Human Rights & Justice

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Americas, Middle East & North Africa, Africa, Education, Health & Well-being, Human Rights & Justice, Livelihoods, Youth

St. Olaf College Spotlights Two Years of Projects for Peace

by Anna Brown

St. Olaf College celebrates three recent graduates who all completed Projects for Peace during 2020 or 2021.

Shabana Basij-Rasikh smiles at the camera.

Sustained Impact, Alumni, Middlebury, Asia, Civic Engagement, Education, Human Rights & Justice, Youth

Projects for Peace Alumni Awarded Middlebury College Alumni Achievement Award

by Devin McGrath-Conwell

Shabana Basij-Rasikh, who completed a Project for Peace in 2008, was awarded a Middlebury College Young Alumni Achievement Award at the 2021 Middlebury College Reunion.

Lina Tori Jan and Zohra Hunter are interviewed in a living room.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Asia, Documentation & Preservation, Human Rights & Justice

TODAY Features Grantee Lina Tori Jan

by TODAY

Lina Tori Jan appeared on TODAY with her sister to discuss her Project for Peace, “Chai was Dastan,” a podcast series focused on Afghan refugees.

Christine McDow smiles at the camera in pearls, a brown blouse, and a multi-colored skirt.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Middlebury, Americas, Arts, Documentation & Preservation, Human Rights & Justice

Student’s ‘Project for Peace’ Challenges Racism through Oral History

by Gaen Murphree

Middlebury College student Christine McDow ’21 designed a Project for Peace intended to challenge racism by compiling the oral histories of Black Americans.

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