from a speech by João Pedro Stédile,

Co-coordinator of the Landless Workers Movement of Brazil

Edited by Beverly Bell

João Pedro Stédile, second from left, speaks to the Peasant Movement of Papay in Haiti. Photo: Beverly…

The Institute for Economics and Peace invites you to join us at events in Washington, D.C. and New York City as we discuss the results of the seventh annual Global Peace Index, the Positive Peace Index, and the global economic impact of peace:

Peace and Resilience: Assessing State Vulnerability to Conflict

Tuesday, June 11

1:00 – 2:30pm

Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.

Panel (*in development*)

Robert Lamb, Director and Senior…

by Beverly Bell, Alexis Erkert, and Deepa Panchang

May 23, 2013

  Garment assembly workers in Caracol, Haiti's newest free trade zone.

Credit: Joris Willems,…

“Haiti is freedom” was my friend Sabina’s answer, when I asked her why she loves it there. We were walking under palm trees, returning from a festival organized by a youth center in the coastal city of Jacmel. 



Sabina, originally from New Jersey, now lives in Haiti working on an initiative to identify successes in locally-driven…

The following article was published on The Essential Edge and The Essential Field Guide to Afghanistan and the Region. The author looks forward to any comments on how we can improve the…

The Netherlands organisation for international cooperation in higher education (NUFFIC) offers the opportunity to apply for a fellowship for our Local Economic Development course, as part of the Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP) for short courses. The deadline for application is 7 May 2013!

This training will be organised from 11 to 22 November 2013 by The Hague Academy for Local Governance in The Hague, The Netherlands. It focuses on strengthening the…

Genocide is a crime and like any other crime it contains two parties: the perpetrators and the victims. When the story of a crime is told, it is the victim’s narrative that is remembered. Even now, 18 years after the genocide, the atrocities that were committed and the impact the have on the victims both in the past and in the present remains at the forefront of most discussions. Knowing these stories is tremendously important to the reconciliation process, to the memorialization process,…

In the past half-century, Cambodia has been a victim of the horrors of a war, the exact account of which is unknown in many corners of the world. The accounts of the Rwandan Genocide, the Holocaust, and even the Bosnian Genocide are the stories that come to mind immediately when one think about genocide. The atrocities committed in Cambodia under the Pol Pot regime (1975 to 1979) and the ensuring civil wars both pre-1975 and post-1979 are appalling. Nearly 25% of the Cambodia population…

This past week I was able to observe and assist in the PLAY SOCCER Ghana training of trainers. The training took place at the Cape Coast Football for Hope Center which was donated by FIFA. There were over 30 coaches and volunteers in attendance as well as staff from the Football for Hope Center. Kelsey Moore led the training with my assistance where it could be given. The training was a way to bring all the sites together from all over Ghana and reinforce the curriculum that PLAY SOCCER…

The editors of the 4th Essential Field Guide to Afghanistan and the Region have just published their new information portal www.efgafghan.com that will not only help update future editions of the Afghan handbook - to be published later this year - but also to serve as an critical internet magazine. Portions of the 4th edition of the EFGA are already online, but we're also seeking insightful and well-written…

Ban the bombs…all of them.

Nuclear weapons:  The United States is the only nation in the world that has dropped atomic weapons onto a civilian population. Right now it has a stockpile of about 5,000 nuclear weapons, many of which can be launched within 15 minutes.

Cluster…

Resource Guide on Sport and Development / Sport and Peace

This short guide will provide some recommendations for key resources in the sport and development and sport and peace fields. Special thanks to Meeghan Zahorsky, The H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Generations for Peace Graduate Scholar Recipient in the CR program at Georgetown University for her input on this guide. Check out her summer sport and peace…

Atlas Service Corps (Atlas Corps) is seeking interns for our Washington, DC office near Dupont Circle to support our international exchange program. Atlas Corps accepts intern applications on a rolling basis for the fall, spring, and summer semesters.

Atlas Corps, started in 2006, is an international network of nonprofit leaders and organizations that promotes innovation, cooperation, and solutions to address the world's 21st-century challenges. Our mission is to address critical…

Dear friends, 



We have formed a page on Facebook as an outreach effort to create a global forum of scholars and like-minded people who think about one of the biggest pandemics of 21st century i.e. HIV/AIDS. This is a Forum for Networking and  Collaboration for sharing of increasing frontiers of Knowledge in the areas of HIV/AIDS, Drug & Alcohol Abuse, LGBTQI, Women and Children and Risk, and overall Public health concerns in the…

 BIRTHING JUSTICE: And You, What Are You Waiting For?: A World without Slavery

http://www.otherworldsarepossible.org/another-haiti-possible/birthing-justice-and-you-what-are-you-waiting-world-without-slavery

By Beverly Bell

June 20, 2012

Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women…

By Beverly Bell

June 12, 2012

Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives. The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community. They are based in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Some are national-level, some global-level. Some are propelled by people’s movements, some forced or adopted into government…

POTATO BATTERY

Erle Frayne D. Argonza

Good news meets you rural folks as well as field workers, as research & development discovered the positive usable energy stored in potato that can be used for micro-instruments.

The cooking pot surely promises lots for those living in hinterlands, as boiled potato was shown to exhibit positive energy capacities. That is, just to stress, when potato is…

CRITICAL STATE OF PLANET

Erle Frayne D. Argonza

Social scientists over the last decade came up with researches that show an alarming increase of patters pointing to a critical state of the planet. Man’s intrusive intervention in many spheres of life has scaled up, sufficient to cause a tipping point towards even greater uncertainties.

The interconnectedness of politics, economics, culture, and institutions of private sphere…

Once in a while someone will say something to you that perfectly encapsulates what you’ve been trying to convey, only in a more concise, elegant or articulate way. @Semhar Araia, founder of the Diaspora African Women’s Network did that for me in a conversation recently, and her brilliant summary has stayed with me over the last few weeks, resulting in this poem last night.

I dedicate it to her and the…

Rich countries delivered $3.2 trillion of aid to poor countries between 1960 and 2008 (World Bank, 2011). Yet only 36% of aid workers think projects achieve their intended impact (McKinsey & Devex, 2011).

Aid recipients agree, calling for a change in aid’s business model—from that of delivery of goods and…