Featured Peacebuilding Group: Peace Direct

For this week’s Featured Peacebuilding Group I want to share the work of Peace Direct.  This NGO works to support local groups in some of the most challenging conflict environments in the world.  They are based in London, DC, and New York. To find out more about Peace Direct’s work, click here or below.

Featured Peacebuilding Group: U.S. Diplomacy Center

It is International Education Week  (11/13/-11/17) across the U.S.  Globally oriented educational experiences are vital to building relationships at the personal, community-based, and national levels that advance security, prosperity, human rights, and peace.  Unfortunately, this administration has not made diplomacy and global understanding a priority, in fact, arguing at times that it is detrimental toContinueContinue reading “Featured Peacebuilding Group: U.S. Diplomacy Center”

Featured Peacebuilding Group: IHERC -International Health & Epidemiology Research Center

With the serious problem in the U.S. regarding gun violence, we need to continue to press the make changes in the law to curtail the availability of firearms, particularly around children.  My colleague Elika Dadsetan shared with me the work of the LA based IHERC: International Health & Epidemiology Research Center which works to advanceContinueContinue reading “Featured Peacebuilding Group: IHERC -International Health & Epidemiology Research Center”