Social Cohesion & Dialogue

Peacebuilders in Type 15 build relationships, understanding and trust across religious, ethnic, cultural, political and identity-based divides. They create the spaces and processes where people from different backgrounds, beliefs or positions can connect, communicate and find common ground. The type includes faith leaders and interfaith organizers, community dialogue facilitators, people working to bridge ethnic and political divides, those working with migrant and refugee populations, and those working to ensure marginalized groups have voice and representation.

Peacebuilding approaches used by this type include:

  • Interfaith and interreligious dialogue, encounters and shared learning, including multi-faith community and service projects
  • Faith-based peacebuilding that promotes peace from within a faith tradition and speaks out against war, militarism, violence and hate
  • Intercultural learning and anti-racism work through intergroup contact, cross-cultural exchange and transforming enemy narratives
  • Depolarization and building understanding across political divides through cross-partisan dialogue and civil discourse
  • Community and national dialogue processes for reconciliation, consensus building and civic participation
  • Migrant and refugee integration, building cohesion between refugee and host communities and combating xenophobia
  • Media literacy and counter-hate speech work, developing narratives that humanize, bridge divides and resist propaganda
  • Creating accessible and welcoming spaces so marginalized groups are included and represented in community life
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