experienced his fair share of bullying. He created an app that allows students to report incidents and send anonymous screen shots of cyber bullying directly to administrators. Watch the video here.

608, 2014

Gaza conflict: Is there a “neutral” way to report on the crisis?

August 6, 2014|Categories: Uncategorized|

By Jian Ghomeshi for CBC Radio Tuesday, August 5, 2014 Israel and Hamas began observing a temporary ceasefire on Tuesday that may lead to a broader dealĀ on the Gaza Strip, including a sustainable truce. The situation is delicate, as is the conversation surrounding it. In an attempt to encourage dialogue [...]

208, 2014

Julia Bacha: Pay Attention to Nonviolence

August 2, 2014|Categories: Uncategorized|

"Our attention as a global audience is the fuel on which these movements run, providing their participants with the recognition, leverage and protection they need to continue their courageous work." ~Julia Bacha Julia Bacha, Creative Director for Just Vision, asks why we only pay attention to violence in the Israel-Palestine [...]

108, 2014

Funder Responses to the Crisis in Gaza: An Information Strategy Exchange

August 1, 2014|Categories: Uncategorized|

By Krystal Conniry (Rotarian Action Group for Peace Intern) Friday August 1 2014 Yesterday morning, a handful of Rotarian Action Group for Peace administrators had the opportunity of participating in a tele-briefing regarding funder responses to the crisis in Gaza. Sponsored by the Peace and Security Funder's Group, this briefing [...]

3107, 2014

Jews and Arabs Campaign for Peace on Facebook, Twitter

July 31, 2014|Categories: Uncategorized|

By Carolyn Weaver for Voice of America Tues July 29 2014 Abraham Gutman, an Israeli Jew, and Dania Darwish, a Syrian-American Muslim, met in a global politics class at Hunter College in New York, and became friends, despite their political differences. As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalated in July, they were [...]

3007, 2014

Rotarians Call for Rotarian to Rotarian Dialogue in the Middle East

July 30, 2014|Categories: Uncategorized|

Since the recent hostilities began, the Rotarian Action Group for Peace has heard from dozens of Rotarians around the world who abhor the violence and want to engage in a Rotarian-led Middle East Peace dialogue. The Rotarian Action Group for Peace Board of Directors supports the concept of a conference [...]