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“What About Peace” Youth Art Contest Deadline Coming Up, $2500 in Total Prizes!
Posted by Tex Dworkin in People to People Blog » Featured on Feb 7 2012, 3:16 am
What About Peace? is an international arts contest for youth ages 14 – 20 to express ideas and thoughts about peace by responding to the question, “What About Peace?” through artistic expression, with $2500 in total prizes to be given out. Though the contest is in full swing and the deadline is closing in, there is still time to enter. Find out the deadline and details.
It’s time to #OccupyAIPAC
Posted by Medea Benjamin in People to People Blog on Feb 7 2012, 11:03 pm
With the Occupy movement that has swept the country demanding social and economic justice, many have concluded that AIPAC—the powerful pro-Israeli government lobby that distorts U.S. policy in the Middle East— is a mandatory “occupy target”. Timed to coincide with the annual AIPAC policy conference in March 2012, the Occupy AIPAC summit will be a long weekend of teach-ins, cultural performances, protests and creative direct actions, and more.
Tell Hershey to Have a Heart
Posted by Kirsten Moller in Global Exchange Fair Trade Blog on Feb 8 2012, 6:46 pm
Valentine's Day is a major chocolate buying holiday, but gifts for your sweetheart should not come at the expense of worker rights. Forced labor, child labor and trafficking continue in the cocoa industry in West Africa. Here’s how YOU can make a difference!
Guardian Angels and Afghan Cobblers: A Customized Tour Past Participant Shares Her Story
Posted by Malia Everette in Reality Tours on Feb 7 2012, 8:00 am
As part of a series honoring 10 years of relationship building, friendship and learning in Afghanistan, today we share the story of Patricia J. Idler and Randy Idler who created a customized tour to Afghanistan in 2009.
