by Main | Dec 20, 2012 | 2012, Africa, Americas, Global Peace Convention, Global Peace Youth Corps, Manu Chandaria, Peacebuilding, Youth Leadership
Two weeks ago, UPI reported on three Kenyans in Atlanta who assured, “Kenya next year will avoid the ethnic violence that tore the country apart during the 2007 elections.” The statement references painful memories of post-election violence in 2007-2008 that Hon....
by Main | Aug 9, 2012 | 2012, Africa, Peacebuilding, Youth Leadership
Molo is a town in Kenya’s Rift Valley. In 2007, it experienced the brunt of the ethnic violence that followed the presidential election. Thousands were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. Today in Molo grass grows over the remains of a school that was burnt to...
by Main | Aug 7, 2012 | 2012, Asia, Youth Leadership
The current grandparents and parents of Korea saw their nation torn apart by war. Their generation invested their sweat and blood to build up the nation from its ashes, and shed many tears over the 38th Parallel that carved their families and homeland in half. The...
by Main | Jul 31, 2012 | 2012, Americas, Global Peace Youth Corps, Learning from Nature, Youth Leadership
I was reminded of why I go into the mountains when I read about the mountain challenges of the youth leaders from the Global Peace Youth Corps in Mt. Kilimanjaro and the mountains of Montana. Before any major undertaking I go into the mountains to align my...
by Main | Jun 20, 2012 | 2012, Local Conferences, Youth Leadership
17-year-old Brittany Trilford from New Zealand addressed world leaders at Rio+20. “In this moment, I am all children, your children, the world’s three billion children. Think of me for these short minutes as half the world. I stand here with fire in my heart. I’m...
by Main | May 22, 2012 | 2012, Youth Leadership
I’ve had the privilege to engage with youth around the world. There is something in the youth, regardless of where they are from that inspires me to invest – they dream big. They are looking forward to the life ahead of them. Fears and inhibitions from the past do...
