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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 …

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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.  …

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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 …

2021 Pilot Program for American Teens

CFP host families with teenagers have the added dimension of friendships among the CFP teen pairs and the American teens.  CFP will conduct a pilot program to enhance the role …

Alumni Association Update

Led by Meltsia Economou and Selinay Hurses, the Cypriot alumni are reorganizing themselves with a new and larger leadership group comprised of alumni from each graduating class and representing both …

CFP’s Alumni Survey Results

This summer, a committee of 11 CFP alumni from Cypriot, Israeli and Palestinian communities and 3 American teens created CFP’s very first alumni survey, studied its results and offered specific …

HasNa Peacebuilder Recognition

For the past four years HasNa, an international peacebuilding organization headquartered in Washington, DC, has selected exceptional peacebuilders to commemorate the UN’s International Day of Peace on September 21st.  This …