NEW: SHEM, Michelle Kleisath
A new organization, SHEM, is helping women students in Qinghai Normal University to become grassroots transformers of their home communities.
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Aqeela Sherrills of Watts, Los Angeles
Aqueela Sherrills brokered a peace between rival gangs in Los Angeles in 1992, and has gone on to replicate that success around the country. Read more... |
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Ahmed Ismail Khatib
This story is our inspiration for the Virtual Peace Center. Out of the tragic loss of their son, the Palestinian family of Ahmed Ismail Khatib sowed seeds of peace through the donation of his organs to six Israelis.Read more... |
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Muhammed Yunus
Muhammed Yunus and the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh are the co-recipients of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. They are the inspiration for hundreds of micro-credit programs worldwide.Read more... |
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Uganda's Betty Bigombe
Betty Bigombe left her job at the World Bank to dedicate herself to mediating peace discussions between the government and rebels of Uganda. Read more...
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Marla Ruzicka
Marla Ruzicka was so moved by the plight of civilian victims of the armed conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq that she successfully lobbied the United States Congress for relief funds for families of the victims. She died in Iraq at the age of 28, caught in the crossfire of war. Read more... |
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Liberia's Silas Siakor
Silas Siakor has put himself on the line over and over again to expose crime and corruption in Liberia. Read more... |
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Ronald Bruder and the Education for Employment Foundation
Since 9/11, Ronald Bruder has dedicated his life to help bridge the divide between the Muslim and Western worlds.” Read more... |
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P eace Pilgrim: On Foot for Peace
On the front of her blue tunic in white letters it said, PEACE PILGRIM, and on the back, 25,000 MILES ON FOOT FOR PEACE. Read more...
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Scaling Heights of Compassion and Generosity
Mountain climber Greg Mortenson helps to transform villages in Pakistan with education, clean water, health care and more. Read more... |
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Colors of Peace
The story of one Pakistani woman's path to peace. Read more... |
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