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Report from the Refugee Camp in Calais, France — “The Jungle

Sabia Rigby reports from Calais as police are dismantling a camp where refugees wait to cross into Britain. Most of those aiming to claim asylum are from Afghanistan and Syria. The camp has become an impromptu village of sorts, where

October 30, 2016 No Comments

Report from the Refugee Camp in Calais, France — “The Jungle

Sabia Rigby reports from Calais as police are dismantling a camp where refugees wait to cross into Britain. Most of those aiming to claim asylum are from Afghanistan and Syria. The camp has become an impromptu village of sorts, where

October 30, 2016 No Comments

Bridging the Americas Tour – Join Us!

Join us in a city near you! In April 2014 a courageous Afro-Colombian community took a stand against the illegal armed groups that controlled their daily lives for over 15 years and transformed their neighborhood into a peace zone. The

October 26, 2016 No Comments

Solidarity with Israel-Palestine

Peace in the Middle East. Ever since I was a child, I remember hearing this phrase. In sixth grade, I took on an extra credit challenge to write a paper on the origins of conflict in the Middle East. In

October 25, 2016 No Comments

Solidarity with Israel-Palestine

Peace in the Middle East. Ever since I was a child, I remember hearing this phrase. In sixth grade, I took on an extra credit challenge to write a paper on the origins of conflict in the Middle East. In

October 25, 2016 No Comments

Today Is One of the Heaviest Days of My Life

October 21, 2016 I’ve written often about our Iraqi refugee friend and his oldest son from Baghdad. I will call them Mohammed and Ahmed. They made the torturous flight last year from Baghdad to Kurdistan and then across Turkey. They

October 24, 2016 No Comments

Today Is One of the Heaviest Days of My Life

October 21, 2016 I’ve written often about our Iraqi refugee friend and his oldest son from Baghdad. I will call them Mohammed and Ahmed. They made the torturous flight last year from Baghdad to Kurdistan and then across Turkey. They

October 24, 2016 No Comments

UN Day: Changing of the Guard

UN Day, 24 October, this year is marked by preparations for a changing of the guard. The ten years of Ban Ki-moon as Secretary-General will give way on one January 2017 to the new Secretary- General, Antonio Guterres, who was

October 22, 2016 No Comments

UN Day: Changing of the Guard

UN Day, 24 October, this year is marked by preparations for a changing of the guard. The ten years of Ban Ki-moon as Secretary-General will give way on one January 2017 to the new Secretary- General, Antonio Guterres, who was

October 22, 2016 No Comments

Policies of Exclusion Challenged Across the Board and Across the Border

On the morning of Oct. 8, a group of US veterans who were deported to Mexico, in some cases after having fought in U.S. wars, congregated in Plaza Ochoa, Nogales, Sonora. They were joined by members of Dreamer Moms International,

October 13, 2016 No Comments

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