Peace News Articles2017-05-25T06:32:53-08:00
2202, 2017

Event: Global Coherence Peace Summit

February 22, 2017|Categories: Uncategorized|

Dear Peace Builder Friends, In response to current events and groundswell energy, the Board of the Life Story Library Foundation invites you to participate in an in-person discussion of grassroots peace building at a special Global Coherence Peace Summit. The select gathering of leaders will take place March 6-7, 2017 [...]

2002, 2017

Building Peace through Video Games in South Sudan

February 20, 2017|Categories: Uncategorized|

By Yarno Ritzen, February 18, 2017, published in Al Jazeera  In a country ravaged by war and tribal rivalry, software engineer Lual Mayen promotes unity with video and board games. Since the conflict in South Sudan started in 2013, more than million people have been internally displaced. [Adriane Ohanesian/Reuters] [...]

1602, 2017

Peace is possible

February 16, 2017|Categories: Uncategorized|

By Past TRF Trustee Carolyn E. Jones, Chair of the Rotarian Action Group for Peace, February 15, 2017, published in Rotary Service Connections  It seems there are a whole bunch of Rotary members who aren’t content in merely being just members and want to make a greater impact. These members [...]

602, 2017

RCNY ISD: Invitation to attend the annual Interfaith Harmony Week event at UN HQ in New York

February 6, 2017|Categories: Uncategorized|

RCNY ISD:Invitation to attend the annualInterfaith Harmony Week event at UN HQ in New York --Monday February 6, 2017,1:15 PM to 2:45 PM Just a friendly reminder that the Committee for Religious NGO's at the United Nations (CRNGO@UN) is hosting an event honoring 2017 World Interfaith Harmony Week this coming Monday, [...]

202, 2017

The Story Behind the Viral Photo of Muslim and Jewish Children Protesting at O’Hare

February 2, 2017|Categories: Uncategorized|

By Vikki Ortiz Healy, February 1, 2017, published in the Chicago Tribune Meryem Yildirim, 7, left, sitting on the shoulders of her father, Fatih, of Schaumburg, and Adin Bendat-Appell, 9, sitting on the shoulders of his father, Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Apell, of Deerfield, protest President Donald Trump's immigration and refugee order [...]