A great way to engage youth around issues they care about - and share their "visual voice" with the world.
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- World AIDS Day 2008
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The Global Peace Tiles Project
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The Global Peace Tiles Project
nice report from folks at dc office on human rights on their recent peacetiles effort:
It went AMAZINGLY well! At the VIP reception we presented the Peace Tiles - which were also acknowledged at the Opening Ceremonies. The Director of the DC Commission on Arts and the Humanities (Gloria Nauden) along with me presented the Tiles. Lars - Gloria is blown away and wants to do it again next year for at least 100-200!
The Office of Human Rights and the DC Commission on Arts & the Humanities Partner with UNA - Release
Source: newsroom.dc.gov
On May 11, 2009 students from more than 30 schools in the DC Metropolitan area will role-play as delegates from the UN member countries through Global Classrooms Washington, DC (GCDC). GCDC is an ...
Jeremy Reflecting on the year: The art teacher I collaborate with was very committed to bringing me in. I was only half-surprised to be so welcomed as we\'re in small-town America in an area with very conservative values, but Judy is an artist herself and thereby a maverick in the good sense of the word ;) I led with a discussion on the work of my organization whose mission is to bring people together to strengthen communities, and whose work focuses on inspiring, equipping, and mobilizing people to take action that changes the world. This is done through advocacy, capacity building, and generating awareness through volunteer projects. I then got the students involved in a dialog on what they knew and didn\'t know about HIV/AIDS and it\'s global impact with resources from the World Bank. To find our more, see The Whole Story on Zazengo at http://tinyurl.com/hoo-wad-tiles08.
The Global Peace Tiles Project
Jeremy Foreman writes, "I taught 4 art classes at William James Middle School about HIV/AIDS today for a World AIDS Day Global Peace Tiles Project in Statesboro, GA" - Right on Jeremy! Tell us more - how did it go, what did you learn, and how did the students like it?
HandsOn Ogeechee has offered the Peace Tiles Project as a civic engagement activity for youth since the Fall of 2007.
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The Global Peace Tiles Project Pirton (UK) reports, "Class 5 took part in an art workshop to make a “Peace Tile” to send a message of hope and inspiration to children whose lives are directly affected by conflicts around the world. Class 4 will take part in their workshop next week. The project is being promoted by the children’s newspaper First News which Classes 4 and 5 receive each week and has kindly been co-ordinated by Mrs Gbadebo."