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July 2009 Blog Posts (8)

The international Camp and the Mesopotamian Social Forum (MSF)

Hello friends

The international Camp and the Mesopotamian Social Forum (MSF) in

Kurdistan will take place! From the 25th till 30st of September 2009

(new date!) in Diyarbakir/ Southeast Turkey.

Despite the repression that predominantly members of the pro kurdish DTP

are exposed to ever since the communal elections in March 2009, the Camp

will take place as part of the Mesopotamian Social Forum. More than 700

activists of the DTP, the Kurdish… Continue

Added by Natasha on July 29, 2009 at 4:11am — No Comments

2009 State of the Future

2009 State of the Future

Authors: Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu

Publisher: The Millennium Project

Click here to get more info

“Although the future has been getting better for most of the world over the past 20 years, the global recession has lowered the State of the Future Index for the next 10 years. The global financial crisis and climate change… Continue

Added by Saji Prelis on July 24, 2009 at 11:11am — No Comments

Youthink! International Youth Day Essay Competition SUBMITTED BY SAADIA IQBAL

Youthink! International Youth Day Essay Competition

SUBMITTED BY SAADIA IQBAL ON JULY 13, 2009 - 17:33

Posted on Youthink Blog

International Youth Day was established by the UN in 1999, to raise awareness of the importance of youth participation and investing in youth. The theme of the day for 2009 is Sustainability: Our Challenge. Our… Continue

Added by Saji Prelis on July 16, 2009 at 12:39pm — No Comments

looking for cooperation

Resent project : 25 women in Israel-Palestine, age 18-50 starting 3 month path t in September this year.

The manly target of the group is empowerment of a ladies that working with youth.

And we are dancing it over in belly dance style.

With a professional guidance of coaching , through belly dance, women are becoming more connecting to their inner strait and it shows a positive income in their personal and professional lives.

My hope is to find some one in Arabic… Continue

Added by Natasha on July 15, 2009 at 1:14pm — No Comments

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS

CHAPTER ONE

I walk down the street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I fall in.

I am lost….I am helpless.

It isn't my fault.

It takes forever to find my way out.

CHAPTER TWO

I walk down the same street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I pretend I don't see it.

I fall in again.

I can't believe I am in this same place.

But, it isn't my fault.

It still takes a long time to get out.

CHAPTER… Continue

Added by Natasha on July 15, 2009 at 1:04pm — No Comments

Smart Tools For Smart Power: Simulations and Serious Games for Peacebuilding, Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Event Reminder

July 16, 2009

The United States Institute of Peace reminds you about:

Smart Tools For Smart Power:

Simulations and Serious Games for Peacebuilding

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

9:00 am to 3:30 pm

An online event, hosted by the U.S. Institute of Peace this Thursday, July 16th from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm EDT.

Please join USIP's Center of Innovation for Science, Technology and Peacebuilding for a full-day multimedia showcase of… Continue

Added by Christina Bache Fidan on July 15, 2009 at 2:37am — No Comments

Press Release - International Summit of Religious Youth Leaders on Disarmament

Press Release - International Summit of Religious Youth Leaders on Disarmament

World’s Youth Leaders Gather to Address the Challenges of Militarization, Nuclear Weapons and the Misuse of Religion Youth Leaders Summit

From the site: http://www.wcrp.org/news/press/nepal-07-13-09

Click here to read… Continue

Added by Saji Prelis on July 13, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Role of youth vital in defeating terrorism

PAKISTAN: Role of youth vital in defeating terrorism

(From Associate Press of Pakistan) Islamabad, June 26 - PRIME Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said youth hold the key in purging terrorism afflicting the nation and in reinforcing the image of Islam as a religion of peace. The Prime Minister was speaking at a ceremony of distribution of placement orders among about 250 youth belonging to Rawalpindi and Islamabad region here on Friday under the National Internship… Continue

Added by Saji Prelis on July 2, 2009 at 8:31am — No Comments