RESPE Member Ashley Allison reports in GlobalPost from the Dominican Republic about the January 12th earthquake in Haiti.
RESPE Member Ashley Allison reports in GlobalPost from the Dominican Republic about the January 12th earthquake in Haiti.
Happy Birthday Sherman!
From your friends and colleagues at the IGL
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Happy Birthday Sherman!
From your friends and colleagues at the IGL
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The Institute mourns the passing of David Cartagena, senior streetworker of the Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence in Providence, Rhode Island. His was one of the most humane and inspirational voices we have ever welcomed in our 25 years. His role as a peacemaker in his community and in the world is so important. Our hearts go out to his daughter and his family, as well as to the community at the...
NEXUS | The IGL Newsletter | Spring 2009
By Hannah Flamm
In May, the inaugural class of 11 Synaptic Scholars will graduate. Synaptic Scholars is designed to encourage and enable students to realize their potential in collaborative, intensive, and interdisciplinary settings. It is meant to provide a forum for students to take...
The Spring 2009 version of the Nexus Newsletter is now available.
NEXUS | The IGL Newsletter | Spring 2009 By Adam White This past winter break, the IGL organized the first ever Inquiry international research trip to provide an opportunity to see this year’s topic, Global Cities, first hand in Shanghai. Inquiry is the IGL’s high school global issues outreach program. The topic of Inquiry coincides...
NEXUS | The IGL Newsletter | Spring 2009
By Peter Radosevich, A’09
Sometimes serendipity knocks on your door. This past winter, I learned that the IGL would be sending student guides and mentors for two groups of high school students on a trip to Shanghai in preparation for this year’s inquiry simulation. I jumped at the...
NEXUS | The IGL Newsletter | Spring 2009
PJTT Course Exposes Students to Challenges of Leadership in Conflict Resolution
By Ina Breuer, and Adam Levy
During the spring of 2009, the Project on Justice in Times of Transition (PJTT) hosted and co-sponsored a class at Tufts University in partnership with the Institute...
NEXUS | The IGL Newsletter | Spring 2009
The headlines read “Turkey Offers the US a Path Out of Iraq,” “Dominican Dreams: El Barrio to the Big Leagues,” and “The Other Side of an Aegean Wonderland.” They represent articles found on the web site of GlobalPost, a new Boston web-based global news service which now has a special collaboration with the...