May 9, 2013--Two separate grants from the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) have been supporting grassroots efforts by Iraqi civil society groups to help some of the country’s young people to...
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Find the latest news about USIP and events around the world through the links below.
Additionally, see News from Around the Word.
May 3, 2013
May 3, 2013--On the occasion of Teacher Appreciation Week, the Global Peacebuilding Center at USIP recognizes the important work that educators do to build peace in classrooms all over the U.S....
May 1, 2013
May 1, 2013 -- The educational programs and teaching resources at USIP’s Global Peacebuilding Center are designed to engage and empower the next generation of peacebuilders. As such, they don’t...
Apr 26, 2013
April 26, 2013--On March 23rd, nearly two weeks before the tragic death of 25-year old U.S. Foreign Service Officer...
Apr 8, 2013
April 2013 – This week (April 10) sees the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, which marked the end of thirty years of civil war in Northern Ireland. Over the course of...
Apr 2, 2013
Just as the Global Peacebuilding Center helps “bridge the local and the global” for young people,...
Apr 2, 2013
April 2, 2013--April 4, 2013 is the International Day for Landmine Awareness. The day is sponsored by the United Nations and has been observed every year since 2006.
Landmines have been...
Mar 27, 2013
March 27, 2013--An online community on Facebook, Twitter and a website for the award-winning Iraqi reality TV series “Salam Shabab” has grown to reach hundreds of thousands of teens in Iraq as...
Mar 25, 2013
March 22, 2013 – When U.S. students use the Global Peacebuilding Center’s educational resources in their classrooms, few know that some of the activities they are engaging in were developed to...
Mar 19, 2013
March 19, 2012--What does peacebuilding look like?
This is not a question that has often crossed the minds of high school students before they visit USIP’s Global...
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