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On Top Of The News Email:news@arubatoday.com website: www.arubatoday.com Tel:+297 582-7800 Monday, August 8, 2016

Seeds of Peace

In this Aug. 4, 2016 photo, Somali-born Salat Ali speaks to a reporter at the Seeds of Peace camp in Otisfield, Maine. Ali learned upon his arrival in Syracuse, N.Y. from
a refugee camp at 11 that things weren’t going to be perfect. He lived in a poor neighborhood, and others constantly picked fights with him. But he found his voice
at Seeds of Peace, and he’s returned as a counselor.

                                                                                                                                                                                                       (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Camp Focused on Middle East Peace Shifts Aim to Divided US 

DAVID SHARP                  an emphasis on hatred         Then came racial discord      17-year-old camper Matt      discrimination and LGBT
Associated Press             and violence in the U.S.      over police shootings and     Suslovic of Portland.        issues through the sharing
OTISFIELD, Maine (AP) —      Officials at Seeds of Peace,  divisive political rhetoric.  Executive Director Leslie    of personal stories and dis-
The nation’s divide has      a lakeside camp in the        “People are coming to the     Lewin said the goal is to    cussion.
become bad enough that       woods of Maine, thought       realization that this stuff   tackle deep-seated rac-      That sounds like a very tall
a camp created to help       things were bad when they     doesn’t just happen all over  ism, anti-refugee and anti-  order.
Arab and Israeli teens find  made their decision to hold   the other side of the world.  Muslim sentiment, socio-
common ground is putting     the special pilot program.    It’s happening here,” said    economic issues, gender            Continued on Page 4
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