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The system within: Addressing the inner dimensions of sustainability and systems transformation

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This paper highlights the overlooked inner dimension of system change, and offers systems thinkers the language to advocate for psychological, social and spiritual factors crucial to sustainable solutions.

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The Mediators' Foundation Newsletter

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The Mediators' Foundation highlights useful articles by its members and colleagues that relat to helping us all build a better, more just and more peaceful world.

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Should Abortion Laws Be the Same Everywhere? – BCB #112

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How each party is handling abortion underscores a perennial tension between two deeply American principles: universal rights and self-determination.

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Harnessing our Power to End Political Violence: 2024 Guide

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A guide for communities across the United States to organize to counter political violence. The guide is about taking action "because individuals and communities must organize in order to bring about a better democracy and country."

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Are Grievances Running Our Nation and Is Political Forgiveness Our Way Out?

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The June issue of Political Forgiveness Monthly is a deep dive into how we as a country got to this high tide of grievance and how humility can pull us back to a place of listening and mutual trust.

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"We should not allow violence to be our answer"

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More in Common surveyed Americans after Trump was shot. They found Americans were concerned about future violence, yet fears may be based on skewed perceptions of their fellow Americans’ support for political violence.

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The Quad, Maritime Security, and Climate Change

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The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue with Australia, Japan, India and the US, is now broadening its focus beyond simply countering China to combatting climate change and other security threats in the Indo-Pacific region.

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A Free Education Resource that Helps Students Engage Across Differences in Better Ways

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The guide includes best practices, resources, and recommendations for those working in middle school to college education to promote critical thinking, ideological diversity, empathy, respect, and tolerance of others.

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Podcast: Leaning into Paradox: How We Can Block, Bridge & Build Our Democratic Future Together

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An audio recording of Horizons’ Julia Roig and Jarvis Williams’ session at the recent Othering & Belonging Institute conference on the "block, bridge, and build" strategy.

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