Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Read the Voices of Hope project report

Read the Voices of Hope project report here

Voices of Hope in the News!

Voices of Hope made quite the buzz this summer!

Featured on the front page of Democrat and Chronicle, August 25th: read the article and watch the video here.

13WHAM News: watch the video here

YNN News: watch the video here

Thank you to all of our supporters, participants, and our partners: the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, Mary's Place Refugee Outreach, and the University of Rochester's Davis Projects for Peace

Friday, August 9, 2013

New pictures and student reflections!

View pictures from our College Fair, and read some of the students' reflections on the program on the Other Programs page. 

Thursday, August 1, 2013

New "A View of Hope" pictures!

See what inspires our students on the "A View of Hope" page. This is an ongoing project, so check back for more pictures!

New pictures are up: a day at Genesee Valley Park

Visit the Other Programs page to view the pictures! This day was centered on connecting to and caring for the environment.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

A View of Hope Pictures!


Visit the "A View of Hope" page to see some of the pictures the students have been taking throughout the program.

Leadership Retreat Pictures!

Pictures from the leadership retreat are up on the Leadership Retreat page! Feel free to browse through and share.

Monday, July 22, 2013

VOH to be featured on WXXI radio (1370AM) tomorrow!

Tune in tomorrow from 12PM to 1PM to 1370 Connection on WXXI radio to hear Fatima Bawany, organizer of Voices of Hope, and Cara Breslin, associate director of Mary's Place Refugee Outreach, discuss the Voices of Hope project and other issues affecting the refugee community. Thank you to 1370 Connection for this opportunity!

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Voices of Hope featured on the University of Rochester website

Note: some of the dates mentioned in the press release have been rescheduled. Please refer to the "About" section of this blog for the most accurate dates.

Since she was a senior at Brighton High School, Fatima Bawany '15 has been looking for ways to inspire the young refugees with whom she volunteers. Now, thanks to a $10,000 grant from Davis Projects for Peace, the University of Rochester undergraduate is launching a summer enrichment program with Mary's Place Refugee Outreach and the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. The three-part project, which includes a retreat focused on leadership development, a photography project called a View of Hope, and workshops on educational opportunities after high school, runs from Monday, July 15 through Saturday, Aug. 10...

Read the full post here.