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…
It has long been my view that the source of conflict in Afghanistan results from a few factors, namely: poverty, a huge drugs cartel, an underdeveloped educational and civil society infrastructure, and a history of conflict. And among these, I would place poverty at the center. Today’s New York Times Read more…
We have an opportunity to host a young Afghan woman named Shogofa to study in the United States at Marblehead High School this year! Shogofa is an impressive young woman from Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan. She is hoping that that a year from now she will be graduating with a diploma Read more…
A little more than a week after the visiting Israeli and Palestinian scholars returned to their homes, the Israeli Navy intercepted a flotilla of six cargo and passenger boats from Turkey. The convoy, called the “Freedom Flotilla†carried activists and supplies for the people of Gaza. Its purpose was to Read more…