Megan's Palestine & Israeli Peacebuilding Resources by Megan Jacobs

UNRWA Education

mpmjacobs — 2024-08-21 01:36:58 UTC

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the near east

Audio visual piece: Human Rights, Conflict Resolution & Tolerance curriculum video example

mpmjacobs — 2024-08-21 01:48:11 UTC

'If the World Were 100 People' curriculum video for Palestine Refugees in UNRWA schools

Peer-reviewed article, Birth-to-Education cohort of 1 million Palestinian refugees

mpmjacobs — 2024-08-21 02:30:30 UTC

Book Review, Anne Irfan's 'Refuge and Resistance: Palestinians and the International Refugee System'

mpmjacobs — 2024-08-21 02:34:57 UTC

Heaviest hitting line: "Her focus is UNRWA's quasi-state nature, meaning both its function in providing essential services to Palestinians but also its role as the only internationally recognized organization tying Palestinians together across borders in lieu of a formal state structure"

Peer-reviewed article about using 'playback theater' with adolescents in Qalandia refugee camp

mpmjacobs — 2024-08-21 02:40:29 UTC

I love this pedagogical approach of centering students voices and inviting them to tell their story. The author describes giving students a much needed place to "breathe, play, and create"

Peer-reviewed article about the state of a decolonized HRE curriculum

mpmjacobs — 2024-08-21 02:51:23 UTC

The author's thoughts on "The discursive construction of a global identity" remind me of Freire's argument against the existing hegemony of who holds scholastic wisdom

Oasis of Peace: a School for Peace "training in conflict management and resolution through facilitated Jewish-Arab encounters"

mpmjacobs — 2024-08-21 02:55:24 UTC

"The dialogue group is a microcosm of society, and therefore can be used as a learning and teaching tool"

News Article, International Court of Justice suggests path to peaceable two state solution

mpmjacobs — 2024-08-21 03:01:42 UTC

"This ruling reinforces a clear pathway to peace – based on a sovereign State of Palestine in the context of the two-state solution."

News article, plans for World Week of Peace in September

mpmjacobs — 2024-08-21 03:04:19 UTC

"raise awareness about the suffering of civilians, support humanitarian efforts, and use their influence to call for an end to violence and the implementation of fair and lasting solutions, hope will be restored,"

News article about peacebuilders in conversation

mpmjacobs — 2024-08-21 03:06:49 UTC

"consensus-building between Israelis and Palestinians is critical"