再聯繫 通訊 （心繫扶輪）2010年 8月發行
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Alumnus
discusses the
prospect of
peace
Joseph Derr撰稿
By Joseph Derr
國際扶輪新聞—2010年6月22日
Rotary
International
News – 22 June
2010
3480地區
2007-08年度大使獎學生姚人慧
Andrea (Jen-Hui
Yao)譯
在2010年於加拿大魁北克省蒙特羅舉辦的扶輪國際年會中，今年及之前的扶輪和平獎學生探討和平的展望及扶輪在扶輪家庭中扮演的促進了解架橋的角色。
At the 2010 RI
Convention in
Montr眤al,
Qu眤bec, Canada,
current and
former Rotary
Peace Fellows
discussed the
prospect of
peace and
Rotary’s role in
building bridges
of understanding
within the
family of
Rotary.
在幾十位參與國際年會的和平獎學生裡，Marios
Antoniou是剛剛從杜克大學及北卡羅萊納大學的扶輪和平中心畢業。來自於塞浦路斯的Antoniou在6月21日的第二場全會中向全場觀眾演講時，解釋了自己國家衝突的情況以及和平的進展。
Marios Antoniou,
a recent
graduate of the
Rotary Peace
Center at Duke
University and
University of
North Carolina
at Chapel Hill,
was among dozens
of peace fellows
attending the
convention.
Addressing
attendees at the
secondary
plenary session
on 21 June,
Antoniou, who is
from Cyprus,
explained the
context of
conflict and
progress toward
peace on the
island.
「在分界線的北邊仍由土耳其軍隊防守著，南邊有塞浦路斯國家防衛隊，中間則是聯合國於塞浦路斯的維和防衛軍隊，是聯合國有史以來持續最久的維和防衛軍隊。」他這麼說著。
"The division
line is still
guarded on the
northern side by
the Turkish
army, the
southern side is
guarded by the
Cyprus national
guard, and in
the middle [is]
the UN
peacekeeping
force of Cyprus,
the
longest-lasting
peacekeeping
force in UN
history," he
said.
Antoniou說他十幾歲時在一個有二十個希臘裔及土耳其裔塞浦路斯人參加的國際和平營隊學到很寶貴的一課，「一群青少年圍成一圈彼此交談並試著瓦解可怕敵人的負面印象—對『另一邊』的恐懼。」
Antoniou said he
learned a
valuable lesson
as a teenager
during an
international
peace camp, a
meeting between
20 Greek and
Turkish
Cypriots. "A
group of
teenagers were
in a circle,
talking and
trying to
deconstruct the
negative image
of the fearful
enemy -- the
fear of the
'other,'" he
said.
那次經驗讓他開始深入思考衝突的根源。
That experience
put him on the
path toward
looking deeply
into the roots
of conflict.
他說：「真相就像拼圖一樣，徵結是每一邊都有一半的拼圖，所以我們無法看到完整的圖像。」「在當下我了解到我們的知識及印像是教育的產物，這次經驗給我一個新的人生目標，為了改變我們的教育制度，我決定拿到教育學位。」
"Truth is like a
puzzle. The
problem is that
each side had
half of the
stack of the
puzzle pieces,
and therefore it
was impossible
for us to look
at the whole
picture," said
Antoniou. "At
that moment, I
realized that
our knowledge
and our
perceptions were
the product of
our education,
and that was the
experience that
gave me a new
life’s goal. I
decided to
pursue a degree
in education in
order to be able
to become a
change agent in
our educational
system."
Antoniou開始和非政府組織合作在塞浦路斯推廣和平，在他參加過的營隊裡去幫助青少年。
Antoniou went on
to work with
nongovernmental
organizations
promoting peace
in Cyprus,
working with
youth at the
same camp he
attended.
他說：「在這些年來透過一些計畫，我讓島上兩邊的青少年融合。透過一些討論，我試著讓他們學到我第一次遇到另一邊的人時所學會的道理。」
"Through several
projects over
the years, I
worked on
bringing
together
teenagers from
both communities
of the island,
and through
deliberation
sessions, I
tried to help
them realize the
same thing that
I had realized
after my first
experience of
meeting people
of the other
community," he
said.
Antoniou在工作時一直強調教育和社會正義是和平的基石，他說：「沒有社會和平的政治和平注定會失敗。」
In his work,
Antoniou has
stressed that
education and
social justice
are the building
blocks of peace.
"A future
political peace
without the
existence of
social peace is
only condemned
to once again
fail," he said.
由Nicosia
Salamis扶輪社推薦的Antoniou說他的和平大使訓練來自於社會正義教育的基礎。
Sponsored by the
Rotary Club of
Nicosia Salamis,
Antoniou says
his training as
a peace fellow
has built upon
this foundation
of social
justice
education.
他解釋扶輪如何在塞浦路斯藉由設立同一目標的和諧例子以促進和平。他說：「現在雙方的扶輪社都用英文一起舉辦社長當選人訓練及其他活動。」
He explained how
Rotary is
contributing to
peace in Cyprus
by setting the
example of
harmony under a
common goal.
“Now clubs from
both communities
hold their
president-elect
trainings and
other functions
together, in
English," he
said.
Antoniou也和另外三位前受獎人Scott
Lang，Cheryl
Hebert以及Raymond
Hyma參與了建造和平的分組討論。有許多扶輪社友到友誼之家和平計劃的攤位造訪前和平獎學生。
Antoniou also
participated in
a breakout
session
dedicated to
building peace
with three other
alumni: Scott
Lang, Cheryl
Hebert, and
Raymond Hyma. A
steady stream of
Rotarians
visited former
peace fellows at
the program’s
booth at the
House of
Friendship.
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