Peace Corps Volunteer Values Staying Active In Old Age
February 14, 2016, published in NPR Alice Carter and friend Saida Saleh, dressed in traditional Amazigh clothing. Carter is serving in the Peace Corps in Morocco.Courtesy of Alice Carter Alice Carter has traveled a long road to get to where she is today. Morocco, that is. Carter, 87, [...]
Peace is possible: lessons from war-torn Bosnia
February 12, 2016 for Rotary Voices By Anton Polsterer, past governor of District 1910 and past chair of the Intercountry Committees Executive Council I joined Rotary in Vienna in 1986 and transferred to the Rotary Club of Moscow while working in Russia from 1989-92. After moving back to Austria, I [...]
Rotary Peace Centers: Turning Applicants into Fellows
February 11, 2016 Coaching applicants for the Rotary Peace Fellowship is new to many Rotarians. Seasoned and knowledgeable Rotarians who have coached successful Peace Fellow applicants lead this webinar by providing you with best practices, coaching ideas, and creative methods for answering questions and engaging current and future applicants. http://vimeo.com/155002548 [...]
A Multidimensional World Peace
By Alexandra Nicewicz Carroll, February 11, 2016, published in Huffington Post JONATHAN KITCHEN VIA GETTY IMAGES When I think about how people interact with the concept of peace, I imagine Sandra Bullock's character Gracie Hart in the 2000 film Miss Congeniality. She is working undercover as a Miss United States [...]
Measuring Peace
By David Newman, February 8, 2016, published in Community News Commons This is one in a series of dispatches from David G. Newman, who attended the recent Rotary World Peace Conference 2016 in Ontario, California. These stories are inspired by the organizers and presenters to this peace conference and are posted by Mr. [...]
Taking it Upon Himself to ‘Just Do It’
By David G. Newman, February 5, 2016, published in Community News Commons This is one in a series of dispatches from David G. Newman, who attended the recent Rotary World Peace Conference 2016 in Ontario, California. These stories are inspired by the organizers and presenters to this peace conference and are posted by Mr. Newman on [...]