PeaceJam Foundation

Newsblog - Dawn Engle, 8 time nominee for Nobel Peace Prize, speaks at TEDx Maastricht

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:22:48 GMT

powervrouwen.blog wrote: We are big fans of TEDx Talks conferences where people can hold a lecture about something they are expert in, in English for the duration of 18 minutes. The TEDx talks go after all the Internet around the world, so that ideas can spread. The organization of TEDxMaastricht, to be held in the city in September for the third time, has announced the first official speaker. It is Dawn Engle, co-founder and director of 'The PeaceJam Foundation, an organization that connects youth with Nobel Prize winners, including the 14th Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu." She ...

posted by Elizabeth H

Video - Bits and Pieces (My Goodbye to my friends, Tallahassee, and PeaceJam)

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:11:57 GMT

I shot this video today as my way of saying goodbye to the people who have helped me become the person I am proud to be. I also recited my favorite poem "Bit and Pieces"... I did mess up the words a little bit sorry but I was reciting from memory. Here is the poem: "Bits and pieces, bits and pieces. People. People important to you, People unimportant to you cross your life, touch it with love and move on. There are people who leave you and you breathe a sigh of relief and wonder why you ever came into contact with them. There are people who leave you, and you breathe a sigh of remorse and wo...

posted by Elizabeth H

Memberblog - Human rights

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:02:30 GMT

Human rights human rights Is a worldwide problem since a lot of countries now a days has a huge problems with humans rights respect so people started protesting against there governments asking for there rights from the country which is education ,health care ,providing a job ,providing a house or a place to live in a healthy life . for example there is a lot of people in the poor countries couldn't go to school and get education because they are poor so they have to work in a very small age to provide good life for there familys .

posted by Latifa A

Newsblog - Afghan Peace Volunteers wish for friends of peace from every country in the world!

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:23:18 GMT

Dear Peace Jam friends, Please help Abdulhai and the Afghan Peace Volunteers find peace-loving friends from each and every one of the 195/196 countries of the world, friends who are impatient for a better world! Afghan youth hope for One World of Friends http://youtu.be/E20VNTw-uXw To date ( 18th May, 2013 ), the Afghan Peace Volunteers have found friends from 52 countries : : Sweden, USA, Singapore, Afghanistan, Australia, UK, Poland, Ireland, Canada, Pakistan, India, Brazil, Egypt, Chile, Germany, Japan, Jordan, Philippines, Syria, Switzerland, Iraq, Haiti, New Zealand, Austria, Myanmar, ...

posted by Afghan Peace V

GCA Project - One World 4 a Better World

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:23:18 GMT

The Afghan Peace Volunteers wish to find peace-loving friends from each and every one of the 195/196 countries of the world, friends who are impatient for a better world! Afghan youth hope for One World of Friends http://youtu.be/E20VNTw-uXw

Video - Peace Jam Tallahassee

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:32:10 GMT

Since 1996, PeaceJam has battled against all forms of violence, including bullying. Starting Friday, PeaceJam Southeast will hold its fifth annual conference for students in eighth through 12th grades. A highlight of the weekend, which is open to the public, will be an anti-bullying rally Saturday on the steps of the Old Capitol at 3 p.m., sponsored by LCS and the state Anti-Bullying Task Force. Hanna — who is also a member of the task force, which was formed in 2011 — said while he was in school no one would ever hold a rally to raise awareness of bullying. Students who spoke out against bul...

posted by Elizabeth H

Newsblog - Rios Montt Guilty of Genocide

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:29:09 GMT

After seven plus weeks of testimony former Guatemalan leader Efraín Ríos Montt has been convicted of genocide. It is the first time that any head of state has been convicted of such a crime, and further punished for it. Democracy Now Wrote: In a historic verdict, former U.S.-backed Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt has been sentenced to 80 years in prison after being found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity. Ríos Montt was convicted of overseeing the slaughter of more than 1,700 people in Guatemala’s Ixil region after seizing power in 1982. The ruling marks the first time a...

posted by Kate C

GCA Project - One Million Bones

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:32:27 GMT

TO make 1,000,000 paper and tape bones, and lay them down at the national mall in Washington D.C to represent genocides around the world, and to create an awareness.

Memberblog - slavery

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:46:49 GMT

latifa Islam & slavery Slavery; slavery is a huge word isn't? Yes, I might be young and I even have not lived in the slavery years, but does that mean I should not talk? Fell? Nor defend my thought? I might be 15 years old but should that limit my dreams? Still I do hope my words reach the whole wide world and open up their minds. Slavery is the position of some ones soul at least that what I count it to be, it is not easy to live without living if that even make since, life is not counted by the moments that you succeed on doing what you love, not what you are forced to do. Words are sim...

posted by Latifa A

GCA Project - Tree's for Peace; Planting Dreams of a Flourishing Planet

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:42:34 GMT

Tree's For Peace is an event that is being organized by world changing individuals & organizations. Our mission is to Unify Leaders of the Emerging Paradigm through a Global Project that will effectively Build Community, Restore Earths Balance, Create Abundance, and Inspire Change for Our Planet, Her People and the Next Generations. We are planting more than trees, we are Seeding Our Dreams for World Peace.

Newsblog - PeaceJam Group Brings Buddhist Monk to their School.

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:57:34 GMT

Buddhist Monk Visits Wooster School Venerable Jampa Gyaltsen of the Do Ngak Kunphen Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center for Universal Peace, located in Redding, CT, spoke to the Upper School during Chapel last Friday. Wooster has developed a relationship with the Center through the student-run PeaceJam Club. PeaceJam worked closely with the monks in October to provide Wooster with a simulcast of the Dalia Lama’s speech in Danbury. A few members of PeaceJam were even able to go see the Dalai Lama speak in person at Western Connecticut State University. Jampa, the Monk who visited Wooster last week,...

posted by Donovan A

Newsblog - PeaceJam FSU aims for positive, sustainable change worldwide

Tue, 14 May 2013 07:56:57 GMT

Natalie Michelle Rankin wrote: Florida State hosted the PeaceJam Southeast Conference from April 12 to14, under the direction of Director Rody Thompson. Centered around the idea of positive, sustainable change in inspiring a new generation, the international program of PeaceJam, started in 1996, is guided by Nobel Laureates who work personally on skills and passion for peace around the world with participants. PeaceJam Southeast, program of the Center for Leadership and Social Change, is a year-long process involving 80 Florida State mentors in local schools instructing hundreds of youth with...

posted by Elizabeth H

Video - PeaceJam Southeast 2013 Spring Conference

Tue, 14 May 2013 07:52:39 GMT

Here is a compilation of clips from the 2013 Spring Conference

posted by Elizabeth H

Newsblog - PeaceJam teaches kids value of non-violence

Tue, 14 May 2013 07:51:34 GMT

KVAL.com wrote: EUGENE, Ore. - The PeaceJam Foundation of Denver, Colorado, coordinated workshops at Central Presbyterian Church in Eugene on Friday for just over 200 Willamette Valley middle and high school students. Workshops trained kids to deal with cross-cultural barriers, teaching that non-violence is a strength, not a weakness. They also had a workshop on the Japanese martial art of Aikido, a defense marital art skills used to defuse potential violent situations. "We have 250 young people here in Eugene who are learning about the life of the Dalai Lama and figuring out projects that ...

posted by Elizabeth H

Memberblog - human rights = women rights in Islam

Mon, 13 May 2013 03:14:14 GMT

Women Rights in Islam :- Islam is the first religion to give the women her rights , but in our world know some Islamic countries like ( Pakistan , Egypt , and Iran ) . K.S.A is the Islamic country to give the women her rights , and the law in K.S.A on the Quran law , but they have problem that the women in K.S.A doesn’t drive cars . Some liberal righter's in K.S.A made this a big problem . In Islam it's not mentioned that the women doesn’t drive a car , and it's not from Islam but it’s a rule from the government . Conclusion:- Wet I mint in my blog is that , Islam gave the women there rights...

posted by Latifa A

Memberblog - The right to pespect for personal privacy

Mon, 13 May 2013 03:01:14 GMT

Islam encourages respect for the privacy of others and not to spy on them and keep tabs on where God says in the Quran: (and do not spy) and I forbade the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him for hurting Muslims and wounded, not to follow their nakedness because it requires the punishment of God Almighty. The Messenger of Allah in his last sermon in the farewell pilgrimage, where he said: Every Muslim over a Muslim haram his blood, his wealth and his honor. Privacy is everything that falls within the details of a person's life and inside his fort Manea and wishes to inform the othe...

posted by Latifa A

Memberblog - freedom and islam

Mon, 13 May 2013 02:41:56 GMT

mohammad Freedom of opinion refers to man’s total freedom of creed and thinking, as well as his freedom of declaring and expressing his point of view peacefully without using a weapon. This definition of the concept of freedom of opinion is taken from verses of the Quran that are concerned with confirming the total freedom of opinion, and the application of Muhammad (pbuh) of these verses in his time with people around him. The application of the prophet of the concept of freedom of opinion was mentioned by verses descended in Mecca and Madina. The total freedom of opinion is a principle that ...

posted by Latifa A

Memberblog - Right to choose your own religion in Islam

Mon, 13 May 2013 02:37:17 GMT

Right to choose your own religion: "Islam is easy religion, not forced religion", as prophet Mohammed peace be upon him said. so Islam don't force any one to enter to Islam religion , because to be Muslim it should be from the heart not from fear or forced . Islam gave a right to every person and his belief, to be the belief from the heart. as a example, after prophet Mohammed peace be upon him died , there's a lot of Muslims get out from Islam, so Abo Bakr get out and says:"Who was worshiped Mohammed, Mohammed has died , and who worshiped Allah, Allah will not died", which also means that i...

posted by Latifa A

Memberblog - HUMAN FREEDOM

Mon, 13 May 2013 02:36:25 GMT

esraa The concept of human freedom in Islam is very important issue. In the human rights, a lot of emphasis on freedom. There is no value for human life without freedom, human being loses his or her liberty, and will die internally(inside them). There is no basic meaning for human rights. Each person have his own meaning for the human right, but I believe human rights means that the rights and freedoms which deserved for each person. The human right is not right while it's our duty. The objectives of freedom in human rights is: -deal and treat people equally, the girdles' there colors or...

posted by Latifa A

Memberblog - Education in Islam

Sun, 12 May 2013 02:48:06 GMT

Education Name: Abdulrahman Fahad Islam is a religion where it encourages for the people of Islam to learn many things in this universe because our god has told us in the Quran: "Read. Read in the name of thy Lord who created; [He] created the human being from blood clot. Read in the name of thy Lord who taught by the pen: [He] taught the human being what he did not know?" (96: 1-5). This was first verses of Quran. Our Prophet (peace be upon him) have also told as that we must seek knowledge in anyways where, we should seek knowledge from time of birth till the time of our death, we shoul...

posted by Latifa A

Memberblog - One Million Bones

Sat, 11 May 2013 18:54:30 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFukmsLLG0k My peace jam group in New England and I are doing a new GCA project that we got from the 2013 New England Conference. It's called "One Million Bones" and it's a project that creates an awareness for murders and genocides around the world. Together as peacejammers, our job is to make bones (made out of paper and tape) and send as many as we want down to Washington D.C, for them to be featured in a massive grave with one million hand made bones which also came from other peacejam groups, in respect. How YOU can help: Weather you're apart of peacejam o...

posted by Kasey R

GCA Project - Weaving for Water

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:36:54 GMT

Our goal is to sell bracelets and raise money for a charity and send the money to the organization to give to 3rd world countries

GCA Project - Earth Jam

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:23:13 GMT

To inform the public of the Earth depleting resources and the importance there is behind trying to preserve our natural world.

GCA Project - Operation Outlet

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:33:43 GMT

To actively incorporate the recently arrived immigrants in our school into the student body.

GCA Project - Worms for Women

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:33:15 GMT

We raised money for the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center in Fargo which is a non-profit organization that provides personal safety and care for abuse victims. The money we raised would be used specifically to update educational videos about personal safety and domestic violence.

GCA Project - Stand For The Silent

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:30:57 GMT

The goal of our project is to end the spread of bullying in the Fargo-Moorhead area by rasing money to bring a speaker to Fargo to talk to different schools about bullying.

Photo Album - Peacejam Timor Leste May 4-5 2013

Fri, 10 May 2013 02:13:06 GMT

Attended the peacejam in Dili with Interactors, Earlyactors, Youth Exchange students from Australia and Rotaractors from Dili.

posted by Lesa P

GCA Project - Rainbow alliance

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:55:27 GMT

We aim to help stop LGTBQ bullying, name calling and harassment.

GCA Project - Publicising PecaeJam to the City of York

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:03:56 GMT

To raise the profile of PeaceJam in the City of York.

GCA Project - Eliminating extreme poverty in the FM area

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:41:02 GMT

Our mission is to get people to volunteer in the FM area. By volunteering we can help eliminate poverty in our community.

Memberblog - Islam and the human rights

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:23:08 GMT

Hi all welcome to our blog. in this blog we will talking about our religion, Islam and the human rights. Many people around the world think that Islam is against human rights and this is totally wrong.

posted by Latifa A

GCA Project - Ethnic Exchange Exhabition

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:46:27 GMT

To educate our fellow peers about ethinic diversity here at West Fargo High School.

Newsblog - Peace Jam 2013

Mon, 06 May 2013 06:20:36 GMT

South Leeds Academy wrote: A group of students attended the yearly Peace Jam event at Graham College in Scarborough. They took part in lots of activities to explore the importance of peace and learnt how they can make a difference in their local community and at school by promoting peace. The students’ behaviour was outstanding and a great time was had by all. http://www.tsla.org.uk/news/peacejam

posted by Elizabeth H

Video - Desmond Tutu delivers petition

Mon, 06 May 2013 06:17:14 GMT

South African Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu delivers petition to UN s climate chief to press world leaders for a strong deal to curb climate change

posted by Elizabeth H

GCA Project - Smashing Steroetypes: Homelessness for young people in York

Wed, 01 May 2013 05:26:38 GMT

Produce and present a short film to challenge stereotypes and inform people about what homelessness is and what it involves, and show the services that can help.

Video - Jody Williams & Kate Cumbo Shout Out to East Timor!

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:14:05 GMT

From PeaceJam New England, UConn, CT - April 5-6. Jody & Kate re: East Timor PeaceJam.

posted by Elizabeth H

Newsblog - York School Goes To National Finals

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:06:42 GMT

Minster FM News wrote: Three girls from The Mount School in York have made it through to the national finals of a public speaking competition. The Mount School York won the East of England Finals of the Rotary Youth Speaks public speaking competition in Kettering on Saturday 16 March, taking a place in the national finals in Hull this weekend. Holly Gardiner, Alice Grierson and Lily Howells spoke about the legalisation of squatting, a topic of study covered through their PeaceJam work. Last year The Mount became the first school in England to adopt into the curriculum the international Pea...

posted by Elizabeth H

Newsblog - 2013 STAR Awards: Sveri Stromsta-May, lifelong volunteer who teaches at Loy Norrix High School

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:04:07 GMT

Kayla Hampton wrote: Sveri Stromsta-May, a Loy Norrix High School teacher, was raised to be a lifelong volunteer and she is now working to instill the desire to give back in her students. “It always warms my heart to see the kids volunteer,” Stromsta-May said. The social studies teacher, who for her efforts has won the 2013 Community Leadership STAR (Sharing Time and Resources) Award, volunteered 405 hours at the Battle Creek Veterans Administration, 50 hours at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and spent 700 hours working with her students on Great Lakes (International) PeaceJam projects. “I’ve...

posted by Elizabeth H

Memberblog - A Chain Reaction

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:05:16 GMT

Hey guys! :) So, as some of you may already know, I'm starting a new GCA project called, "Bullies Be Gone (BBG)." It mainly revolves around bullying and violence in schools. Now, I know what you guys may be thinking- ANOTHER bullying campaign! Yes, well, let's hope that this one actually works... My goal is to stop, or reduce bullying internationally. Bullying isn't okay, and it's a very dangerous situation to be apart of. Not only does it hurt the victim, but it also hurts the bully(er) too in many ways. Over 3.2 million teens get bullied yearly, 160,000 teens skip school everyday because...

posted by Kasey R

GCA Project - Bullies Be Gone

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:34:13 GMT

To stop, or at least reduce bullying internationally. Although that seems impossible, I know we can make it happen. Every one person who joins, is another step to end bullying, and another step closer to our goal.