Events

The 8th Annual Just World Festival seeks to promote student activism and provide attainable methods to become involved with important social causes and issues locally, but with a global impact. 

On January 14^th at 6:45 p.m. EST, the World Peace Foundation at The Fletcher School will bring together Farah Anwar Pandith, U.S. Special Representative to Muslim communities, and Riyaad Minty, head of social media at Al Jazeera, to discuss this critical question through the social media platform, Twitter. Global youth leaders are highly encouraged to join the conversation on Twitter to share your thoughts! #tweetingforpeace, @WorldPeaceFdtn, and @FletcherSchool.

With a Civic awakening all around us, it’s a good time to rethink what we’ve been doing and how it fits into this larger effort.

Bruce Gilley (one of the leading scholars on contemporary politics in China) discusses some recent developments taking place in China along with some scandals- including those around Bo Xilal, Chen

The vision of the PeaceMeal project is to promote a culture of peace through food.

Twenty years ago at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, countries adopted “Agenda 21” — a blueprint to rethink economic growth, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection.

Time: June 25, 2012 at 6am to June 30, 2012 at 7pm
Location: University for Peace
City/Town: El Rodeo, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica
Website or Map: http://www.centre.upeace.org/…
Phone: (506) 2205-9021
Event Type: education, course

Time: May 8, 2012 from 5:30pm to 9pm
Location: Lindner Family Commons at the George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs
Street: 1957 E Street, NW
City/Town: Washington, DC
Website or Map: http://g.co/maps/hq6vy
Phone: 202-994-7000
Event Type: premiere, -, documentary, film, screening

Organized By: Emily Willard

In war and post-war Africa, youth populations are colossal and most governments are weak.