Social Cohesion

Projects for Peace alum Steven (Tuti) Mukum has received both the John Lewis Young Leaders Fellowship and The Diana Award

Elisabeth Ampthor TESOL ‘24 and Kari Naumova TFL ‘24 stand together outdoors.

Funded Projects, Alumni, Partner Institutions, Europe, Education, Social Cohesion

Recent Grads Win $10K Grant For Project on Peacebuilding in Language Classrooms

by Sierra Abukins

Peacebuilding is not just for world leaders and diplomats. In fact, it’s something that educators can and frequently do in their classrooms—especially language educators.

Amir Balafendiev (SF26), left and Kanstantsin Tsiarokhin (SF25), at right, study a book together..

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Europe, Asia, Education, Social Cohesion, Youth

Peace in Russia and Ukraine: Johnnies Build Bridges Between Home Nations via St. John’s-Style Seminar

by Gabriela Forte

St John’s students spend summer promoting peaceful dialogue among citizens of feuding nation through seminar-style classes.

Allie Stankewich ’23 (r) and students at THEMI Primary School in Arusha, Tanzania, proudly holding their cabbage plant seedlings that they grew from seed in their new school garden, ready to be transplanted into a larger plot of land.

Funded Projects, Sustained Impact, Alumni, Partner Institutions, Asia, Middle East & North Africa, Agriculture, Environment, Equipment & Infrastructure, Social Cohesion

Cultivating a Community of Care

by Emily Innes

Through the Davis Projects for Peace Grant and a Fulbright ETA, Allie Stankewich ’23 is building relationships with the communities she serves in East Africa.

Facing away from the camera, a women in an orange headscarf pulls a needle and thread through a new cross-stitch project.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Americas, Middle East & North Africa, Multi-national, Arts, Health & Well-being, Social Cohesion

Stitching Hope: Student Project Brings Healing to Displaced Afghan Women

by Brianna Patterson

Over summer 2023, UNC Chapel Hill students Divya Patel and Grace May partnered with the Refugee Community Partnership to provide art therapy and community building opportunities for the local Afghan refugee population.

Three photo collage featuring three college-age young men of varying skin tones all smiling and posing for the camera in front of garden backgrounds.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Americas, Arts, Social Cohesion, Youth

Colorado College Grads Plan Art Workshops

by Julia Fennell

Friends and collaborators Cormac McCrimmon, Andres Madrigal, and Manuel Uribe will use their grant to focus on the power of art to enact social change.

Valeska Kohan and Amanda de Souza, both wearing black shirts, pose smiling for the camera with their arms around each other in front of a white wall and multi-hue blue painting.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Americas, Education, Human Rights & Justice, Social Cohesion

Macalester Students Seek to Empower Teachers in Brazil

by Macalester College

Macalester College students Valeska Kohan and Amanda de Souza hope to use their Projects for Peace grant to train Brazilian teachers in anti-racist classroom approaches.

Giovanna Novi, wearing a light blue sweater, black pants, and gray boots, smiles and sits in a brown chair placed in front of white bookshelves.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Americas, Education, Social Cohesion, Technology

Colby College Grantee to Cultivate Communication Skills

by Laura Meader

Giovanni Novi will use her Projects for Peace grant to develop a curriculum, build an online platform, and deliver workshops and webinars to caregivers and professionals working with seniors in medical, social service, and retirement-living settings.

A group of teenagers huddle together and smile for the camera.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Americas, Human Rights & Justice, Social Cohesion, Youth

Building an Empowering Space for Young Asian American Women

by Ginny Sharkey

Denison University grantee Joan Do-Truong used her Projects for Peace grant to create programs to build a community for young Asian American women where they could share their experiences and gain the knowledge to create lasting change in their communities.

Green background with large white text "Bi-communal Musical Dialogues for Peace" next to a white and yellow illustration of a dove carrying a quarter note in its beak.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Middle East & North Africa, Arts, Education, Social Cohesion

Bi-communal Musical Dialogue for Peace

by Eleni Philippou

Elina Georgiou and Stephanie Kalavazidou designed “Bi-communal Musical Dialogues for Peace” to bridge divided Cypriot communities through music. Read more here!

Steven Mukum ’26 Receives Two Awards Geared to Students at Forefront of Social Change