Child Soldier in the War on Terror: The Limits of Justice for One Guantanamo Bay Survivor
The abuse of Omar Khadr shows that Islamophobia drives the War on Terror.
How a Child is Made into a Suicide Bomber
These children’s participation in ongoing atrocities represents an utter failure on the part of states and the international community to provide a minimum amount of stability and economic prosperity in precarious regions of the world.
The Undocumented Poet
A fellow UCLA DREAMer joins our special screening of Nostalgia for the Light this Thursday.
Nowhere to be Home
These excerpts from narratives of three survivors of Burma’s military regime are a powerful evocation of life during wartime.
An Open Letter to President Obama, Or Change I believed in
Obama’s decision to continue to provide military assistance to Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yemen, and Chad is a rejection of the progressive principles Obama stood for on the 2008 campaign trail.
Children At War (With Funding From the U.S.)
Our tax dollars are being used by the Department of Defense to arm and train child soldiers and fuel aggression.
Brown Bag Discussion: Dancing with Child Soldiers
David Alan Harris is a choreographer, writer, and leading dance/movement therapist who specializes in fostering recovery among survivors of egregious human rights abuse. His article on his work in Sierra Leone can be read here.
This event is co-sponsored by Foreign Policy In Focus (www.fpif.org) and the Semester on Peace at the University of Maryland (http://www.peace.umd.edu).
Brown Bag Discussion: Dancing with Child Soldiers
David Alan Harris is a choreographer, writer, and leading dance/movement therapist who specializes in fostering recovery among survivors of egregious human rights abuse. His article on his work in Sierra Leone can be read here.
This event is co-sponsored by Foreign Policy In Focus (www.fpif.org) and the Semester on Peace at the University of Maryland (http://www.peace.umd.edu).
Dance and Child Soldiers
Dance/movement therapy can help child soldiers deal with trauma and postwar reconciliation.