Hundreds Gather in Sarajevo to Rally for Peace in Syria
December 14, 2016, published in Fox News World Foreign students in Bosnia hold toy dolls to symbolise dying infants of Aleppo, Syria, during a solidarity rally in Sarajevo, Bosnia on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016. Up to a thousand people gathered in Sarajevo, a city that became synonymous with civilian [...]
David Miliband: How to Bring Peace to the World’s Longest Civil War
By David Miliband, December 12, 2016, published in Time A picture made available on 23 November 2016 of Myanmar refugees looking at smoke from gunfire fights between Myanmar's government troops and rebel militias at a refugee campsite in Manghai town, Dehong. David Miliband is president and CEO of [...]
MEMBER INTERVIEW: HOW PEACE MAKES A ROTARIAN
By Anne Ford, August 14, 2015, published in the August 2015 issue of The Rotarian Illustration by Monica Garwood Patricia Shafer founded the nonprofit Mothering Across Continents, based in Charlotte, N.C., after a trip to Uganda with Save the Children. “I wrote an opinion piece in the Charlotte Observer and pointed [...]
RAGFP Holiday Gift Cards Available Now!
RAGFP Holiday Gift Cards Available Now! Dear Rotarian Action Group for Peace Members, Have you thought about Holiday gifts you want to give to your loved ones yet? What about a gift card for peace? We at the Rotarian Action Group for Peace wanted to help you spread the holiday spirit. We [...]
UNICEF launches free online course on Social Change
Published in Human Rights Careers University of Pennsylvania and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)are jointly launching a free massive open online course on social norms and social change. The complete course, which consists of one theoretical and one practical part á 4 weeks coursework, is taught entirely in English. Students who already [...]
Colombia’s Government Formally Ratifies Revised Farc Peace Deal
December 1, 2016, published in the Guardian A boycott of the vote by opponents of the deal resulted in unanimous approval by parliament. Photograph: Guillermo Legaria/AFP/Getty Images Colombia’s government has formally ratified a revised peace agreement with the Farc leftist rebel group, capping four years of negotiations, a referendum rejection, [...]