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Tribute to Desmond Tutu

Creating Friendships for Peace (CFP) mourns the loss and celebrates the life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu CFP was blessed and privileged to witness and benefit from the wisdom, moral power and …

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CFP Joins Alliance for Peacebuilding

CFP is pleased to have been accepted into membership of the Alliance for Peacebuilding, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit, nonpartisan network of over 150+ organizations working in 181 countries to end conflict, reduce …

CFP in Middle East

CFP In Israel and Palestine

Our efforts to initiate programs in Israel and Palestine continue to bear fruit. As a result of our ongoing discussions with Debate for Peace (https://debateforpeace.org/), we have identified CFP volunteer coordinators from northern …

CFP in Northern Ireland

Meibh Mckinney will be working with CFP staff in the US to help CFP reconnect with the 2,000 CFPNI alumni in Northern Ireland and conduct research evaluations.  Meibh is currently …

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Thank You’s for the 2021 Teen Pilot Project Program

Volunteer Experts for 2021 Pilot Peacebuilding Seminar for US TeensLast spring, CFP piloted a peacebuilding seminar to US teens. Expert volunteers provided 9 sessions on topics important to peacebuilding: Free speech and …

Alexis Eskenazi, U.S. Teen Liaison

CFP Team Continues to Grow

Alexis Eskenazi, U.S. Teen Liaison Alexis lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a junior at Castilleja School.  Alexis and her family hosted an Israeli-Palestinian pair of teens …

CFP Clubs for High School Students

CFP Clubs for High School Students

One of the unexpected successes of the US Teen Pilot Program was the participants’ interest in continuing to learn and hone the skills of managing difficult conversations and minimizing conflict.  …

CFP Teen Program

US Teen Pilot Program Successes

Following up on CFP’s 2020 alumni survey, CFP investigated two strategic initiatives in 2021. The first initiative is to consider broadening the role US teens play in hosting CFP pairs of …