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Beyond Bricks & Mortar: Continuing our Mission in Ethiopia

The Hase Gola school serves students through grade 8. Only about 10% of students in Hase Gola move o[...]

More Work to do in Hase Gola

Thanks to support from many of you & the success of the Run Across Ethiopia, over 700 children ([...]

School #3 is nearly completed!

Here’s some exciting news: the construction of the third Ethiopian school, in Kololo (funded in pa[...]

Localism On A Global Scale

This discussion shares the experience of Timothy Young and Chris Treter of the On The Ground non[...]

"The People & The Olive" Women Progressive - March 18th

Get a taste of the Middle-East with lunch, dessert and music with singer/songwriter Angela Josephine[...]

The making of "The People and the Olive": thoughts from filmmaker Aaron Dennis

The third day of the Run Across Palestine started in Jerusalem and ended over twenty five miles aw[...]

Run Across Palestine WELCOME HOME!

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:00pm until 7:30pm Higher Grounds Trading Co, Traverse City, M[...]

Readjusting.. thoughts from RAP runner Meryl

It has been one week. One week since we took our final steps on the road out of Jenin, finishing int[...]

Host a Palestinian "dinner and a movie" party to help spread the word!

IDEA TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD! - Host a Palestinian "dinner and a movie" party with your friends[...]

The People and the Olive: The Run Across Palestine Isn't Over

Welcome to the seventh episode of The People and the Olive, our daily web series from the Run Across[...]

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