By Aaron Barksdale, November 20, 2015, published in Huffington Post LEMAN MANHATTAN PREPARATORY SCHOOL The terrorist attacks in Paris on Nov. 13 left the world shaken, but students at Léman Manhattan Preparatory School in New York are responding to this tragedy by sharing messages of peace through art. Celine Laheurte teaches sixth through 12th [...]

By Julie Scelfo, November 14, 2015, published in The New York Times Credit @ Sophie Lécuyer For years, there has been a steady stream of headlines about the soaring mental health needs of college students and their struggles with anxiety and lack of resilience. Now, a growing number of [...]

By George Lakey, January 22, 2015, published in Waging Nonviolence A soldier stands guard outside the main Synagogue in Bordeaux on January 14, 2015. France announced an unprecedented deployment of thousands of troops and police to bolster security at 'sensitive' sites including Jewish schools on January 12, 2015, a [...]

October 28, 2015, published in UNESCO Pupils participating in a physical education class at Tutis Primary School in Oromia State of Ethiopia, November 2013. © UNICEF Ethiopia From 7 to 10 December, UNESCO and the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG) will hold the first International Development [...]

Inter-Country Committees promote peace, friendship, and long-term relationships between Rotarians in two countries. An ICC between two countries at peace is primarily social and cultural and an ICC with a developing country will more likely involve service projects. Service projects in any of the areas of focus can promote peace. [...]

By Christopher Dawson, September 16, 2015, published in CNN More than 2 million Syrians have fled their country [at the time this article was published. Currently, the number is estimated to be over 3 million] according to the United Nations refugee agency. With nowhere to go and often with just [...]