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The 8th Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the UN

I had the privilege of attending the 8th Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues last week in New York City. Admittedly, I am a bit of a political geek, and it was a bit of a dream come true just to be in the UN, but in the midst of it all, I found myself both [...]

Striving for Unity in Luton

 
Learning to live in a multi-faith/multi-cultural nation of diversity often poses challenges to community cohesion. Over the last two months, Luton, England has again found itself in the media, caught in various challenges to the peaceful co-existence of its citizens. Members of the RW team attended a meeting on May 13 called by a range [...]

School of Reconciliation and Justice in Lebanon

I first went to Beirut in 1997 in our second year of the Reconciliation Walk and from the beginning I fell in love with this diverse country and its people. I left in April 2003 on the eve of the Iraqi War and I hoped that I would be returning quickly. 
 
  This didn’t happen. So as [...]

Lebanon: A Message of Reconciliation

 

What if you could make a trip to the Middle East? What would you expect to see and hear in a city like Beirut, the capital of Lebanon? Who would you go and try to meet? Would Shia, Sunni and Druze Muslims be on your list of people you would want to connect with? As [...]