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Social Justice and Human Rights for All
Expresate, participa y apoya San José Tambien es Joven
| San José Joven Objetivo general: Fomentar y promover la participación organizada de adolescentes y jóvenes lideres; en actividades y proyectos que permitan la construcción de una cultura social de respeto y defensa de los derechos a nivel de la red jóvenes de la Región de San José. Componentes del proyecto: I. Formas de participa... |
Restoring Earth's Environment
Palmer Recycling
| We decided to team up with the Eco club at school and tackle this project at full force. We have been placing signs on the already existing recycling bins that say in some form or another that plastic is ok to put in there. We have been telling other students about it. We had a set up at the local Earth day celebration last year about recycling. We... |
Social Justice and Human Rights for All
Fair Trade Coffee
| Inform others about the women in Peru and sell the coffe to other people in the United States.... |
Eliminating Extreme Poverty
MOSTrust
| Peace Jam is partnering with MOSTrust to help support many orphans in Manyoni, Tanzania. People are able to be involved by sponsoring an orphan, buying food for a family for one month, purchasing a bike, mosquito nets and school supplies for children that are unable to support themselves.... |
Rights for Women and Children, and their Role as Leaders
Nicaragua Teen Night School
| Our project is to partner with an orginization called International Partners in Mission to fundraise for a night school for teens in Managua, Nicaragua. The night school allows them to get an education while assisting their families during the day. This, we hope, will ultimately help stop the poverty cycle. As part of our project we... |
Social Justice and Human Rights for All
Burma Awareness
| Our project is to spread awareness within Palmer High School about the situation in Burma. We are planning assemblies, movie nights, and a letter-writing campaign. We will also partner with the US Campaign for Burma on certain projects and contribute to international charity organizations helping the Burmese people.... |
Restoring Earth's Environment
Preservacion del habitat natural de la lapa roja en el corredor Biologico de Puriscal, especificamen
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Objetivos Generales
1. Estudiar el comportamiento de la lapa roja en Costa Rica, su establecimiento en zonas, su habitat natural y los problemas que aquejan la especie asi como las especies de las cuales ellas se alimenta y usa para su diario vivir.
2. Investigar la posicion y acciones ejecutadas por las organizaciones ambien...
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Restoring Earth's Environment
Preservación del hábitat natural de la lapa roja en el corredor Biológico de Puriscal, especÃfic
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Objetivos Generales
1. Estudiar el comportamiento de la lapa roja en Costa Rica, su establecimiento en zonas, su hábitat natural y los problemas que aquejan la especie asà como las especies de las cuales ellas se alimenta y usa para su diario vivir.
2. Investigar la posición y acciones ejecutadas por las organizaciones ambie...
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Halting the Spread of Global Disease
Blankets for Babies
| We are raising money by selling peace necklaces and temporary tattoos. We are using the money to buy material to make blankets for children at The Children's Hospital. On Nov. 21, 2008 we will tour the hospital, leave our blankets for children who would like them, and then go over to Ronald McDonald House and cook and serve dinner to the families... |
Rights for Women and Children, and their Role as Leaders
The Clothesline Project
 Our Peace Jam group has focused on a project called the Clothesline Project (originally started in October of 1990 in Massachusetts by a group of women). Some of you may have not heard of it but it is a project in which t-shirts designed by survivors or loved ones (of only women) are hung on a clothesline. Most of the women that design these shirts...
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Breaking the Cycle of Violence
Peace Dance
| We plan to have a community dance to talk about the violence in our school, home and community.... |
Rights for Women and Children, and their Role as Leaders
The Bottomless Closet
| Mount Mary College, located in Milwaukee WI, is working with an organization called the Bottomless Closet. It is an organization that collects work attire clothing for women, and disperses them to who ever may need them.... |
Rights for Women and Children, and their Role as Leaders
Outcaste Blog & Screening Project
| This project is affiliated with the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. Our group is composed of students in a course called Global Justice Issues, taught by Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams and Brene' Brown, Phd, LMSW. We plan to screen the film "Born Into Brothels" for students at the University of H... |
Rights for Women and Children, and their Role as Leaders
Poverty + Fire Prevention
| We created a series of 3 brochures to give to young children with illustrations to color and simple facts that would help prevent house fires. We donated them to Fire Station 5 in Los Angeles at the kick off of their fire safety week and to an insurance company that works with families to protect young children.... |
Ending Racism and Hate
CU Peace Circle
| The student affiliated group, Project Peace, is organizing a Peace Circle for the University of Colorado. It will take place on Sunday, November 9, 2008 from 11 am until 4 pm at the University Memorial Center. There will be ten different circles with 15 participants who will be a combination of CU students and outside community members who enhance ... |
