Colleague Activities
We are always looking for people doing interesting, intractable conflict-related projects to feature on our Colleague Activities Blog. See the Blog Homepage for information on how to submit your work.
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Leadership in This Moment: Listen Deeply, Unite Widely, Act Boldly
Sound advice for the many genuine leaders who want to help us find a way through the difficult problems that we face. #mbi_colleague
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With the Groundbreaking Women, Peace, and Security Act, Washington Could Be a Model for the World
An update on little noticed, bipartisan legislation mandating a "whole of government" effort to strengthen the role of women in ending wars. #mbi_colleague
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AfP COVID-19 Resources Library
AfP is curating resources on lessons learned and best practices which are updated daily here. #mbi_colleague
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USIP Online Courses
Learn about conflict analysis, negotiation, mediation, peacebuilding, nonviolent action, diplomacy, dialogue and more--all for free! #mbi_colleague
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How to Attempt Racial Healing—Even During a Trump Presidency
Thoughts about how to promote racial healing and reconciliation from folks who were thinking hard about this long before it became fashionable. #mbi_cci
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A Call to Defend Democracy
A welcome effort to mobilize support for democratic institutions which are both under attack and critical to the success of efforts to fight COVID-19. #mbi_colleague
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The Case for a Statue of Limitations
A sensible proposal for transforming current confrontations over public monuments into a collective effort to refine our common history. #mbi_colleague
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Do Protests Even Work?
For those who want to help the current wave of protests bring about positive, lasting change, a look at what does and doesn't make protests effective. #mbi_colleague
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Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century
A powerful video introducing a major new effort to strengthen US democracy so we really can work together to solve common problems. #mbi_colleague
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Understanding Refugee – Host Relations in Post -Conflict Societies in Uganda: Adjumani District
A report from a member of the Makerere University Law School's Refugee Law Project about the status of Sudanese refugees in Uganda.
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New Era of Public Safety: An Advocacy Toolkit for Fair, Safe, and Effective Community Policing
For those who want to get down to the serious business of addressing the problem of police violence, toolkit from Obama.org #mbi_colleague
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Conflict Transformation -- Online Summit
One big advantage of the new world of Zoom conferencing is that we can all now afford to attend fascinating international meetings like this one. #mbi_colleague
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Values-Based Conversations
We assume our "friends" share our values while "others" don't. That often is not the case.
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Chip Hauss: Going to Scale
How peacebuilders can work with others to "scale up" their efforts to grapple with the many wicked problems currently facing humanity.
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The Power of the Powerless
As struggle with the 21st century threat of authoritarianism, it's worth reflecting on what Havel taught us about bringing power to the powerless. #mbi_colleague
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Collective Imaginaries for the World after Corona: Children and Youth's Imaginaries
COVID-19's impact on youths' lives are substantial, but little discussed. This study seeks to collect youth's images of the present and future.
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Dr Ivana Milojević: Minimizing Conflicts Amidst the Covi-19 Pandemic
Information, resources, relationships, structures, and values cause conflict admist COVID19. But these conflicts are also opportunities.
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Glenda Eoyang: Crush the Arrogance of Certainty
We all want certainty and control. But it doesn't exist, and pretending it does is harming everyone.
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Complicating the Narratives: How we’re moving this work forward
A look at an effort to replace simplistic us-vs-them narratives with the kind of complicated understanding that leads to real problem-solving. #mbi_colleague
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Facing the Pandemic with a Peacebuilding Stance
This is our opportunity to heal much more than those who catch COVID---we can start to heal the earth and our societies too. #mbi_colleague
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Matt Legge: COVID-19 and Responses to Uncertainty
An article explaining how uncertainty molds our response to the pandemic and other social challenges--and what should be done about it.
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Democracy and Information During a Pandemic
An interesting effort that could doubtless be expanded---systematically assembling stories that highlight pandemic success stories. #mbi_colleague
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Mark Chupp - An Exponential Rise of Trust and Goodness
Yes, COVID-19 is growing exponentially. But so, too, is goodness and trust, which can be harnessed to counter the virus. #mbi_colleague
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The Call to Unite
This is a broadly based and truly impressive effort to bring us together to address the many different aspects of the pandemic crisis. #mbi_colleague
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States Reopening
The Flip Side is an interesting effort to highlight reasonable arguments being offered on the left and the right. This issue looks at "reopening." #mbi_context
