Social Cohesion / en Steven Mukum ’26 Receives Two Awards Geared to Students at Forefront of Social Change /projects-peace/steven-mukum-26-receives-two-awards-geared-students-forefront-social-change Projects for Peace alum Steven (Tuti) Mukum has received both the John Lewis Young Leaders Fellowship and The Diana Award 2025-04-14T10:35:13-0400 Ryan Dougherty 23030 Recent Grads Win $10K Grant For Project on Peacebuilding in Language Classrooms /projects-peace/recent-grads-win-10k-grant-project-peacebuilding-language-classrooms Peacebuilding is not just for world leaders and diplomats. In fact, it’s something that educators can and frequently do in their classrooms—especially language educators.  2025-04-14T08:35:44-0400 Sierra Abukins 23022 Peace in Russia and Ukraine: Johnnies Build Bridges Between Home Nations via St. John’s-Style Seminar /projects-peace/peace-russia-and-ukraine-johnnies-build-bridges-between-home-nations-st-johns-style St John’s students spend summer promoting peaceful dialogue among citizens of feuding nation through seminar-style classes. 2025-03-17T11:07:15-0400 Gabriela Forte 22933 Cultivating a Community of Care /projects-peace/cultivating-community-care Through the Davis Projects for Peace Grant and a Fulbright ETA, Allie Stankewich ’23 is building relationships with the communities she serves in East Africa. 2025-03-17T10:53:19-0400 Emily Innes 22932 Stitching Hope: Student Project Brings Healing to Displaced Afghan Women /projects-for-peace/reading-room/stitching-hope-student-project-brings-healing-displaced-afghan Over summer 2023, UNC Chapel Hill students Divya Patel and Grace May partnered with the Refugee Community Partnership to provide art therapy and community building opportunities for the local Afghan refugee population. 2023-10-24T15:34:45-0400 Brianna Patterson 21318 Colorado College Grads Plan Art Workshops /projects-for-peace/reading-room/colorado-college-grads-plan-art-workshops Friends and collaborators Cormac McCrimmon, Andres Madrigal, and Manuel Uribe will use their grant to focus on the power of art to enact social change. 2023-07-27T15:27:39-0400 Julia Fennell 20618 Macalester Students Seek to Empower Teachers in Brazil /projects-for-peace/reading-room/macalester-students-seek-empower-teachers-brazil Macalester College students Valeska Kohan and Amanda de Souza hope to use their Projects for Peace grant to train Brazilian teachers in anti-racist classroom approaches. 2023-07-27T15:19:30-0400 Macalester College 20615 Colby College Grantee to Cultivate Communication Skills /projects-for-peace/reading-room/colby-college-grantee-cultivate-communication-skills Giovanni Novi will use her Projects for Peace grant to develop a curriculum, build an online platform, and deliver workshops and webinars to caregivers and professionals working with seniors in medical, social service, and retirement-living settings. 2023-05-01T12:29:44-0400 Laura Meader 19919 Building an Empowering Space for Young Asian American Women /projects-for-peace/reading-room/building-empowering-space-young-asian-american-women Denison University grantee Joan Do-Truong used her Projects for Peace grant to create programs to build a community for young Asian American women where they could share their experiences and gain the knowledge to create lasting change in their communities. 2022-11-04T11:27:05-0400 Ginny Sharkey 18268 Bi-communal Musical Dialogue for Peace /projects-for-peace/reading-room/bi-communal-musical-dialogue-peace Elina Georgiou and Stephanie Kalavazidou designed “Bi-communal Musical Dialogues for Peace” to bridge divided Cypriot communities through music. Read more here! 2022-06-29T10:07:16-0400 Eleni Philippou 16705