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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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Growing up in Nigeria, the most populous country located in the Western part of Africa, I grew up listening to the Nigerian Television Authority 9 PM news with my siblings and my beloved father, an educationist that inspired me to be a peacebuilder. I remember listening one of the days in the news, the story of the anti-apartheid revolutionary leader,…
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In the context of peace-building, youth are either considered as victims or perpetrators of violence but rarely as enablers who can play an important role in peace-building. The gun culture has already taken a dominant position, threatening the future of youth who deserve a peaceful and better quality of life. It is becoming highly fragmented, less peaceful, and unsafe for…
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Human beings are living an extraordinary time while planet earth is experiencing an incredible population rise. Our interdependence and ability to form strong communities are the reasons behind the growth of our population. Simply, we can define the population as the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area. As part of its mission of…
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Peace education is the key to a better world. Unfortunately, sometimes we forget to educate young students about it. This has led to their lack of knowledge on how to peacefully share opinions. At the end of the day, it can lead to students adopting a destructive behavior. Promoting peace was a large part of Maria Montessori’s career. One of…
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The COVID-19 disease has changed the world as we knew it. The Pandemic that is affecting the entire world has brought a health crisis impacting in economy, politics and even in human rights. In many countries, the health systems are close to collapse, violence and conflict has arisen, and democracies seem to be endangered by the policies that some governments…