Conflict analysis doesn’t have to be complicated. Check out these simple tools for analyzing any conflict. Analyze a conflict by yourself, with friends or with colleagues. by Taylor O’Connor | 24 October 2023 *** Subscribe to our email list to get more free resources like this straight to your inbox: www.everydaypeacebuilding.com/subscribe “Peace is not the …
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“The absence of a shared perception of what constitutes ‘peacebuilding practice’ remains a challenge.” — White Paper on Peacebuilding (2015) by Geneva Peacebuilding Platform Let’s do an experiment, shall we? Step 1: Put ten peacebuilders in a room. I won’t ask where you find them or how you got them there. This is all up to …
“An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.” — Gandhi During college, I hung out a lot with the activist types and other students who were definitely more socially engaged than myself. I read lots of books, though never really in the subject I was meant to be studying. …
“Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky. They are people who say: this is my community, and it is my responsibility to make it better.” — Studs Terkel Excuse me while I karate-chop this old cliché. So when we hear about people who have really changed the world, we tend to hear about …
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“We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can quietly become a power no government can suppress, a power than can transform the world.” — Howard Zinn Those who work for peace and justice have an extensive array of approaches …
“Ask yourself what you can do to make a difference, then take that action, no matter how large or small.” — Graça Machel There’s a lot of people out there who care deeply about some social issue (or issues), but aren’t sure what they can do to make a difference. For many of us, it is …
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