Peace Building Initiative

a project of Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection PHAP

The Introduction to Peacebuilding section aims to provide a concise overview of international peacebuilding, with a particular emphasis on the history of the notion, its core components and the main debates surrounding it. The section presents a wide array of perspectives and the evolution of thinking and practice that are shaping the course of peacebuilding … (full text Introduction to Peacebuilding).

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Thematic Areas; Resources; E-Library; Sierra Leone Portail;
Contact.

Cross-Cutting Challenges /Confronting Transversal Issues: The Cross-cutting Challenges sections aim to deal with overarching issues and methodological challenges that are present in all sectors of activities.  Continuer la lecture de « Peace Building Initiative »

access.org

Linked on our blogs with Ai Weiwei: Deleted from the internet, and with China news tagged with: Ai Weiwei (130).

Access is a new global movement for digital freedom: Access is a global movement premised on the belief that political participation and the realization of human rights in the 21st century is increasingly dependent on access to the internet and other forms of technology. Founded in the wake of the 2009 Iranian post-election crackdown, Access teams with digital activists and civil society groups internationally to build their technical capacity and to help them advocate globally for their digital rights … (about 1/2).

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Campaigns; Policy, Activism; Videos; Proxi; Join, Alerts; Press, Blog; Donate;
Contact online.

About 2/2: … Access provides thought leadership and practical policy recommendations in the broader field of internet freedom, and based on that expertise mobilizes its global movement of citizens to campaign for an open internet accessible to all.  Continuer la lecture de « access.org »

Public Education Network PEN

Public Education Network (PEN) is a national association of local education funds LEFs and individuals working to advance public school reform in low-income communities across our country. PEN believes an active, vocal constituency is the key to ensuring that every child, in every community, benefits from a quality public education … (about 1/2).

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Take Action; Resources; Publications; News; Events; Membership; Staff; Board; Jobs; Internships; Donate;
Address: Public Education Network, 601 Thirteenth Street NW, Suite 710 South, Washington, DC 20005-3808, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2: … PEN and its members are building public demand and mobilizing resources for quality public education on behalf of 12 million children in 32 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.  Continuer la lecture de « Public Education Network PEN »

Development Co-operation Directorate DCD-DAC

DCD-DAC is a project of the OECD, enabling effective development

  • The OECD Development Assistance Committee is a unique international forum of many of the largest funders of aid, including 24 members. The World Bank, IMF and UNDP participate as observers.
  • The DAC’s  to countries beyond its members who are making growing contributions to development co-operation.
  • The DAC became part of the OECD by Ministerial Resolution on 23 July 1961.

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Nation Institute

Linked on our blogs with TomDispatch.com, and with The Invetigative Fund.

A nonprofit media center, The Nation Institute was established to extend the reach of progressive ideas and strengthen the independent press. Our dynamic range of programs include a bestselling book publishing imprint, Nation Books; our award-winning Investigative Fund, which supports groundbreaking investigative journalism; our nationally televised town hall meetings and debates; the widely read and syndicated website TomDispatch; our internship program at The Nation magazine; and Journalism Fellowships that fund up to 25 high-profile reporters every year … (about 1/2).

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Fellows; Internships; Press Inquiries; Prizes; Donate;
Our projects: TomDispatch.com, Invetigative Fund; Nation Books;
Address: The Nation Institute, c/o Taya Kitman, 116 East 16th Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10003, USA;
Contacts: go to about and scroll down.

About 2/2: … Nation Books is one of the leading independent publishers of serious nonfiction in America.  Continuer la lecture de « Nation Institute »

TomDispatch.com

a project of The Nation Institute, and a regular antidote to the mainstream media – Linked on our blogs with Nation Institute, and with Investigative Fund.

Tom Engelhardt launched Tomdispatch in November 2001 as an e-mail publication offering commentary and collected articles from the world press. In December 2002, it gained its name, became a project of The Nation Institute, and went online as « a regular antidote to the mainstream media » … (about 1/2).

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Investigative Fund

a project of  The Nation Institute – Linked on our blogs with The Nation Institute, and with TomDispatch.com.

Mission: The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute is dedicated to improving the scope and overall quality of investigative reporting in the independent press and beyond. The Investigative Fund incubates and supports important investigative stories with the potential for social impact, particularly on issues that may be bypassed by the mainstream media … (about 1/2).

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UK Uncut

There is no alternative: We are told that the only way to reduce the deficit is to cut to public services. This is certainly not the case. There are alternatives, but the government chooses to ignore them, highlighting the fact that the cuts are based on ideology, not necessity:

  • One alternative is to clamp down on tax dodging by corporations and the rich, estimated to cost the state £95bn a year;
  • Another is to make the banks pay for a crisis they created: last year they paid out over £7bn in bonuses and just four banks made £24bn in profit;
  • The tax avoided and evaded in a single year could pay for the £81bn, four-year cuts programme … (full text about 1/2 /The Cuts).

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Peace Research and Education Trust PRET

  • The project reclaims the lost voices of the young men, many of whom languished in prison, often in solitary confinement;
  • young men who risked loss of family support, and social ostracism. Some in World War One, despite being condemned to death, refused to put on a uniform or pick up a gun.
  • Our aim is also to promote a better understanding of war and the arguments against it through the eyes and activities of its radical opponents … (full text Support the CO project).

Every Page has the same URL. Click on internal links to reach: Homepage, downloads, co-project leaflet: current, recent, archives, support … Continuer la lecture de « Peace Research and Education Trust PRET »

Peace Pledge Union PPU

  • This part of our web site brings together some of our resources which are most likely to be of interest to pupils, teachers and parents.
  • The site’s title hints that this is a site with attitude. The education process and its content are not value free and neither is the material available here … (full text learn peace).
  • Petition: stop the advertising of violent toys on television.
  • PPU on en.wikipedia.

Homepage; Sitemap;
White Poppy;
Conflict Resolution; War Facts; Pacifism; Read; Newsletter; News, Actions; Join / support us;
Address: Peace Pledge Union, 1 Peace Passage, London N7 0BT, UK;
Contact online.

Arms Trade: A steady rise in arms sales since the late 1990s continues. Today the combined sale of the top 100 arms companies amounts to some $268 billion.   Continuer la lecture de « Peace Pledge Union PPU »

Knowledge Is Power Program KIPP

A Charter School – Linked on our blogs with WashPost Touts KIPP’s Extra Edge.

  • KIPP schools share a core set of operating principles known as the Five Pillars: High Expectations. KIPP schools have clearly defined and measurable high expectations for academic achievement and conduct that make no excuses based on the students’ backgrounds. Students, parents, teachers, and staff create and reinforce a culture of achievement and support through a range of formal and informal rewards and consequences for academic performance and behavior.
  • Choice & Commitment: … (full text Five Pillars).

KIPP on wikipedia: KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, is a nationwide network of free open-enrollment college-preparatory schools in under-resourced communities throughout the United States (Education in US). KIPP schools are usually established under state charter school laws and KIPP is America’s largest school operator.[1]

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Teachers; Schools; School Ldeaders; Students; Press; Multimedia Archive; Newsletter; Staff; Careers; FAQs; Support us;
Address: KIPP Foundation, 135 Main Street, Suite 1700, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA;
Contact.

About KIPP /Who We Are: KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, is a national network of free, open-enrollment, college-preparatory public schools. Continuer la lecture de « Knowledge Is Power Program KIPP »

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting FAIR

challenging media bias and censorship since 1986

  • Independent, aggressive and critical media are essential to an informed democracy. But mainstream media are increasingly cozy with the economic and political powers they should be watchdogging. Mergers in the news industry have accelerated, further limiting the spectrum of viewpoints that have access to mass media. With U.S. media outlets overwhelmingly owned by for-profit conglomerates and supported by corporate advertisers, independent journalism is compromised … (full text what’s wrong with the news).
  • FAIR on wikipedia.

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Take action; What’s New; Studies, Reports; Press; Extra; CounterSpin; Blog; They say; Archives; Support us;
Address: 104 W. 27th Street, Suite 10B, New York, NY 10001, USA;
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About /What’s FAIR: FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986.   Continuer la lecture de « Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting FAIR »

World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters

also in french and in spanish

  • What is AMARC? AMARC is an international non-governmental organization serving the community radio movement, with almost 3 000 members and associates in 110 countries.
  • Its goal is to support and contribute to the development of community and participatory radio along the principals of solidarity and international cooperation.
  • All continents are represented on AMARC’s International Board of Directors … (about /What is AMARC 1/2). 
  • Visit the Caribbean Conference 4 to 6 may 2011.

Intro Website; english Homepage; Sitemap;
Women’s; Calendar; Principles; Governance; Statutes; Links:
Address: AMARC.org, International Secretariat, 705 Bourget Street, Suite 100, Montreal, Quebec, H4C 2M6, Canada;
Contact.

About /What is AMARC 2/2 /Once upon a time, in 1983: … AMARC is growing so fast that its founders do not often notice the passage of time. Continuer la lecture de « World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters »

New Internationalist

first stop for global justice

With over 30 years of publishing under its belt, and more than 45,000 subscribers worldwide, the New Internationalist is renowned for its radical, campaigning stance on a range of world issues, from the cynical marketing of babymilk in the Majority World to human rights in Burma … (about 1/2).

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Center for Community Change CCC

  • The mission of the Center for Community Change is to build the power and capacity of low-income people, especially low-income people of color, to change their communities and public policies for the better.
  • The Center for Community Change strengthens, connects and mobilizes grassroots groups to enhance their leadership, voice and power. We believe that vibrant community-based organizations, led by the people most affected by social and economic injustice, are key to putting an end to the failed go-it-alone politics of the past and building a better America for everyone based on community values … (who we are / mission 1/2).

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Work; Projects; Resource Library; Press; Blog; History; Staff; Board; Partners; Jobs; Donate;
Address (1 of 3): Center for Community Change, 1536 U Street NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA;
Contact.

Who we are / mission 2/2: … Founded in 1968 to honor the life and values of Robert F. Kennedy, the Center is one of the longest-standing champions for low-income people and communities of color.   Continuer la lecture de « Center for Community Change CCC »