CULTURE OF PEACE
Welcoming Immigrants, Sharing Cultures – A Community Iftar in Central Virginia
On April 10, 2022, Peace Appeal joined with Welcoming Greater Charlottesville (a member of the Welcoming America network) to host a community Iftar. The traditional meal after sunset to break the daily Ramadan fast hosted many of the area’s Muslim residents, including...
Peace Appeal Annual Review
The Drama 4 Peace Platform
"Anyone who has come into contact with extreme pain, suffering or death has no trouble understanding Greek drama. It's all about bearing witness to the stories of veterans." Bryan Doerries, as recounted by Bessel van der Kokl, MD in "The Body Keeps the Score."...
National Dialogues in Peacebuilding and Transitions: Lessons Learned from Six National Dialogues in Africa and the Middle East
On June 24, the Peace Appeal and USIP (the United States Institute of Peace) hosted two panel discussions with the authors of the Institute’s recent report, “National Dialogues in Peacebuilding and Transitions: Creativity and Adaptive Thinking.” The conversation...
A Tale of Two Pauls: Examining the Limits of Reconciliation after the Rwandan Genocide
UPDATE (September 20, 2021) . Paul Rusesabagina and 20 other defendants were found guilty of crimes associated with terrorism on Monday. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The trial has received widespread condemnation from governments and human rights...
Power, Protest, and Political Change: A new report from students in the Dispute Systems Design Clinic at Harvard Law School
How can movement organizers build power to get into the negotiating room, and wield that power effectively once they're at the table? How can they overcome vast power asymmetries? A new, freely accessible report from two students in the Dispute Systems Design Clinic...
News from Our Partners: The National Convergence Platform is Launched in Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe. The National Convergence Platform was formally launched at Kentucky Airport Hotel in December 13, 2019. A new initiative involving the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (a grouping of all Zimbabwe's major church associations) and civil...
New Challenges to Peace: Artificial Intelligence and Weapons of War
By Sahana Bhagat Technological advances are rapidly outpacing our ability to reflect and decide whether a particular new technology is one that serves our public good. Technologists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, ethicists and legal scholars from Microsoft to MIT are...
Partner Report: Common Space Initiative Issues “Conditions of Return of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon”
Beirut, Lebanon. The Common Space Initiative for Shared Knowledge and Consensus Building hosted a conference on August 14th on Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: Challenges for Return and Realities Back Home. The conference issued a summary booklet in September "Conditions...
USIP Publishes “Nonformal Dialogues in National Peacemaking: Complementary Approaches”
The United State Institute of Peace published a report by Derek Brown, our co-director, entitled "Nonformal Dialogues in National Peacemaking: Complementary Approaches." The report draws extensively on the experiences of national stakeholders in both nonformal and...
Children and War – Guide
This recently created guide on children and war as part of the Peace and Dialogue Platform compiles essential knowledge resources and information on the subject. It is aimed to be an ongoing knowledge sharing space and accumulation of information around this issue.
Peace Education: World Press Photo Award Winning “Where the Children Sleep” Anchors New Initiative on Displacement & Belonging
The photos in Magnus Wennman’s series Where the Children Sleep show the individual suffering of the youngest refugees. The project recently won third place in the People/Stories division of the 2016 World Press Photo Contest. Charlottesville, Virginia. A multi-month...
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Peace Con 2018 – Alliance for Peacebuilding Annual Conference features Peace Appeal Members
Washington, D.C. The Alliance for Peacebuilding's Annual Conference was held October 3-5th in Washington D.C.. Organized on the theme of "The Power of Collective Action" the conference featured keynotes and panels with Peace Appeal staff, board and adviers. Dr. Donna...
In Memoriam: Padma Ratna Tuladhar – A Remarkable Peacemaker
Nepal and the world lost a remarkable peacemaker this past November. Padma Ratna Tuladhar passed in Kathmandu, Nepal at the age of 78. A long time human rights activist and a former independent parliamentarian who never affiliated with a single party, Patma Ratna...