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2303, 2016

Webinar: Introducing the PeaceHub Library

March 23, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

This webinar was conducted on 3/18/16 and is meant to introduce the brand new PeaceHub Library to members and supporters of the Rotarian Action Group for Peace. Hosted by Reen Ghunaim and Natalie Duchala; product presentation by Colin Kennedy of GemShelf.

2303, 2016

Announcing . . . “Practical Approaches to Peacebuilding: Putting Theory to Work”

March 23, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

Lynn Rienner Publishers Edited by Pamina Firchow and Harry Anastasiou What is sustainable peacebuilding? And what is the relationship between empirical realities and theoretical approaches to the subject? The authors of Practical Approaches to Peacebuilding present a series of case studies from around the world to explore how various peacebuilding theories engage [...]

1603, 2016

Rotary Peace Fellows Poised to Change the World

March 16, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

By Teree Bergman, March 15, 2016, published in Rotary Voices  When I was an undergraduate, one of my professors expressed the interesting idea that scholars should stop studying the causes of war. He suggested that conflicts occur all the time and that the natural state is war. He proposed that [...]

1403, 2016

Syrian Peace Talks: Why This Round Might be Different

March 14, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

By Holly Yan, March 14, 2016, published in CNN The stakes in Geneva couldn't be higher. At best, negotiators will help find a way to end a war that has claimed more than 270,000 lives. At worst, the bloodshed in Syria will continue unabated, with bombs falling and schools and [...]

1403, 2016

Don’t Look Now, but Peace in Syria May be Inching Closer

March 14, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

By Brian Stewart, March 14,2016, published in CBC News Syrian children jostle for sweets being handed out by Russian soldiers in Maarzaf earlier this month, shortly after the Russia-U.S. brokered ceasefire began. (Pavel Golovkin/Associated Press) So, after two weeks of a tense ceasefire in Syria's civil war, what can be [...]

903, 2016

Reminder of Webinar Tomorrow 3/10 : “Peace Projects: Rotarian and Peace Fellow Collaboration”

March 9, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

Please register for Peace Projects: Rotarian and Peace Fellow Collaboration on Mar 10, 2016 9:00 AM CST at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4885615419082301697 Learn about how Rotary Peace Fellows and Rotarians are working together to design and implement peace projects in their communities. Hear from both Fellows and Rotarians about how they got projects off the [...]