IPRA General Conference 2023

This is the official twitter for the International Peace Research Association (IPRA), General Conference in 2023! #ipra2023

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IPRA PayPal link to donate is: https://t.co/ZvDnWw1Abq

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The world lost a staunch advocate of universal peace and justice when Dr. Ian Murray Harris passed away on May 15, 2023
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A celebration of Ian's life will be held in Milwaukee on Saturday, June 24, beginning at noon at the Milwaukee Friends Meetinghouse

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So excited for #ipra2023 to begin tomorrow!

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Calling ALL Youth! Submit your artwork and join us at IPRA! We want to hear what #peace and #justice means to YOU 📣📣📣 #ipra2023 #youth #art #poetry

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played at carnival today. #peace #ipra2023 #carnival #Resistance

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Music plays a key role in carnival. Calypso music was used as a way to covertly communicate between the slaves. The calypso rhythm distinctively harmonizes West African Kaiso music with French Creole lyrics. This eventually evolved into Soca music, which is the main music

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resistance for freedom & independence.
#peace #ipra2023 #BlackHistoryMonth #RootedInResistance #carnival

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The steel pan was created in Trinidad and Tobago in the 1930s. It was established in contexts of Carnival resistance, its history being traced back to the enslaved Africans who were brought to the Caribbean in the 1700s. Today steel pans remain a symbol of Caribbean

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Did you know Carnival began in resistance to slavery and oppression??

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award for her work. #ipra2023 #peace #un #blackhistorymonth

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Today we give our flowers to Brandy Rodriguez, one of Trinidad and Tobago's most outspoken transgender and LGBTQ+ activists. Rodriguez founded the Trinidad and Tobago Transgender Coalition (of which she was president) and was presented with the Commonwealth Points of Light

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Celebrating Black History Month by highlighting the work of Trinidadian communist leader Claudia Jones and the West Indian Gazette. #ipra2023 #peace #resistance #activism #un

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Registration is OPEN!! Go to https://t.co/iNkM47Ub1K

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African Peace Research Association President Charles Wasike makes a big pitch for IPRA Trinidad 2023 at the close of the Juba, South Sudan conference.

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address social issues like racism and sexism. #peace #ipra 2023

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Calypso Rose is a Trinidadian calypsonian. She started writing songs at the age of 13; over the years, she has composed more than 1000 songs and recorded more than 20 albums.Considered the "mother of calypso", Rose was the first female calypso star and her lyrics frequently

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It’s not too late to submit your proposals to IPRA2023 Rooted Futures: Visions of Peace and Justice. Join us next May in Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 #peace #ipra2023

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view African dance as an important and dignified statement about another way of life. #art #dance #peace #ipra2023

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A powerful dancer and choreographer, Pearl Primus was born in Trinidad. She drew from her experiences in the US and her research in Africa and the Caribbean to inform her work.Prints had a distinctively visceral approach to movement that was full of explosive energy and

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emotional intensity. Early in her career she saw the need to promote African dance as an art form worthy of study and performance. Primus' work was a reaction to myths of savagery and the lack of knowledge about African people. It was an effort to guide the Western world to