http://blog.ptpi.org The PTPI Blog aims to provide a place to share our members' stories. They inspire us and they will inspire others. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/06/21/reflections-on-peace-camp-2011-turkey/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/06/21/reflections-on-peace-camp-2011-turkey/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:06:01 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=2405 The 12 days of PTPI’s 2011 Peace Camp have come to an end and the 28 students who represented 23 different countries have returned home. Throughout those twelve days, they learned about and saw firsthand the history, culture and people of Turkey. At the same time the got to know each other, and learned one another’s [...]

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]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/06/16/more-news-from-peace-camp-2011-turkey/feed/ 2 http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/06/14/news-from-peace-camp-2011-turkey/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/06/14/news-from-peace-camp-2011-turkey/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:00:37 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=2350 Right now in Turkey, 28 students represent 23 countries are gathered for PTPI’s Peace Camp, a program that is designed to equip emerging youth leaders with tools to successfully meet the challenges of adulthood and global leadership. Participants were selected through a competitive application process. Peace Camp leader Steven Youngblood, who is teaching peace journalism [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/06/14/news-from-peace-camp-2011-turkey/feed/ 1 http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/08/17/joyce-c-hall-scholarship-recipients-2010/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/08/17/joyce-c-hall-scholarship-recipients-2010/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:05:50 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=1381 The $2,000 Joyce C. Hall College Scholarship is awarded to up to five high school students or full-time university students.  Applicants much have participated in PTPI programs in the past, and have at least a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.  International students are encouraged to apply. To lean more about how to [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/08/17/joyce-c-hall-scholarship-recipients-2010/feed/ 0 http://blog.ptpi.org/2009/09/24/dont-miss-the-scholarship-application-deadline/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2009/09/24/dont-miss-the-scholarship-application-deadline/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:39:22 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=229 The deadline is Thursday, October 15 2009.  No late or incomplete applications will be considered. Are you a past PTPI program participant preparing for or attending college/university and interested in a scholarship to assist with tuition? If so, do you know about PTPI’s Joyce C. Hall Scholarship?  Each year, PTPI awards five $2,000 scholarships that [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2009/09/24/dont-miss-the-scholarship-application-deadline/feed/ 0 http://blog.ptpi.org/2009/09/09/a-note-from-lionel-noam/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2009/09/09/a-note-from-lionel-noam/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:00:27 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=22 Lionel Noam from Israel attended PTPI’s Peace Camp in Egypt in May 2005. Shortly after Peace Camp, he had to serve his compulsory duty in the military. After experiencing the friendship of Palestinian students he met at Peace Camp, he had some serious reservations about serving. He has kept in regular communication with Peace Camp [...]

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