“We are either going to have a future where women lead the way to make peace with the Earth or we are not going to have a human future at all.” — Vandana Shiva

While often overlooked, women are (and always have been) a driving force behind movements for peace…

“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 grassroots groups out there working tirelessly to build peace. Many of us work in places affected by violent conflict…

“The ultimate goal of peace education is the formation of responsible, committed, and caring citizens who have integrated the values into everyday life and acquired the skills to advocate for them.” — Betty Reardon

So I made this peace-learning framework once. No, not the one in the image above. That’s…

“The key to complexity is finding the elegant beauty of simplicity.” — John Paul Lederach

I remember the first conflict analysis I did, some ten or so years ago. I was just getting into consulting in the NGO world, looking to ‘get my foot in the door’ so to speak.

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“Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict.” — Dorothy Thompson

I had this job once. This is some years back now. I didn’t know anybody there, but immediately upon walking into the office on my first day, I could sense…

“The story of the human race is characterized by efforts to get along much more than by violent disputes, although it’s the latter that make the history books. Violence is actually exceptional. The human race has survived because of cooperation, not aggression.” — Gerard Vanderhaar

They say that if you…

“To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.” — Sun Tzu

This is for all of you dreamers and idealists out there, you activists and selfless souls dedicating your life to a cause. I hate to…

“Human existence cannot be silent, nor can it be nourished by false words, but only by true words, with which people transform the world.” — Paulo Freire

Working for peace and justice can be stressful. And at times, it is an isolating endeavor. One must not only be thinking deeply…