AFS
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AFS: World Peace Begins with High School Exchanges
New York, N.Y. In World War I, there was a group of over 2,500 American men who did not join the U.S. Army. U.S. volunteers who came to France in WWI did so starting with…
Asia Society's President on Global Citizens Like Barack Obama
New York, N.Y. “As Americans, we have the unfortunate idea that we should and need to learn more about the world, but it’s not a priority. “We get to it when we can, whic…
Book Speaks to Man's Successful Mission to Help Humanity
Washington , DC. Although our lives have turned out different, I learned in my friend Charles "Chic" Dambach's exciting new book, Exhaust the Limits , that we have much i…
Relationships Between Israelis and Arabs – Thru Gaming?
I learned from my American grandparents – who had family fight in WWII on both fronts – that Germans and Japanese ‘were not like us.’ It was hinted that they were "other"…
Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis: Are American Service Clubs Too Old To Matter?
New York, N.Y. Service clubs are a particularly American institution that began in the heartland, although now they are found on both coasts, as well as virtually every c…