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The Swedish Korczak Association was founded in 1971 by Michal Wroblewski, a former co-worker of Korczak’s in Poland. The Association was formally registered in 1988 and throughout its existence it has maintained an affiliation with the Stockholm Teacher’s College … (about 1/2).

Convention on the Rights of the Child, Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 20 November 1989;
dedication;
books (diff. languages);
photos;
the Chronicle;
the cybrary of the holocaust;
a german site;
a teacher’s guide to the holocaust;
Feedback e-mail.

About 2/2: The purpose of the Association is to disseminate information on Janusz Korczak and his lifework.

With the support of approximately 100 members as well as various donations and grants, the Association has worked towards its primary aim of publishing Swedish translations of Korczak’s most important written productions. A report titled “Janusz Korczak - a Humanistic Educator” was published in 1982 on the occasion of a symposium on Janusz Korczak. This report contains various articles illustrating Korczak’s personality, his humanitarian philosophy and his educational methods.

Two major Korczak books on education have been published in Swedish translation: “The Child’s Right to Respect” and “How to love a child”. Several articles on Korczak have also been published in Swedish newspapers and magazines. Radio programs on Korczak have been produced on both Swedish and Finnish radio.

An advanced course for teachers on “The Child in School” has been given in collaboration with the Stockholm Teacher’s College and the University of Stockholm. Janusz Korczak and his educational philosophy have been given special attention during this course.

The Stockholm Teacher’s College has set aside a “Korczak room” at the college for the Association’s meetings and for a library of visual aids and books about and by Korczak in various languages. The Association also publishes Chronicle which details current articles and activities related to Janusz Korczak.

Vision: “Envisage a just and peaceful society where people enjoy life in its fullness.”
Mission: Empower the poor, the marginalized and the vulnerable to take responsibility for themselves and the society through a process of community health.
Goal: NECHA strives to make community health a people’s initiative in the village of North East India. (see here).

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Genesis (Profile, scroll down): Fr. K.C George, a diocesan priest from the Archdiocese of Imphal, who was convinced of the philosophy of community health and the practical approach of alternative systems of treatment in North East, was instrumental for conceiving the idea of NECHA in the North-East. In fact he is the founder father of NECHA. A team of nurse sisters was his support in the initial stages.

Two dioceses Imphal & Dibrugarh picked up the spirit of community health in the beginning and went ahead with a lot of activities for the well being of the rural populace of the dioceses and by and large got the recognition of the diocesan authorities. The committed leaders in these two dioceses who made the rural health ministry the part and parcel of the diocesan activities is carried forward even today.

The services rendered as presidents of NECHA by Fr. KC George, Rev. Fr. Thomas Mekalath (A Homeo doctor from Aizawl diocese), Sr. Barbara SCCG, Sr. Elizabeth Edattukaran FMA should be recognized by the well-wishers of NECHA. The struggle of Fr. Kurian Joseph, a diocesan priest from the newly-formed diocese of Miao (Arunachal Pradesh) as its director, in buying land and setting up a permanent structure at Guwahati was a marvelous effort … (full text).

Linked with Janusz Korczak alias Henryk Goldszmi - Poland (1877 - 1942), with the Center for the Protection of Children, Bishkek, and with JKB Korczak Prize in Burundi: Encouraging peace.

To take part: You can address all kinds of documents to us: text, photographs, pictures, pdf, video, etc. It is possible to submit them in all languages, but the preferential language of the site is English. To facilitate our collaboratif work, preferentially use either the form of contact of the site, or this e-mail.

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Editorial: Welcome on this new site, intended to inform you better about the activity of the Janusz Korczak associations world-wide and the realisation of the international Korczak movement.

There are about twenty active associations around the world which are transmitting the legacy and ideas‚ of Dr. Janusz Korczak (1878-1942) so that the younger generation may profit from them and in order to continue his work as the precursor in the now universally recognised field of respect children and trecognition of the rights of the child. How do these associations emerge? What motivates them? How do they support children in their own countries?

This website will try to answer these questions and will also offer an opinion column and an open forum for all members and friends of Korczak who still recognise the ideas of the Old doctor in Warsaw today. That is what lies behind the creation of this website on the initiative of the Korczak associations of the Netherlands and of France … (full text).

No own website found, but they are named on many good sites.

1) On the Korczak friends in Kyrgystan. This is a non-government organisation working with street children in Bishkek. The main strategy is focussed on:

• Lobbying for the protection of the rights of street children;
• Working with the mass media to present fuller information and suggest solutions;
• Allowing the children and the parents to be heard-by giving them a voice in civil society;
• Providing basic services and developing alternatives;
• The Centre has created a network of programs aimed at supporting these children in the basic aspects of their lives.

… (full long report).

2) On Trabant Trek: The Centre for the Protection of Children, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, by Dan Murdoch, October 16th, 2007:

• AMONG the busy stalls and back alleys of Bishkek’s bazaars, one organisation is offering a way out for young children forced to abandon their education and work to survive.
• The Centre for the Protection of Children (CPC) has spent the last nine years working with children living on Bishkek’s streets, or working instead of going to school.
• The burgeoning charity, which has 35 staff on the pay-roll, is based in Astrahanskay Street, where it has classrooms, workshops, offices, a medical centre and dormitories that house 20 children who were previously living rough.
• It also has premises in Osh Bazaar and Dordoy Bazaar, which have a regular programme of workshops, a daily meal and first aid facilities along with access to counselling and advice for both children and parents.
• From these bases the CPC team run outreach programmes that meet working children in the bazaars and try to encourage them to return to school .

… (full text).

On more websites:

• The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), The United Nations in the Kyrgyz Republic;
• The Communication Initiative Network (Where communication and media are central to social and economic development);
• DDCA, Development and Cooperation in Central Asia;
• UNDP, the Kyrgyz Republic;
• The Central Asian Gateway;
• Taking it global.

Linked with Nigar Ataulla - India, Bangalore.

Editorial of July, 2008: The relationship between ritualism and values is inversely proportional. The more one sees a society engrossed in rituals, putting on the garb of holiness and sanctity, the less respectful it becomes of the values. It grows more concerned with image than character. Rituals often have the tendency of raising a faade, putting on a mask, covering up the real face and robbing the individual or the society off the substance. People of faith, be they Muslims, Christians, Hindus or others, often camouflage their action under ritualism to put on a cloak of sacredness … (full text).

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Women in Islam: Asmaa bint Yazeed Orator of all Women - Asmaa (May Allah be pleased with her), the Prophets companion, obtained from him the definitive statement that women are in no way less than men.

Asmaa bint Yazeed ibn AlSakan was a woman from the Ansar, and a companion of the Prophet (Pbuh). She was distinguished for her sagacity and eloquence. Indeed, she was nicknamed the Orator of all Women. But she was also a woman of learning, and she reported the Prophets Hadith. She was clearly reliable as a reporter. Abu Dawood, AlTirmidhi, AlNassaie and Ibn Majah, as well as other major scholars of Hadith, related a total of 81 Hadiths of her reporting. As such, she ranks among the best learned of the Prophets women companions.

Asmaa also joined Muslim armies on several occasions. She accompanied the Prophet on his expedition that led to the fall of Makkah to Islam. She also participated in the great Battle of AlYarmook, against the Byzantines, during the reign of Umar ibn AlKhattab. She is reported to have killed nine enemy soldiers, using the pole of her own tent.

In order to appreciate her knowledge, we may relate the following story. One day she came to the Prophet as he was sitting with a number of his companions. Addressing him, she said Messenger of God, may both my parents be sacrificed for you. This was a traditional phrase of endearment, used mostly figuratively. I am an emissary from women to you. God has sent you as His messenger to both men and women. We believe in you and your Lord. Yet we, women, are restricted, home bound. We stay in your i.e. mens homes, give you your pleasure, and bear your children. You, men, have been favored over us with attending Friday prayer and congregational prayers in mosques, visiting the sick, attending funerals, offering the pilgrimage repeatedly, and with what is more than that fighting for Gods cause.When a man goes out intending pilgrimage or jihad, we take care of your property, sew your clothes, and bring up your children for you. Do we have a share of your reward

The Prophet turned to his companions asking them Have you ever heard a better statement by a woman than this one who is asking about matters of her faith They said We would not have thought that a woman would ever be able to express such meanings as this lady. The Prophet turned to Asmaa and said Listen, woman, and inform other women who sent you that a woman who is a goodly wife, keen to please her husband and doing what he likes is equal to all that. As she left, she was glorifying God and repeating statements of His oneness.

May God be pleased with Asmaa, the Prophets companion, who obtained from him this definitive statement that women are in no way less than men in their faith or their reward. It should be added that the Prophets words stress that the woman should always try to ensure that the atmosphere in her home is always relaxed and pleasant, so that she leads a happy marital life and her children grow up in a homely environment. As she takes care of the future generation, she earns as much reward as man who is assigned the task of looking after the present generation.

The Scholar Rescue Fund formalizes an unwavering commitment to academic freedom that the Institute of International Education (IIE) has demonstrated for over 85 years. At the heart of the Fund is the idea that each scholar we help who continues his or her work in safety is a beacon of hope in our world. Together we can make a difference. One life, one voice, one idea at a time.

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Addresses: Scholar Rescue Fund. Institute of International Education, 809 United Nations Plaza, New York 10017-3580;
and: SRF Iraq Scholar Rescue Project, Institute of International Education, 1400 K Street, NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20005-2403;
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Specially connected Organizations:
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About: Around the world, scholars have long suffered harassment, torture and persecution as a result of their work. In the worst cases, scholars pay with their lives for their dedication to scholarship and freedom of thought.

The Institute of International Education (IIE), an independent nonprofit, has participated in the rescue of persecuted scholars since its founding in 1919. In 2002, IIE launched the Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF) as a formalized response to this ongoing international dilemma.

The Scholar Rescue Fund provides fellowships for established scholars whose lives and work are threatened in their home countries. These fellowships permit professors, researchers and other senior academics to find temporary refuge at universities and colleges anywhere in the world, enabling them to pursue their academic work and to continue to share their knowledge with students, colleagues, and the community at large. During the fellowship, conditions in a scholar’s home country may improve, permitting safe return to help rebuild universities and societies ravaged by fear, conflict and repression. If safe return is not possible, the scholar may use the fellowship period to identify a longer-term opportunity.

In response to one of the greatest academic crises of our time, the Institute of International Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF) launched the Iraq Scholar Rescue Project. This new project aims to assist more than 150 of Iraq’s most senior and most threatened academics in any academic discipline – through temporary academic positions at universities, colleges and other institutions of higher learning in the Middle East and North African regions. (Some exceptions may be considered for university positions in other world regions.) In doing so, the Scholar Rescue Fund hopes to contribute to the preservation of Iraq’s vital intellectual capital and ensure that, when conditions permit, these scholars will be able to return home to rebuild their once flourishing academic communities.

For more information on the Iraq Scholar Rescue Project and how to apply;

Click here for more information regarding fellowships for scholars worldwide.

Linked with Urvashi Butalia - India.

The AMAN’s programmes are managed by a central office and implemented under six major portfolios that are described below. AMAN’s library, archives and the web-site are important pedagogical resources for work on peace-building. The portfolios are: … (full text Programme Design).

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Portfolios: Campaign for Non - Violent Conflict Resolution (4 items); Gender Mental Health and Conflict 5 items); Human Security Citizenship and Law (4 items); Pedagogy for Social Peace and Civic Restraint (3 items); Social Resources and Caste Conflict (3 items);
Volunteer Form;
Address: AMAN Public Charitable Trust, O - 63, IInd Floor, Lajpat Nagar Part II, New Delhi, India 110024;
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About AMAN: AMAN envisages a pro-active role for civil society in the reduction of conflict and the mitigation of its effects. Its philosophy is based on the concepts of ahimsa and samrastha (non - violence and harmony).

In the area of non - governmental civic initiatives, the rationale for AMAN arises from a recognition that man - made disasters must be added to those caused by natural calamity. While relief is imperative in the aftermath of a disaster, a purely reactive approach is insufficient, even in the context of natural disasters. All of Aman’s networking, sensitisation, research and legal aid programmes aim at strengthening social institutions and resources for the anticipation and prevention of conflict, and at non-violent conflict resolution.

Linked with Howard L. Fuller - USA.

Village Academies was founded on the belief that education can change the lives of our children – and can change the course of history. We are building a network of high quality, public charter schools in Harlem, New York. Harlem is the historical epicenter of our country’s civil rights movement, home to legendary activists and extraordinary leaders. Our generation must carry on the work of the civil rights movement – by ensuring that all children have equal access to quality education … (full text Homepage).

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Growth Plan (about): Above all else, Village Academies is passionate about providing the highest quality education for children in under-served communities.

The Village Academies growth strategy is to start new schools at a reasonable pace that enables us to maintain high standards of academic excellence and outstanding student achievement results. Over the long term, we aim to launch and build a network of college preparatory public schools in underserved communities. The Village Academies Network will recruit and train principals and teachers for new schools, and will continue to provide operational infrastructure, resources and educational supervision and support. As we operate our network of schools – focusing on instructional excellence and developing teacher skills above all else – we aim to build the leadership capacity and infrastructure that will provide a solid foundation for future growth.

Mission and History: … (full text).

Welcome to the premier Indian Food Policy website. The Indian Food Policy web site, is a platform for discussion of issues related to South East Asian food, agriculture and trade policy. Every sixth human being on the planet resides in India. We believe democratic food policy is meaningless rhetoric without listening to the views of the Indian farmer … (full text).

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Links: right column of each page;
Address: Indian Food Policy Website, 62 Daffodil Gardens, Ilford IG1 2JW, Greater London UK;
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Farm dept / press releases: A tragedy of unprecedented proportions is unfolding across rural India.

Pushed into poverty and indebtedness due to increased cost of cultivation and falling market prices, farmers are being driven to commit suicide.
More than 1.5 lakh farmers have committed suicide across the country in the last 15 years.
Candle light Vigils are being organized all across the country from 16 November 2006, in support of the demand that the Prime Minister of India and Indian Government, seriously address the issue of farm debt and the real reasons behind the prevailing situation of farmer suicides, and end its indifference to farmer suicides.
These candle light vigils are being organized by NGO’s and farmer organizations across multiple cities, towns and villages of India to wake up the sleeping Kumbhakarna - Congress government at the Center.

TAX HAVENS CAUSE POVERTY: The Tax Justice Network promotes transparency in international finance and opposes secrecy. We support a level playing field on tax and we oppose loopholes and distortions in tax and regulation, and the abuses that flow from them. We promote tax compliance and we oppose tax evasion, tax avoidance, and all the mechanisms that enable owners and controllers of wealth to escape their responsibilities to the societies on which they and their wealth depend. Tax havens lie at the centre of our concerns, and we oppose them … (full text, Homepage 1/2).

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Homepage 2/2: … Take a look at our core themes:

• We support sustainable finance for development;
• We support international co-operation on tax, regulation and crime;
• We oppose tax havens and offshore finance;
• We support transparency and we oppose corruption;
• We support a level playing field in competitive markets;
• We support progressive and equitable taxation;
• We support corporate responsibility and accountability;
• We support tax compliance and a culture of responsbility.

These issues affect rich and poor countries, and, like the fight against corruption, our approach does not fit easily into either of the old political categories of left and right. We do not argue generally for high or low taxes (that is for voters to decide) but we note the often better human development outcomes in higher-tax countries and oppose the demonisation of tax that is fashionable in some circles. What we do support is progressive and equitable taxation, which is what voters around the world have chosen. We wish to see nations’ sovereignty restored, so that electorates are given back the power to get the tax systems they vote for. To this end we advocate much stronger co-operation between states on tax and regulation.  For more details, see “Resources,” to the left of this page.

Who are we? … (full text).

About Tax Justice Network: TJN is an independent organisation dedicated to high-level research, analysis and advocacy in the field of tax and regulation. We work to map, analyse and explain the role of taxation and the harmful impacts of tax evasion, tax avoidance, tax competition and tax havens. Our objective is to encourage  reform at the global and national  levels. We are not aligned to any political party. Our network includes: … (full text).

CESI is a member of Croatian Women’s Network; ASTRA – Central and Eastern European Women’s Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights; WGNRR – The Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights; SEE ECN – South East European Education Cooperation Network; The Balkan Women’s Network for Democratization and Conflict Prevention; INSTRAW-GAINS – International Research and Training Institute for Advancement of Women – Gender Awareness Information.

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Address: CESI, Nova cesta 4, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia;
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About: … Vision: Republic of Croatia is democratic, socially just society in which all persons enjoy equal ights and have equal opportunities for realization of their full potentials, and they participate in all aspects of social, political, cultural and economic life.

CESI is recognized as center of excellence and source of knowledge and skills that initiate perfection, development and empowerment of all social actor s for just society.

Mission: CESI is feminist organization that advocates for advancement of women in our society and  realization of gender equality, and for full implementation of all laws and international mechanisms for the protection of human rights.

Development of civil society we perceive as important precondition for development of democratic society.

Charter / History / Organisation, etc.: … (full long text).

Support the Employee Free Choice Act; The Employee Free Choice Act can help reclaim the American Dream by restoring workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life. Our goal is to gather signatures in support of this bill-1 million voices calling for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. But 1 million people is a lot of people. We won’t reach our goal without your help and the help of your friends and family. Please support this bill and help us reach our goal of 1 million signatures—sign the petition today.

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Contact: tel 646-437-5336, online.

About 2/2: Political Affairs is an online magazine of ideology, politics, and culture. Our mission is to go beyond simply giving an account of events to providing analysis and investigating what is new and changing in our world – from a working-class point of view.

In the pages of PA we start from the most basic fact of life: the ongoing struggle between the working class and the capitalist class. This conflict happens in the workplace, in the government, the courts, on the streets, but also in the realm of ideas. We publish stories on struggling to defeat the ultra right in the Republican Party, strengthening the labor movement, winning the battle for racial justice, ending war and imperialism, winning women’s equality, fighting homophobia, and presenting working-class views of popular culture and mass media.

While we are partisan, Marxism is not the private property of any person or group. We print a wide variety of views in our quest for truth. Discussion and debate are the only ways to develop better and more useful ideas to defeat the far right, strengthen working people, and build democracy. Political Affairs is a publication of the Communist Party, USA.

Linked with Tripurari Sharma - India.

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Campus News /Return of the Fuchcha: Radio Mirchi has started a new project in Delhi namely ‘Return of Fachcha’to help students seeking admissions in the colleges. The 14-day campaign will provide students with needful information about admission procedures like how to fill the forms, how many photographs to carry, other documents that would be required at the time of admission and important things that freshers should keep in mind.

Radio Mirchi has also created a ‘Mirchi unwind zone’ providing services like hair massage and a chance to avail coupons of famous campus eating joints.
As a part of the on ground activity, a luxury Radio Mirchi Volvo bus is helping students commute from one college to another. Students are also being supplied with maps to help them locate colleges.

More Campus News.

Linked with Sinuan - Laos, Akha tribe;

The two of us have been living in Laos since 2002 with the goal of improving the lives of the Lao Children through healthcare and education. We are living in Muang Sing District in the Luang Nam Tha Province in a village surrounded by many Akha and other ethnic villages … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
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Address: Health Frontiers, Vientiane, LAO PEOPLE’S DEM REP;
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Pages of two websites linked with Akha.net:
HEALTH FRONTIERS 2006 REPORTS;
International Opportunity for Pediatrician or Med-Peds Physician;
The Photogallery of Bryan Watt;
(another) Akha Network’s Homepage;
Virtual Borders, an ambient TV.net and its downloads by Mukul’s Homepage;
The virtual Hilltribe Museum;
The Akha on wikipedia.

About Akha.net 2/2: … I am a humanitarian photographer and my wife is a pediatrician with a masters in public health and a diploma in tropical medicine. She attended Don Dok, the National University of Lao to study the language.

In addition to the direct help we offer the children and their families in these villages, we are working to improve the health care of all the Lao Children through our work with Health Frontiers helping to coordinate continuing education for the Lao Pediatricians.

Please visit BRYAN WATT/about, Photographer for more information about us: … Bryan believes a socially responsible photographer leaves with a part of the soul; and in return must give by helping those in need. Bryan helps to arrange medical care at the local level, provincial level, and national level. and has even helped Lao children to travel overseas for heart surgery and facial-reconstructive surgery. Bryan donates all the proceeds from his photography to the Bryan and Leila’s Lao Children’s Fund.

Bryan and his wife Leila Srour, a pediatrician have been living in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos) since 2002 … (full text).

Centres for Civic Initiatives (CCI) is one of the largest indigenous, non-governmental organisations in BiH. The mission is to initiate and promote active participation of citizens in democratic process and strengthen capacities of individuals and organisations to successfully solve problems in their communities … (Homepage and latest news).

For all internal links click in homepage’s left column: (About us, Democratisation, Parliamentary Programme, Press, Previous activities, Reports and Publications, Links and networks, Our funders, Newsletter, CEECN, and addresses of 6 regional Offices).

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About us: … 7 years ago CCI was active in three regions, working from three regional centres of our country: Tuzla, Banja Luka and Mostar.

Over the past years CCI has expanded the work to cover the whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina, working from 6 offices (Tuzla, Mostar, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Doboj, and Bihać). Besides being one of the most prominent non-governmental organisations in the area of public advocacy in BiH, CCI has been very active internationally, co-operating with many organisations from Central and South-eastern Europe (www.ceecn.net).

CCI works with groups of citizens, NGOs and individuals from the government and NGO sector with an aim to enhance the public awareness of the needs and ways of citizen participation in decision-making at all government levels.

CCI provides training services and other assistance to civic groups and NGOs with creating and running different level problem- solving campaigns.

In addition to our work with citizens, CCI has been working with the representatives from the executive and legislative authorities in order to initiate processes that would advance the existing legal regulative and practices and make the work of elected representatives more transparent and citizen oriented.

The ability to choose how your child is educated is a power all parents deserve. BAEO exists to help Black parents understand all of the educational options that exist … (full text Parental Choice Options).

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Address: 1710 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Suite 12, Washington, DC 20036;
Contact: phone (202) 429-2236, fax (202) 349-9879.

About BAEO: Organizational History: On March 4-6, 1999, the Institute for the Transformation of Learning (ITL) at Marquette University convened a meeting of 150 Black people in Milwaukee Wisconsin, to learn more about the benefits of educational options for Black families.

During the meeting it became obvious that in order to take full advantage of the various options that existed at the time or new ones that were being proposed in various states, a national organization of African Americans was needed. This belief led to the gathering of 50 dedicated and committed Black people at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC, on December 3–5, 1999, for the first organizing meeting of BAEO. The founders adopted the name of the organization, the mission statement and the general principles of the organization. At a meeting immediately following the Second Annual Symposium, which was again hosted by ITL, about 90 of the 350 people who attended the Symposium attended a post-symposium session to continue organizing BAEO.

At this meeting, the first draft of the organization’s bylaws was reviewed and the participants elected Dr. Howard Fuller as President of the Board (the title was later changed to Chair of the Board). After the meeting, a 29-member board was formed and met for the first time on June 17, 2000. The organization was officially launched with a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on August 24, 2000. Since its formal launch, BAEO has grown to become the preeminent national organization for Black people who support educational options. BAEO has continued to grow and advance its mission. Since its launch in 2000, BAEO has:

• Located its national office in Washington, DC;
• Continued to inform, inspire, and empower parental choice advocates at the annual Symposium, which has become the largest gathering of parental choice advocates in the country;
• Created the Bailey and Sullivan Leadership Institute to develop the next generation of leaders and advocates for the parental choice movement;
• Developed effective public information strategies to support parental choice initiatives;
• Mobilized the support of Black people to enact, sustain and/or expand parental choice programs;
• Organized chapters and cadres of supporters in cities and states throughout the United States;
• Conducted outreach programs in Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Detroit to inform parents of their rights to Supplementary Educational Services under the No Child Left Behind Act;
• Recruited supporters and influencers who hold a variety of positions in government and private sector organizations; and
• Facilitated the development of three high schools as part of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Small High School Initiative with plans to open an additional five schools by 2010.

BAEO is staunch in its belief that parental choice must be an integral part of any serious effort to reform education in America. BAEO firmly believes parental choice programs, which lead to the creation of quality educational options, not only rescue the children who can take advantage of such opportunities but also create powerful incentives for all schools, public and private, to improve. These twin measures of opportunity and improvement provide broad social and economic benefits for the children and families involved and for the entire community as well.

BAERO is also named on Media Transparency.org.

The goal of mindfully.org is to provide useful information to people who would not obtain this information otherwise. Mindfully.org is to be used as a nonprofit research tool. Our opinion is indeed biased — because it seems to us that the “balanced news” of today’s journalism is accomplished by blending fact with fiction. Each article on this website is far from the final word on any subject and one can only get an overall view by viewing a lot of it. In other words, don’t base your opinions on one file or even a few files from Mindfully.org. As for our political affiliaout 1/2tion, we have none — not conservative or liberal … (full text, 1/2).

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About 2/2: … We see liberals and progressives as kind-hearted conservatives who can only add to the downward spiral of society in the US. We live in a world of contradictions where conservatives are willing to bring on Armageddon and liberals resist change at all costs. In other words, conservatives are liberal and liberals are conservative.

Considering what this county has done to Iraq, Afghanistan and many other places in the past few years, it will take many generations before the dignity and purpose of this nation returns. The USA had previously been synonymous with freedom — at least with people who could overlook its annihilation of Native Americans and the brutal kidnapping and commodification through slavery of hundreds of thousands of African-Americans. To those people who could overlook such history, it had seemed a force of good — the myth of America. But, hark, the beast still lives! And, we might add, it still thinks it can get away with its vile acts.

One would have to live cloistered away in a basement, totally hidden from any sense of reality to hold onto that old view of Truth, Justice and The American Way. The illusion is gone and only the debt remains. It seems today that the US can do no good. The blame for this mess goes directly on those at top levels — from the president down.

A significant number of soldiers are screaming that something is terribly wrong with the leadership and judgement of those who pushed us into this war — the false reasons for starting it; the slipshod manner in which it was begun; the lack of support for those on the ground; and the lies to the soldiers; not to mention the broken promises that Iraqis have suffered. And we at home are lied to when we are told that the US has “turned this war around.” While hostilities have reduced, it is quite far from being turned around … (full long text).

Linked with Viviana Elisa Díaz Caro - Chile.

Derechos Chile, a web page dealing with the history of human rights abuses in Chile, beginning in 1973 when the military regime of General Augusto Pinochet took power and continuing through today’s current events. On this site you will find testimony, photographs, articles and other interesting information. With its link to The Santiago Times, Derechos Chile offers regular news stories about the continuing evolution of human rights issues in Chile. Here you will find information for everyone - for those with a limited understanding of Chile, and for those who participated in making its history. If you want to know more about the site, please continue reading (homepage).

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WHY KEEP LOOKING BACK AT THE PAST? The team that created this web page was motivated by a concern for the word “memory.” In the years that have gone by since Chile began its “transition” to democracy, there has been a constant call for people to forget. The effort to erase the memory of a very specific part of the country’s history comes most especially from one sector of the society. Still, as made evident by regular, every-day events, the contradictions from the past continue to have their effect today.

If there is a call to forget, then it must be because many still remember. Derechos Chile starts from this perspective, the right to remember. A right that some would challenge even now. But we believe, as do many others in Chile and around the world, that it is of critical importance to understand and remember the past. The past must be understood if we are to understand where we are today, who we are and how best to deal with the future.

Derechos Chile works both with past and present-day events. This web site is a tool, helping to understand the present by helping to remember the past. In Chile there are still many “taboo” subjects, unresolved conflicts and open wounds as a result of the 17 years of military government.

The current-day behavior of Chileans has been shaped by other times, other experiences that occurred in the nation’s history, but experiences that are always remembered.

Based on these assumptions, we have created on this site a history of human rights violations occurring in Chile over the past quarter of a century. It is also a history of the defense of human rights during all this time, a defense made by those who refused to stand by while their rights were trampled.

The Derechos Chile team hopes this effort will help in the restoration of Chile’s historic memory, so that forgetfulness will not win out. We also hope to create a memory so that what happened in Chile will never occur again. So that tomorrow the human rights of all Chileans will be respected.

Linked with Prabhu Guptara - India and Switzerland.

Career Innovation (Ci) develops research-based solutions that increase levels of performance and engagement at work. Our global research & development activities are funded by top employers, who collaborate to solve emerging challenges and gain recognition as inspiring places to work. Our career tools also help individuals find more fulfilling work – not just by changing jobs or companies, but also by taking a fresh approach to their current work that increases their satisfaction and contribution. In short, our goal is to help make work more inspiring. (Homepage).

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About: Career Innovation is a small, visionary, networked research and technology business. Ci is based in Oxford, UK and works with clients and member companies across Europe and the United States.

Our Team: The Ci Team draw on a wide range of experts, academics, consultants and practitioners in Europe and the US.

Our Vision: Career Innovation exists to help people to unlock their potential, create meaningful work and build inspiring companies. Our vision is to see people living more fulfilled lives, and making a greater contribution to their workplace and community.

This can only be achieved if organisations and talented individuals agree a “career partnership” that helps them both succeed. Using the latest technology, we conduct research to understand what motivates people around the world. Then we help organisations to create inspiring work, and individuals to navigate their career.

There are two organisations with almost the same name:

1): The SDS 1960 organization: see on wikipedia:

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was, historically, a student activist movement in the United States that was one of the main iconic representations of the country’s New Left. The organization developed and expanded rapidly in the mid-1960s before dissolving at its last convention in 1969. SDS was the organizational high point for student radicalism in the United States and has been an important influence on student organizing in the decades since its collapse. Participatory democracy, direct action, radicalism, student power, shoestring budgets, and its organizational structure are all present in varying degrees in current national student activist groups. Though various organizations have been formed in subsequent years as proposed national networks for left-wing student organizing, none has approached the scale of SDS, and most have lasted a few years at best … (full text on wikipedia/1960 organisation).
Their blog: the SDS organizer;

Links: New Left Archive; SDS Historical Documents and other links; Shut it down; The Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection; Further reading.

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2): The SDS 2006 organization: their homepage:
Bulletin June/July 2008, 23 pages;
Contact Regional Organizers (240 Total);
Join SDS;

See also on wikipedia: SDS’ main page, and also the wiki’s 2006, The New SDS: Beginning January 2006, there is a movement to start a new SDS. A small group of old SDS members joined with a Connecticut high school student to call for a new SDS fighting for civil rights and against war. Several chapters at various colleges were later started. On Martin Luther King Day of 2006, these chapters called for the first national convention since 1969 to be held in the summer of 2006.

Lately SDS has been in actions against war. The Pace University chapter of SDS protested against a speech by Bill Clinton held at the campus, causing the university to hand over two students to the United States Secret Service. When the school was going to expel these two students, Pace SDS began a movement in March 2006 protesting the University’s actions.

On March 19 2006, SDS marched in New York City against the war in Iraq. Seventeen people were arrested at the Times Square Recruitment Center, including several SDS members. Beginning in March and continuing into April and May, SDS chapters across the country participated in the Immigrant Rights Movement. On April 29 2006 SDS was in the march for Peace, Justice and Democracy in Manhattan, NY. As of July 2006, there are 150 SDS chapters located around the country and over 1000 members.

The newly formed SDS held its first national convention from August 4 to August 7, 2006 at the University of Chicago … (full text for SDS 2006).

Who We Are, What We Are Building (wiki):

This document is the new SDS’s vision for the organization. It is a revised and combined version of the following vision proposals that were presented at the new SDS Constitutional Convention, held at Wayne State University in Detroit from the 27th – 30th of July.

As Students for a Democratic Society, we want to remake a movement – a young left where our struggles can build and sustain a society of justice-making, solidarity, equality, peace and freedom. This demands a broad-based, deep-rooted, and revolutionary transformation of our society. It demands that we build on movements that have come before, and alongside other people’s struggles and movements for liberation …

… 5. Principles of Unity:

• 1. We want a participatory democratic society.
• 2. We want the end to restrictions on free expression.
• 3. We want the basic needs of all people be met.
• 4. We want an immediate end to all forms of oppression and domination.
• 5. We want an environmentally sustainable society.
• 6. We want a proper education.
• 7. We want a non-hierarchical society.
• 8. We want transparency and involvement in community interactions with businesses and other institutions.
• 9. We want the end to all wars of aggression, imperialism and the socio-economic and political structures that support and profit from them. (full long text).

Link: The Rebirth of Students for a Democratic Society SDS, by Alexander Knight, September 08, 2006.

The American Freedom Agenda’s (AFA) mission is twofold: the enactment of a cluster of statutes that would restore the Constitution’s checks and balances as enshrined by the Founding Fathers; and, making the subject a staple of political campaigns and of foremost concern to Members of Congress and to voters and educators.  Especially since 9/11, the executive branch has chronically usurped legislative or judicial power, and has repeatedly claimed that the President is the law. The constitutional grievances against the White House are chilling, reminiscent of the kingly abuses that provoked the Declaration of Independence.
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About: … The 10-point AFA statutory agenda would repeal the Military Commissions Act’s authorization of military commissions for the trial of alleged war criminals based on coerced or secret evidence. The trials should proceed in civilian courts or by courts-martial which feature time-honored procedural safeguards to insure reliable verdicts.

The Act’s suspension of habeas corpus for alleged war criminals or unlawful enemy combatants would also be repealed. The Great Writ of habeas corpus requires the executive branch to justify detentions before an independent and impartial judge. Habeas corpus has been a hallmark of the rule of law since Magna Carta in 1215.

The Act’s open-ended definition of “unlawful enemy combatant” would be repealed. It reaches both citizens and non-citizens,and any person affiliated in marginal ways  with international terrorist organizations. The substitute definition would confine unlawful enemy combatants to persons engaged in actual hostilities against the United States.

The National Security Agency’s warrantless domestic surveillance program targeting American citizens on American soil in contravention of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 would be denied funding. Appropriations would also be prohibited for any executive spying programs that have not been fully disclosed to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees.

The state secrets privilege would be revoked. It denies victims of constitutional violations any remedy where proof of the government’s wrong doing would disclose national security information, for example, an agreement by the United States to assist kidnappings by a foreign intelligence service.

Presidential signing statements, which declare the President’s intent to disregard provisions of bills he has signed into law because he asserts they are unconstitutional, would be subject to challenge by the House and Senate collectively in the Supreme Court. The signing statements are tantamount to line-item vetoes which unconstitutionally encroach on legislative prerogatives.

Legislative-executive committees in the House and Senate would be empowered to decide claims of executive privilege invoked by the President to withhold information from Congress based on national security. Controlled by the legislative branch, the committee rulings would be final and binding.

A Sword of Damocles would be removed from the media by creating a journalist exception for the publication of national defense information leaked by the executive branch, Congress, or otherwise.

Renditions to foreign countries where torture or worse can be reasonably anticipated or secret prisons operated or employed by the United States abroad would be prohibited. Both practices have been prominent features of the “war on global terrorism,” but are flagrantly inconsistent with the rule of law. They invite chilling injustices, for example, MaharArar, that fuel the recruitment efforts of Al Qaeda and thus make the United States less safe … (full text).

Linked with Bruce Fein - USA, and with the American Freedom Agenda AFA.

Liberty campaigns - with the public, press and politicians - to influence government policy on issues that impact on our rights and freedoms … (Issues).

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About: Who we are: Liberty is also known as the National Council for Civil Liberties. Founded in 1934, we are a cross party, non-party membership organisation at the heart of the movement for fundamental rights and freedoms in England and Wales. We promote the values of individual human dignity, equal treatment and fairness as the foundations of a democratic society.

Our mission: Liberty seeks to protect civil liberties and promote human rights for everyone.

What we do: Liberty campaigns to protect basic rights and freedoms through the courts, in Parliament and in the wider community. We do this through a combination of public campaigning, test case litigation, parliamentary lobbying, policy analysis and the provision of free advice and information.

Link: Civil Liberties on wikipedia.

Community site for Google’s new Knol Content Encyclopedia … KnolStuff.com is a brand new social netwoking community for Google’s Open Encyclopedia. This is a Community to discuss and learn about “Knol” and take advantage of what Google is offering. This site also supports the new Google OpenSocial Platform. Share with others updates and insights about Knol. Meet new people and network. (Homepage 1/2).

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Members: with their page, their friends, and with their blog.
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Contact: click on Sign In.

Google Knol is Open to the Public (Homepage 2/2):
Click also here.

Google Blog 7/23/2008: A few months ago we announced that we were testing a new product called Knol. Knols are authoritative articles about specific topics, written by people who know about those subjects. Today, we’re making Knol available to everyone. Read more: … (full text).

The web contains vast amounts of information, but not everything worth knowing is on the web. An enormous amount of information resides in people’s heads: millions of people know useful things and billions more could benefit from that knowledge. Knol will encourage these people to contribute their knowledge online and make it accessible to everyone.

Links about Knol:

Knology, Inc.  (Public, NASDAQ:KNOL);

The official Google-blog: Encouraging people to contribute knowledge, 12/13/2007;

Knol mentionned on wikipedia;

Knol: a unit of knowledge;

Google Knol - Google’s Play To Aggregate Knowledge Pages;

the video: Jimmy Wales on Google’s Knol, 3.58 min, Jul 24, 2008;

News results for Knol on Google news-search.

Linked with Rebecca Johnson - England.

The Past century was the most lethal in human history: Over 200 million people were killed in 250 wars and genocidal onslaughts, more people than were killed in warfare in the past two thousand years.* More than six million people have died in war since the end of the Cold War, when things should have changed for the better … (Preventing Violence: The Global Action Project 1/2).

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Preventing Violence: The Global Action Project 2/2: … The world’s societies and governments already know how to stop the killing. What has been missing is a program for the sustained, integrated, worldwide application of their resources and knowledge. Global Action to Prevent War provides such a program.

Global Action to Prevent War is a comprehensive project for making armed conflict increasingly rare. It is building a worldwide coalition of passionate individuals, civil society organizations, and governments to carry it out. Global Action supplements existing programs of conflict reduction with a unified, integrated approach aimed at a specific goal–making armed conflict infrequent, of short duration, and causing minimal harm.

Step-by-step, Global Action would establish a comprehensive world security system composed of a well-financed UN with its own readiness forces, pro-active in conflict prevention, a fully developed network of regional security institutions, and a more accessible system of international courts. Concurrently, there would be reductions in national armed forces, both nuclear and conventional. As this process continues throughout the next 2-3 decades, we foresee countries establishing a binding commitment with the international community not to send armed forces beyond national borders except under the auspices of the UN or regional security organizations … (full text).

Link: Program Statement 2003, 53 pages.

The Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy has been working since 1995 to promote effective approaches to international security, disarmament and arms control. Engaging with governments and civil society, Acronym provides reporting, analysis and strategic thinking on a range of issues relevant to peace and security, with special emphasis on treaties and multilateral initiatives … The Acronym Institute is grateful to the Ford Foundation, the Ploughshares Fund, and the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust for their enabling support of our work and publications, including this website. (full text Homepage).

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Disarmament Calendar 2008: Main Conferences & Events;
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Contact: Tel: +44 (0) 20 7503 8857, Fax: +44 (0) 20 7503 8857, e-mail of Founding Director & Editor: Dr Rebecca Johnson.

About: The Acronym Institute was set up in November 1995 under the name ‘Disarmament Intelligence Review’. In April 1997 it became sole publisher of Disarmament Diplomacy, a journal of news, documentation and opinion pieces on disarmament and arms control negotiations. In September 1997 the Institute was legally established in London, UK, under the name The Acronym Institute.

The Acronym Institute works with policy makers and non-governmental organisations to promote non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament by disseminating information and maximising negotiating opportunities in all available fora. When arms control measures become blocked, as at present on treaty ratification and the proposed ban on the production of fissile materials, the Acronym Institute will work to promote constructive dialogue and alternative approaches.

The Acronym Institute aims to:

• provide timely, high quality reporting of negotiations at the UN, the CD, and the NPT review process. Publications include the ACRONYM Reports on the CTBT negotiations and NPT Review Process;
• promote further ratifications and the full implementation of arms control treaties;
• promote talks among the nuclear weapon states and identify concrete measures for further progress in transparency, arms control and confidence building, focusing on unilateral initiatives, five-power (P-5) agreements or joint declarations, as well as multilateral negotiations;
• exchange information and increase understanding of arms control and non-proliferation issues and fora among diplomats, parliamentarians and officials in non-nuclear-weapon and threshold states, with a view to more effective participation, especially from states in regions of high tension or proliferation concern.

Background: … (full text).

Be it resolved that psychologists may not work in settings where persons are held outside of, or in violation of, either International Law (e.g., the UN Convention Against Torture and the Geneva Conventions) or the US Constitution (where appropriate), unless they are working directly for the persons being detained or for an independent third party working to protect human rights. (Homepage);
The 2008 Protest for an Ethical APA, Boston, August 16, 12pm - 2pm;
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Archived Links (with texts, videos, audios);
Links to more information about colleges and universities that have protested the APAs stance on psychologists’ involvement in illegal detention sites: Inside higher ED; and Psyche, Science and Society, Archive for May 24th, 2008.

About: We commend the American Psychological Association for having recently amended its 2007 Resolution Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Application to Individuals Defined in the United States Code as “Enemy Combatants” (Amendment)  so as to unequivocally condemn all techniques considered to be torture,  thereby closing loopholes that existed in the original Resolution (see below). However, the International Committee of the Red Cross determined in 2003 that the conditions in such Centers are themselves tantamount to torture. Yet psychologists maintain a presence in such sites and in 2007 the elected and appointed leaders of the APA voted once again against an amendment that would have prevented psychologists from working in facilities in which detainees are deprived of their human rights except as health personnel.

By continuing its collaboration  with the US Government in its policy of holding detainees indefinitely without due process in detention centers that are in direct violation of International Human Rights Law and the Geneva Conventions, the  APA is lending credibility to unacceptable detention and interrogation practices, thereby undermining the integrity of American psychologists throughout the world. The APA’s position is condemned by human rights groups, by the ACLU, by professional groups such as the American Psychiatric Association and The American Medical Association, by Britain’s medical journal The Lancet, and by many of its own members …

Latest Developments and Relevant Links: … (full text).

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The Natural Capital Institute serves the people who are transforming the world. We are a team of researchers, teachers, students, activists, scholars, writers, social entrepreneurs, artists, and volunteers committed to the restoration of the earth and the healing of human culture. We do two things: we describe pathways of change in books and research reports, and we create tools for connecting the individuals, information, and organizations that create change … (Homepage).

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• Community: WISER is owned and operated by its community. Content is free of copyright; all software is open source; all information can be repurposed and used by others.
• Collaboration: WISER shares information across geography, culture, and language. By working together, we become more intelligent and humane in our practices and more effective in our use of resources.
• Diversity: WISER is based on respect for the uniqueness of human life and embraces all dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, and religion. The earth and the lives of our children will not be saved in a divided house.
• Transparency: WISER is open and subject to full public scrutiny at all times.
• Networking: WISER promotes and provides better connectivity between individuals, organizations, businesses, and governments. It will operate on all bandwidths and in most languages.
• Visibility: WISER allows the invisible to become known, the small to become seen, and the network to be mapped.

Link: sourceforge.net.

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Dalits & Human Rights: The Battles Ahead, By P. Sainath.

About (Homepage 2/2):
Some 250 million people around the world were born untouchable. They live throughout South Asia, as well as in Japan and parts of West Africa. Over 160 million of them are in India, where they make up more than one-sixth of the population, and where over 580 million more people belong to other oppressed castes and tribes.

The purpose of this site is to share our ideas and research. Our perspective is Marxist. It will take a socialist revolution to create the material basis for abolishing the caste system. And only a party that openly fights against caste oppression can lead the workers of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka to power.

We are not that party, or any kind of organization.

This site is run by Sujatha and Alan. Sujatha grew up in an untouchable family in Andhra Pradesh.
See also: Sujatha’s multi-generational family narrative;

Linked with Matt Stoller - USA, with videos concerning the US, and with Finding Your Obviousmeter.

Blogpac funds progressive leadership and experiments with injecting new voices in the political process using internet activism. We give grants, no strings attached, to activists on the internet who have a demonstrated record of success in either creating progressive change or creating the space for progressives to make change. We also seek moments to inject progressive power into the political system through focused internet and new media activism, (about 1/2).

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