PEACE EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP
The El-Hibri Foundation offers peace education scholarships to graduate students with demonstrated commitment to the field of peace education and conflict transformation. Three $5,000 scholarships will be awarded in 2015. The scholarship application form link will be available below and in the menu to the left from March 16th to September 4th, 2015.
What is Peace Education?
We define peace education broadly. In our view, it encompasses a range of activities undertaken in a variety of settings designed to build peaceful communities:
• In formal school settings, peace education addresses how teachers teach and what they teach. Peace education curricula focus on conflict analysis, conflict transformation, peacebuilding and skills associated with the non-violent resolution of conflict. It considers how violent conflict begins and ends and how it affects individuals, social groups and societies. Peace education advances a vision of well-being based on respect for human dignity, human differences and human rights.
• In informal (non-school) community settings, peace education raises awareness about the causes of conflict, identifies appropriate interventions and builds practical skills relating to the management, resolution or transformation of conflict. Some approaches to community peacebuilding are based on models of reconciliation, social reconstruction or social justice. Peace education strives to make the non-violent resolution of conflict and the appreciation of different cultural norms widely embraced.
Eligibility Criteria
Scholarship applicants must:
• Be either U.S. or non- U.S. citizens
• Be enrolled in the first year of a graduate degree or certificate program relevant to peace education or conflict transformation in an American university. Eligible university degree or certificate programs consist of a minimum of four graduate courses that the student must complete in order to earn a degree or certificate. Students applying for a scholarship may be cross-registered at another university;
• Have graduated in the last two years with an undergraduate degree;
• Have a prior academic track record of high achievement, including a minimum 3.5 GPA earned from an undergraduate degree;
• Demonstrate financial need (such as proof of seeking an academic loan);
• Apply the scholarship toward the cost of tuition and books;
• Submit their application on or before the September 4th, 2015 deadline.
Application Process
Please complete the online application form and upload the required documents before the September 4th, 2015 deadline. Only applications submitted through the online form will be accepted.
Selection Process
The El-Hibri Foundation will form a selection committee comprised of staff and peace education experts to review the applications and select awardees. Successful applicants will be informed of the outcome by no later than October 15, 2015. If you have any questions about the requirements or selection process please email info@elhibrifoundation.org.
Call for Applications, Carey Institute for Global Good, Nonfiction Residency Application Guidelines
The Carey Institute for Global Good is dedicated to making a better world by contributing to a strong, educated and just society. One of the most important programs we offer is a residency program for writers who produce in-depth, deeply reported work about important issues – social, political, environmental, health.
Quality reporting – in all its forms – can impact opinion, policy and society for the better. It needs to be nurtured and brought to the public’s attention in a way that contributes to a strong, educated and just society.
The Carey Institute for Global Good offers the Residency program for creators of longform nonfiction. Pulitzer Prize winning writer and journalist Tim Weiner has been named as the first Director. Our campus offers a peaceful, private and inspiring place to live, work and create, providing complimentary access to modern communication technologies and our gourmet on-site restaurant.
What is longform nonfiction?
Over the years, longform nonfiction has gone by a variety of names—creative nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, literary nonfiction, longform journalism. The crucial ingredient is that it is in-depth reporting about important issues. In scale, pieces can range from 5,000 words up to a book. Media types are inclusive: print, video, audio, digital and/or a mix of these.
Some great examples of longform are Rachel Carson’s 1962 blockbuster Silent Spring which contributed to the birth of the modern-day environmental movement and federal regulation of toxic compounds such as DDT; and John Hersey’s 1946 Hiroshima which awakened mankind to the dangers of nuclear weapons. Both were published in The New Yorker prior to becoming books.
The Carey Fellowships
Whether the work of our nonfiction Fellows is to be published in a magazine, book, video or audio documentary or in multi-media form appropriate for the web, The Carey Institute Nonfiction Residency Program is a place where the writer can reside in an undistracted environment, with all necessary tools to complete a critical work. We provide lodging, work space, meals and mentorship (if needed) on our campus. Duration of stays range from two weeks to three months.
Individual Fellowships are devoted to particular areas of inquiry – environment, health, agriculture, food, race, ethnicity, politics, etc. Click here for application guidelines and to apply.
Support from underwriters that subsidize all or a portion of the Fellowships is always needed and appreciated.
A New Approach for Nonfiction Writers
The traditional model that enabled writers to do quality work is broken. While print media is currently fiscally challenged and losing audience, web opportunities are blooming and booming.
“It’s a really good time to do this. It’s really necessary,” said Lee Guttkind, founder and editor of 20-year old “Creative Nonfiction” magazine (creativenonfiction.org). “Only a handful of residencies are available for nonfiction writers and most of their fellowships go to fiction authors.”
Our Partner: The Big Roundtable
For those writers in need of a publishing outlet, The Big Roundtable and the Carey Institute are working in partnership to provide that option. Big Roundtable is a digital publishing platform that aims to connect passionate nonfiction writers with readers who will support their work. Learn more >>
2014 – 2015
DIRECTOR
Tim Weiner
ADVISORY BOARD
Carl Bernstein
Sheila Coronel
Josh Friedman
Brooke Gladstone
Sebastian Junger
Lance Morrow
Michael Shapiro
Board membership will expand in 2015 – 2016
APPLICATION DEADLINES
Please plan ahead. The pre-application questionnaire is due three months in advance for residencies starting October 15, 2015 through May 2016. The full application is due one month thereafter.
APPLICATIONS INSTRUCTIONS
Submit your pre-application questionnaire here. Paper applications will not be accepted. The full application is due within one month of the pre-application submission date. Be sure to include your telephone and e-mail contact information in all correspondence. Email full applications to nonfiction(at)careyinstitute.org. Full application components include:
- A cover letter
- Your resume
- A sample of your previous work.
- A sample (if available) or a synopsis of the work you will be completing during your residency
- Two professional references or letters of support
NOTIFICATION OF RESULTS
You will be advised if you are invited via email within one month after we review your full application. This will leave you at least one month to prepare to arrive. We may adjust your starting date depending on our capacity.
ELIGIBILITY
Documentarians, journalists and nonfiction writers working at the professional level in their fields are eligible to apply once each calendar year. Particular areas of emphasis relate to the most pressing issues of our day, including, but not limited to: war and conflict; social justice and human rights; science, health, agriculture, environment and technology; biographies, histories and government; education; journalism and the media; and, economics and business. Applications for residency are judged on the quality of the applicant’s work and professional promise. The Carey Institute encourages applicants of all backgrounds to apply for admission, and does not discriminate in its programs and activities against anyone on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, disability, HIV status or veteran status.
FEES & FINANCIAL AID
There is no fee for residency.
LENGTH OF STAY
Residencies vary in length. The minimum stay is two weeks; the maximum stay is 3 months.
ADVISORY BOARD
Carl Bernstein
Sheila Coronel
Josh Friedman
Brooke Gladstone
Sebastian Junger
Lance Morrow
Michael Shapiro
Bob Woodward
COLLABORATIONS
Small groups (2 to 3 individuals) of documentarians, journalists or nonfiction writers wishing to work collaboratively are encouraged to apply. Each member of the group will need to submit an individual pre-application and select the “Collaborative Teams” option on the pre-application questionnaire. Collaborations invited to submit a full proposal must submit all required information for each member of the group.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS
The Carey Institute has a strong tradition of internationalism, and welcomes applicants from around the world. Professionals who work in languages other than English are welcome to apply if they can supply samples of work in translation as well as in the original. A working knowledge of English is necessary for international applicants. The Carey Institute does not provide an interpreter for residents who speak little or no English.I
Apply: Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Training, Accra, Ghana
The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) was launched by President of the United States Barack Obama as a signature effort to invest in the next generation of African leaders. The need to invest in grooming strong, results-oriented leaders comes out of the statistics: nearly 1 in 3 Africans are between the ages of 10 and 24, and approximately 60% of Africa’s total population is below the age of 35. Who will empower and lead these young Africans? Who will shape the future of business and entrepreneurship, civic leadership, and public management? In order to answer these questions, YALI promotes three models designed to identify and empower young leaders: the YALI Mandela Washington Fellowship, YALI Network and now the establishment of Regional Leadership Centers across Africa.
WORTH
- An innovative and game changing leadership training program in Africa. The program will be hosted by Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)
- The first cohort will walk through the doors on the 31st July 2014.
ELIGIBILITY
- The YALI Regional Leadership Center West Africa is looking for young men and women between the ages of 18 and 35
- From Togo, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, The Gambia, Burkina Faso, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
- Who are ready to embrace leadership and work hard to transform their countries.
DEADLINE: 12th June 2015.
To apply and for more information visit here.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: IJR RECONCILIATION AWARD
‘Confronting Exclusion’
The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation invites a call for nominations for its annual Reconciliation Award, for the period 2014/15.
Closing date: 30 June 2015
Background
Since 2000, the Institute has afforded an annual Reconciliation Award to an individual, community or organisation in South Africa that has contributed towards reconciliation. Through this award the Institute acknowledges and showcases the recipients’ approaches and strategies to enable reconciliation, whether they originate in the spheres of politics, media, business, culture, sport, academia or community service.
The IJR Reconciliation Award 2014/2015 will strive to highlight the connection between reconciliation and inequality. This year’s Reconciliation Award will be given to an individual or organisation that has actively worked to overcome the exclusion of groups or individuals in South Africa. The selection criteria will focus on actions taken to ‘confront’ exclusions. These actions can involve activities, advocacy work, campaigns, empowerment, public awareness, direct change in legislation, achieving an institutional response to exclusion, as well as direct support to groups/individuals.
Exclusion refers to groups or individuals that do not have ease of access to social, political and/or economic rights within the South African context; lack or have been denied access to public goods and/or unequal treatment in terms of the South African constitution.
“South Africa has made important political strides over the past two decades. It has created a framework of democratic legislative, executive and judicial institutions that mark a clear break from the apartheid past. In theory, they are inclusive and offer every citizen equal access to constitutionally protected rights. Their capacity to deliver, however, is coming under increasing pressure and, as this happens, citizen confidence in their efficacy is waning.
Much of the pressure, which ultimately may affect their legitimacy in the eyes of ordinary citizens, stems from the desperation and sense of economic exclusion experienced by those who find themselves at the wrong end of South Africa’s grossly unequal society. If this decline in trust persists, the cohesive effects of the country’s democratic institutions will diminish, and instability will become an increasingly common feature of political contestation.
An immediate, but only partial, remedy to the current state of affairs would be to prioritise transparency, accountability and leadership integrity within the system to restore trust in the bona fides of key institutions. The longer-term challenge will be to counter a growing sense of economic exclusion, where violent police action, rather than democratic process, is increasingly employed to stave off the manifestations of material anxiety experienced by struggling citizens.” Transformation Audit 2013: Confronting Exclusion
Previous recipients include, among others:
- Symphonia for South Africa’s Partners for Possibility project – for enlivening reconciliation by helping to bridge the social, economic and geographical divides between the business and education sectors.’
The Socio-Economic Rights Institute – for keeping the Marikana victims and their families on the national agenda. - Ms Olga Macingwane – for her continued commitment to community reconciliation.
- Judge Albie Sachs – for realising reconciliation through his life and work.
- Shine Centre – for helping, through volunteerism, foundation phase learners with literacy.
To view the full list of previous winners, please click here.
Nomination process:
Please complete the nomination (download it here) or complete it online, based on the following nomination criteria, by no later than 30 June 2015.
Nomination criteria:
1.) The person/organisation nominations have to be based on the theme outlined in the call-out. The nominator needs to clearly state how the nominee links to the theme of the call-out.
2.) The achievements accomplished or work done needs to include the previous year. This means it can span over a longer period of time but has to include the previous year (2014)
3.) The achievements or work of the nominee has to be exceptional, and must have made a major contribution to reconciliation in the context where s/he is active. Exceptional means that it goes beyond the call of the person’s/organisation’s duty.
4.) The person/organisation needs to be able to showcase the achievements made in terms of the theme ‘Confronting Exclusion’. The motivation needs to clearly state what actions were taken to ‘confront’ meaning highlight/expose exclusion. The nomination needs to also explain the form of exclusion that has been addressed by the organisation individual.
5.) The nominee should provide a living testimony to the values of democracy, inclusivity and non-violence, in public and private life.
6.) The nominee has to be based in South Africa and the reconciliation work has to relate to achievements in South Africa.
7.) The person or organisation cannot nominate him/her/themselves. No Board members or staff of the organisation can nominate its own organisation.
8.) The organisation/person shall not have received more than one award in the lifetime (for individuals post education achievements)
9.) A completed motivation and application form needs to be submitted by the closing date.
Specific criteria for Individuals:
- Age: 21 years or older
- Maximum of one award received post education
Specific criteria for Organisations:
- Minimum 3 years in existence
- Maximum of one award received
- Type = needs to fall into one of the following categories of NGO, Civil Society Organisation, public institution, academic institution, social movement
Timelines:
30 June 2015 – Close of nominations
30 September 2015 – Confirmation of finalists
26 November 2015 – Award ceremony in Cape Town
E-mail the completed form to: MNewman@ijr.org.za with “Reconciliation Award” as the subject line.
Or post to:
Institute for Justice and Reconciliation
“Reconciliation Award”
105 Hatfield Street
Gardens 8001
Or give us a call on 021 202 4071.
www.ijr.org.za
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Institute-for-Justice-and-Reconciliation
More Questions? Call Margo on 021 202 4086 or email her on Mnewman@ijr.org.za