Scriptorium

conflict is part of daily life … but violence doesn’t have to be

Linked with Jo Vallentine – Australia.

The AVP Britain organises workshops which empower people to lead nonviolent lives, based on respecting and caring for ourselves and others. We believe there is a power for peace and good in everyone, and this power has the ability to transform our relationships … (full text).

our workshops;
work in prisons;
workshop dates;
work with us;
contact online (also AVPs in other countries).

What is AVP: The Alternatives to Violence Project is a network of volunteers running workshops for anyone who wants to find ways of resolving conflict without resorting to violence. We work in the community and in prisons.

the thinking behind AVP: We understand that conflict is a natural and normal part of life, and that it is possible to learn new ways of handling it. By holding workshops in which the participants consider the underlying causes of friction and violence, practical ways of dealing with situations of conflict are worked out.

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Linked with Jo Vallentine – Australia.

The Anti-Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia is a non-profit community group campaigning for an end to the nuclear industry and the adoption of safe energy strategies. (Homepage).

This website was produced by the Anti-Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia. This group came into being in 1997 (then known as the Anti-Uranium Coalition, AUCWA), to act as an umbrella group for organisations campaigning against the nuclearisation of Australia.

Our role is mainly in research, political lobbying and publication of information that we believe the community needs in order to make informed decisions about uranium mining, nuclear power, weapons and waste.

We are not a ‘special interest group.’ We are the tip of the iceberg, representing the 70-80% of Western Australians who oppose uranium mining and waste dumping in Australia, particularly in our home state. (About).

Linked with Jo Vallentine – Australia.

Project SafeCom Inc. is a non-profit association, incorporated in Western Australia in December 2001. The vision of Project SafeCom is laid out in the constitution as ‘a safe community’ for people of any race, gender, creed or nationality, who are displaced as a result of Wars or Political, Social, Climatological, Ecological and Geological upheaval and/or Disaster; and for other users as and when appropriate (Homepage 1/2).

What’s new and what’s News?
project;
constitution;
looking after people;
refugees;
sustainable earth;
sustainable shelter;
home of terror?
terrorism archives;
Contact.

Homepage 2/2: … In simple terms, Project SafeCom can be regarded as a ‘farm-based community respite care centre’, but it is much more than that. Project SafeCom also intends to be a fully operational farm as well as a holistic animal care environment.

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environmental marketing

terra choice.com, North America’s premiere environmental marketing agency, helps grow the world’s most sustainable companies. A science-based marketing firm, we help clients convert genuine environmental leadership into winning strategy, communications and positioning. Our products and services include:

• Validation products such as EcoLogoM, a global leader in third-party environmental certification;
• Consulting in environmental marketing strategy and communication as well as in policy, purchasing and program delivery;
• Market research, focused on “green” purchasers in B2B, B2G, and B2C commerce.

terra choice’s blog;
EcoLogoProgram;
Marinas;
EcoBuyerDatabase;
EcoMarketsSurvey;
Newsletter;
links;
addresses: in USA – TerraChoice Environmental Marketing Inc., 1706 Friedensburg Road, Reading, PA, USA 19606;
In Ottawa: TerraChoice Environmental Marketing Inc., 171 Nepean Street, Suite 400, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0B4, Canada;
contact.

Consulting: The TerraChoice consulting practice helps customers convert environmental value into winning and profitable strategy, communication, and positioning. We help procurement organizations green their supply chains with policy, management and measurement. We also helpgovernments and international agencies use the market to advance sustainability.

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also called PRIP Trust

PRIP’s niche:

• To develop a vibrant, efficient and effective development sector;
• To build institutional capacities of the NGOs/ Civil Society Organisations for promoting Good Governance within the organisations and materialising their goals and objectives effectively.

PRIP Capacity Building Approach;
SMILING Small Initiative by Local Innovative NGOs;
CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS of NGOs;
Mode of Operation;
address: House 72, Road – 8/A, Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka – 1209, Phone: 88 02 8119111, 8110789, E-mail.
contact.

About:

• Vision: A Centre of Excellence for promoting “Good Governance” through building a vibrant, effective and gender equitable development sector by exploring and expanding human and institutional capacities in pursuance of Transparency, Accountability, Efficiency and Effectiveness.

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Centre d’Information et de Conseil des Nouvelles Spiritualités – Sectes, un autre regard

(les textes en i sont mes commentaires)

Le CICNS est une association sans but lucratif enregistrée sous le numéro W822000132 en préfecture de Tarn et Garonne (France).

Le CICNS n’est affilié ni ne fait la promotion d’aucune minorité spirituelle. Il est né de la nécessité d’engager une recherche sérieuse sur la place légitime de la recherche spirituelle dans une société, au-delà des passions, des certitudes et des amalgames tendancieux … (à propos du CICNS 1/2).

Avis important;
Etat des lieux;
Les événements tragiques (que le monde des dites normaux a bien aidé à provoquer) à l’origine du mythe des sectes;
Les activistes et la répression;
Alternatives à la pensée unique (en France au catholicisme);
actualités;
bibliographie;
FAQ;
le miroir de ce site;
adresse; CICNS, BP7, F-82270 Montpezat de Quercy;
contact par e-mail.

(A propos du CICNS 2/2): L’équipe du CICNS est constituée d’une douzaine de bénévoles …
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a home for Nagas on the net

Linked with Neidonuo Angami – India.

Homepage, some videos and travel destination;
Account (they want you register to see more, like more videos, photo gallery, forum, chat, contact etc. … but you may find many videos on YouTube);

are openly available:

• articles;
• news;
• north-east news;
• elections 2008.

Watch this video of people’s songs: 5 min, March 25, 2007.

See also:

• Nagaland in the free Dictionary;
• Kuknalim.com, about us;
• Site information from Alexa;
• Traffic details from Alexa;
• Nagalim.nl/news;
• Highland Dawn Media.

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partnering with the poor for a just world

Linked with Beena Sebastian – India.

SAFP is a Canadian-based international non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in 1965 by Monsignor Augustine Kandathil. SAFP is committed to seeking justice and working with the marginalized and poor of India regardless of caste, creed, gender or political affiliation. SAFP is in partnership with more than 50 Diocesan Social Service Societies/local NGO’s, over 52,000 sanghams/self-help groups (grassroots, community- based organizations), more than 25 Institution based rehabilitation centres (for the physically or intellectually challenged, the elderly destitute and the dying), and more than 19,000 families annually in India. SAFP is supported by a wide network of volunteers.

Who we are;
family to family development program;
community development programs;
annual report;
Newsletter archive;
contact / donate online;

About/history: The aim of SAFP was to meet basic needs of poor families and to encourage them to move toward self-reliance in order to become full, contributing members of their local community.

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The Advocacy Project seeks to help community-based advocates produce, disseminate and use information, and so become more effective advocates for human rights and social justice.

Homepage;
Services;
partners;
fellows;
blogs;
resources;
take action;
address: The Advocacy Project, 1326 14th Street NW, Washington DC 20005, phone: +1 202-332-3900, fax: +1 202-332-4600, e-mail;
contact/Feedback on the website.

About The Advocacy Project AP disseminate and use information, and in so doing advance social justice.

AP carries out this mission in two ways. First, we work directly with a selected number of partner organizations and offer them services aimed at strengthening their information and advocacy. Second, we seek to work with others who share our commitment to working with community-based advocates, but have a larger footprint or constituency. These can include donors, NGOs, and even governments.

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Serving, Protecting and Promoting the Rights of Women and Girls

Linked with Marta Prekpalaj – Kosovo.

KWN Leads the Way for Civil Society in the New Kosova. Kosova is changing. Whatever the result of Kosova’s political status the way in which civil society operates will also have to change. KWN is meeting new challenges and opportunities head on with a clear plan for the future.

Kosova Women’s Network was informally founded in 2000 by the current Executive Director,Igballe Rogova; but, the history of how KWN came to be an official network is a rich story of family, war, and a growing national movement … (about 1/2, … and more in this 5 pdf-pages).

Cooperations;
Publications;
Inside the KWN;
Members;
Resource Network;
Working in Kosova;
Women’s Voice, 2005/03;
KWN annual report 2005, 32 pdf-pages.
KNW annual report 2004, 28 pdf-pages.
address: St. Hajdar Dushi C-2, II/8 Prishtina, Kosova, Phone +381 (=) 38 245 850, e-mail;
contact on the website.

About 2/2: Kosova Women’s Network KWN was established in 2000 as an informal network of women’s groups and organizations from all over Kosova.

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… The Association for the Education of Women

Linked with Marta Prekpalaj – Kosovo.

Motrat Qiriazi is a grassroots organization with a network of rural women activists throughout Kosovo.Their areas of focus are education, training and community-based projects. They also provide trauma counseling and psycho-social assistance.

Motrat Qiriazi has NOT its own website (sorry, the link ‘Website: www.motratqiriazi.org/’, put in the browser, leads to a german seller of ‘lights’ like lamps etc.). But the group is named on many other good websites (see some below).

Address: Motrat Qiriazi, Bregu i Diellit – JUG, L-1 nr. 10 Prishtinë, Kosovo, Ph #: 377.44.111.965 or 377.44.115.996 or 381.38.548.272;
Contact by e-mail.

on Balkansnet.org:

• Background: Named after the two sisters Qiriazi, who founded the first school for girls in Korca (Albania) 100 years ago, two sisters from Prishtina(KOSOVA) Safete and Igballe Rogova, formed a society for education of women: « Motrat Qiriazi » (Sisters Qiriazi). With the formation of the Women’s Network in Prishtina and with the collaboration of other women’s groups Motrat Qiriazi started its activities in february 1995.
• Activities: CHANGING OPPRESSIVE TRADITIONS: …
• Strategies for change: WHAT WE ARE DOING: …
• Other activities: PROVIDING FRESH EDUCATIONAL POSSIBILITIES: …

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The UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of adult learning.

Vision: Our vision is to be the recognised voice of adult learners, and the leading provider of adult and community learning in the UK by any standard.

Mission: The WEA is a 21st Century, democratic, voluntary adult education movement, committed to widening participation and to enabling people to realise their full potential through learning. (full text, about 1/2).

Homepage;
News;
Publications;
Education;
Courses;
Links;
Address: The General Secretary, Workers’ Educational Association WEA, 3rd Floor, 70 Clifton Street, London EC2A 4HB;
Contact/Feedback.

About 2/2:
Aims: To involve learners, volunteers, members and other partners in:

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Linked with National Security Archive (September 28th, 2005).

The U.S. Freedom of Information Act FOIA is a law ensuring public access to U.S. government records. FOIA carries a presumption of disclosure; the burden is on the government – not the public – to substantiate why information may not be released. Upon written request, agencies of the United States government are required to disclose those records, unless they can be lawfully withheld from disclosure under one of nine specific exemptions in the FOIA. This right of access is ultimately enforceable in federal court.

Text of the FOIA:

• THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT in English;
• THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT in Japanese.

Homepage;
What’s New;
documents;
FOIA basics;
news;
guide for researchers;
Internships;
Newsletter;
contact.

About: An independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University, the Archive collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.

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ex-Muslime melden sich zu Wort

Verbunden mit Der GBS – Newsletter, mit Michael Schmidt-Salomon, und mit Mina Ahadi – Iran.

Religions- und Meinungsfreiheit zählen zu den fundamentalen Menschenrechten, die in Ländern mit islamischem Rechtsystem nicht in ausreichendem Maße gewährt werden. Innerhalb der muslimischen Glaubensgemeinschaft gilt der « Abfall vom Glauben » als Todsünde und wird entsprechend bestraft … (Kampagne 1/2).

Homepage;
Aktuelles;
Materialien zur Kampagne;
Verein;
Archiv / Presse;
Forum;
Links;
Die offizielle Webseite von Mina Agadi, auf persisch & auf deutsch;
National Secular Society NSS;
dito in englisch auf meinem NGO Blog;
Mina Ahadi – Iran (in english auf meinen World People Blog);
Kontakt / Impressum.

Kampagne 2/2: … Leider stellt der Abfall vom muslimischen Glauben auch in Deutschland ein Tabu dar. Dass es überhaupt « Ex-Muslime » in nennenswerter Anzahl gibt (vor allem in der Gruppe der iranischen Dissidenten) hat sich hierzulande kaum herumgesprochen.

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The power to end war and prevent future wars of aggression

Linked with 2008 a year of opportunity for peace advocates.

VotersForPeace is educating, organizing and activating voters to end the occupation of Iraq and prevent future wars of aggression. Our mission is to mobilize anti-war voters into a visible and effective political force that cannot be ignored. We provide voters with the information and tools they need to be effective peace advocates; this includes educating their friends and family on the occupation, writing letters to the media, and holding congressional and presidential candidates accountable … (full text, about 1/2).

Homepage and latest articles;
sign the voters pledge;
take action;
peace perspective /archive;
our yahoo discussion group;
antiwar politics;
address: VotersForPeace, 2842 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21218;
write the candidates;
contact: Tel. 443-708-8360

About 2/2: … The first thing that voters can do to take action is sign the Voters’ Pledge. This sends an important message to their elected officials and it empowers other voters to take a stand and demand withdrawal from Iraq.

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