DEXTER | Students and educators from the Middle East and South Asia are spending time in Dexter. TV 5 spoke with some of the adults taking part in the Seeds of Peace program. If the educators who filled the room at Ridgeview Community School in Dexter on Thursday were in their home countries, you likely wouldn’t find them sitting side-by-side. “It’s so important to teach values of respect and cross-cultural understanding and leadership,” said Daniel Moses, director of the educator … FULL STORY

DEXTER, MAINE | On June 28, approximately 25 educators from the Middle East, South Asia, and the United States attended an all-day workshop at the Ridgeview Community School in Dexter. The educators are here through a program at the Seeds of Peace International Camp in Otisfield, where they are serving as Delegation Leaders for teens from their respective countries while simultaneously engaging in their own facilitated dialogue sessions. During the Dexter workshop, they learned about opportunities available to local students … FULL STORY

DEXTER | Students and educators from the Middle East and South Asia are spending time in Dexter. TV 5 spoke with some of the adults taking part in the Seeds of Peace program. If the educators who filled the room at Ridgeview Community School in Dexter on Thursday were in their home countries, you likely wouldn’t find them sitting side-by-side. “It’s so important to teach values of respect and cross-cultural understanding and leadership,” said Daniel Moses, director of the educator … FULL STORY

The Maine summer camp for teens from countries in conflict opened Wednesday for its 20th season.

OTISFIELD, MAINE | The Seeds of Peace summer camp in western Maine is under way for its 20th season bringing together teenagers from countries in conflict. Located in Otisfield, the camp kicked off its first summer session on Wednesday with its traditional flag-raising ceremony. The camp brings together teenagers from countries that are at conflict in hopes of moving them beyond deep-rooted hatreds. More than 200 campers from Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan, Palestine and the U.S. are attending … FULL STORY

OTISFIELD | More than 200 teenagers from eight countries were tasked with a tall order Wednesday–to make the world a better place by putting aside generations-old conflicts and seeing one another as people. Then, to take those lessons home and help bring about peace. Wednesday marked the first day of the 20th summer of the Seeds of Peace International Camp. Timothy P. Wilson, Director Emeritus and special adviser to the program, gave the teens a more modest goal. “Be the … FULL STORY

OTISFIELD, MAINE | Seeds of Peace is set to welcome young leaders from the Middle East, South Asia and the United States to the 20th season of the Seeds of Peace International Camp. Over 200 Afghan, American, Egyptian, Indian, Israeli, Jordanian, Pakistani, and Palestinian youth ages 14-17 will raise the Seeds of Peace flag on Wednesday, June 27 at 8:30 a.m. in Otisfield and open the largest-ever session of the Camp. The flag-raising ceremony will inaugurate a summer of dialogue, … FULL STORY

Congressional Record 112th Congress (2011-2012) Sen. Olympia J. Snowe Mr. President, today I wish to join with individuals across the world in recognizing the 20th anniversary of the founding of Seeds of Peace, an organization dedicated to the advancement of peace through understanding, reconciliation, acceptance, and coexistence among people, and established on the principle that long-term peace within or between nations can only be achieved with the emergence of a new generation of leaders who choose dialogue over violence. Seeds … FULL STORY

OTISFIELD, MAINE | Armed with hammers, rakes and paint brushes, dozens of volunteers from the New England Division of Toll Brothers Inc. descended June 2 on Seeds of Peace’s International Camp to prepare the facility for its 20th summer of work with young leaders from global conflict regions. “In one day, over 100 people affiliated with Toll Brothers work diligently to spruce up Camp,” said Executive Chairman Bob Toll. “They’ll prepare the property for the onslaught of campers who will … FULL STORY