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Academic Programs & International Conferences

(May– October 2013)

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a number of new and exciting opportunities available in the field of Cultural Diplomacy and also wish to bring to your attention our forthcoming Academic Programs, International Conferences, and Young Leaders’ Weeklong Seminars, to be hosted by the…

"Italian Cultural Diplomacy & North-South Relations within the EU"

(Rome; June 12th – 14th, 2013)

The Symposium is hosted by the Honorable Francesco Rutelli, President of the ICD

www.italy-culturaldiplomacy-conference.org

Italy’s vast artistic and cultural heritage has allowed the country to use Cultural Diplomacy highly effectively as a foreign policy tool since its…

Forthcoming Conferences

(Berlin,Brussels, Washington D.C. & New York City; June-July, 2013)

www.icd-ylf.org

The ICD Young Leaders´ Forums are international networks of like-minded young individuals with an interest in developing, supporting, and sustaining intercultural relations. Over the past decade, the ICD Young Leaders’ Forums have grown to become one of Europe’s largest independent cultural exchange…

"The Potential for Cultural Diplomacy in Supporting National and International Governance"

(Berlin, Bucharest, Rome, Washington D.C., New York City, Brussels, London; May-July 2013)

www.i-s-c-d.org

The International Symposia on Cultural Diplomacy 2013 is the world's leading and largest event in the field of Cultural Diplomacy. The Symposia 2013 will include large-scale events exploring the Potential for…

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http://peaceoneday.org/

http://www.meetup.com/peace-one-day/

http://www.youtube.com/user/PeaceOneDay

WOULD THE PEACE ALLIANCE ORGANIZE SPECIAL EVENTS TO CELEBRATE PEACE DAY EACH YEAR?  

PLEASE ORGANIZE TEDX TYPE TALKS ON PEACE 9/21 OF EACH YEAR. 

PLEASE HELP ESTABLISH AN INTERNATIONAL EVERY DAY OF…

http://globaltruceanonymous.ning.com/

http://www.internationalpeaceandconflict.org/profiles/blogs/a-blog-of-all-my-blogs-and-contests-and-scholarships#.USG8OB1m_PI

To all DoPeacers Please lobby The US Government to sponsor an international peace every day treaty into the UN building upon the International Day of Peace 9/21 to create and International Every Day of Peace Day.

Going For A Global Truce Peace Movement Coalition Proposal

To the President of the United States, UN Secretary General and all world leaders on Earth:  This proposal is for…

From Bob Baskin @ The Peace Alliance, 10/10/12...

“By defining a new industry as the ‘Violence Containment Industry,’ it is now possible to aggregate all expenditures related to the containment or consequences of violence. Our research indicates that when measured as a percentage of GDP this industry has expanded by 25% in the past ten years.”

- Steve Killelea, Executive Chairman of IEP…

After the tragic loss of her three year old son, Sharletta Evans became a local community activist and motivational speaker. She first began her grassroots efforts towards gang prevention in her backyard, leading her to form the Re-Creation Center, an anti-gang nonprofit. Because of the attention of her almost immediate public declaration of forgiveness towards her son’s shooters, Sharletta turned the spotlight both personally and politically towards fairness for juvenile offenders.…

Today marks the anniversary of an activist's death. He lost his life in efforts to help the most voiceless of children, while drawing attention to the cost of ordnance.

Please share your thoughts?

Watchdog Yaël Ossowski offers an interesting take on the topic:

http://watchdog.org/45968/military-industrial-congressional-complex/

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Go Solar.  Support Sustainable Green Energy. 

You live in one of 8 states that can now…

2012 Global Peace Index:

World becomes slightly more peaceful in the last year - reversing two-year trend

Nations improve external peace - seeking to project economic power more than military

• Sub-Saharan Africa for the first time not the least peaceful region
• Economic benefit to global economy estimated at US$9 trillion if world had been completely peaceful
• Iceland is the country most at peace for the second…

My latest blog post at The Green Pen -- evidence of the emergence of a community-based culture of peace.

In case you missed it, CBS has a video post of President Obama's speech at the Holocaust Museum yesterday to launch the interagency Atrocities Prevention Board. The APB…

I was browsing Google for news on "violence" today (something I have not done in quite some time) and came across this post from Robert Listenbee Jr., of the Defender Association of Philadphia. Mr. Listenbee writes about the ever-present issue of violence in our inner cities and the impact that violence has on children.

Rather than just being another in an endless…