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Girls From the Bronx express Their Thoughts on Education

Forwarded message from Taleen Vartan, UNICEF Education:

Recently, a group of students from the Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls, who had learned about the tragic events in Pakistan that had left 14-year old Malala severely wounded, wrote to… Continue reading

Roundtable Breakfast – Understanding-Based Model of Mediation, Feb 7

Forwarded message from NYC-DR listserv:

 

Dear Members of the NYC-DR Listserve,

In case you have not yet registered, we would like to let you know about our upcoming event:

Roundtable Breakfast – UNDERSTANDING-BASED MODEL OF MEDIATION

to take place… Continue reading

10th Year of the International ICT Seagulls

Dearest Colleagues,

Will you please share and invite your students, your e-groups and/or collagues to the following Project? Thank you very much for your contribution and help to the future leaders gain critical thinking skills, scientific research methods and… Continue reading

Roundtable Breakfast – OPERATION RESPECT Jan. 03, 2013, 8:00am

Dear Members of the NYC-DR Listserve,

We would like to let you know about our upcoming event:

Roundtable Breakfast – OPERATION RESPECT

to take place at
John Jay College of Criminal Justice: 899 Tenth Avenue (at West 59th Street), Room… Continue reading

Free Post Disaster ADR Articles: ABA DR Magazine and Cardozo J. of Conflict Resolution

Forwarded from Maria Volpe’s NYC-DR listserv:
Hi everyone….. Below are free online articles a number of us have written on Post Disaster Dispute Resolution efforts, including several on FEMA’s efforts.  The ABA DR Magazine and the Cardozo J… Continue reading

World Dignity University initiative: Co-creating Sustainability in the Amazon rain forest with the Kichwa community

Message from Mariana Vergara, member of the HumanDHS core team.
(Please see the Spanish version further down.)

Background: In December 12, 2010, at Teachers College at Columbia University in New York City, Mariana Vergara presented a letter from… Continue reading

AMARC WCIT/CMTI Dubai 2012: Freedom of Expression is a Fundamental Human Right

AMARC WCIT/CMTI Dubai 2012: Freedom of Expression is a Fundamental Human Right
Convergence is a technological fact
Neutrality is an economical choice
Regulation is a political choice.

Montreal, December 7, 2012. The World Association fo Community radio Broadcasters, AMARC, calls… Continue reading

9th Annual Morton Deutsch Awards for Social Justice, April 11th, 2013 Call for Student Papers

9th Annual Morton Deutsch Awards for Social Justice, April 11th, 2013 Call for Student Papers

·         A trophy award plus $500.00 will be awarded to a graduate student within the Columbia University… Continue reading

Iranian Activists Stand Up for Dozens of Detained Teachers

Dear HumanDHS friends,

I’d like to share an article about a new initiative which calls for an end to judicial persecution of teachers in Iran.

More at: http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2012/09/teachers/

 

First Muslim Human Rights Commission to Launch End December

Dear HumanDHS friends,

here is the beginning of this article:

WASHINGTON, Dec 13 2012 (IPS) – Gathering for the first time here in Washington, representatives of the newly established human rights commission of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) stated… Continue reading