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Nov 04
Oslo Scholars

The Relevancy of the Albert Einstein Institution by Alessandra Moreno (A’21)

by tuftsigl

Two weeks ago, I began my remote work as an Oslo Scholar with the Albert Einstein Institution (AEI). AEI is a nonprofit that specializes in the study of strategic nonviolent action and communicates nonviolent methodology to movements and activists around the world.

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Oct 28

How do you say “Strategy” in Guinea-Bissauan creole? by Marcia Almeida Mendes (F’20)

by PriyankaK

Manera ki no pude fasi. That means “the way in which we can do [it]” in Guinea-Bissauan Creole (or Kriol), and it is the closest expression I could find to the word “strategy” in the language.

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Oct 21

Podcast Series: “African Voices, African Arguments”

by tuftsigl

Sponsored by the Institute for Global Leadership and The World Peace Foundation, one of the Fletcher School’s most active research centers, the new podcast series “African Voices, African Arguments” explores issues of peace, justice, and democracy.

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Oct 21

Shade-grown Coffee Benefits Birds and Farmers by Michelle Gee (E’20)

by PriyankaK

Through IGL's summer remote opportunities program, I had the opportunity to work with the NGO Asociación Por Guate and alumna Anamaria Vizcaino (A07) to write a grant for a bird conservation project in Guatemala.

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Oct 20
EPIIC

The first virtual EPIIC Symposium brings survivors and humanitarian experts together as violence continues worldwide

by tuftsigl

Watch the Video Recordings for the EPIIC Symposium 2020: Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities

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Oct 20

The Psychosocial, Political, and Economic Impacts of Violence by Dawson Stout (A’21)

by PriyankaK

After arriving home from my two-week study abroad, I was lost for what to do with myself. Sent back before the program even began, the next six months of my calendar – March through the start of school in September - were suddenly very open; the only scheduled event was my mandatory quarantine beginning just after landing at JFK.

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