3. Working for Peace - Conflict Transformation

Obama: Fully Fund HIV-AIDS. Protesters die-in at Social Forum 2010 (with video)

According to HealthGap, a new study published in Lancet shows that treatment with anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) decreased likelihood of transmission of HV by 92%.

Despite this finding, the Obama Administration is failing to live up to it's promises to fully find HIV-AIDS prevention and treatment worldwide. Without more funding, millions of people will die, unnecessarily, from HIV-AIDS. In New York, Governor Patterson is threatening to veto a law providing housing assistance to people with AIDS.

Unlocking the Gates: An Introduction to the Prison Book Program

Quincy, MA, May 2009. Volunteers at the Prison Book Program. Photo: M. Elaine Mar
Authors: M. Elaine Mar

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"The children's books are for my 9-year-old daughter. Something short that I can read to her on the phone, but long enough not to be childish. She is a smart and beautiful girl."

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No More Soldiers, No More Wars: New Resources for Countering Military Recruitment

Authors: Janine Schwab

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An overview of recently published resources working against the militarization of our young people.

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Freedom Summer: A School for Young Community Organizers

Authors: Maile Kaneko

Summary:Youth conduct power analyses of policies and institutions that specifically affect people of color and poor communities.

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Potato Chip Assisted Learning: The Quest to Return Literature to Teens

Authors: Maya Gaul

Summary:When literature is negated from a community, young people lose an important means of creating and carrying their own tools of success, and imagining their own future.

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You CAN Teach a Sneetch: Dr. Seuss and Conversations about Social Responsibility

Picture of Star-Bellied Sneetch with Snoot in the Air
Authors: Sam Diener

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While The Sneetches taught about the interaction between discrimination and capitalism, Horton Hears a Who is Dr. Seuss' exploration of genocide.

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Cultures of Peace: Reflections on the UN Declaration's First Decade

Authors: Michael True

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With Sadness, Myers Center Closes: Announces Awards for Outstanding Titles in Human Rights

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May our relationships and commitment to building a just and equitable future continue, for in the struggle for justice is the hope of the future.

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