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Rachel Kleinfeld and Shamil Idriss on Polarization, Philanthropic Plurality, Social Justice, and Democracy

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Those seeking to improve democracy should hold themselves accountable for advancing both peace and justice through collaborative action to meet common goals.

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Reversing or Better Yet, Avoiding, Destructive Escalation

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Once we understand the many ways in which escalation can trap us, we can avoid those traps. If we discover that we have already fallen into a trap, we can work to climb out--here are 5 ways to do that.

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Palma Strand: A Path Out of Polarization: The Strengthening Democracy Challenge and the Civity Storytelling Intervention

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Civity is all about forming relationships across difference. It's the "secret sauce" of successful communities and organizations. And better yet, everyone can do it!

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Divided Community Project: Speaking Out to Strengthen the Guardrails of Democracy

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One of the most important ways  in which we can all act to strengthen our democracy is to speak out when others are acting in ways that threaten it.

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Learning More about How the TRUST Network Does Massively Parallel Peacebuilding

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Democracy--and threats to it--are a complex adaptive system. We need complex, adaptive responses as well The TRUST Network is one.

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Escalation is the Most Dangerous Force on the Planet. But We Continue to Drive It

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Driven by many interacting feedback loops, escalation can get out of control quickly--leading to violence or even worse.

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Paul Monteiro, Former Director of the Community Relations Service, Talking About How CRS Works its Magic

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A few of the many important things Community Relations Service Paul Monteiro shared about the way CRS operates, what makes it successful, and most importantly, how it needs help from locals.

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Colleague and Context Posts for the Week of May 15, 2023

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Our weekly selection of interesting organizations and projects in the conflict/peacebuilding field, and articles of interest from outside our field.

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