Students 4 Peace, (S4P), has created a newsroom team that includes journalists, editors, reviewers, opinion writers, fiction writers and photographers.
In Boston and around the world, people are working to promote peace, coexistence and the improvement of the environment and life in general. Unfortunately, mainstream media tends to overlook and ignore positive events and initiatives, including from areas of conflict. Learn more...
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By Joel Tietolman · Winter 2007
“Encounter Point” is not a typical movie about Palestinians and Israelis. The co-directors, Ronit Avni and Julia Bacha, do not focus on checkpoints or suicide bombers. The film does not try to decide what is right or wrong. It does not even seem to cater to either Jews or Arabs. What it does do is make one thing clear: many people exist on both sides that want to get to know each other.
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By Monica Boland · Winter 2007
From the Student Hurricane Network website:
The Student Hurricane Network (SHN) is a national association dedicated to providing long-term assistance to communities affected by Hurricane Katrina. SHN works with law students and administrators from all over the United States to create and coordinate volunteer opportunities for law students in the Gulf Coast.
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By Gage Norris · Winter 2007
For those who want to promote peace, there are many ways to express our desires and make our voices heard. The problem is how we choose to voice them. All too frequently we seem to choose a negative path over a positive one: “anti” war rallies, “Stop” violence, “end” terrorism. Sure, on the surface these ideas don’t seem too bad. In fact, these are exactly the goals that we’re trying to accomplish in the first place. So what’s the problem?
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By Will Sagar · Winter 2007
World AIDS Day has been observed on Dec. 1 each year since 1988, and is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. Despite recent, improved access to antiretroviral treatment and care in many regions of the world, the AIDS pandemic claimed an estimated 3.1 million lives last year, of which more than half a million were children. The number of people with HIV/AIDS in Massachusetts has increased every year of the epidemic’s 25 year history. Over the last seven years, the number of infected people in the state has risen at an alarming 30 percent rate.
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By Will Sagar · Winter 2007
It all starts vocally,
Speaking with your loved ones openly,
Like I am with you tonight,
Hoping we can unite to fight AIDS
both locally and globally.
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By Kelly Gould · Winter 2007
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’Tis the season to go green. This holiday season, more consumers are aware than ever of eco-friendly opportunities. Yet for all you last minute shoppers and gift-wrappers, have you considered the wrapping? Wrapping paper is one of the biggest sources of waste during the holidays. Shiny paper is looked at for brief seconds before being ripped apart and tossed in the garbage. This year, why not get a little creative and help out the environment at the same time?
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By Elise Moussa · Winter 2007
December 21 - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to sue the federal government for not allowing California to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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By Carly Stewart · Winter 2007
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On October 16, 2007, about 130 men from Senegal, Mali, Guinea-Bissau and Gambia quietly sped away from the shores of Ziguinchor, the fishing village-turned-city in the greenest, southernmost region of Senegal in West Africa.
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