This week's postings:
1. "Fanning the Flame of Tolerance: The Role of the Media" Seminar
2. Mountain Voices: Educational Website
3. Opportunity for College Students to attend UN Delegation
4. What Young People Are Saying about Gender Equality
5. Sign Up for Peace Match!
Ellen Frierson
Global TeachNet Intern
National Peace Corps Association
mailto:gtnintern@rpcv.org
http://www.globalteachnet.org
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1. "Fanning the Flame of Tolerance: The Role of the Media" Seminar
Posted by request:
Third "Unlearning Intolerance" seminar opens May 3, 2005 as part of World
Press Freedom Day Commemoration
The third seminar in the Unlearning Intolerance educational series of the
United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) will focus on
"Fanning the Flame of Tolerance: The Role of the Media". It will be held
at United Nations Headquarters in New York on May 3, 2005 from 9:50 a.m.
to 1:00 p.m.
This seminar is being held in the context of DPI's commemoration of World
Press Freedom Day, held each year on 3 May. It will examine ways to
counter the effects of hate media and how the media can, should and,
indeed, does educate people by "fanning the flame of tolerance" through
reporting and confronting manifestations of intolerance around the world.
The seminar will be chaired by the Under-Secretary-General for
Communications and Public Information Shashi Tharoor. There will be a
panel discussion offering different perspectives on the educative role of
the press in countering hate today and in fostering tolerance and
understanding, as well as on ideas for confronting hate media more
effectively. Speakers will include journalists and experts dealing with
media and issues relating to tolerance and education.
The half-day programme will be open to members of the public,
non-governmental organizations and media representatives who register in
advance. Those in possession of a valid UN grounds pass, such as
delegations of United Nations Member States, UN-affiliated
non-governmental organizations and media representatives need not
register. Registration is free. To attend, please register online at
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/registration.asp
For those who cannot attend, the seminar will be webcast live at
http://www.un.org/webcast.
Photo exhibit ( 3 May - 6 June 2005): In conjunction with the seminar, a
photo exhibit will open on 3 May at UN Headquarters. Comprising the best
news photos of 2004, the traveling exhibit presents all the winning images
of World Press Photo's worldwide 2005 photojournalism contest. It is
brought to New York with the support of World Press Photo Foundation and
Getty Images. The exhibit will remain on display in the visitors' lobby at
UN Headquarters and will be open to the public until 6 June 2005.
For more information, contact Vikram Sura at mailto:sura@un.org Tel:
212-963-8274 or Sagine Damas at mailto:damas@un.org Tel: 212-963-5956 Fax:
1-917-367-6075
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2. Mountain Voices: Education Website
>From http://www.mountainvoices.org/ :
This website presents interviews with over 300 people who live in mountain
and highland regions round the world. Their testimonies offer a personal
perspective on change and development. The interviews on this site have
been gathered by the Oral Testimony Programme of the Panos Institute in
partnership with local organisations. To date, over 300 interviews have
been conducted by local people in local languages, recorded, transcribed,
translated, and summarised.
This project is part of Panos' Oral Testimony Programme, which aims to
amplify the voices of those at the heart of development: people who are
disadvantaged by poverty, gender, lack of education and other
inequalities. Collecting and disseminating oral testimonies allows the
least vocal and least powerful members of society to speak for themselves,
rather than through outsiders or "experts". Panos works not with
professional researchers, but trains local people in the methodology, so
that interviewing is done in local languages, in relaxed settings, between
people who share some, but not necessarily all aspects of the each other's
backgrounds.
Visitors to the website can choose from a list of countries, including
Mexico, Peru, Lesotho, Kenya, Ethiopia, Poland, Pakistan, India, Nepal and
China. You may also search interviews by theme. Summaries are available
for all visitors, but to access the full transcripts you must apply for a
password through the site.
http://www.mountainvoices.org/
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3. Opportunity for College Students to attend UN Delegation
>From the Human Rights Education Listserv:
The Council for American Students in International Negotiations is
accepting applications for students to attend its United Nations
delegation for the UN conference: "From Reaction to Prevention: Civil
Society Forging Partnerships to Prevent Violent Conflict and Build Peace."
The conference will be held at the United Nations in New York from July
19-21. Please visit the CASIN website to apply:
http://www.americanstudents.us/crimeapp.shtml
The application deadline is June 1, 2005. Details about the conference
can be found in the application and on the UN website:
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/prev_dip/fr_preventive_action.htm
You must be currently enrolled in a US accredited colleges, graduate or
postgraduate institution to attend. Please visit the application page for
further eligibility guidelines.
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4. What Young People Are Saying about Gender Equality
Posted by request:
We invite you and your students to check out the 15th issue of "What Young
People Are Saying" (http://www.unicef.org/voy/news/), Voices of Youth's
bimonthly newsletter.
Look inside for what young people are saying about gender equality and:
Education
Abuse, exploitation & violence
HIV & AIDS
Media
A poll on gender
A poll on media
More on the MDG +5 Summit Review
How you can use this newsletter:
Every second month, Voices of Youth, UNICEF's interactive website for
young people, distributes a newsletter to bring attention to the thoughts,
reflections and suggestions for action on a particular issue for priority
development as put forth by young people on Voices of Youth's discussion
boards.
The objective of "What Young People Are Saying" is to further links
between programming and the concerns of today's youth. By providing easy
to navigate summaries, relevant quotations, and suggested action points,
"What Young People Are Saying" offers an additional means of connecting
with young people globally and interweaving their concerns with UNICEF's
priorities and objectives.
About Voices of Youth:
Since 1995, Voices of Youth has provided young people around the globe
with an opportunity to explore, discuss and take action on complex human
rights and development issues. Through its numerous discussion boards and
live web-based chats, Voices of Youth has provided an opportunity to
thousands of young people from every region to educate themselves and
partner with their peers to make changes in their own lives and in their
communities.
We hope that you will find Voices of Youth and this newsletter useful
tools in your efforts to create a world fit for children--with children
including adolescents.
For additional information, please contact Voices of Youth: 212-326-7050,
mailto:voy@unicef.org.
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5. Sign Up for Peace Match!
Peace Match, an online speakers bureau, connects Returned Peace Corps
Volunteers (RPCVs) with educators to bring a firsthand perspective on life
in a developing country to your classroom or youth group! As you plan
activities for the remaining weeks of the school year, you can contact
RPCVs in your area using the Peace Match web site and make arrangements
for a classroom presentation.
Here are some ways RPCVs can serve as a resource in your classroom:
** Educators teaching world civilization courses can call upon returned
Volunteers who have served in non-Western cultures.
** Many returned Volunteer speakers have videotapes, photographic
slides or prints, and artifacts that will provide your students with an
eyewitness account of the cultural, social, and political conditions in
many parts of the world.
** Language teachers can find returned Volunteers who will make
presentations in the languages that they teach, such as Spanish, French,
Russian, and Chinese.
Visit the Peace Match website at http://www.peacematch.org and register as
a host to find a speaker for your class!
Gladys Maloy
Program Manager, Peace Match Speakers Bureau
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