An article published in Teleprenesa, January 30, 2015 (Translated from Spanish)  268 schools celebrated the Day of Non-violence and Peace with a program of fun and cultural activities promoting democratic values, equality, respect for diversity, dialogue and tolerance. More than 100,000 students and 5,000 teachers participated in these initiatives to [...]

By Sarah Lazare, February 4, 2015, published in Foreign Policy in Focus A long-term alternative to war can only be built by popular movements in Iraq and Syria. These movements still matter, and they deserve our solidarity — not our bombs. The expanding U.S.-led war on the so-called Islamic State, or ISIS, [...]

By George Lakey, published in Waging Nonviolence, January 22nd, 2015 One of my most popular courses at Swarthmore College focused on the challenge of how to defend against terrorism, nonviolently. Events now unfolding in France make our course more relevant than ever. (The syllabus was published in “Peace, Justice, and Security [...]

By Associated Press, The New York Times, Published February 1, 2015 VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis announced on Sunday that he will visit Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, in hopes of boosting efforts toward brotherhood in the country that was ravaged by war two decades ago. The 1992-95 Bosnian war [...]

Sent to The Rotarian Action Group for Peace by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, regarding PeaceJam's One Billion Acts of Peace. Tuesday, November 11th will be celebrated worldwide as Remembrance Day.  This holiday was created to mark the end of World War I, which formally concluded in the 11th hour of the 11th [...]

By Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout, Book Review, published on November 10, 2014 Book: Palestine Speaks: Narratives of Life Under Occupation  compiled and edited by Cate Malek and Mateo Hoke, Voices of Witness, 2014 Writer and radio personality Studs Terkel (1912-2008) is widely credited with popularizing the idea of oral history, the notion that allowing people [...]