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NEW BOOK by the Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters (CRSCAD)
Announcing a new book by the Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters (CRSCAD)
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Rebuilding Sustainable Communities with Vulnerable Populations after the Cameras Have Gone: A Worldwide Study, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, U.K.: Newcastle upon Tyne, 2012, xvi+513pp., Isbn13:… Continue reading
Why We Need to Know About Dag Hammarskjold Now: 2nd UN Secretary General
Briefing: Why We Need to Know About Dag Hammarskjold Now: 2nd UN Secretary General
Date: March 16th, 2012, 1:30-3:30pm
Location: United Nations
RSVP by March 10, 2012 to Virginia Swain, Institute for Global Leadership, at vswain@global-leader.org or… Continue reading
DIALOGUE IN NIGERIA: Muslims & Christians Creating Their Future (New York City)
Thanks to Libby and Len Traubman for sharing this announcement!
“An enemy is one whose story we have not heard.” — Ms. Gene Knudsen Hoffman
A new 2012 film about African courage and communication excellence
DIALOGUE IN NIGERIA:
Muslims… Continue reading
UK MPs call for end to Andaman ‘human safaris’
UK MPs call for end to Andaman ‘human safaris’
The ‘human safaris’ scandal in the Andaman Islands has reached the UK Parliament, with MPs tabling a motion calling on India to close the illegal road that cuts through the Jarawa… Continue reading
QUOTE: …war dehumanizes the killer and the killed…war tactics have a habit of spreading from the war zone to the home.
QUOTE: There are indeed things we can learn; things that many US troops have begged us to learn. That war dehumanizes the killer and the killed, and that war tactics have a habit of spreading from the war zone to… Continue reading
Quote: “Humiliation is the single most underestimated force in politics.” – Thomas Friedman
The Politics of Dignity
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/opinion/friedman-the-politics-of-dignity.html?_r=2&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212
January 31, 2012
Dateline: Moscow
Memo to: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitri Medvedev
Subject: Russia and the Arab Spring
From: A traveler to Cairo and Moscow
Call for Proposals: Gratitude Research
Many thanks to Miraj Desai for bringing this opportunity to our attention!!
RFP (Request For Proposals) for Gratitude Research
UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center is very pleased to announce a
recent $5.9 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation… Continue reading
Introducing a New Webpage for the New York Law School Online Mental Disability Law Program
Friends: We've just created a webpage for the New York Law School Online Mental Disability Law program here (see http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-York-Law-School-Online-Mental-Disability-Law-Program/249237005145600). Please join us, friend us, and feel free to post on the site. Thanks! Michael Perlin
Is our psychologically ill economy fueled by psychologically ill business leaders?
Is our psychologically ill economy fueled by psychologically ill business leaders?
by David Yamada
December 28, 2011
It’s not often when mental health experts and business management scholars start to sound alike, but a December workshop address by therapist Michael… Continue reading
A gift from our elders: Turning their shared regrets into our opportunities by David Yamada
Blog Post: A gift from our elders: Turning their shared regrets into our opportunities
by David Yamada
In a society that worships youth and images of youthfulness, all too often we overlook precious opportunities to learn from those… Continue reading