Saturday, October 25th, 2014
From a Rwandan Dump to the Halls of Harvard
Justus Uwayesu, rescued at 9 from the streets of Rwanda, is enrolled as a freshman at Harvard.Credit Ian Thomas Jansen-Lonnquist for The New York Times BOSTON — Nine years old and orphaned by ethnic genocide, he was living in a burned-out car in a Rwandan garbage dump where he scavenged for food and clothes. Daytimes, he was a street beggar.… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel,Power to the Peaceful
Wednesday, October 22th, 2014
Kim Phuc Visits Southern California Schools
Kim Phuc, the Vietnam War's iconic "napalm girl" featured in Nick Ut's 1972 Pulitzer Prize-winning image, speaks to students of Brentwood School, Archer School, Westridge School and Polytechnic School. Students are moved by Kim's message of loving kindness, peace, and forgiveness for a war-free world. Kim speaks about the iconic image, the Vietnam War and her journey to forgiveness. Kim… [Read Full Article]Kim Phúc,Kim Phúc Vietnam War Survivor,Nick Ut,Peace Works Travel,Power to the Peaceful,Vietnam Student Trips,Vietnam War,War,War/Photography
Thursday, October 09th, 2014
An American Girl in Cuba
Lili Boyle 16-year-old from Pacific Palisades, CA Posted: 02/08/2012 8:24 am EST Updated: 04/09/2012 5:12 am EDT Simply put, I love Cuba. No, I am not a communist or a socialist, and I have nothing but love for my country, America. But my biased perceptions of Cuba were broken when I got the chance to explore Cuba and immerse myself… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,Educational travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel Upcoming Trips,Power to the Peaceful,Student Community Service,Student travelers
Wednesday, October 08th, 2014
Fred Branfman, Who Exposed Bombing of Laos, Dies at 72
By WILLIAM YARDLEY OCT. 6, 2014 The Vietnam War was raging when Fred Branfman went to Laos in 1967 as an international aid worker. Determined to immerse himself in the society, he lived with an elderly villager, learned to speak Laotian and became a translator. In time, he met Laotians who told him something startling: There was a second… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,Educational travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel,Political Thoughts,Power to the Peaceful,War
Tuesday, August 19th, 2014
JOHN LENNON | Dan Bull [spot the song titles]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=D-rubHhmhpo [Read Full Article]Education Travel,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel,Power to the Peaceful