On September 3rd, Shogofa, the first Afghan student in Applied Ethics’ Pax Populi Educational Outreach program, walked through the gates at Boston’s Logan International Airport and into the warm welcome of her host parents, Paul and Claire, and the executive director of Applied Ethics, Inc., Bob McNulty. On a deeper Read more…
Three days ago Shogofa was given her visa to come to America to advance her education. We encountered many challenges and some setbacks, but in the end, our Pax Populi Educational Outreach succeeded in crossing an important milestone. Shogofa should be coming to America during the first week of September; Read more…
To the right is a picture of the current August 9, 2010 edition of Time Magazine. This atrocity happened last year. For fleeing the abuse of her in-laws, Aisha was sentenced by the Taliban to have her ears and nose cut off. To see Time’s editor’s comment on this cover, Read more…
The soul of Pax Populi is to advance peace person-to-person; our work takes place at the meeting point between individual needs and personal capacities. We are committed to advancing civil society in accord with human rights, and to this end, above all, we affirm the indispensible role of education. The Read more…
Applied Ethics has recently announced the launching of its Pax Populi Educational Outreach program. The goal of PEO is to create opportunities for some young adults living in conflict zones — Afghanistan in particular — to advance their education through studies in the United States. For more on the story, Read more…