Middle East Awareness
Spring PEC Internship Applications due Jan 29
The Peace Education Center seeks intern(s) for the fall semester of 2009.
Responsibilities:
The intern will have a hand in all of the aspects of running a small nonprofit focused on peace and justice. There will be opportunities for graphic and web design, volunteer and donor management, event organization, outreach, and networking.
Anna Baltzer and Mustafa Barghouti on Jon Stewart’s Daily Show
Peace Activists Anna Baltzer and Palestinian Democratic Leader Mustafa Barghouti were guests on The Daily Show earlier this month, where they talked about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the ways it is (or is not) understood by Americans. See part one of the video below.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
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Peter Dougherty wins International Peace Award
The Peace Education Center congratulates local peacemaker Father Peter Dougherty on receiving international recognition for his lifetime of peace work. Father Dougherty, who founded the Michigan Peace Team, has been awarded the “International Ghandi” award–officially called the International Award for Promoting Gandhian Values Outside India. You may listen to two peace podcasts conducted by PEC [...]
PEC Mourns Loss of Bill Petry
The Peace Education Center and the Greater Lansing community suffered a great loss this month at the unexpected death of Bill Petry, a key member of our Middle East Awareness Committee and a longtime champion of peace and justice locally and globally. Please keep Bill’s friends and family in your hearts and thoughts through this difficult time.
Gaza and the PEC
These are some of the posts about activities supported by the PEC in December 2008 and January 2009, related to the war in Gaza.
Check out the website of the Michigan Professors Against Occupation.
Check out our video coverage of two different community teach-ins about events in Gaza here.
Here are pics and video [...]
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