Houston Area Coordinator: Melanie Dozier Coe
Melanie has spent her career in higher education. She has taught college courses in Speech Communication and Business since 2003 while also working in operations management. Melanie holds a Master’s …
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Middle East Coordinator: Yasmine Masri
Yasmine Masri is an Israeli- Arab/ Palestinian English teacher. She has been an English teacher since 2011 in Deir Al-Asad Comprehensive school. She finished her English Master’s in Tel- Aviv …
Middle East Coordinator: Debbie Roth
Debbie Roth is originally from Sao Paulo, Brazil, and has been living in Israel for over 11 years. She holds a BA in Portuguese and German Literature and Linguistics from …
Tribute to Creators of Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement
As we near the 25th anniversary of Peace in N. Ireland, two stalwarts of the Good Friday Agreement and Nobel Peace Prize winners have sadly passed away. John Hume died …
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 …
The Elders documentary: Cyprus – Digging the Past in Search of the Future
As Communications Director of The Elders, I worked closely with members of the CFP from 2009-2011, in the process of making a documentary film in Cyprus on the very sensitive …
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 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 …
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 …