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Women Hold Up Half the Sky in Liberia
July 28, 2011 — How can promoting the healing of women help restore community in a country recovering from civil war?
This question is at the core of the collaboration between the Public Conversations Project (PCP), four Liberian partner organizations, and Mediators Beyond Borders (MBB). The pilot project, “Women Hold Up Half the Sky,” aims to promote healing by tapping into women’s ability to make change at the community level.
Pray the Devil Back to Hell—Dec. 4, 2009
A few weeks ago, I attended Brandeis University Coexistence International's screening of a remarkable, disturbing and ultimately inspiring film, Pray the Devil Back to Hell. This extraordinary prize-winning documentary (2008) has been screened in more than twenty countries on six continents. It is an amazing tribute to the power of grassroots activism, telling the story of a group of Liberian women who confronted the warlords and h
