Shortly after returning home from the first BL4P Peace Camp, participants in the cities of Gaziantep and Reyhanli in southeastern Turkey met to continue strategizing about how to build peace in their own communities. The meetings were dynamic and filled with possibilities as these newly formed Local Chapters brainstormed numerous ideas on how to reach
One of the highlights – among many – of BL4P Turkey 2016, was Creative Expression Night. Participants sketched, painted, wrote, and composed artwork, poetry, and songs to convey their stories and hearts for peace. Zubyeir, a Syrian, who like many other Syrian participants at the camp, had been forced to flee his homeland due to
In August 2016, BL4P hosted a peace camp in southeastern Turkey that brought together 75 young people from the Middle East and North America to engage in building a future of peace together. Participants spent the week learning and practicing five peace values: celebrating diversity collaboration conflict resolution catalytic leadership through reconciliation and forgiveness, and
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