Empower
Peace was formed in 2003 to help bridge the
widening gap between students in the United States
and their counterparts in the Middle and Near East.
Rick Rendon, the founder of Empower Peace,
recognized the importance of having young people
make direct connections to their peers around the
world in an effort to dispel stereotypes and bring
about a climate of mutual respect and cultural
understanding.
Below are projects Empower Peace sponsors which enable students to change the world.
Below are projects Empower Peace sponsors which enable students to change the world.
The
international video conference programs have been
and will remain the foundation of Empower Peace.
The video conference programs allow students from
around the world to engage in a dialogue sharing
insight into their cultures, customs and life
styles.
Each video conference program is 90 minutes in length and features at minimum two classrooms, one in the United States and one international classroom. The program model that has proven to be successful and educational involves students from each country making presentations about their life styles and engaging in a question and answer period from their peers from abroad. Students also present videos and cultural performance during the broadcast.
Empower Peace strives to conduct video conference broadcasts with students from diverse backgrounds, and varied geographic locations. Each school location, whether it is in the United States or in the Middle or Near East, is recruited for their commitment to cultural diversity and technological capabilities.
Video conference broadcast audiences are made up of high school students and takes place in school auditoriums, classrooms or video conference facilities. We strive to involve the students as much as possible including assigning pre- and post-broadcast projects.
For more information about our video conferences, please click here. Or to take part in a video conference, let us know here.
Each video conference program is 90 minutes in length and features at minimum two classrooms, one in the United States and one international classroom. The program model that has proven to be successful and educational involves students from each country making presentations about their life styles and engaging in a question and answer period from their peers from abroad. Students also present videos and cultural performance during the broadcast.
Empower Peace strives to conduct video conference broadcasts with students from diverse backgrounds, and varied geographic locations. Each school location, whether it is in the United States or in the Middle or Near East, is recruited for their commitment to cultural diversity and technological capabilities.
Video conference broadcast audiences are made up of high school students and takes place in school auditoriums, classrooms or video conference facilities. We strive to involve the students as much as possible including assigning pre- and post-broadcast projects.
For more information about our video conferences, please click here. Or to take part in a video conference, let us know here.
Because of
the success of EP Radio, Empower Peace is now using
the VBrick technology in its EP World
Classroom initiative.
The purpose of EP World Classroom is to provide students an opportunity to learn directly from their peers around the world. EP World Classroom allows students to share their daily life, their culture, and their history live over the Internet to other students thousands of miles away. It is a one-to-many technology. EP World Classroom supports student leaders committed to bringing about a climate of mutual respect and understanding by letting them interact directly with each other.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
▪ EP World Classroom uses the V-Brick technology mentioned above that allows viewers to watch a live video feed and a PowerPoint presentation simultaneously.
▪ Viewers from around the world can log on to the presentation LIVE.
▪ The technology also allows viewers to “Instant Message” in a question for presenters to answer live.
▪ Viewers can download posted reference materials including documents, pictures, or any other information.
▪ The broadcast is archived and available on-demand so other Empower Peace students can watch it at a later day.
▪ Throughout the course of the broadcast, viewers can interact with presenters by sending in questions.
Empower Peace officially launched the EP World Classroom program on December 13, 2007 at King’s Academy in Madaba, Jordan.
The purpose of EP World Classroom is to provide students an opportunity to learn directly from their peers around the world. EP World Classroom allows students to share their daily life, their culture, and their history live over the Internet to other students thousands of miles away. It is a one-to-many technology. EP World Classroom supports student leaders committed to bringing about a climate of mutual respect and understanding by letting them interact directly with each other.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
▪ EP World Classroom uses the V-Brick technology mentioned above that allows viewers to watch a live video feed and a PowerPoint presentation simultaneously.
▪ Viewers from around the world can log on to the presentation LIVE.
▪ The technology also allows viewers to “Instant Message” in a question for presenters to answer live.
▪ Viewers can download posted reference materials including documents, pictures, or any other information.
▪ The broadcast is archived and available on-demand so other Empower Peace students can watch it at a later day.
▪ Throughout the course of the broadcast, viewers can interact with presenters by sending in questions.
Empower Peace officially launched the EP World Classroom program on December 13, 2007 at King’s Academy in Madaba, Jordan.
Continuing
its campaign to use cutting-edge technology and the
Internet to bridge the cultural divide, Empower
Peace launched EP Radio
in 2007.
EP Radio is a bold, new program aimed at bringing interactive media directly to students’ home computers. Using technology perfected by V-Brick Systems, EP Radio broadcasts interviews with prominent leaders, newsmakers, and students live over the Internet to our members around the world. Each guest discusses topical issues with our EP Radio hosts in an informal living-room setting.
What makes the broadcasts unique is that V-Brick technology allows students watching online to also participate directly in the chat by posting questions of the guests using instant messaging. The technology also allows the presenter to share a PowerPoint presentation with viewers live over the web.
Topics have included negotiating skills, public speaking, achieving your goals, networking, overcoming obstacles and getting into college and university. Guests have included Juliette Kayyem, the Undersecretary for Homeland Security in Massachusetts; Robin Worth, the Director of International Admission for Harvard University; Dawn Quensel, a career life coach; and Mary Lahaj, and interfaith coordinator.
EP Radio is hosted by Empower Peace Executive Director Tricia Raynard and Empower Peace Outreach Coordinator Mariam Abdoo. Empower Peace Director of Media and Advance Asad Butt serves as producer and director of the broadcasts. Each broadcast is between 40 and 60 minutes in length.
EP Radio is a bold, new program aimed at bringing interactive media directly to students’ home computers. Using technology perfected by V-Brick Systems, EP Radio broadcasts interviews with prominent leaders, newsmakers, and students live over the Internet to our members around the world. Each guest discusses topical issues with our EP Radio hosts in an informal living-room setting.
What makes the broadcasts unique is that V-Brick technology allows students watching online to also participate directly in the chat by posting questions of the guests using instant messaging. The technology also allows the presenter to share a PowerPoint presentation with viewers live over the web.
Topics have included negotiating skills, public speaking, achieving your goals, networking, overcoming obstacles and getting into college and university. Guests have included Juliette Kayyem, the Undersecretary for Homeland Security in Massachusetts; Robin Worth, the Director of International Admission for Harvard University; Dawn Quensel, a career life coach; and Mary Lahaj, and interfaith coordinator.
EP Radio is hosted by Empower Peace Executive Director Tricia Raynard and Empower Peace Outreach Coordinator Mariam Abdoo. Empower Peace Director of Media and Advance Asad Butt serves as producer and director of the broadcasts. Each broadcast is between 40 and 60 minutes in length.
Every year
Empower Peace conducts a worldwide contest
encouraging students to create and produce a 30
second television commercial (PSA) promoting mutual
respect and peace. Empower Peace encourages any
student in any school around the world to produce
these PSAs.
Participants are asked to submit their PSAs via email or by sending in DVD copies to our offices. Two top awards are awarded: one to the best international submission and one to the best national submission. The winning selections are selected by members of Empower Peace’s staff and advisory board.
The PSA for Peace contest is a yearly competition held by Empower Peace as a way to get students to use cutting edge technology to promote peace in the world. Winning submissions are given to various television outlets around the world. Click here to learn more.
Participants are asked to submit their PSAs via email or by sending in DVD copies to our offices. Two top awards are awarded: one to the best international submission and one to the best national submission. The winning selections are selected by members of Empower Peace’s staff and advisory board.
The PSA for Peace contest is a yearly competition held by Empower Peace as a way to get students to use cutting edge technology to promote peace in the world. Winning submissions are given to various television outlets around the world. Click here to learn more.
The
Women2Women Conference and Cultural Exchange
sponsored by Empower Peace, is an opportunity for
young women ages 16-19 who are interested in
participating in a cultural exchange visit to
Boston, MA, and meeting with national and
international women leaders. It is a five-day forum
aimed at empowering future young women leaders from
the Middle East, Near East, and the United States.
Through a series of workshops, keynote speeches and
cultural outings, participants will acquire skills
and insight on how to become future leaders.
Held at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, these young women learn first-hand from established professional women leaders from the Government, Business, Media and Entertainment sectors. Participants also have many opportunities to engage and interact with prominent women leaders from around the world.
Women2Women provides young women around the world with the opportunity to learn, network and acquire leadership and professional development skills that will empower them to succeed and make a difference in their respective communities and countries. The Conference is our effort to empower young women to become tomorrow's future leaders.
Empower Peace has sponsored two Women2Women conferences ~ one in 2006 and one in 2007. In total more than 150 young women have participated in the two Women2Women conferences. Participants have come from Pakistan, Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt, Afghanistan, Canada, the Palestinian Territories, Israel, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, and the United States.
To learn more, click here:
Held at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, these young women learn first-hand from established professional women leaders from the Government, Business, Media and Entertainment sectors. Participants also have many opportunities to engage and interact with prominent women leaders from around the world.
Women2Women provides young women around the world with the opportunity to learn, network and acquire leadership and professional development skills that will empower them to succeed and make a difference in their respective communities and countries. The Conference is our effort to empower young women to become tomorrow's future leaders.
Empower Peace has sponsored two Women2Women conferences ~ one in 2006 and one in 2007. In total more than 150 young women have participated in the two Women2Women conferences. Participants have come from Pakistan, Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt, Afghanistan, Canada, the Palestinian Territories, Israel, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, and the United States.
To learn more, click here:
