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Amid a global pandemic, rising global violence, and a national and worldwide reckoning over systemic injustice and racism, #PeaceCon2020 brought together experts and practitioners to consider the interplay of justice and peacebuilding, and strategies to elevate and integrate peacebuilding in our collective effort to shape a more just, secure and peaceful future in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our goal is #ShapingWhatComesNext. "Working with local communities in partnership helps the peace and health outcomes in communities." ~ Lilian Kiapi Over the last 10 years, this international conference has grown to become the largest global gathering of peacebuilders held worldwide. But it is also a dynamic platform for peacebuilders to engage the global affairs community. The conference brought together and connected leaders from government, multilateral organizations, international and local NGOs,…
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Sanjana Molleti is majoring in Biology, Society, and the Environment with a minor in Spanish. Her dream is to become a doctor working in global health. As you can imagine, she is another designer of the Teach Peace Early Lesson Manual, that incredible tool I’ve already talked about. It can be accessed by any parent or teachers anywhere in Nigeria to teach children, individuals, and society the way to a better world, characterized by a peaceful existence based on nonviolence, tolerance, equality, respect for differences, social justice, etc. Aren’t you curious? For the full content of this curriculum that will help in shaping your ward or children’s life positively, I recommend you to send an email to info@galaxy4peace.org! As usual, I engaged Sanjana in a conversation related to the project and…
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Eleanor Kirby is a teacher from Manchester, United Kingdom. She loves working with young people and she’s energized by their ideas and action. Moreover, she recently completed a master’s degree, specializing in technology and peace education, in the hope of sharing new ideas with friends from around the world. And this is precisely our goal, in Galaxy4Peace. Sharing ideas and projects with people from around the world! So, as you can imagine, I engaged her in a conversation related to the project and what peace means to her by asking her a couple of questions. This is what Ellie would like to say. Follow me, and don’t miss this new interview! What made you want to work with G4P and, in particular, to create a curriculum to teach peace early?…
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It is another Monday where we discuss everything about Peace Education, the work we do around this theme in Nigeria and how investing in this education can facilitate in building sustainable peace. This interdisciplinary area of education whose goal is institutionalised and non-institutionalised teaching about peace and for peace aims to help students acquire skills for nonviolent conflict resolution, learn…
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With the historic United States of America election, Peace is Loud’s Queer Liberation webinar highlight the personal experiences of three transgender women living in the United States and engaged in a discussion on the trans community rights, lives, and future in the United States. While progress has been made in recognizing and valuing the trans community’s experiences, there is still…
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In the different human development stages, there is one stage that is most characterized by productivity, speed development of solving problems, freshness, vigor, and spirit. This is the youth stage. The potential to bring multiple sustainable solutions to different problems by this group led the United Nations to invest a lot in youth by creating International Youth Day to be…
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When I indulged in Galaxy4Peace’s Teach Peace Early program, I discovered something: it was the first time in my life that I saw how Peace Educators asked our students, or “Peace Vibers," to define peace during the Peace Lab in schools in Nigeria. During my entire academic path, I had never been required to take a course on making peace,…
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Creating a sustainable vision of nonviolence in schools and societies through collaborative dialogue and peace education is one of the best strategies to crack present and future chaos faced by communities. The collaborative dialogue and peace education, being a tool in peace-building, lead to the understanding of conflicts and the process of peace resolution while accentuating on measures and procedures…