All Discussions Tagged 'education' - ADRhub - Creighton NCR2024-03-29T12:31:45Zhttp://www.adrhub.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=education&feed=yes&xn_auth=noCFA: Summer Institute on Conflict Transformation in Border Regions, Quito-Ecuadortag:www.adrhub.com,2017-03-04:4905899:Topic:772822017-03-04T02:07:29.155ZJeff Pughhttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/JeffPugh
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<p>Check out this exciting opportunity for hands-on learning in Latin America this summer!</p>
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<p>The McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies of the University of Massachusetts-Boston, FLACSO-Ecuador, and the Center for…</p>
<p><span class="font-size-5"><strong>Summer Institute on Conflict Transformation across Borders, Quito-Ecuador</strong></span></p>
<p>Check out this exciting opportunity for hands-on learning in Latin America this summer!</p>
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<p>The McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies of the University of Massachusetts-Boston, FLACSO-Ecuador, and the Center for Mediation, Peace, and Resolution of Conflict (CEMPROC) are pleased to announce:</p>
<p>The 3rd annual Summer Institute on Conflict Transformation Across Borders will take place from June 26-July 14, 2017 in Quito, Ecuador at FLACSO, with graduate-level credit issued by UMass Boston. The program will focus on conflict and peace in border regions, including immigration and refugee-related conflict. More info and application instructions are available at <a href="http://www.caps.umb.edu/conflict_transformation.%C2%A0" rel="nofollow">http://www.caps.umb.edu/conflict_transformation. </a> The application deadline is April 1, 2017.</p>
<p>This 3-minute video is a great way to get a quick feel for the program: <a href="https://youtu.be/pubS4Jf7D80" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/pubS4Jf7D80</a></p>
<p>The program will feature a series of high-level guest speakers (past years have included a former Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Relations, former ambassadors, UNHCR officials, ambassadors to UNASUR, UN peacekeeper involved in the Nicaraguan demobilization process, military officers in the border region, refugee leaders, NGO activists, and more).</p>
<p>This course is designed to equip early-career professionals, graduate and advanced undergraduate students, and other future peacebuilders with practical tools, knowledge, and hands-on experience to understand the complexities of conflicts in refugee communities and across border regions, and the types of interventions that can be used to transform these conflicts.</p>
<p>The program will include classroom learning; trips to the Amazon cloud forest and the northern border region; practical skills training workshops on conflict analysis, negotiation, cross-cultural communication, and proposal writing; and participants will design their own proposal for a peacebuilding project, receiving feedback from a panel of experienced experts in the field. In this sense, the Summer Institute is not just a learning or training opportunity, but a platform for action that connects a cohort of future peacebuilders and empowers them to address the complex conflicts related to borders, migration and refugees, and transnational environmental challenges that face the world today.</p>
<p>More details and applications are available online at <a href="http://www.umb.edu/academics/caps/international/conflict_transformation" rel="nofollow">http://www.umb.edu/academics/caps/international/conflict_transformation</a> (the deadline to apply is April 1, 2017). Questions can be directed to Dr. Jeff Pugh at <a href="mailto:Jeffrey.pugh@umb.edu" rel="nofollow">Jeffrey.pugh@umb.edu</a> and Dr. Cecile Mouly, <a href="mailto:camouly@flacso.edu.ec" rel="nofollow">camouly@flacso.edu.ec</a>.</p>
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<p>-Human security vs. national security in border regions<br/> -Transnational dimensions of conflict and peacebuilding<br/> – Skills workshop: Conflict analysis<br/> -Border disputes and binational dialogue/peace processes: the cases of Ecuador-Colombia and Ecuador-Peru<br/> -Forced migration and social conflict in immigrant-receiving communities<br/> -Skills workshop: Negotiation and mediation<br/> -Environmental challenges and transnational resource conflicts<br/> -Skills workshop: Project development and proposal writing<br/> -Indigenous identity, ethnicity and conflict in border regions<br/> -Skills workshop: Cross-cultural and non-violent communication<br/> -Security sector reform; disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) and the Colombian armed conflict<br/> -Nonviolence and civil resistance</p>
<p>Check out the outcomes, student reflections, published articles, and photos from the past years’ Summer Institutes at <a href="https://conflicttransformationborders.wordpress.com/conflict-transformation-across-border-regions/" rel="nofollow">https://conflicttransformationborders.wordpress.com/conflict-transformation-across-border-regions/</a>.</p>
<p>———<br/> Jeffrey D. Pugh<br/> Assistant Professor<br/> Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance<br/> University of Massachusetts, Boston<br/> <a href="https://um-boston.academia.edu/JeffPugh" rel="nofollow">https://um-boston.academia.edu/JeffPugh</a></p>
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<p>Whether you are a teacher, university professor, school administrator, or informal educator, it is vital to recognize the <strong>changing landscape</strong> of the field of education. The world is becoming more <strong>global</strong>, teaching techniques more <strong>technical</strong>, and information more readily <strong>accessible</strong>. Join our upcoming online course, <u>Educating in Changing Times: Reflect, Rethink, Rebuild</u> to learn the latest and best methods to approaching this problem.<i><br/><br/></i><strong>Start date:</strong> June 15, 2014<br/><strong>Duration:</strong> 4 weeks <br/><strong>Price:</strong> $495 <br/><a rel="nofollow" href="https://payments.upeace.org/centre/thenewcentre/courses/" target="_blank">APPLY HERE!</a></p>
<p><i>Topics covered</i>:</p>
<p>- Week 1: Educating in a Fast-Changing World - Introduction</p>
<p>- Week 2: Pedagogies for the 21<sup>st</sup> Century</p>
<p>- Week 3: Education for Global Citizenship and Social Justice</p>
<p>- Week 4: The Future of Education</p>
<p>The UPEACE Centre for Executive Education was launched in 2006 to deliver workshops, seminars and online training course that complement the University for Peace offerings in Costa Rica. The Centre works with leaders from around the world to offer the knowledge, perspectives and skills to prepare them to be more effective in their professional environments, with a new spirit of understanding, cooperation and sensitivity to our global interconnectedness. The online platform draws together like-minded changemakers from around the world to learn together from qualified professionals.</p>
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<p>The <strong>Centre for Executive Education</strong> is part of the <strong><span style="color: #000000;">U.N.-mandated University for Peace</span></strong>. We are dedicated to delivering workshops, seminars and online training course that complement the University for Peace offerings in Costa Rica. The Centre works with leaders from around the world to offer the knowledge, perspectives and skills to prepare them to be more effective in their professional environments, with a new spirit of…</p>
<p>The <strong>Centre for Executive Education</strong> is part of the <strong><span style="color: #000000;">U.N.-mandated University for Peace</span></strong>. We are dedicated to delivering workshops, seminars and online training course that complement the University for Peace offerings in Costa Rica. The Centre works with leaders from around the world to offer the knowledge, perspectives and skills to prepare them to be more effective in their professional environments, with a new spirit of understanding, cooperation and sensitivity to our global interconnectedness. </p>
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<p>The Centre’s capstone program is a <strong><a href="http://centre.upeace.org/courses/diploma-in-social-innovation/" target="_blank">Diploma in Social Innovation</a></strong>, which consists of 5 online courses taken during an 18-month period. Courses focus on social entrepreneurship and innovation, providing participants with the skills necessary to transform a dream into a live social venture. </p>
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<p>Take the course <a href="http://centre.upeace.org/courses/entrepreneurship-innovation-and-social-change/" target="_blank">Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Social Change</a> on May 15th to get started, and then choose your remaining class from:</p>
<p>- Educating in Changing Times: Reflect, Rethink, Rebuild<br/>- Mission Impossible? Measuring Outcomes & Impact<br/>- Skills for Effective Negotiations<br/>- Social Media for Social Innovation<br/>- Designing Your Life: Innovation from the Inside Out</p>
<p>Apply <a href="https://payments.upeace.org/centre/thenewcentre/courses/" target="_blank">HERE</a> or write to centre@upeace.org for more information.</p> Education 2.0 - UPEACE Professional Development Workshop in Costa Ricatag:www.adrhub.com,2014-04-08:4905899:Topic:583472014-04-08T16:43:25.982ZJulia Delafieldhttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/JuliaDelafield
<p>The U.N.-mandated University for Peace's <a href="http://centre.upeace.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Centre for Executive Education</a> invites you to join our next professional development workshop in sunny Costa Rica -- <strong><a href="http://centre.upeace.org/courses/education2-0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Education 2.0: Teaching in a Fast-Changing World</a></strong>.<br></br></p>
<p>Join a group of innovative educators to face the challenges of academia in today's world of…</p>
<p>The U.N.-mandated University for Peace's <a rel="nofollow" href="http://centre.upeace.org/" target="_blank">Centre for Executive Education</a> invites you to join our next professional development workshop in sunny Costa Rica -- <strong><a rel="nofollow" href="http://centre.upeace.org/courses/education2-0/" target="_blank">Education 2.0: Teaching in a Fast-Changing World</a></strong>.<br/></p>
<p>Join a group of innovative educators to face the challenges of academia in today's world of information overload, changing technology and increasing globalization. This course will give you the tools to create and implement a ground-breaking new project or program in your home work environment.</p>
<p><b>Title:</b> Education 2.0: Teaching in a Fast-Changing World<br/> <b>Dates:</b> July 7-11, 2014<strong><br/></strong> <strong>Location:</strong> University for Peace, San Jose, Costa Rica<br/> <b>Cost:</b> $950<br/> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://payments.upeace.org/centre/thenewcentre/courses/" target="_blank">APPLY HERE!</a> or write to centre@upeace.org for more information</p>
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<p>The UPEACE Centre for Executive Education was launched in 2006 to deliver workshops, seminars and online training course that complement the University for Peace offerings in Costa Rica. The Centre works with leaders from around the world to offer the knowledge, perspectives and skills to prepare them to be more effective in their professional environments, with a new spirit of understanding, cooperation and sensitivity to our global interconnectedness. We draw together like-minded changemakers from around the world to learn together from qualified professionals.</p>
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<p>The U.N.-mandated University for Peace's <a href="http://centre.upeace.org/" target="_blank">Centre for Executive Education</a> invites you to join our next professional development course, scheduled to start on March 1st. </p>
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<p><a href="http://centre.upeace.org/courses/educating-in-changing-times/" target="_blank">Educating in Changing Times: Reflect, Rethink, Rebuild:</a> (…</p>
<p>The U.N.-mandated University for Peace's <a href="http://centre.upeace.org/" target="_blank">Centre for Executive Education</a> invites you to join our next professional development course, scheduled to start on March 1st. </p>
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<p><a href="http://centre.upeace.org/courses/educating-in-changing-times/" target="_blank">Educating in Changing Times: Reflect, Rethink, Rebuild:</a> (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://centre.upeace.org/courses/educating-in-changing-times/">http://centre.upeace.org/courses/educating-in-changing-times/</a>)</p>
<p>Whether you are a teacher, university professor, school administrator, or informal educator, it is vital to recognize the changing landscape of the field of education. The world is becoming more global, teaching techniques more technical, and students harder to reach. Join UPEACE’s Centre for Educational Excellence for our upcoming online course, <u>Educating in Changing Times: Reflect, Rethink, Rebuild</u> to learn the latest and best methods to approaching this problem.</p>
<p><i><br/></i><strong>Start date:</strong> Mar. 1, 2014 <strong>Duration:</strong> 4 weeks <strong>Price:</strong> $495 <a href="https://payments.upeace.org/centre/thenewcentre/courses/" target="_blank">APPLY HERE!</a></p>
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<p>- Week 1: Educating in a Fast-Changing World - Introduction</p>
<p>- Week 2: Pedagogies for the 21<sup>st</sup> Century</p>
<p>- Week 3: Education for Global Citizenship and Social Justice</p>
<p>- Week 4: The Future of Education</p>
<p>The UPEACE Centre for Executive Education was launched in 2006 to deliver workshops, seminars and online training course that complement the University for Peace offerings in Costa Rica. The Centre works with leaders from around the world to offer the knowledge, perspectives and skills to prepare them to be more effective in their professional environments, with a new spirit of understanding, cooperation and sensitivity to our global interconnectedness. The online platform draws together like-minded changemakers from around the world to learn together from qualified professionals.</p> Move This World is now recruiting a Director of Developmenttag:www.adrhub.com,2014-01-04:4905899:Topic:566042014-01-04T04:00:05.349ZVictoria Bradfordhttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/VictoriaBradford
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Move This World (MTW) is a global nonprofit that uses creative expression as a vehicle to transform conflict, violence and bullying in communities. In partnership with schools, community-based organizations, families and corporations, MTW has worked with over 10,000 individuals across 22 cities on four continents to build and connect more peaceful communities. Our hallmark program is an innovative, evidence-based curriculum that engages students…</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Move This World (MTW) is a global nonprofit that uses creative expression as a vehicle to transform conflict, violence and bullying in communities. In partnership with schools, community-based organizations, families and corporations, MTW has worked with over 10,000 individuals across 22 cities on four continents to build and connect more peaceful communities. Our hallmark program is an innovative, evidence-based curriculum that engages students Pre-K-12, educators, administrators, families, and corporate leaders in creative activities that promote empathy, mediation skills, and conflict transformation. In this way, MTW fosters cumulative skill building that grows with the individual and produces measurable impact to promote social change through the art of expression.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>We are Ashoka Activating Empathy Award winners, a Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum, a Youth Leader with the Inter-American Development Bank and Beyond Sport Award Finalists. We envision a world where creative expression redefines how we build cultures of empathy, teach and learn. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.movethisworld.org">www.movethisworld.org</a>.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>Joining the Move This World team means:</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>●</span> <span> </span><span>Being a member of a fun, talented team that empowers you while giving you the freedom to be creative and help shape the organization</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>●</span> <span> </span><span>Full time salary & benefits, plus unlimited Subway, cell phone & dance parties</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>●</span> <span> </span><span>The fulfillment of spending time on high-impact work that is defining the future of empathy education</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>●</span> <span> </span><span>Waking up excited every morning that you are building a worldwide movement </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>●</span> <span> </span><span>Cooking up big ideas (and implementing them!) with a diverse, inspiring team across 4 continents</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Move This World (MTW) is seeking a Director of Development to join its team and provide leadership, strategic direction and overall management of the daily operations of the fundraising efforts of MTW. Reporting to the CEO, the Director of Development is responsible for all activities that identify, secure, nurture and engage the individual, corporate and institutional donors of MTW. The leadership team will look to this executive to develop strategies that continue to build MTW’s financial resources, strengthen the organization’s relationships with a growing pool of philanthropic and business leaders, reflect an understanding of and collaboration with other MTW departments, and manage and inspire the staff to create new opportunities for funding partnerships in support of MTW’s mission. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>Supervise and lead members of the staff by providing strategic direction and motivation to achieve annual fundraising goals</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>Act as lead fundraiser in sourcing and interfacing with high net worth elite donors</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>Develop and monitor annual Development budgets and operating plans, including but not limited to online, writing and texting campaigns</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>Be personally responsible for the management of a strategically selected major donor portfolio as well as cultivate new prospects</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>Act as primary contact for key Corporate and Institutional giving and work with staff and the Board to research, identify and qualify new prospects</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>Develop, write and submit grant proposals; maintain a grant calendar and submit required reports for existing grantors</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>Cultivate and engage all Board of Directors on an ongoing basis, with a strategic approach toward deepening their relationship and philanthropic engagement with MTW</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>Cultivate and engage all Young Trustees on an ongoing basis and staff all MTW and Young Trustee events</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>Build the Development Committee and then act as staff liason, working with the Committee to plan and prepare meetings, engage Committee members, and advance and follow up on Committee initiatives</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>Develop a communications and social media plan and build a Marketing Committee consisting of non-Board members</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>Be a highly creative individual who possesses savvy, self-confidence, flexibility, and energy, and who thrives working in a dynamic environment</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>Be a highly personable and friendly individual, who genuinely enjoys frequent participation in social events, and who relishes taking an active, public role in the cultivation and solicitation of donors, and as a representative of Move This World</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>Be a strong mentor and team leader, with excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to inspire those working with him/her toward accomplishing common objectives</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><span>Have, at minimum, a Bachelor’s degree, at least 5 to 7 years of relevant nonprofit development experience at a senior level, and preferably significant experience in or familiarity with the New York City philanthropic marketplace </span></li>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>If you accept the challenge to Move This World:</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>·</span> <span> </span><span>Apply by sending an email to iwantto@movethisworld.org with subject line “POSITION YOU’RE APPLYING FOR- Your Name”, resume, and a letter to us describing why you want to join Team MTW. All attachments must be in PDF format.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-1dd5e2bd-5b66-0690-70ae-1529f1a89686"><span>·</span><span> </span><span>The deadline to apply is</span> <span>9:00 am EST January 31, 2014.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><strong>A MTW Disclaimer…</strong> All of our positions require individuals with an entrepreneurial mind who are able to navigate ambiguity, take matters into their own hands, take risks, learn things they don’t know, and do whatever it takes to get the job done. That might mean working until midnight with the team, reading hundreds of PeaceMover applications, helping coordinate our Global Training Summit, dancing your booty off, crunching numbers in Excel, and going out of your way to share the MTW story with the world. If this sounds like you, share your story with us and submit an application today! </span></p> How a short-term conflict resolution study abroad program can have long-term impact for graduates (new article)tag:www.adrhub.com,2013-11-21:4905899:Topic:559542013-11-21T20:45:38.865ZJeff Pughhttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/JeffPugh
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<p><strong>The Short-Term ‘Bridge Model’ Study Abroad Program: Peacebuilding in Latin America </strong><i><br></br></i></p>
<p>The conventional wisdom about conflict resolution international education assumes that students must choose between short term “island” study abroad programs that are accessible but have only superficial impact, and longer immersion programs, which gave greater impact but higher costs and barriers to participation. This article argues…</p>
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<p><strong>The Short-Term ‘Bridge Model’ Study Abroad Program: Peacebuilding in Latin America </strong><i><br/></i></p>
<p>The conventional wisdom about conflict resolution international education assumes that students must choose between short term “island” study abroad programs that are accessible but have only superficial impact, and longer immersion programs, which gave greater impact but higher costs and barriers to participation. This article argues that well-designed study abroad programs can combine the best of both models to achieve significant impact even in a short program. It proposes a “bridge model” for reconceptualizing study abroad not as a discrete event with more or less impact on student learning, but as a key intervention that furthers a student’s overall development within an internationalized curriculum. The article examines the case of an <strong>international peacebuilding study abroad program in Ecuador</strong>. It measures alumni perceptions of impact, objective outcomes, and alumni network development, based on a survey of past participants from four years of the program, as well as qualitative interviews. The key finding is that solid program design and structured cross-cultural interaction (particularly through the participation of local students throughout the program) produces the type of long-term effect and networks traditionally associated with immersion programs. Greater post-program networking is also associated with greater perceived program impact. </p>
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<p>Jeff Pugh, “The Short-Term ‘Bridge Model’ Study Abroad Program: Peacebuilding in Latin America,” <i>PS: Political Science & Politics</i> 46, no. 4 (October 2013): 791-796.</p>
<p>Access the full article online: <a href="http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9016856">http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9016856</a></p>
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<p><span>For those in the Global South without access to university databases, check it out here: <a href="https://www.academia.edu/4653931/The_Short-Term_Bridge_Model_Study_Abroad_Program_Peacebuilding_in_Latin_America">https://www.academia.edu/4653931/The_Short-Term_Bridge_Model_Study_Abroad_Program_Peacebuilding_in_Latin_America</a></span></p> 2013 ACR Annual Conference Kindle Fire Giveawaytag:www.adrhub.com,2013-03-12:4905899:Topic:492242013-03-12T13:03:35.157ZAssn for Conflict Resolutionhttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/AssnforConflictResolution
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<p><b>DC Program Coordinator Responsibilities include:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Recruiting PeaceMover Facilitators, coordinating staffing, and managing programming in respective regions</li>
<li>Completing feedback loop for program evaluation, tracking metrics and communicating impact</li>
<li>Organizing training and professional development opportunities for PeaceMovers</li>
<li>Aggregating and sharing classroom stories</li>
<li>Conducting programming site visits</li>
<li>Fostering community for best…</li>
</ul>
<p><b>DC Program Coordinator Responsibilities include:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Recruiting PeaceMover Facilitators, coordinating staffing, and managing programming in respective regions</li>
<li>Completing feedback loop for program evaluation, tracking metrics and communicating impact</li>
<li>Organizing training and professional development opportunities for PeaceMovers</li>
<li>Aggregating and sharing classroom stories</li>
<li>Conducting programming site visits</li>
<li>Fostering community for best practice sharing among MTW stakeholders</li>
<li>Coordinating ad-hoc tasks and projects as needed, including visiting and observing MTW classrooms and supporting U.S. Partnerships</li>
</ul>
<p><b>DC Program Coordinator Requirements:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>A desire to refine and deliver educational programs that use creativity and movement to affect social change</li>
<li>1-3 years of work experience. Experience in startup role and experience in education considered a plus</li>
<li>Flexibility in ambiguous and dynamically changing environments</li>
<li>Entrepreneurial and “can-do” attitude. A love for tackling tough problems and the confidence to solve them</li>
<li>Classroom experience preferred</li>
<li>Acute attention to detail</li>
<li>Position is based in DC but willingness to travel is a must</li>
<li>Excellent technology proficiency, including the use of Google Docs, Salesforce, and social media</li>
<li>Great enthusiasm to try new methods and chart new waters</li>
<li>Distinctive interpersonal and communication skills</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Joining the Move This World team means:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Being a member of a fun, talented team that empowers you while giving you the freedom to be creative and help shape the organization</li>
<li>Full time salary & benefits, plus transportation and cell phone stipends & dance parties</li>
<li>The fulfillment of spending time on high-impact work that is defining the future of movement-based empathy education</li>
<li>Waking up excited every morning that you are building a worldwide movement</li>
<li>Cooking up big ideas (and implementing them!) with a diverse, inspiring team across 4 continents</li>
</ul>
<p><b>A</b> <b>MTW</b> <b>Disclaimer—</b>All of our positions require individuals with an entrepreneurial mind who are able to navigate ambiguity, take matters into their own hands, take risks, learn things they don’t know, and do whatever it takes to get the job done. That might mean working until midnight with the team, reading hundreds of PeaceMover applications, helping coordinate our Global Training Summit, dancing your booty off, crunching numbers in Excel, and going out of your way to share the MTW story with the world. If this sounds like you, share your story with us and submit an application today!</p>
<p><b>If you accept the challenge to Move This World:</b><br/> Apply by sending an email to move@dance4peace.org by <b>Feb 18, 2013</b> with subject line “POSITION YOU’RE APPLYING FOR- Your Name” along with 2 attachments: 1) resume and 2) a letter to us describing why you want to join Team MTW.</p>
<p><b>About Move This World:</b> Move This World is a global nonprofit that uses creative movement as a vehicle to transform conflict, violence and bullying in communities. Recognizing that an individual in motion can ignite a global movement, MTW focuses specifically on empowering citizens with the social and emotional skills needed to create peace within themselves, in their interactions, and in their communities. Our hallmark program is an innovative, evidence-informed curriculum that engages students Pre-K-12 in movement-based activities that promote empathy, mediation skills, diversity appreciation, anger management, and conflict transformation. Through partnerships with schools, community centers, and families, Move This World is building and connecting more peaceful communities in the United States in Baltimore, Newark, New York City and Washington DC and internationally in Colombia, Germany, and the Philippines. To date, Move This World has worked with over 8,500 individuals across 22 cities on four continents. Our vision is to ignite global social change through the art of movement.<br/> <br/> We are Ashoka Activating Empathy Award winners, a Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum, a Youth Leader with the Inter-American Development Bank and Beyond Sport Award Finalists. We are building a network of intercultural exchange in peacebuilding and violence prevention through creative movement. We envision a world where creative movement redefines how we build cultures of empathy, teach and learn.</p>
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<p><b>Join our movement online:</b><b><br/></b> <a href="http://www.movethisworld.org">www.movethisworld.org</a><br/> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/movethisworld">www.facebook.com/movethisworld</a><br/> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/move_thisworld">www.twitter.com/move_thisworld</a></p> Move This World New York City Partnerships Coordinatortag:www.adrhub.com,2013-02-01:4905899:Topic:477392013-02-01T22:50:08.196ZSara Potlerhttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/SaraPotler
<p align="center"><b>Move This World (formerly Dance 4 Peace) is now recruiting a</b></p>
<p align="center"><b>full-time New York City Partnerships Coordinator</b></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Move This World uses creative movement to address and transform conflict, violence, and bullying in communities worldwide.</p>
<p>See below for application details. <i>Deadline:</i> February 18, 2013</p>
<p><br></br> <b>NY Partnerships Coordinator Responsibilities include:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Researching, building and…</li>
</ul>
<p align="center"><b>Move This World (formerly Dance 4 Peace) is now recruiting a</b></p>
<p align="center"><b>full-time New York City Partnerships Coordinator</b></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Move This World uses creative movement to address and transform conflict, violence, and bullying in communities worldwide.</p>
<p>See below for application details. <i>Deadline:</i> February 18, 2013</p>
<p><br/> <b>NY Partnerships Coordinator Responsibilities include:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Researching, building and maintaining relationships with partner institutions in NYC and NJ region (ex. conducting check-ins with current partners)</li>
<li>Executing outreach plans and recruiting new partners in NYC and NJ region</li>
<li>Creating proposals and pitches for MTW programs and product lines</li>
<li>Working with partners to creatively plan budgets for programming</li>
<li>Coordinating ad-hoc tasks and projects as needed, including visiting and observing MTW classrooms and supporting U.S. Programs</li>
</ul>
<p><br/> <b>NY Partnerships Coordinator Requirements:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>A desire to build and expand the number of schools and communities that can use creativity and movement to affect social change</li>
<li>1-3 years of work experience. Experience in startup role and business development considered a plus</li>
<li>Flexibility in ambiguous and dynamically changing environments</li>
<li>Entrepreneurial and “can-do” attitude. A love for tackling tough problems and the confidence to solve them</li>
<li>Experience in partnership cultivation and development</li>
<li>Acute attention to detail</li>
<li>Position is based in NYC but willingness to travel is a must</li>
<li>Familiarity with NYC landscape and NYC schools a plus</li>
<li>Excellent technology proficiency, including the use of Google Docs, Salesforce, and social media</li>
<li>Great enthusiasm to try new methods and chart new waters</li>
<li>Distinctive interpersonal and communication skills</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Joining the Move This World team means:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Being a member of a fun, talented team that empowers you while giving you the freedom to be creative and help shape the organization</li>
<li>Full time salary & benefits, plus unlimited Subway, cell phone stipend & dance parties</li>
<li>The fulfillment of spending time on high-impact work that is defining the future of movement-based empathy education</li>
<li>Waking up excited every morning that you are building a worldwide movement</li>
<li>Cooking up big ideas (and implementing them!) with a diverse, inspiring team across 4 continents</li>
</ul>
<p><b>A</b> <b>MTW</b> <b>Disclaimer—</b>All of our positions require individuals with an entrepreneurial mind who are able to navigate ambiguity, take matters into their own hands, take risks, learn things they don’t know, and do whatever it takes to get the job done. That might mean working until midnight with the team, reading hundreds of PeaceMover applications, helping coordinate our Global Training Summit, dancing your booty off, crunching numbers in Excel, and going out of your way to share the MTW story with the world. If this sounds like you, share your story with us and submit an application today!</p>
<p><b>If you accept the challenge to Move This World:</b><br/> Apply by sending an email to move@dance4peace.org by <b>Feb 18, 2013</b> with subject line “POSITION YOU’RE APPLYING FOR- Your Name” along with 2 attachments: 1) resume and 2) a letter to us describing why you want to join Team MTW.</p>
<p><b>About Move This World:</b> Move This World is a global nonprofit that uses creative movement as a vehicle to transform conflict, violence and bullying in communities. Recognizing that an individual in motion can ignite a global movement, MTW focuses specifically on empowering citizens with the social and emotional skills needed to create peace within themselves, in their interactions, and in their communities. Our hallmark program is an innovative, evidence-informed curriculum that engages students Pre-K-12 in movement-based activities that promote empathy, mediation skills, diversity appreciation, anger management, and conflict transformation. Through partnerships with schools, community centers, and families, Move This World is building and connecting more peaceful communities in the United States in Baltimore, Newark, New York City and Washington DC and internationally in Colombia, Germany, and the Philippines. To date, Move This World has worked with over 8,500 individuals across 22 cities on four continents. Our vision is to ignite global social change through the art of movement.<br/> <br/> We are Ashoka Activating Empathy Award winners, a Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum, a Youth Leader with the Inter-American Development Bank and Beyond Sport Award Finalists. We are building a network of intercultural exchange in peacebuilding and violence prevention through creative movement. We envision a world where creative movement redefines how we build cultures of empathy, teach and learn.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><b>Join our movement online:</b><b><br/></b> <a href="http://www.movethisworld.org">www.movethisworld.org</a><br/> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/movethisworld">www.facebook.com/movethisworld</a><br/> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/move_thisworld">www.twitter.com/move_thisworld</a></p>