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Postal address of organization/institution
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185 E. 85th Street, New York, NY 10028
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E-mail address of organization/institution
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drkalayjian@gmail.com
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Website address of organization/institution
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www.meaningfulworld.com
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Telephone of organization/institution
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201-941-2266
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PRIORITIES: All of the organization's domains of culture of peace activity |
HUMAN RIGHTS
UNDERSTANDING, TOLERANCE AND SOLIDARITY
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TOP PRIORITY: The organization's most important culture of peace activity |
UNDERSTANDING, TOLERANCE AND SOLIDARITY
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PARTNERSHIPS AND NETWORKS: What
partnerships and networks does your organization participate in, thus
strengthening the global movement for a culture of peace? |
Meaningful
World represents all the activities of the Association for Trauma
Outreach and Prevention (ATOP), the Armenian American Society for
Studies on Stress and Genocide (AASSSG), and the activities of the
partnerships with collaborative centers, such as One-by-One,
Association for Spirituality and Psychotherapy, Fielding World Wide
Network for Gender Empowerment, International Division of the American
Psychological Association, Psi Chi, SPSSI, NY, Karuna Center for Peace
Building, Columbia University Center for Human Dignity and Humiliation
Studies (HumanDHS), International Council of Psychologists (ICP),
Global Society for Nursing and Health, International Association for
Genocide Scholars (IAGS), and the United Nations.
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ACTIONS: What activities have
been undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence during the ten years of the Decade? If you already made a
report in 2005, your information from 2005 will be included in the 2010
report.
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Meaningfulworld
is dedicated to fostering a meaningful, peaceful, and just world in
which every individual enjoys physical, mental, ecological, and
spiritual health. Meaningfulworld facilitates this journey through
providing information on formal lectures, opportunities for informal
networking, humanitarian outreach programs, research and publications.
Individual and collective opportunities for change, development, and
transcendence are also provided through workshops, clinical
interventions, and referrals. These services are provided in a peaceful
atmosphere of acceptance, respect, empathy, forgivenes, and compassion.
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PROGRESS: Has your organization
seen progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain
of action and in your constituency during the second half of the
Decade? |
Meaningfulworld
has completed a successful mission to Sierra Leone in 2009, and has
implemented a "Sponsor a Child in Armenia" program which also extends
to children in Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, and Pakistan. The organization
has generated mental health outreach projects across the United States
and in Darfur, Sudan, Armenia, Kobe, Japan, Kuwait, Yugoslavia, Mexico,
Sri Lanka, The Dominican Republic, Pakistan, Lebanon & Syria, and
Bosnia since 1989.
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OBSTACLES: Has your organization faced any obstacles to implementing the culture of peace and nonviolence? If so, what were they?
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As
a non-profit organization, Meaningfulworld relies on the funding of
generous donors and volunteers to carry out its endeavors. Without
their valued support, our organization would encounter many obstacles
when enacting new programs.
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PLANS: What new engagements are
planned by your organization in the short, medium and long term to
promote a culture of peace and nonviolence? |
ATOP
Meaningfulworld Mental Health Outreach Project goes to Haiti:The
Association for Trauma Outreach & Prevention (ATOP) of
Meaningfulworld, an international charitable organization devoted to
fostering a meaningful, peaceful, and just world, is assisting the
Haitian community in NY greater tri-state by providing phone
consultations, PTSD briefing, consultations, and education. ATOP
is planning a mission to Haiti starting on March 10th 2010. We
have over 15 volunteer professionals who have offered to join our three
Missions to Haiti. We invite volunteers fluent in Creole and/or French
to aide us in conducting trainings for Haiti’s mental health
professionals as well as facilitating healing and processing groups.
http://meaningfulworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=15&Itemid=108
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GLOBAL MOVEMENT: How do you think the culture of peace and nonviolence could be strengthened and supported at the world level??
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