Discover these ten global peacebuilding networks that are building peace all over the world. Check them out! Get connected! by Taylor O’Connor | 2 March 2021 “Power does not reside in institutions, not even the state or large corporations. It is located in the networks that structure society.” — Manuel Castells There’s a lot of organizations and …
“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 …
“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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“The constructing of peace begins in our minds as a vision of something new for the future.” — Sevilla Statement on Violence While there are many people, groups, and organizations dedicated to advancing the cause of peace, there are shockingly few blogs that show us how to build peace. This is really unfortunate because, after …
“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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