Categorized as: Education, Grantee, Job Creation, Our Partners, Stories, U.S., Youth & Tagged as: Chicago, Exponent Philanthropy, Lessons learned, PBMR, Violence on May 7, 2016.
By Suzanne Skees Our Chicago education and job-skills partner, The PBMR Peace Center, creates a safe space for youth and their families to escape the gangs, drugs, and violence of the South Side streets and to build a life of choice. I was fortunate to be in Chicago...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Education, Grantee, Our Partners, Stories, Storytelling, Youth & Tagged as: Dreams, Family, John Medo, Scholarship, The School Fund, Tragic death, Tribute on April 2, 2016. Related Grantees: Advancing Girls Education: AGE Africa, Akilah Institute for Women, Asante Africa Foundation, Kiretono Resource Centre through AID Tanzania.
By Suzanne Skees John’s brother Eli says: “We don’t want to say goodbye. He was a dream boy–one of our most shining stars disappearing–as simple as that.” This week, my dear young friend John Medo, the inspiration for and first...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Middle East, Our Partners, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Bilingual, Hand in Hand, Middle East conflict, Peace on March 19, 2016. Related Grantees: Dayton International Peace Museum, Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation, Teach North Korean Refugees, Tomorrow’s Youth Organization, Wahat al-Salam–Neve Shalom through American Friends of Wahat al-Salam–Neve Shalom.
By Suzanne Skees Read the latest updates on our Board Collaborative Partner, or scroll down to view the videos below. If you want peace, put your country’s future in the hands of children. That’s what a group of Israeli and Palestinian parents did nearly...Read more
Categorized as: Asia, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories & Tagged as: Domestic violence, Empowerment, Gender issues, Social entrepreneurism, Upaya Social Ventures on March 6, 2016.
Editor’s note: Five years in, our partner Upaya Social Ventures relentlessly proves the power of a job. Our video series on the work of our partners continues. Tune in next time to meet an innovative bilingual school that brings Israeli and Palestinian children...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Leadership, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Empowerment, Oral history, Resonate Workshops, Storytelling on February 21, 2016.
Editor’s Note: We’re happy and honored to have helped support the production of this brand-new video that explains the work of Resonate Workshops, an organization serving Rwanda and Uganda that is distinctly brave, local, feminine, and tenaciously hopeful...Read more