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Choosing Peace in Bahrain: Using the Arts to Unite
April 19, The Brandeis Hoot
Ten young artists from Bahrain were at Brandeis from April 14th through the 20th, and they attended a week-long training on peacebuilding and the arts, facilitated by Cynthia Cohen. Their art exhibition will be up until April 28th as a part of the Festival of the Arts. Read more.

Ulafa’a Team members with Sarah McCarty, a Brandeis student  at their art exhibit in the Campus Center. Their exhibit is up until April 28th as a part of the Festival of the Arts. Photo: Courtesy of the Ulafa’a team.

Cynthia Cohen to Receive Medicine Woman Award
June 5, 6:30pm
The Cyclorama
539 Tremont St, Boston, MA
Medicine Wheel Productionswill be honoring Cynthia Cohen with the Medicine Woman Award at their annual Turning the Wheel Fundraiser on June 5, 2013. Dr. Cohen will be honored along with Mark Smith, Ed Merritt, and Shani Dowd, who will also be honored with Medicine Men & Women Awards. For more details on the event or on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Michael Dowling at mdowling@mwproductions.org or call 617-268-6700.

Acting Together on the World Stage receives the
“Spirit of Place” award!
February 8, 2013
The documentary, “Acting Together on the World Stage” is receiving the “Spirit of Place” award at the 9^th Orlando Latin American Film & Heritage Festival (OLA FEST,) presented by the Awakening/Art & Culture Ola Fest. The "Spirit of Place" Award is an award that was established two years ago for excellence in social realism and activism in the arts. The opening night for the OLA FEST includes Flamenco music concert and a screening of the “Acting Together on the World Stage,” followed by Q & A with Roberto Varea. More information.

Read the news from the Ethics Central: Winter/Spring 2013 issue

Rose Art Museum Exhibit a Catalyst for Peacebuilding Explorations (page 1)

From Bahrain to Brandeis and Back Again (page 3)

Ethical Inquiry: Should peacebuilders encourage oppressed people to empathize with their oppressors?

Photo: Samira, Lod Ghetto, a year after 1948,
from the series, Scanograms #1, 2010,
manipulated readymade, archival inkjet.

Photo credit: Cindy Cohen

Peacebuilding and the Arts Update: Reflections on Fall by Cindy Cohen
January 2013
It is the last weekend before the spring semester begins at Brandeis, and it looks like the semester will be a full one.  … Before I jump onto the speeding train known as spring semester, I’m taking a few moments to reflect on this past fall, which was an extraordinary period… Read more.

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