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In Memory of 1990 Advocate Felipe Michelini
Monday, April 20, 2020

“La dignidad de las personas, independientemente de toda condición accesoria a la condición de persona humana, es una premisa que debe sustentar ética, política y jurídicamente a toda sociedad democrática.”  -- Felipe Michelini

Humanitarian Cooperation Between Kurds in Iraq and Syria
Friday, April 17, 2020

By David L. Phillips

Columbia University has been facilitating a “humanitarian dialogue” between Kurds in Iraq and Syria. Bayan Abdul Rahman, representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in DC and Sinam Sherkany Mohammed, representative of the Syrian Democratic Council in DC, exchanged information on humanitarian conditions during a zoom call hosted by Columbia and Refugees International on April 8, 2020.

Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI)

HRAP Alum Speaks Out on Need to Include Women in Afghan Peace Process
Wednesday, April 15, 2020

DW News interviewed 2009 Advocate Mary Akrami of the Afghan Women Skills

AHDA alumni quoted in The New York Times
Monday, April 13, 2020

Two AHDA alumni quoted in an article “From Prominent Turkish Philanthropist to Political Prisoner” about Mr. Osman Kavala in The New York Times on April 9, 2020.

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HRAP Alum Speaks on Educating for Peace During the Pandemic
Monday, April 13, 2020

2011 Advocate Colins Imoh of Nigeria participated in the webinar Peace Education and the Pandemic: Global Perspectives sponsored by the Global Campaign for Peace Education. Colins focused his talk, Educating for Peace in a Frightened World, on the “need to focus on the big picture of solidarity, which is what peace education is all about.” Colins is currently an adjunct faculty member in the Division of Criminal Justice at California State University.

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