Student Peace Alliance
PO Box 27601
Washington, District of Columbia
202-684-2553
PO Box 27601
Washington, District of Columbia
202-684-2553
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Student Peace Alliance | PO Box 27601 | Washington, District of Columbia | 202-684-2553
Zak Ebrahim was one of the keynote presenters at the 2010 Student Peace Alliance National Conference. We were honored to have him share his powerful story about growing up as the son of a terrorist, and how he transformed a path of violence and prejudice into one that promotes peace and accepting diversity.
The Student Peace Alliance National Conference, held recently at Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX took years to evolve from a bold idea into a reality. The SPA chapter at SU worked diligently to make this conference an empowering event for all involved. You can read some of the backstory, recently published in Southwestern's Megaphone in the following article.
The Schoolcraft Student Peace Alliance Chapter in Michigan is meeting short term goals and creating long term plans in order to establish peace in the community, and for the students, in themselves.
SPA Chapter at Temple start a new class. In a sociology special topics course, college and high school students will work side by side to understand and explain violence in urban areas... The pilot urban violence course is unlike others at Temple. It was created after a campaign by the Student Peace Alliance related to an independent study for SPA Vice President Max Cuddy, a senior sociology and African-American studies major.
We are excited to share with you that Costa Rica has recently passed through their legislative body a bill to establish a Ministry for Justice and Peace! This is encouraging news as momentum continues to grow around the world in favor of establishing structures at the highest levels of government that make peace a priority. We congratulate the hard work of the campaign in Costa Rica! And, our own efforts continue to have an impact. 
