PeaceNotes- 2024 Winter Newsletter
The latest PEC newsletter is out! We discuss the Palestine-Israel war, Doomsday Clock, Africa’s Invisible Conflicts, local activism events, and more!
Category: In the News
Africa’s Invisible Conflicts: Focus on the DRC
As an Africanist, I have been frustrated throughout my professional life with the lack of meaningful coverage of African stories, particularly of stories that focus on the positive developments throughout the continent.
Doomsday Clock Keeps on Ticking
With the tinder in many places awaiting just a spark to set ablaze, most of us give it not a second thought. But thankfully there are groups of citizens around the globe doing what they can to reduce the chance that a spark might engulf us all.
PEC, Other Organizations Work for Gaza Ceasefire
The Peace Education Center – working with Lansing-area organizations and individuals in the Coalition for a Free Palestine – has joined the millions in the U.S. and across the globe to demand an end to this horrendous war
Love and Support for Gaza, Solidarity from Michigan
Greater Lansing area activist support Gaza- brave bus journey to a rally to Washington D.C.
The price of peace and development: Paying for the UN
The UN’s 2024 budget? Just $1.25 per person yearly – like a bag of chips in NYC! Learn where the $3.59 billion goes, from peacekeeping to humanitarian aid.
Gaza war puts US’s extensive weapons stockpile in Israel under scrutiny
Israel appears to be receiving munitions from stockpile, but there has been little transparency
Israeli organizations to President Biden: stop the humanitarian catastrophe
A group of human rights and civil society organizations in Israel sent a letter to the United States President Joe Biden, asking that he take action to prevent further loss of life in the Gaza Strip
These numbers show the staggering toll of the Israel-Hamas war
The latest Israel-Hamas war has quickly become the deadliest and most destructive of the five wars fought between the sides