We explore the integration of Media Literacy in the 2-year Russian language STARTALK program, "How Words Shape People: Understanding Business Russian Through Proverbs." Given the current geopolitical climate, particularly the ongoing war in Ukraine, fostering critical engagement with media has become more essential than ever. By…

Reports on Seeds of Peace, a summer camp that brings together Arab and Israeli teenagers to embark on the process of making peace. Brings together teenagers from nations at war and allows them the physical, psychological, and emotional space to meet each other. Suggests that the concept of the camp works because real peace is made between people…

Describes the following summer camps that challenge children to broaden their world views: (1) Encampment for Citizenship (California); (2) Highlander Research and Education Center (Tennessee); (3) Camp It Up (California); (4) Timber Trails Camps (Connecticut); (5) Children Connected to Their Culture Summer Camp (Kentucky); and (6) Westwood…

The 1979 summer school phase of the Cooperative Project in American Indian Development successfully met its objectives: to conduct a seven-day enrichment program to meet the needs of American Indian elementary school students for cultural awareness, enrichment, and social and recreational activities, and to field test some American Indian…