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100 Projects for Peace
 Two projects devised by Macalester students were selected for funding by the Davis Projects for Peace program. The program, in its second year, honors philanthropist Kathryn Wasserman Davis, who launched the initiative on the occasion of her 100th birthday in 2007.
"100 Projects for Peace" is meant to encourage creative ideas and entrepreneurial actions and to support motivated youth to create and implement their ideas for building peace throughout the world in the 21st century
Students from colleges and universities in the Davis United World College (UWC) Scholar Program were awarded a total of $1 million in funding to undertake their proposed projects. Each of the projects received $10,000 in funding.
 2008 Macalester Projects Funded
Leah Roth-Howe '08 will begin her project in Chicago while working with the Cambodian Association of Illinois to organize and moderate intergenerational dialogue between survivors of the Kymer Rouge genocide and their descendents and other youth. She aims to raise awareness of these histories so that their legacies can lead to future tolerance and peace. To build trust between the adults and youth she will start with interactive art projects to build comfort with each other. She will also travel to Cambodia to work with Youth for Peace to publish a reflective book on peace and genocide, with contributions from Cambodian teens and Cambodian-American teens. The books will be distributed through numerous institutions and incorporated into Macalester’s Political Geography Web site.
Read Leah's proposal>>
The second Macalester project funded will be led by Zainab Mansaray '09 and Arthur Sillah '10, who will work in their home country of Sierra Leone to rehabilitate the infrastructure of Sierra Leone Muslim Brotherhood Primary School which was severely damaged after 10 years of civil war in the country. In addition to rebuilding the school, they will organize workshops and activities that introduce students to the value of community service as well as establishing a scholarship fund so more children can attend the school. Read Zainab and Arthur's proposal>>>
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2007 Macalester Projects Funded
In 2007 two Macalester students were awarded $10,000 each to implement their projects for peace.
Dara Hoppe ’10 went go to Brazil, where she encouraged sustainable economic development by strengthening handicraft production in the community and commerce. Read about Dara's project»
Fiorella Ormeño Incio ’09 collaborated with the Peruvian Association of the United World Colleges (APCMU) to produce a conflict resolution textbook, establish Peace Clubs and organize Peace Building Workshops in 25 schools throughout Peru. Read about Fiorella's project»
Associate Dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship and Director of the Civic Engagement Center Karin Trail-Johnson, along with a panel of staff and faculty members, facilitated the participation of Macalester students in the 100 Projects for Peace program. "This program was a wonderful opportunity for Macalester students matching their intellectual capacity and vision for positive social change with resources to make their ideas a reality,” Trail-Johnson said. “The project created a buzz of excitement and hopeful energy on campus as students imagined the possibilities. In addition, the fact that Mrs. Davis chose to celebrate her 100th birthday by investing in the hope of young people for bettering the world is an invaluable lesson in the power of philanthropy."
A complete list of the participating schools, summary of projects, and a video interview with Davis from 2006, is available on the program’s web site: www.davisprojectsforpeace.org.
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