Pathways to Peace

ECPCs Youth Initiative Chair/Yale student Kyle King, and renowned Italian singer-songwriter and visionary Giovanni Caccamo engage in a lively and captivating conversation on the power of youth to elicit change. Giovanni, the visionary behind the global project "Manifesto for Change - Youth and Future". Created by Giovanni, this project aims to collect the stories, hopes, and perspectives of young people of all religions, cultures, gender identities, and social backgrounds from around the world to create a global book that will inspire a new humanism and drive positive change. More (See: https://tinyurl.com/h7az2dpf) ► Call for Ideas! To all youth, ages 18-35, Discover and submit your essay by 30 July 2024 to Giovanni at https://www.manifestoforchange.org ! ► Video | Giovanni Caccamo—Youth & Future: Manifesto for Change (See: https://youtu.be/wlUg1p6IfCU?si=bneNFblzPH4tHOzj) -Produced by the Yale Broadcast Studio -Sound by Abe Stewart (See: https://www.mixedbyabestewart.com) -Sponsored by the Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC) in the Yale Child Study Center

S2, Ep2. Friedrich W. Affolter, EdD, education expert for Risk-Informed Programming at UNICEF New York Program Division, and Secretary to the ECPC, joins host, Nancy Shemrah Fallon of the ECPC Global Communications Team. Dr. Affolter discusses his pioneering work as manager of UNICEF's Peace Building Education and Advocacy Program, also called Learning for Peace, which designed education programs that contributed to the mitigation of drivers of conflict in 14 fragile and post-conflict countries. For English transcript, see https://bit.ly/31vhFUg. To learn more about PBEA, visit https://bit.ly/2YWmGnr Photo: Nigerian school children show their support for UNICEFs PBEA program. © Courtesy UNICEF_UNI181989_Rich

Dr. Joanna Rubinstein, President and CEO of World Childhood Foundation (WCF) USA, joins Yale Professor James F. Leckman in a discussion on the new groundbreaking report by The Economist Intelligence Unit “Out of the Shadows Index”. This benchmarking tool, developed with support from the WCF, the Oak and Carlson Family Foundations, helps countries track their progress toward reaching Sustainable Development Goal target 16.2: ''ending abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against, and torture of, children by 2030.'' Learn about the free mobile app "Stewards of Children Prevention Toolkit", and how to keep children safe and end child sexual abuse. Photo © Tinnakorn Jorruang | Dreamstime Images

Ana Estela Haddad, former First Lady of the City of São Paulo and Coordinator of the Municipal Policy for Integral Early Childhood Development – São Paulo Carinhosa Program, joins host, Dr. Maria Conceição do Rosário, Associate Professor, Federal University of São Paulo. Dr. Haddad discusses how the Carinhosa Program, São Paulo’s municipal policy for early childhood development, works to improve the lives of refugee, immigrant and urban children. (Image: Fernando Perelra) For more information, visit https://ecdpeace.org/program-makes-policy-children-first-sao-paulo-brazil

Dr. Maria Conceição do Rosário is an associate professor at the Federal University of Sao Paulo and adjunct professor at the Yale Child Study Center. She is a child psychiatrist and currently coordinates the Early Childhood Attention Program (PAPI) in Brazil, an interdisciplinary team of people dedicated to developing and implementing strategies for promoting early childhood development by empowering caregivers. Her host is Rafael Perez-Escamilla, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Director of the Office of Public Health Practice, and Director of the Global Health Concentration at the Yale School of Public Health. (Photo: ID 36268728 © Sjors737 | Dreamstime.com) For more information, visit https://ecdpeace.org/promise-quality-preschool-health-promotion-brazil

Professor Paul Connelly, Professor of Education and Dean of Research for the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Queens University in Belfast, Ireland, joins host, Yale Professor Rima Salah. Professor Connolly discusses his work which investigates conflict and an innovative early childhood development program in Northern Ireland, as well as plans for expansion of the program into other countries. (Image: © djem | 123rf Images) For more information, visit https://ecdpeace.org/inclusive-broadcasting-n-irelands-media-initiative-children

Dr. Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education and university professor at New York University, joins host Yale professor, Rima Salah. Dr. Hirokazu Yoshikawa speaks about the current state of affairs with regard to early childhood development research, implementation of programs, and the need to shift our focus to developing countries. (Image "Rwandan Child": ID 19595890 © Antonella865 | Dreamstime.com) For more information, visit https://ecdpeace.org/spreading-prosperity-investing-children-globally

Dr. Theresa Betancourt, Associate Professor of Child Health and Human Rights, Harvard University, joins host Yale student, Frank Boudon. Dr. Betancourt discusses how she became involved in research on children and conflict, expounds upon the successes and challenges of her work, and offers insights about the policy and research goals we should prioritize in the future. (Image "Rwandan Child": ID 19595890 © Antonella865 | Dreamstime.com) For more information, visit https://ecdpeace.org/children-conflict-leveraging-research-inform-policy

Katie Maeve Murphy, Early Childhood Development Technical Advisor to the International Rescue Committee (IRC), joins host, Angelica Ponguta, Associate Research Scientist at Yale University. Mrs. Murphy discusses IRCs emphasis on family and parenting programs to foster early childhood development in crisis conditions to promote peacebuilding. For more information, visit https://ecdpeace.org/parenting-times-war

Dr. Lina María González Ballesteros, Healthy Living Leader at the Fundación Saldarriaga Concha in Bogota, Colombia, joins host Marin Chanel, graduate student at Yale University. Dr. Ballesteros discusses her foundation's success in mobilizing funds for investment in early childhood in Colombia through the conceptualization of peacebuilding from early childhood. For more information, visit https://ecdpeace.org/ecology-peace-colombia

Dr. Ghassan Issa, Co-founder and Coordinator at the Arab Resource Collective (ARC) in Beirut, Lebanon, joins host Frank Boudon, undergraduate student at Yale University. Dr. Issa discusses ARCs integrated approach to building partnerships and overcoming challenges when working on early childhood development (ECD), its importance for building peace and preventing violence in the Middle East. (English) For more information, visit https://ecdpeace.org/integrated-approach-early-childhood-development

Christina de Bruin, Deputy Representative at UNICEF Côte d’Ivoire, joins host Angelica Ponguta, Associate Research Scientist at Yale University. Ms. de Bruin discusses how the UNICEF Learning for Peace program in the Ivory Coast empowers women of different ethnicities at early childhood development centers to build trust and peace for their children, families, and communities. For more information, visit https://ecdpeace.org/women-and-children-build-peace-ivory-coast-w-africa

Dr. Kaja Jasinska, Research Scientist at Haskins Laboratories, joins host, Frank Boudon, undergraduate student at Yale University. Dr. Jasinska, a cognitive scientist, describes her work on child development, its contribution to peacebuilding, and her current research on child literacy in low-resource settings in Cote D’Ivoire. For more information, visit https://ecdpeace.org/child-literacy-development-ivory-coast-w-africa

Dr. Kaveh Khoshnood, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Yale School of Public Health, joins host Frank Boudon, undergraduate student at Yale University. Dr. Khoshnood discusses his research on a parenting intervention with Palestinian refugees and how Public Health researchers can work to prevent collective violence. For more information, visit https://ecdpeace.org/conflict-prevention-through-public-health-intervention