The Leon Charney Diplomacy Program received the Distinguished Delegation Award

April 7, 2017 Limei

Student delegation in New York with their award

The Leon Charney Diplomacy Program at Florida Atlantic University received the Distinguished Delegation Award at the National Model United Nations competition in New York City. Twenty-six FAU undergraduates joined more than 5,500 college students from 350 universities in the annual competition where schools represent countries and students step into the shoes of diplomats to solve global problems.

FAU Receives $1 Million Gift to Name the Leon Charney Diplomacy Program

March 28, 2017 Limei

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Dr. John Kelly, President, Ms. Selene Vazquez, The Leon Charney Diplomacy Program student, You!, Ms. Danita Nias, VP Institutional Advancement/CEO FAU Foundation, Dr. Jeffrey Morton, Political Science Professor/Director, The  Leon Charney Diplo

Dr. Deborah Floyd, Dean, FAU Graduate College,  Tzili,  Dr. Heather Coltman, Dean, FAU Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

The gift will allow for the creation of three Leon Charney Scholarships each fall and spring semester, as well as expand the existing Diplomacy Program to create an Undergraduate Honors Program (UHP) delegation, and expand to create an FAU High School delegation. The UHP and FAU High students will be trained in their own class and will compete in nationals in Washington, D.C. each fall.

Leon Charney Resolution Center at Emis Students Join Dr. Sapir Handelman at the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Congress in Tel Aviv

March 17, 2017 Limei

On Friday March 17th, students from the Leon Charney Resolution Center at the EMIS International School joined world-renowned peace facilitator Dr. Sapir Handelman at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv. Working around forty tables set up in the square, Dr. Handelman helped guide passionate negotiators to come up with solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Several students from the Leon Charney Resolution Center at the EMIS International School also participated in the 1,000 strong negotiations – just a few weeks after Dr. Handelman led the students in their first ever peace talk simulation at the Charney Resolution Center on March 1st and 2nd. Dr. Handelman and Minds of Peace have successfully led 32 Israeli-Palestinian public

Congress of the People 1000 Israelis & 1000 Palestinians Negotiated Peace - Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, Israel

March 17, 2017 Limei

On Friday, March 17, around 2000 Israelis & Palestinians from all walks of life came to Rabin Square to discuss, debate, and negotiate the conditions for an effective peace process. The negotiations were conducted around 40 tables plus a plenary one. This unique event was another significant step towards the establishment of a major Israeli-Palestinian Public Negotiating Congress with political influence.

"Sometimes the Heart Needs Steering": Reflections on Professor Ben Ze'ev's Lecture

March 12, 2017 Limei

Every day, we experience challenges that require us to make compromises with ourselves and others. This is true of our personal lives, as well as our professional lives, just as it is true in politics, religion, and economics. On Sunday, 12 March 2017, Haifa University Professor Aaron Ben Ze’ev of the Philosophy Faculty gave the students of EMIS a comprehensive lecture on the subject of compromise in the areas of love and romance.

Note from EMIS alumnus, Rodrigo Silva Ferreira

March 12, 2017 Limei

I want to thank the Leon Charney Resolution Center for hosting the Peace Talks at EMIS. As a member of the first graduating class, I feel immensely proud of the work you have been doing. Thank you very much!

Peace Simulation Event | Day 2

March 2, 2017 Limei

EMIS students succeed where no government has before, bringing Israelis and Palestinians to agree on terms for peace & a two-state solution.

They proved that through empathy and compromise, peace is possible! Sapir Handelman, Lentz Fellow in Peace and Conflict Resolution Research at the University of Missouri-St. Louis helped the students, and Nathan Stock, Director of the Conflict Resolution Program at The Carter Center.

Thank you to the students for their creativity, thoughtfulness, and engagement over two days of intense negotiations.

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Sapir Handelman Guiding Students

Students Present The Agreement

Signing The Agreement

The Signed Agreement

Israeli & Palestinian Representatives

Students and Sapir Handelman

Nathan Stock Presents The Final Agreement

Peace Simulation Event | Day ONE

March 1, 2017 Limei

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Students Getting Ready

Adorable Chowei

Tzili Charney Opens The Simulation

Emis School Principle Gili Roman

Dr. Nimrod Novik

Saman Khoury

Students Drumming

Dr. Nimrod Novik, who has served for over 2 decades as Chairman of the Board of the ECF (Economic Cooperation Foundation), promoting Middle East cross-border cooperation in the political, security, economic and civic spheres, and Saman Khoury, former member of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, and co-founder of Peace Now both were there to help the students. At day 1 evening, a relaxation drum event!

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