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CROSSING CONTINENTS TO EXPLORE HISTORY AND IDENTITY

2008 November 26
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“Les Écailles de la Mémoire,” a collaboration between the Brooklyn-based all-female troupe Urban Bush Women and the Senegalese male company Jant-Bi, opened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Wednesday night. Dancers confront the stereotypes and ideas between Black Americans and Africans.

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATES TURN SPOTLIGHT ON NEED FOR EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN CONFLICT

2008 November 26
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In a first-ever joint statement, more than thirty winners of the Nobel Peace Prize called for urgent action to implement quality education and build peace in conflict-affected countries, setting the classroom as the stage for conflict transformation.

NEW REPORT SHOWS CULTURAL SENSITIVITY CRITICAL TO SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES

2008 November 24
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The State of World Population 2008 report from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) urges community-based solutions that understand cultural realities, which can reveal the most effective ways to challenge harmful practices and strengthen beneficial ones.

FAITHS GIVE THANKS IN UNISON

2008 November 24
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Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Navajo faiths came together for a Sunday night Thanksgiving Interfaith Service in the Masonic Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah.

OBAMA’S PROMISE TO PRO-LIFERS

2008 November 24
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All eyes are on the President-elect as he advocates seeking common ground on the decades-long conflict over abortion.

HARMONY’S PARK

2008 November 19
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Almost nine decades after the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot devastated black homes and businesses in one of the worst acts of racial violence in American history, Tulsans have dedicated a park to the memory of the tragedy and the ongoing racial reconciliation.