Summer 2023 – Oregon/SW Washington
Team Building Team building in each area begins in a ropes course with zip lines and team problem-solving instruction. Oregon/SW Washington teens enjoy their ropes course in the beauty of …
Summer 2023 – San Francisco
Environmental Project Protecting our shared environment encourages cooperation, even in divided communities. In San Francisco the teens use their environmental workshop to save marshlands in the SF Bay.
Host Family Enrichment
On June 15, Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen, the director of Israel, The Palestinian Territories, and the Region program at the U.S. Institute of Peace, provided CFP’s hosting community with an hour-long discussion …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Gifts of Treasure highlight the Rockville MD Rotary Club
Rotary Club of Rockville, MD Joins List of CFP Rotary Club SupportersIncoming President Hande Apaydin presents CFP Chairman Linda Ziglar with a $5,000 check to underwrite a pair of CFP teens in Maryland. Cecilia and Edco …
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
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. …
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 …