Remembering Michael Sharp: He Risked His Life To Make Peace
By Gregory Warner, March 29, 2017, published in NPR Michael Sharp visited Elizabeth Namavu and children in Mubimbi Camp, home to displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of Congo, during his time in the country. When he was killed, he was part of a U.N. mission. Jana Asenbrennerova/Courtesy of [...]
Leading Lights
By Fatima Bhutto, Photographs by Jason Schmidt, March 31, 2017, published in Vanity Fair The Museum of Natural History, which stands on the intersection between Ottawa and Quebec, typifies the beauty of Canada’s uninterrupted landscape. Beside the river, in a rolling park of thick, young grass under a bright blue [...]
You Cannot Have Peace if You Don’t Listen to Women
By Rossalyn Warren, March 24, 2017, published in The New York Times KIGALI, Rwanda – Marie shuffled seven chairs to fit around the table in her courtyard, placed down a tray of tea, and poured water into glasses. When her friends arrived, she hugged each of them. “If they won’t [...]
Gandhi’s Strategy for Success — Use More than One Strategy
By Mark Engler and Paul Engler, March 17, 2017, published in Waging Nonviolence At the end of 1930, India was experiencing disruption on a scale not seen in nearly three quarters of a century — and it was witnessing a level of social movement participation that organizers who challenge undemocratic regimes [...]
UN Commences Nuclear Abolition Negotiations
By Alyn Ware, February 24, 2017, published in Abolition 2000 On 16 February, approximately 100 countries gathered at the United Nations for the first session of negotiations on a legal agreement to prohibit nuclear weapons. The participants included two nuclear-armed States (China and India) and one NATO country (Netherlands) with the [...]
Eating alone at school: How four students began mission to end isolation
By Caitlin R. McGlade, February 18, 2017, published in Sun Sentinel Watch the video clip here. The concrete courtyard at Boca Raton Community High stretches the length of a football field. When the bell rings for lunch, a flurry of students pack it from every direction. Almost 3,400 students go to school [...]