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
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
Friday, August 01th, 2014
Don’t Know Much About History
The architects of our foreign-policy disasters would prefer we simply forget the past. Clockwise from top left: Elliott Abrams, Henry Kissinger, Bill Kristol, Dick Cheney (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta; Reuteres/Pascal Lauener; Gage SkidmoreAP Photo/Richard Drew) I recently happened to be in the audience for a discussion on the legacy of World War I, held at the Thompson/Reuters headquarters in New York… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,Educational travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel,Political Thoughts,Power to the Peaceful,War
Wednesday, July 30th, 2014
Laos, US Legacy, and Unexploded Ordnance
JULY 23, 2014 / PROSPERCSIS For decades, Laos’ economic development and relationship with the United States has been strained by unexploded ordnance (UXO), a legacy of the Vietnam War. Roughly 30 percent of the two million tons of bombs that the United States dropped in Laos during the Vietnam War failed to detonate on impact. To date, only about one percent of affected land has… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,Educational travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel,Power to the Peaceful,War
Friday, October 04th, 2013
Vo Nguyen Giap, renowned Vietnamese general, dies in Hanoi
Vo Nguyen Giap, the Vietnamese military commander and national folk hero who organized the army that defeated the French and then the Americans in 30 years of Southeast Asian warfare, is dead. That war ended in 1975 when the last remaining U.S. military forces evacuated Saigon, leaving behind a war-torn and battle-scarred nation, united under Communist rule.He died Oct. 4… [Read Full Article]Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel,Vietnam Student Trips,Vietnam War,War