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5 unusual facts about Search for Common Ground


Search for Common Ground

Featuring six children, one from each of Armenian, Christian, Druze, Palestinian, Shiite, and Sunni backgrounds, the show calls attention to the interactions between the different ethnic groups and shows different means of nonviolent conflict resolution.

The editorial board is based around the world, with editors in Amman, Beirut, Geneva, Jakarta, Jerusalem, Islamabad, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.

CGNews is funded by Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Commission, the British, Canadian, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and U.S. governments, the Arca Foundation of Washington, D.C., the United States Institute of Peace, the National Endowment for Democracy, Rational Games and private donors.

In addition to working with SFCG offices in the United States, Rabat, Jakarta, and Jerusalem, Partners in Humanity works with international organizations, including the World Economic Forum Council of 100, The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Soliya – The Connect Program, and The Institute for Interfaith Dialogue in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

SFCG

Search for Common Ground, an international non-profit organization whose mission is to transform the way the world deals with conflict – away from adversarial approaches toward cooperative solutions


Peace X Peace

Following the terrorist attacks of September 11th, Smith Melton gathered experts in peace and women's rights from around the world (including Isabel Allende, the Chilean novelist; Susan Collin Marks, the Australian-born co-founder of Search for Common Ground; and Fatima Gailani, the Afghan head of the Red Crescent) to discern a women's response to the September 11 attacks.


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