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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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 …
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 …