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26th – 29th September, 2009 – Vancouver Peace Summit

Monday, September 21st, 2009

The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education is honored to host His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Vancouver, September 26-29, 2009 for the Vancouver Peace Summit: Nobel Laureates in Dialogue. Joining the Dalai Lama will be Nobel Laureates: Jody Williams, Mairead Maguire, Betty Williams and Murray Gell-Mann, as well as a number of respected [...]

9th July, 2009 – L’Aquila, Italy

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Betty Williams went to San Demetrio Camp which is near L’Aquila, Italy with George Clooney and Bill Murray to highlight the plight of the people dealing with life after the April 6, 2009 earthquake which left thousands homeless and killed nearly 300 people. They were invited to the region to open the Nobel for Peace [...]

30th June, 2009 - Israel Authorities Detain Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Corrigan-Maguire

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

The Nobel Women’s Initiative is deeply concerned by the detention of Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Corrigan-Maguire and other human rights activists on the Free Gaza Movement mission to deliver aid to the people of Gaza by boat. Israeli Naval Forces forcibly boarded the Free Gaza boat and detained the human rights workers late this afternoon, [...]

“Probonafide” the web designers for WCCCI were featured in an article by Fullbleed – the web magazine by Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington.

Monday, June 1st, 2009

In an interview by John Clemmer, Nguyet M. Vuong commented on the power of communication and how important it is in the success of any business or organization. Read the full article at: Fullbleed: Pro-bono Design Series 
Nguyet M. Vuong and Crystal Curtis were involved with designing the new WCCCI website that went live in August 2008.
“WCCCI [...]

27th March, 2009 - Huffington Post carries the article Nuclear waste? No grazie!

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Laura Kiss, President of WCCC-Italia met with Arianna Huffington when she attended the Media Conference in Rome (11th March, 2009). They spoke about the work of WCCCI, and the first City of Peace for Children in the region of Basilicata, Italy.
Read the article “Nuclear Waste? No grazie!”
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-kiss/nuclear-waste-no-grazie_b_178810.html)

News and Past Events

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

President De Filippo announced in a press conference in Rome in December that they were funding the First Center in the Basilicata Region. Plans are now underway to complete the Foundation of management and launch this first Center.
January 30th 2007: During a visit of Betty Williams to Basilicata, it was announced by Vito De Filippo [...]

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