March 19th marked the official 5 year anniversary of US occupation of Iraq. Demonstrations were conducted throughout the country this week, many aimed at raising awareness about the ongoing costs of the war and to protest US military and foreign policy. In New York, activists assembled at St. Paul and St. Andrew’s Church on the […]
Anti- War Rally at Rose Hill Campus
On February 15, members of the Fordham University Anti-War Coalition protested the Iraq War at the Rose Hill campus in the Bronx. The rally, organized by the Fordham Anti-War Coalition, took place in front of Fordham’s McGinley building, and featured speaker Ray McGovern and live music. Coalition leader Anthony DiMieri says he reached out to […]
Report on Russia Today:
The following article was written by June Van Ingen for GroundReport.com, 1/30/08: Among the many TV channels I subscribe to are Aljazeera, the English language TV station based in Doha, just about a year old, and Russia Today, an English language channel based in Moscow. Both supply twenty-four hour news coverage. Aljazeera is the richest […]
Seminar on Alternative Dispute Resolution Held in Berekum
BEREKUM, GHANA- Student leaders and notable faculty from the Catholic University of Sunyani convened at the Holy Family Hospital in Berekum yesterday for an interactive seminar on alternate dispute resolution. In order to initiate the first phase of Alternate Conflict Resolution in Sunyani, a mock arbitration was broadcast live from the the Feerick Lynch MacCartney […]
Students Aiding in Dispute Resolution
NEW YORK– GroundReport is set to cover the progress of an ambitious project aimed at improving the Ghanaian legal system this winter. In January, Fordham University students Michael Lynch, Jonathan Knight, and Christina Glynn will travel to the rural region of Sunyani in Ghana acting as liasons for Project Reconciliation Ghana. They will facilitate a […]