By Glenn Chon | AFNSWAS Writer
During the conflict in Gaza, for the safety and comfort of the participants, it was decided by both Tawasul and the School for Peace that the continuation of the cross-border encounters course would be postponed for a short period. The program started up again this past October. The Journalist Writers Foundation award will fund the SFP and Tawasul to organize an additional encounters course after the conclusion of this current course.
Most recently, the School for Peace has been expanding its partnerships with both Israeli and Palestinian organizations to ensure steady growth and expand its impact. It has been setting up regional forum meetings in Nazareth, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem for past graduates of the School for Peace encounter programs to meet and work on their own projects together. Resulting projects from these meetings include working with young Arab women as they transition from villages into the university lifestyle, and empowering Arab student unions. Other impressive graduate achievements include Dr. Nissim Avissar’s published book that was inspired by the mental health professionals’ course, and Elinor Amit’s course at Harvard that is based on the SFP method of working with groups in conflict.
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