Bud Hunt, is an instructional technologist with the St. Vrain Valley School District in Longmont, Colo., and a teacher-consultant with the Colorado State University Writing Project. Formerly, he was a high school language arts and journalism teacher. He blogs about his teaching experiences and was one of several educators featured in Because Digital Writing Matters.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Bud the Teacher | Inquiry & Reflection for Better Learning
Bud the Teacher | Inquiry & Reflection for Better Learning
LINKS TO BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY SUB. COMPANIES
LINKS TO BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY SUB. COMPANIES
stock market tends to fluctuate, and that it is usually best to ignore these fluctuations when determining whether to buy or sell stocks. Graham instead believes that it is important to focus on whether the stock valuation of a company is reasonable after calculating its value through fundamental analysis.[1][2][3]
The point of this anecdote is that the investor should not regard the whims of Mr. Market as a determining factor in the value of the shares the investor owns. He should profit from market folly rather than participate in it. The investor is advised to concentrate on the real life performance of his companies and receiving dividends, rather than be too concerned with Mr. Market's often irrational behaviour.
Collaborating Student Groups Can Accelerate Learning---Who are highly skilled at creating together in groups
R. Keith Sawyer
"In knowledge intensive occupations, people act intelligently by making frequent use of books, papers, and technology. Knowledge work occurs in teams and organisations, so that several times every hour, a person is interacting with others. But in today’s schools, there is a belief that a student only knows something when that student can do it on his or her own, without any use of outside resources. There is a mismatch between today’s school culture and the situated knowledge required in the knowledge society.
At the same time, learning sciences research is showing that collaborating student groups can accelerate learning (Sawyer, 2006a). Here is a case where learning sciences research supports increased classroom collaboration, and the innovation economy, as well, demands graduates who are highly skilled at creating together in groups (Sawyer, 2007). "
Example:
Apple Global Marcom VP Allison Johnson Leaving Company
Allison Johnson, who has served as Apple’s vice president of worldwide marketing communications since 2005, is leaving the company, according to several sources.
The reason?
To co-found a new marketing and communications firm with another Silicon Valley communications luminary, Former Facebook PR exec Brandee Barker.
"In knowledge intensive occupations, people act intelligently by making frequent use of books, papers, and technology. Knowledge work occurs in teams and organisations, so that several times every hour, a person is interacting with others. But in today’s schools, there is a belief that a student only knows something when that student can do it on his or her own, without any use of outside resources. There is a mismatch between today’s school culture and the situated knowledge required in the knowledge society.
At the same time, learning sciences research is showing that collaborating student groups can accelerate learning (Sawyer, 2006a). Here is a case where learning sciences research supports increased classroom collaboration, and the innovation economy, as well, demands graduates who are highly skilled at creating together in groups (Sawyer, 2007). "
Example:
Apple Global Marcom VP Allison Johnson Leaving Company
Allison Johnson, who has served as Apple’s vice president of worldwide marketing communications since 2005, is leaving the company, according to several sources.
The reason?
To co-found a new marketing and communications firm with another Silicon Valley communications luminary, Former Facebook PR exec Brandee Barker.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Creativity & Innovation---Keith Sawyer
Creativity & Innovation
Starting in 2008, Google’s statisticians began “Project Oxygen”.* The plan was to statistically analyze years of performance reviews to identify which behaviors were associated with the best performing managers. The methodology also allowed them to rank-order the behaviors. Here they are, from top to bottom:
- Be a good coach. Provide specific, constructive feedback.
- Empower your team and don’t micromanage.
- Express interest in team member success and personal well being.
- Be productive and results-oriented.
- Be a good communicator and listener.
- Help your employees with career development.
- Have a clear vision and strategy for the team.
- Have key technical skills and use them to help your team.
Cloud Computing: Defined and Demystified | ITBusinessEdge.com
Cloud Computing: Defined and Demystified | ITBusinessEdge.com
Cloud Computing: Defined and Demystified
Predicted to transform IT over the next decade, cloud computing is an emerging trend that provides rapid access to dynamically scalable and virtualized IT resources. Because they provision and allocate services on demand, cloud-based technologies can provide unlimited scalability and a higher-quality, more efficient infrastructure while simultaneously fostering rapid innovation. This white paper defines the term cloud computing, along with the distinguishing attributes of the types of cloud deployments, their advantages and disadvantages, and the approach that best aligns with the needs of your enterprise.
Predicted to transform IT over the next decade, cloud computing is an emerging trend that provides rapid access to dynamically scalable and virtualized IT resources. Because they provision and allocate services on demand, cloud-based technologies can provide unlimited scalability and a higher-quality, more efficient infrastructure while simultaneously fostering rapid innovation. This white paper defines the term cloud computing, along with the distinguishing attributes of the types of cloud deployments, their advantages and disadvantages, and the approach that best aligns with the needs of your enterprise.
EdBlog: Advocating for Imagination by Scott Noppe-Brandon
EdBlog: Advocating for Imagination by Scott Noppe-Brandon
The point is that when you, as an advocate, speak about the benefits of the skill to imagine, communicate on your audience’s terms—that is, talk policy with government agents, discuss curricula with educators, zero in on efficiency and profit maximization with businesspeople, and so forth. You will not galvanize others about imagination until you demonstrate vividly to them how it impacts their particular domains. A terrific example of this (although I may be biased) is Lincoln Center Institute’s Imagination Conversation project, an ongoing series of public panel discussions.
Take, for instance, a Conversation hosted by Colorado Creative Industries this past October at the beautiful Denver Botanic Gardens. The panelists— Dr. Arthur Jones, Professor of Culture and Psychology at The Women’s College of Denver University; Lara Merriken, Founder and Creative Director for Humm Foods, maker of the LÄRABAR; novelist David Milofsky; and Dr. David Slayden, Executive Director of Boulder Digital Works at the University of Colorado at Boulder—all spoke in colorful detail about how imagination fuels their working lives. A diverse audience (which must have contained some skeptics) learned firsthand that imagination plays a central role in the realms of technology, literature, entrepreneurship, and contemporary culture. Several elements of the Conversation make it a paradigmatic success story: the public forum; the unabashed focus on imagination; the primary human evidence of imagination’s power.
Stay informed by keeping up with Lincoln Center Institute’s Imagination Now blog and other related Web sites. Introduce your book club to Imagination First or Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit (2006).
The point is that when you, as an advocate, speak about the benefits of the skill to imagine, communicate on your audience’s terms—that is, talk policy with government agents, discuss curricula with educators, zero in on efficiency and profit maximization with businesspeople, and so forth. You will not galvanize others about imagination until you demonstrate vividly to them how it impacts their particular domains. A terrific example of this (although I may be biased) is Lincoln Center Institute’s Imagination Conversation project, an ongoing series of public panel discussions.
Take, for instance, a Conversation hosted by Colorado Creative Industries this past October at the beautiful Denver Botanic Gardens. The panelists— Dr. Arthur Jones, Professor of Culture and Psychology at The Women’s College of Denver University; Lara Merriken, Founder and Creative Director for Humm Foods, maker of the LÄRABAR; novelist David Milofsky; and Dr. David Slayden, Executive Director of Boulder Digital Works at the University of Colorado at Boulder—all spoke in colorful detail about how imagination fuels their working lives. A diverse audience (which must have contained some skeptics) learned firsthand that imagination plays a central role in the realms of technology, literature, entrepreneurship, and contemporary culture. Several elements of the Conversation make it a paradigmatic success story: the public forum; the unabashed focus on imagination; the primary human evidence of imagination’s power.
Stay informed by keeping up with Lincoln Center Institute’s Imagination Now blog and other related Web sites. Introduce your book club to Imagination First or Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit (2006).
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Scientifically Based Research
SkillsTutor Accountability Report
Review Of Scientifically-Based Research Behind SkillsTutors’ Family Of Products
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In response to the significant impact of the No Child Left Behind Act, we have published several informative Whitepapers, statistical evidence and Research Papers to demonstrate how SkillsTutor programs have increased student academic achievement in a wide variety of education programs
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Monday, March 28, 2011
THE GREAT MIGRATION: A STORY IN PAINTINGS BY JACOB LAWRENCE
THE GREAT MIGRATION: A STORY IN PAINTINGS BY JACOB LAWRENCE
Through a series of paintings, in The Great Migration, Jacob Lawrence illustrates the mass exodus of African-Americans who moved to the North in search for a better life. Lawrence's parents were among those who migrated between 1916-1919, considered the first wave of the migration.
Lawrence himself was not a direct witness to the migration, but his artistic talent prompted his teachers and friends to persuade him to express those events in paintings. Subsequently, after extensive research, Lawrence gathered enough information about the migration to compile a story in paintings about the subject. The paintings are now part of The Phillips Collection, housed in The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
The pictures are divided in four slideshows on this page, all in the order the author originally placed them. Each slideshow opens in a new window. Click on any of the images above or on the links below each image.
The First Wave of the Great Migration (1916-1919) - part IV
"Many Northern workers were angry because they had to compete with the migrants for housing and jobs. There were riots." Jacob Lawrence
"Female workers were among the last to leave."
"Southern landowners, stripped of cheap labor, tried to stop the migration by jailing the labor agents and the migrants."
Through a series of paintings, in The Great Migration, Jacob Lawrence illustrates the mass exodus of African-Americans who moved to the North in search for a better life. Lawrence's parents were among those who migrated between 1916-1919, considered the first wave of the migration.
Lawrence himself was not a direct witness to the migration, but his artistic talent prompted his teachers and friends to persuade him to express those events in paintings. Subsequently, after extensive research, Lawrence gathered enough information about the migration to compile a story in paintings about the subject. The paintings are now part of The Phillips Collection, housed in The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
The pictures are divided in four slideshows on this page, all in the order the author originally placed them. Each slideshow opens in a new window. Click on any of the images above or on the links below each image.
The First Wave of the Great Migration (1916-1919) - part IV
"Many Northern workers were angry because they had to compete with the migrants for housing and jobs. There were riots." Jacob Lawrence
"Female workers were among the last to leave."
"Southern landowners, stripped of cheap labor, tried to stop the migration by jailing the labor agents and the migrants."
Saturday, March 26, 2011
The Murphy Institute
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The Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studieswas established in collaboration with New York City labor unions and the City University of New York. The Institute offers educational opportunities to union members and serves as an academic resource on issues of concern to the labor movement. The Institute includes The Center for Worker Education and the Center for Community, Labor and Policy Studies.
SecEd | News | ‘A baffling detour to the 19th century’
Published each Thursday during the academic year, SecEd is a colour, glossy tabloid-sized newspaper that contains a mixture of thought-provoking news academic and best practice features, regular columns and an invaluable classified recruitment section.
It is written by its own team of writers and education journalists, supported by contributions from leading figures in UK education and, more importantly, practising and experienced headteachers, senior leaders and teachers.
It is written by its own team of writers and education journalists, supported by contributions from leading figures in UK education and, more importantly, practising and experienced headteachers, senior leaders and teachers.
A BAFFLING DETOUR TO THE 19TH CENTURY’ - 24 MAR 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Elizabeth Taylor To Wed African American Fiance
And then along came the bride...for the ninth time. You've got to give it to Elizabeth Taylor, 78, for not letting a little thing called divorce (seven times, one husband died) make her lose faith in the sanctity of marriage. Her latest hubby-to-be is Janet Jackson's new manager, Jason Winters, 49.
Winters and Taylor, who is wheelchair-bound, have been together since "forever" says a source. Winters, a co-founder of the Sterling/Winters Co. an artist management firm in Los Angeles, is a millionaire in his own right say sources.
Elizabeth Taylor's 1963 portrayal of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra drew scrutiny from black audiences who thought the role should have been played by an actress of color.
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Disco Diva Loleatta Holloway Has Died
"Loleatta Holloway is easily one of the most internationally innovative, unique, versatile, creative and classiest ladies on the Disco/Pop scene today" (Salsoul press bio, promoting "Love Sensation", 1980)
(Salsoul press bio, promoting "Love Sensation", 1980)
Disco Queen Loleatta Holloway
Loleatta Holloway, who has died aged 64, leaves behind a legacy as the finest diva in dance music history. The sheer power of the notes her lungs expelled turned mere singing into an emotional tempest, huffing and puffing until she blew the house down.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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Generation YES Blog
Generation YES Blog
Generation YES
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Thoughts About Empowering Students with Technology
About us and this blog
About Generation YES
We believe that technology in schools is critical to bringing 21st century educational opportunities to everyone. However, we see that traditional approaches to integrating real technology into classrooms have largely failed. Even though visionary educators have seen the potential for decades, there are too few bright and shining success stories. More often than not there is a failure of implementation between the vision and the action. We believe the missing component is student involvement, student voice, and student ownership of the process.
When students are actively involved in planning and implementing change, they become invested in the process. They become key stakeholders in improving education for themselves and their peers. We focus on technology as a vehicle for this, because technology is a powerful conduit for constructive, collaborative learning, and the connection that today’s youth feel for this new technology-driven world.
Compare and contrast: using computers to improve math education « Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with computers and Salman Khan: Let’s use
Compare and contrast: using computers to improve math education « Generation YES Blog
Wolfram talks about how computers should be used to advance the understanding of math the way it’s really used in the real world.
Kalman talks about using computers to deliver traditional math instruction and gold stars.
Kalman reinforces the “teaching” paradigm; Wolfram blows it up and insists we look critically at what’s being taught.
Both these talks are about “improving education with technology” – but they couldn’t be further apart in world view.
But the TED audience applauds them both. This is why conversations about reforming education are difficult.
Sylvia
PS Wolfram makes a great point at the end of his talk about how, if we think that learning to calculate teaches procedural thinking, we have a much better way to do it by teaching programming.
Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with computers
Salman Khan: Let’s use video to reinvent education
Wolfram talks about how computers should be used to advance the understanding of math the way it’s really used in the real world.
Kalman talks about using computers to deliver traditional math instruction and gold stars.
Kalman reinforces the “teaching” paradigm; Wolfram blows it up and insists we look critically at what’s being taught.
Both these talks are about “improving education with technology” – but they couldn’t be further apart in world view.
But the TED audience applauds them both. This is why conversations about reforming education are difficult.
Sylvia
PS Wolfram makes a great point at the end of his talk about how, if we think that learning to calculate teaches procedural thinking, we have a much better way to do it by teaching programming.
International Summit on the Teaching Profession
International Summit on the Teaching Profession
INITIATIVES
International Summit on the Teaching Profession
New York City - March 16-17, 2011
INITIATIVES
International Summit on the Teaching Profession
New York City - March 16-17, 2011
The U.S. Department of Education together with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education International (EI) and U.S.-based organizations – National Education Association (NEA), the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Asia Society, and WNET will host the International Summit on the Teaching Profession. The summit is the first of its kind, designed to engage countries around the globe in an intensive discussion about promising practices for recruiting, preparing, developing, supporting, retaining, evaluating, and compensating world-class teachers.
The summit will assemble education ministers, national union leaders and accomplished teachers from countries with high performing and rapidly improving educational systems (based on the latest PISA 2009). In addition to the United States, the invited countries and regions are Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, People’s Republic of China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Republic of Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Slovenia, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Across the globe, education is the great equalizer, the one force that can consistently overcome differences in background, culture, and privilege. Increasing teacher autonomy and participation in reform is vital not just to improving student outcomes but to elevating the teaching profession. We reject the prevailing wisdom that it can’t be done.
Some believe that teachers unions are immovable stumbling blocks to reform, but the international picture tells a different story. Many of the world's top-performing nations have strong teacher unions that work in tandem with local and national authorities to boost student achievement. In top-performing education systems like Finland, Singapore, and Ontario, Canada, teachers unions engage in reforms as partners in a joint quest to advance and accelerate learning.
These high-performing nations illustrate how tough-minded collaboration more often leads to educational progress than tough-minded confrontation. Education leaders can better accelerate achievement by working together and sharing best practices than by working alone.
Arne Duncan is the U.S. Secretary of Education; Angel Gurría is the Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development; Fred van Leeuwen is General Secretary of Education International, which represents 30 million teachers in 171 countries and territories
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ReadWriteWeb was founded on April 20, 2003, by Richard MacManus and is now one of the most widely read and respected blogs in the world. Our readers are smart, tech savvy, engaged, decision makers; 46% have 'significant input' or "make final information technology purchase decisions." As one advertiser put it, "The real users of the Web read ReadWriteWeb."
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Noteleaf currently works for Gmail and Google Apps users, pulling information from your Google Calendar, your Gmail, and you contacts in order to help build out the background information it delivers prior to your meeting. That info includes the person's profile picture, as well as details from the Calendar entry and a filtered list of all email exchanges. With one click you can email the person or grab a map to the meeting location.
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Blogs.com is a new service from blogging company SAY Mediathat helps you discover the best in blogs. You can quickly and easily find blogs by category and topic or read daily blog roundups of some of the best blog content around the Web. Top 10 Lists from celebrity bloggers and influencers also help you discover new blogs, and everyone is invited to create their own Top 10 lists to share with the community. Blogs.com also produces a free weekly email newsletter so you can get the best in blogs delivered to your inbox. To get the weekly Blogs.com newsletter, use the subscription form on the right.
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A team of editors scours the Web each day to find the best blogs and blog posts and features them on the site in categories ranging from Life, Entertainment, Technology, News & Politics and Business. More categories are coming soon. We don't use an algorithm to find the most linked to posts or most trafficked blogs - we have editors reading blogs and finding the interesting voices and posts to highlight. If your goal is to find the best in blogs, you've come to the right place. Got a favorite blog that's not featured on the site? Tell us: editor@blogs.com.
Trailer Addict - Movie Trailers
TrailerAddict was created for those who understand what it means to be a fan of movie trailers. Getting to the theater early on purpose, we are bound by the knowledge that trailers are (at times) better than the films they represent. TrailerAddict has been built not for those who like a good trailer now and then, but those who understand that the need to watch trailers is a state of mind.
Friday, March 18, 2011
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PANEL: Teachers Town Hall
PANEL: Teachers Town Hall
Brand new to the Celebration of Teaching & Learning, this session is dedicated to the voices of teachers. The evidence is clear that the quality of a teacher in the classroom is the single most important school-based variable in predicting student achievement. For teachers to take full advantage of their centrality, however, their opinions on a number of challenges must be heard. Teachers have thoughts about what's causing drop-outs and how to reduce that problem, about changes that should be considered in the amount of time they have with students and each other, and about bullying, parents, and connecting teacher evaluation and student achievement, among other things. The Peabody Award-winning host of NEED TO KNOW, Alison Stewart will moderate this Town Hall joined periodically by guests who can start the conversation on certain topics, but most of the session will be devoted to listening to wise and thoughtful teacher voices. This session will be video-taped and posted on the Celebration website. It will be used to model a series of Teacher Town Hall meetings being planned by other public television stations across the country.
BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
Alison Stewart (moderator) is a Co-Anchor of Need To Know on PBS. Most recently Stewart was the founding host of NPR’s breakthrough multiplatform news program, “The Bryant Park Project,” the first public radio news program to seamlessly incorporate audio, video and social media. She also guest hosted the network’s flagship programs “Weekend Edition” and “Talk of the Nation.” Stewart began her career as a political reporter and producer for MTV’s critically acclaimed and influential “Choose or Lose” coverage of the 1992 and 1996 Presidential elections, receiving a Peabody Award for her work. Today, Stewart is an accomplished, award-winning broadcast journalist with credentials from CBS News, ABC News, and NBC News. While at MSNBC, she created and hosted the show “The Most,” a news program based on the most popular news on the web. During her six years at MSNBC, Alison anchored major news events including Hurricane Katrina, the Hezbollah/Israel conflict, and reported live from the 2006 Olympics in Torino, Italy. Stewart also contributed to “NBC Nightly News,” “The Today Show” and “Weekend Today,” where she was also a newsreader. While at ABC, Stewart served as anchor for ABC News’ “World News Now.” She reported live from the World Trade Center and received an Emmy as part of ABC News’ coverage of September 11th terrorist attacks. Prior to working for ABC News, Stewart was a correspondent for CBS News’ “Sunday Morning” and “48 Hours.” In 2009, Stewart was named one of “The Root 100,” recognizing emerging and established African American leaders. Alison is working on a book about the first high school for African Americans in the United States.
Jennifer Davis is President and CEO of the National Center on Time & Learning, which is dedicated to modernizing the American school calendar. Previously she worked with the U.S. Depart. of Education, National Governors Association, Boston’s after-school learning initiative, Massachusetts 2020, and the Expanded Learning Time Initiative.
Penny Knight has been a music teacher and choral director at Brockton High School for over twenty-five years. Under her leadership, Brockton students have combined their musical talents with their dedication to their academics to achieve excellence. She teaches piano, voice, and directs our Concert Choir, Repertory Chorus, Harmonics, and Jazz Choir.
Amrita Dhamoon Sahni is the Director of Instruction at the Edwards Middle School in Boston. A former high school special education English teacher and teacher supervisor on the regional staff for Teach For America in North Carolina, she recently was named as India New England’s 2010 Woman of the Year.Susan Szachowicz is the principal of Brockton (MA) High School, which has received national attention for its remarkable improvement achieved over the last decade through a teacher-administration partnership focusing on literacy. Before becoming principal, she was a history teacher at Brockton High School. She is also a graduate of the school.
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Dave Isay will be making a special announcement during this session!
Dave Isay is the founder of StoryCorps and the recipient of numerous broadcasting honors including five Peabody Awards and a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship. He is the author/editor of numerous books that grew out of his radio documentary work including,Listening Is an Act of Love and Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Leymah Roberta Gbowee: Women, Peace and Security Network Africa (WIPSEN-A)
Women, Peace and Security Network Africa (WIPSEN-A)
Gbowee was a 17 year-old girl when the war first came to Monrovia, and as she says, she turned “from a child into an adult in a matter of hours.” Gbowee joined the Woman in Peacebuilding Network (WIPNET) and quickly rose to leadership. She brought all the women of the Christian Churches together into a group called the Christian Women’s Initiative and began issuing a series of calls for peace. Soon she formed a coalition with the women in the Muslim organizations in Monrovia, which eventually became Liberian Mass Action for Peace. Under Gbowee leadership, the coalition managed to force a meeting with Charles Taylor and extract a promise from him to attend peace talks in Ghana. She then led a delegation of Liberian women to Ghana to continue to apply pressure on the warring factions during the peace process. Gbowee’s work with the Liberian Mass Action for Peace was featured in the acclaimed documentary, Pray the Devil Back to Hell. (Click here to watch a preview of Pray the Devil Back to Hell )
Gbowee has been honored by multiple organizations. She has been awarded the Blue Ribbon for Peace by Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and in May 2009 she accepted the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award® on behalf of her countrywomen. In addition, Gbowee has won the 2009 Gruber Women’s Rights Prize, which honors an individual who has brought about significant advances in the quest for peace and gender equality in Africa. In July 2009, the Celebrate Africa 2009 Committee honored Gbowee and WIPNET during their annual celebration in Philadelphia at the African–American Museum and she was named a Living Legend in March 2009 by Emmanuel Brinklow Seventh Day Adventist Church. In April 2010, she was awarded the John Jay Justice Award. She recently received the Livia Award from the Livia Foundation in Denmark and the World Association of Girls Guide 1st Centenary Award in Oxfordshire UK.
Watch a preview of Gbowee’s incredible story, and the story of the thousands of courageous Liberian women who came together to bring peace to their shattered country, in Pray the Devil Back to Hell here.Pray the Devil Back to Hell will kick off the upcoming WIDE ANGLE mini series, Women, War & Peace. The series challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace are male domains, and places women at the center of an urgent dialogue about conflict and security in the post-Cold War era, where globalization, arms trafficking, and illicit trade have intersected to create a whole new type of war.
The Women Peace and SecurityNetwork Africa (WIPSEN-Africa) was established on 8th May, 2006 under the lawsof the Republic of Ghana as a women-focused, women-led Pan-AfricanNon-Governmental Organization with the core mandate to promote women'sstrategic participation and leadership in peace and security governance inAfrica. Over the last two decades and especially since the adoption of theUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women Peace and Security inOctober 2000, women the world over have been engaged in activities that aim at(re)building particularly war-torn societies, restoring relationships andpromoting social cohesion.
InAfrica, the involvement of women in peacebuilding gained prominence during thetwo decades of violent conflicts/wars that saw and resulted in the mobilizationof women across all sectors to find lasting solutions and take action. Variousapproaches were used with the aim of achieving this purpose but forWIPSEN-Africa, such strategic engagement must be systematic and requiresproactivity, access to timely and accurate information, knowledge of the issuearea, and specialized skills.
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