Barrio de Paz (Peace Town), a non-violent youth movement in Guayaquil, Ecuador, is a piece of what PEACE-TAYO has in mind. It brings together street gangs to provide services to the struggling community. Gang members band together out of a need for unity, structure, and love when their social fabric has been torn apart. Mirroring the society that marginalizes them, gangs use this unity for domination and aggression.
Youth and peace worker Nelsa Libertad Curbelo Cora shows how this instinct toward oneness can be transformed into a power of service, life, and love.
Imagine this kind of youth movement spreading in Metro Manila. Our streets will be a bit safer, crimes will be a bit lower, things will be a bit better. This is part of what PEACE-TAYO wants to see happening in Metro Manila.
Watch the video below for some inspiration. Thank you Global Oneness Project (http://www.globalonenessproject.org/)
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Youth Social Entrepreneur Global Competition (Deadline: September 19, 2011)
Who’s eligible?: Young people (age 12-24), living anywhere in the world, are eligible to apply.
Dates and details: Apply online between June 22 and September 19, 2011.
Technology is constantly revolutionizing our world. Bold new ideas speed instantaneously online as portable devices such as smart phones and tablets connect us to people and resources across the globe in real-time. The way we communicate, work, and play in our daily lives has been transformed. But how do these technologies translate into solutions for a better world?
We want to know how you are using technology to create solutions to society’s most pressing challenges. Share your story about how technology is helping realize your vision for change, and you could be the winner of the 5th annual Staples Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition!
Four finalists will be selected and will receive an all expenses paid trip to Techonomy, an elite conference held in Tucson, Arizona that convenes thought leaders, innovators, and changemakers from the technology sector. You’ll get to meet outstanding tech sector influencers and be recognized for your work!
Check out our guidelines and rules for more information, and apply by September 19!
For further information: Click here.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
2011 International Essay Contest for Young People (Deadline: June 30, 2011)
Organized by Goi Peace Foundation and UNESCO The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, Japan Broadcasting Corporation Nikkei Inc., Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education Supported by FELISSIMO CORPORATION. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| As today’s young people are crucial for the shaping of our future, it is imperative that they are enabled to develop to their full potential. UNESCO’s objective is to help empower young people, reaching out to them, responding to their expectations and ideas, and fostering useful and long-lasting skills. This annual essay contest is organized in an effort to harness the energy, imagination and initiative of the world's youth in promoting a culture of peace and sustainable development. It also aims to inspire society to learn from the young minds and to think about how each of us can make a difference in the world. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
PEACE-TAYO and Town Hall Meeting with University for Peace's Students
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| PEACE-TAYO with international students of UPeace's Asia Leaders Program (ALP) in Ateneo de Manila University May 20, 2011 |
This was the first activity of PEACE-TAYO. It was a town hall meeting-type gathering with the international students of Asia Leaders Program (ALP) of the United Nations-mandated University for Peace, Ateneo de Manila University and Nippon Foundation.
Asian students comprising the batch 4 and 5 of ALP came to listen to an alumnus, a member of batch 1, of the program. They were invited to reflect and join the journey made by a graduate student of peace and conflict studies three years ago. And they were briefed on the alumnus' current research on ethno-religious conflicts in the Philippines as part of his studies in Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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The Story of Pathwalks
Have you noticed those adjoining and criss-crossing pathwalks in front of Gokongwei School of Management in Ateneo?
When I was like you three years ago, just starting my years in Ateneo, those pathwalks were not yet there. There was one straight and wide concrete pathwalk that led you to and out of SOM from the main walk of the campus. But countless students threaded those slightly marked and soiled pathways going in and out of SOM building, diverting from the familiar and established straight pathwalk.
Now, there are two or three small concrete pathwalks that are adjoining to make people meet along the way wherever they intend to go. To me, those new pathwalks are beautiful. They are beautiful in many ways. One, the small pathwalks are able to converge people along their way. These opportunities to meet and greet people along the way of our journey as students are profoundly brilliant signposts of true and excellent academic setting. Two, the small pathwalks are able to embrace and include different directions and choices of people's destinations. I simply do not like being imposed and dictated by that wide, established and straight pathwalk. Three, the new pathwalks were unplanned improvements. They were put in place because people who marked their way decided to have their own way, and not the established one. There are those who simply could not accept their surrounding as it is; they recreate and reconstruct their environment.
Each one of us is able to mark our way. Do you thread the well and often- traveled path? Or you are willing to make your own path? Do you want to meet other people who like you are in journey or you want to travel by yourself? Is your path part of a bigger and well-meaning journey?
Let's talk.
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The second part of the talk is about my current research on ethno-religious conflict in the Philippines. It is about the latent conflict between differentiated groups based on ethnicity and religion.
Briefly, some people are excluded from their society, not because of what they do, but because of who they are. They are, to an extent, excluded because of their identity. They are categorized as outgroup, and quite a number of negative traits are attached to that group. Those who exclude are the ones that believe they are better than the outgroup. They are the ingroup. The formation of ingroup and outgroup is hinged on the strong identification of each group to their social groupings which, in this study, are based on ethnicity and religion. Because people identify strongly with their own ethnicity and religion, they tend to exclude the outgroup. And this exclusion is expressed in intergroup contact avoidance.
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PEACE-TAYO would like to bridge this social distance between differentiated groups. Through activities such as workshops, trainings, conferences, lectures, talks, and games, intergroup relations can be improved to bring about peace.
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