In case you missed it!

A powerful conversation about the starvation of civilians in the Gaza Strip with Alex de Waal (World Peace Foundation), Michael Fakhri (@UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food), and Georgios Petropoulos(@ochaopt)

Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=PAq2KL…

This Mother's Day, WPF’s B Arneson is walking with The Transformational Prison Project to remember people who were murdered & with the aim of 'Cultivating Cycles of Peace.”

To learn more visit: mothersdaywalk4peace.org

As the Arakan Army seeks to expand its control in Rakhine State, a way forward on the Rohingya issue remains unclear. Read more from Jessica Olney and Ali Ahmed here: usip.org/publications/2… #Myanmar

🚨 MSF Science welcomes WPF's Alex de Waal as the Keynote Speaker for #MSFSci 2024 on Thursday, May 16th, at 1400 GMT!

Register now to watch his speech, 'Famine: what's in a name?' bit.ly/3Uh4Ytd

The Global Days of Action on #MilitarySpending have begun! - #GDAMS GCOMS

Find all Info here ➡️ betterworld.info/GDAMS - please share 📢

#DefundTheMilitary & strengthen the #ArmsTradeTreaty

#WarCostsUsTheEarth 📢 #DivestFromWar #GCOMS IPB - International Peace Bureau
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For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’re highlighting the stories of four wrongly convicted Asian American individuals. innocenceproject.org/four-wrongly-c…

Yesterday we celebrated 25 outstanding students - this year's Honos Civicus Society inductees!

These graduating students demonstrate an exceptional commitment to community service and civic engagement. Together, we toasted their current and future impact.

NEXT WEEK! Join our expert panel SOAS University of London for:

Dealing Destruction: The Global Arms Trade & Gaza

Andrew Feinstein ❤️‍🔥education for world peace Ousman Noor Zahraa Kapasi

Wed 15 May | 6.30pm | SALT (Paul Webley Wing) SOAS
BOOK eventbrite.co.uk/e/dealing-dest…

#Gaza #Gaza War #StopArmingIsrael

Turning Point or Breaking Point? Biden’s Pause on Weapons Tests Ties to Israel. nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/…

ALERT: #Sudan faces a risk of Famine as conflict threatens access to food for millions.

'The assessment of a risk of Famine (IPC Phase 5) warrants great alarm.'

Read #FEWSNET 's new alert ow.ly/Qnps50RwaUC

📸©UNOCHA/Ala Kheir

America’s prison system is turning into a de facto nursing home vox.com/the-highlight/… via Vox

In an Economics & Politics paper, Allison Carnegie, Feinstein Research Director Kimberly Howe et al examine the impact of foreign aid on rebel governance in the context of the #Syrian civil war.

🏅Economics & Politics Top 10 most-cited paper, 2022-2023

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ec…

Have you been deployed to Sudan or just started working on the context? Are you trying to learn more about Sudan’s history, economics, culture and politics?

Join our free, two-day Sudan context course on 21 and 22 May 2024 for aid workers and donors ➡️docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Austin: US pauses shipment of payload munitions due to concerns over Rafah jpost.com/israel-hamas-w…

Immigrants coming to the U.S. on humanitarian grounds—fleeing violence and persecution—can adapt more quickly with support of their diaspora communities, says The Fletcher School expert Karen Jacobsen.

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NEW BLOG ALERT | The University invests in genocide is out now! CATC: H it here: corruption-tracker.org/blog/the-unive…

#CeasefireNOW #StopArmingIsrael #ArmsEmbargo 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

🚨Each year, a staggering 2.44 trillion USD is dedicated to global military spending.

In support of GCOMS's #GDAMS , the WPF advocates for more spending on public infrastructure to benefit us all! 🚉🏗️ #WarCostsUsTheEarth

Happening now: experts Sari Bashi and Shira Efron join FP Live to discuss the humanitarian emergency in Gaza and the current state of international aid.

Watch live here: foreignpolicy.com/live/gaza-huma…

I join other UN experts in expressing concern about the gendered impacts of the war in Gaza: “Women and children are entitled to special protection under international humanitarian law and human rights law” ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

Last week, WPF's Alex de Waal and Mulugeta Gebrehiwot joined Columbia | SIPA to discuss issues facing countries in the Horn of Africa.

Watch the recorded conversation here: sipa.columbia.edu/news/experts-d…