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Postal address of organization/institution
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950 Main St Worcester, MA 01570
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E-mail address of organization/institution
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jderivera@clarku.edu
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Website address of organization/institution
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http://www.clarku.edu/departments/peacestudies/
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Telephone of organization/institution
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508-793-7663
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PRIORITIES: All of the organization's domains of culture of peace activity |
EDUCATION FOR PEACE
HUMAN RIGHTS
UNDERSTANDING, TOLERANCE AND SOLIDARITY
FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION
INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
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TOP PRIORITY: The organization's most important culture of peace activity |
EDUCATION FOR PEACE
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PARTNERSHIPS AND NETWORKS: What
partnerships and networks does your organization participate in, thus
strengthening the global movement for a culture of peace? |
Center for Nonviolent solutions (Worcester, MA)
New England Peace Studies Association
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ACTIONS: What activities have
been undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence during the ten years of the Decade? If you already made a
report in 2005, your information from 2005 will be included in the 2010
report.
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We
have held two scholarly conferences on the concept of a culture of
peace and ways to assess the extent to which cultures of peace exist.
These, and subsequent work, have resulted in a number of publications
including:
A Special Issue of Peace and Conflict devoted to: Assessing Cultures of Peace for Peace and Conflict
An
article for the Journal of Peace Research, (41,531-548) titled
Assessing the basis for a culture of peace in contemporary societies.
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An article on Assessing the Culture of Peace in Different Nations for the UN Chronicle, (2005, 42 (2), 53-55.)
An issue on Emotional climate, human security, and culture of peace for the Journal of Social Issues (vol 63, number 2).
An article for Building Cultures of Peace that Protect Human Rights published in Psyche and Logos.
A Handbook on building cultures of peace (published by Springer, 2009)
A chapter for the Handbook of Peace Education--
Teaching about culture of peace as an approach to peace education
And an entry for the Culture of Peace in the Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology
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PROGRESS: Has your organization
seen progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain
of action and in your constituency during the second half of the
Decade? |
There
is progress in the sense that more people have learned about the
concept of a culture of peace, but it is still a relativly unknown
idea. We need MUCH more work in building peacful a peacful culture.
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OBSTACLES: Has your organization faced any obstacles to implementing the culture of peace and nonviolence? If so, what were they?
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Relatively few people are aware of the UN initiative.
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PLANS: What new engagements are
planned by your organization in the short, medium and long term to
promote a culture of peace and nonviolence? |
We are planning to work with a new local peace group: the Center for Nonviolnet Solutions
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GLOBAL MOVEMENT: How do you think the culture of peace and nonviolence could be strengthened and supported at the world level??
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If possible we should encourage the reinvolvement of UNESCO
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