Social Cohesion

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

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!

Wearing a dark suit and navy tie, Stanislav Knezevic sits behind a dark wooden desk adorned with country flags and speaks into a microphone.

Alumni, Partner Institutions, Multi-national, Civic Engagement, Human Rights & Justice, Social Cohesion, Youth

Projects for Peace Alum Stanislav Knezevic Wins Yenching Scholarship

by Kate Whitman

Trinity College alumnus Stanislav Knezevic ’21 was awarded a Yenching Scholarship to pursue an interdisciplinary master’s degree in China Studies, with a concentration in politics and international relations.

Osama Abdelrahman poses in a long-sleeve shirt designed with horizontal blue, white, and gray lines. He stands in front of a long hallway.

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

Oberlin Student Osama Abdelrahman ’23 Receives Projects for Peace Grant

by Amanda Nagy

The third-year international student from Egypt is working to fill a void in extracurricular activities at high schools in his home country.

Three dark-skinned young women pose for a photo on and in front of a brick stairwell.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Middle East & North Africa, Africa, Arts, Education, Health & Well-being, Livelihoods, Social Cohesion, Youth

Three Wesleyan Students Plan Projects for Peace in Africa

by Olivia Drake

Diana Naiyanoi Kimojino ’25, Constance Hirwa ’25, and Alice Musabe ’22 are recipients of 2022 Projects for Peace grants, and each will conduct a project in Africa this summer.

Wearing a mask, white shirt, and blue gloves, Sienna Bucu paints on a large mural of blue, yellow, and red.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Americas, Arts, Health & Well-being, Social Cohesion, Youth

An Art Project for Those Who May go Unseen and Unheard

by Jarret Bencks

Brandeis University student Sienna Bucu ‘22 has been awarded a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant to take on an ambitious art installation project in the public schools of her hometown, Union, New Jersey.

Stitching Hope: Student Project Brings Healing to Displaced Afghan Women