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New program in development: The AMAL Institute-2013
The AMAL Institute-2013 (“The Hope Institute-2013”). Empower Peace will create and produce a MENA region-wide institute for youth (ages 15 to 25 years) on the topic of the use of Social Media in Civic Engagement and Service Learning. Modeled in a large part after the extremely successful, TED conferences, this program will focus on having established and prominent social media experts presenting on various technologies and engagement strategies as they relate to the civic engagement and service learning worlds. Click for more information.
Women2Women is an international women’s leadership program that brings together emerging young women leaders (ages 15-19) from around the globe, engages them in intensive action-oriented leadership training, and connects them to an international network of influential women leaders. The program began in 2006 and has had over 600 young women from over 40 countries attend.
Please click here to learn more about the Women2Women program.
Virtual Connections is a program which uses web-based interactive technologies to facilitate cultural dialogue and global understanding between youth worldwide.
To learn more about the Virtual Connections program, please click here.
The Global Village is a series of civic engagement initiatives that connect youth to NGOs working within their community to provide meaningful service-learning opportunities for young people and capacity-building for NGOs. The Global Village began in 2009 at the Women2Women Alumnae Conference that was held in Amman, Jordan. Over 200 students from all over Jordan attended the Global Village.
Please click here to learn more about the Global Village.
Global Impact Apprentice Challenge (GIA)
The Global Impact Apprentice Challenge (GIA) was an opportunity for American high school students to collaborate with a partner school in the Middle East or North Africa on a service-learning project addressing an environmental issue of mutual concern in each of their communities. Through digital communication, joint service-learning initiatives and cultural exchange, GIA provided a unique forum for youth to collaborate on issues of both local and global concern.
For more information about the Empower Peace Global Impact Apprentice Challenge please click here.
STAND UP to Bullying was created to educate, motivate and empower young people to actively promote social change in their schools and communities. The Stand Up to Bullying program was developed by a community coalition of over 50 organizaitons who worked in partnership with renowned bullying prevention authorities to ensure the most effictive messaging and call to action for students and their educators. Stand Up to Bullying utilizes a combination of educational information, entertainment and special recognition to motivate students to stand up to bullying. STAND UP was first held in December 2011 in Boston, MA where over 4,000 students and teachers from New England participated. In November 2012, STAND UP was held at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, MA. Over 4,500 students and teachers partcipated.
For more information on the program, please visit our website, http://www.StandUptoBullying.org or click here.
AMAL Institute-2013 - Coming Soon
Empower Peace will create and produce a MENA region-wide institute for youth (ages 15 to 25 years) on the topic of the use of Social Media in Civic Engagement and Service Learning. Modeled in a large part after the extremely successful, TED conferences, this program will focus on having established and prominent social media experts presenting on various technologies and engagement strategies as they relate to the civic engagement and service learning worlds. These experts will be from both the region and around the world. Working with and through a region-wide media partner, US Embassies and established non-profits in the region, the Institute would look to recruit delegations of youth activists from throughout the expanded MENA region.
