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Wilmington College is hosting the first Ohio Peace and Conflict Studies Network conference on “Bridging Divides, Prevention, Intervention and Healing” Feb. 23 on the WC campus.

Hartford’s Charter Oak Boxing Academy has been awarded a $50,000 grant to continue its work helping youth in the city. The grant, awarded through the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, will help the academy to continue expanding its youth development program. The academy takes a holistic approach, focusing on personal development and life skills education, according to its website. ...

Last week at a private New York City college, Jewish students in a library stood behind locked doors as a group of pro-Palestine and pro-Hamas protesters banged with their fists, shouting “Free Palestine.” Librarians apparently told Jewish students to “hide in the attic if they wanted to,” words that instantly drew haunting parallels to Anne Frank during the Holocaust.

As the Mideast crisis deepens, some university officials are finding ways to foster dialogue and compassion among students on campus. As a Muslim woman working in a Jewish center at a Catholic institution, Mehnaz Afridi, director of the Holocaust, Genocide & Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College, sees campus conflict over the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas through a different lens than most.

/PRNewswire/ -- In a 6-3 decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of a website designer that wanted to use her religious beliefs to deny her...

Hind Kabawat is a prominent figure in interfaith peacebuilding and conflict resolution, focusing on Syria.

A newly Released Book on "Religicide" sheds light on a newly categorized form of human rights violation.

As the child of Holocaust survivors and a World War II refugee herself, peace builder Georgette Bennett was stunned by the human toll and tragedy of the Syrian civil war. She got to work, bringing together historical enemies to build an aid pipeline from Israel to Syria -- a feat many considered impossible, but has since helped millions. Through this inspiring story of unlikely partnership, Bennett shares three steps for creating change and invites all of us to take action when we see someone in...

NEW YORK — Thursday, October 6, marked the first full day of the Apostolic visit of His Beatitude Theodoros II, Patriarch and Pope of Alexandria and all Africa, to the United States. In the morning, His Beatitude met with His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Catholic Archbishop of New York, and His Eminence Archbishop Borys Gudziak, of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia. NEW YORK — Thursday, October 6, marked the first full day of the Apostolic visit of His Beatit...

/PRNewswire/ -- On behalf of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding (Tanenbaum), a pro bono team from Schulte Roth & Zabel (SRZ) filed an amicus...