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Connecting Global Conflict

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	Connecting Global Conflict 5.16.04 Explore how youth deal with conflict both here in Chicago through stories, interviews, music, and poetry. This special program features excerpts from the Connecting Global Conflict live event in Chicago on May 8, 2004.
	El Salvador—Life as a Gang Member 5.12.04 Triste — Former Gang Member A former gang member tells us about being deported from Los Angeles and the challenges of starting a new life in El Salvador.
	U.S. Army Video Game Captures Young Hearts and Minds 5.11.04 Colonel Casey Wardynski — Director, Office of Economic and Manpower Analysis; U.S. Military Academy, West Point We talk with Colonel Casey Wardynski about how the U.S. Army is using a realistic computer game to help with recruiting.
	The Political Impact of Youth Combatants 5.11.04 Marie Smyth — Writer and Researcher Marie Smyth has researched the role young people play in conflicts in Northern Ireland, South Africa, and the Middle East. She joins us to discuss the political influence of young combatants on military and paramilitary groups. Smyth has worked with Olara Otunnu, the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict. She has also been affiliated with the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland and with the U.S. Institute for Peace.
	Youth in Bosnia—Making the Most out of Mostar 5.7.04 Vedran Kordic — Youth Activist, Mostar, Bosnia Mela Zuljevic — Youth Activist, Mostar, Bosnia Producer Andrea Wenzel tours the ethnically divided Bosnian city of Mostar with a pair of high school students--one Muslim, the other Croat.
	El Salvador—Increasing Gang Problem 5.6.04 Rosa Anaya — Activist and Member, Christians for Peace
	Helping Haiti's Street Children Cope with Violence 5.6.04 Doug Perlitz — Founder, Project Venerable Pierre Toussaint For more information about Project Venerable Pierre Toussaint, you can contact Doug Perlitz at dougalperlitz@hotmail.com. This segment is also part of Worldview's ongoing series of Global Activism Stories.
	Congo—Children and Witchcraft 5.5.04 Patrick Merienne — Director, Search for Common Ground’s Centre Lokole, Democratic Republic of Congo There's a growing phenomena in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In this society traumatized by years of warfare, adults are accusing children of being sorcerers and expelling them from their homes. Listen to one organizations efforts to mend the social fabric and rehabilitate these children.
	Family Tracing—Putting Conflict-Torn Families Back Together 5.5.04 Sara Blanford — Tracing Associate, American Red Cross Conflicts around the world separate children from parents, sisters from brothers. International family tracing services try to re-establish communications between these families around the world.
	Sudan—Lost Boys in Chicago 5.5.04 Onam Chrispino — Chicago Association for the Lost Boys of Sudan (CALBOS) Santino Lual — Chicago Association for the Lost Boys of Sudan (CALBOS) Members of Chicago's Sudanese "Lost Boys" community try to make sense of the past and future of their war-torn country while adapting to life here in Chicago.
	Uganda—A Former Child Soldier Tells Her Story 5.4.04 Akallo Grace Grall - Former Child Soldier, Lord's Resistance Army
	India—Youth Militancy 5.4.04 M.A. Adil—Youth Coordinator, Play for Peace Voice-over translation provided by Anoop Atre.
	Thailand—Youth and Religious Rebellion 5.4.04 Brad Adams—Executive Director, Asia Division, Human Rights Watch More than 180 militants have been killed in attacks on police stations in southern Thailand. While it's unclear if the militants are associated with an Islamic movement, it is clear that a majority of them are teenaged youths.
	The Children of Northern Uganda 5.3.04 In this Radio Netherlands documentary, Eric Beauchemin speaks with two children who were forced to join the Lord's Resistance Army. They recount their frightening tales of a very brutal war.
	Growing Up in Burundi 5.3.04 Aloys Batungwanayo tells us how Burundi's civil war has shaped his family life and ethnic identity. Guerra Freitas provides the translation voice-over. This story is a collaboration between Worldview and Studio Ijambo, the independent radio studio of Search for Common Ground.
	UNICEF and Youth in Conflict 5.3.04 Manuel Fontaine—Senior Advisor on Children in Conflict, UNICEF We kick off our series with an overview of the impact global conflicts are having on youth and UNICEF's work with young people in conflict zones.
	Concert Benefits Children of War 4.29.04 Ron Witzke — Executive Director of War Child USA War Child USA aids children in conflict zones in Iraq, Afghanistan, Congo and the former Yugoslavia. Colombia College's AEMMP Records has released a CD and concert to benefit War Child USA.