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Braver Angel's "E-Courses"

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These professional level 40-minute courses have been crafted by experts in communications and depolarization. They provide an effective and “safe” way to interact with people in difficult situations.

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Deep Healing and Emotional Expression: Political Forgiveness as a Unique Peacebuilding Process 

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 A political forgiveness process is uniquely different than other peacebuilding measures — it provides a healing mechanism to deal with the emotional undertow that keeps a conflict alive.

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The Global State of Democracy Initiative

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This Initiative provides evidence-based, balanced analysis and data on the state and quality of democracy for 173 countries, producing a variety of indices and an annual report.

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Religion and Peace building: Lessons from Africa

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The Catholic Church has played a prominent role in promoting human rights, sustainable development, good governance, and peace in Africa. Cardinal John Onaiyekan reflects on this work.

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Faith in Democracy: Mobilizing Religious Communities for Democratic Change

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A robust democracy is essential to safeguard the rights and fostering the civic participation of the religious cannot be overstated. And likewise, religious communities can help strengthen democracy.

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Polarized Misperceptions of The Magnitude of Police Violence - BCB #72

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It’s not just differences in values that can drive conflict, but differences in knowledge. Liberals' estimates of the magnitude of the problem are way off.

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Parents of the Field: Betty Reardon

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Betty Reardon was one of the founding parents of the conflict resolution field. We were saddened to learn of her passing this week, and wanted to share this video that is making the rounds of our email feeds. Hats off to Betty!

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