Welcome to Tools For Peace! Here you will find all the content related to our series of 6 webinars part of Peace in Diversity.

Based on practical grounds, the objective of this series is for you to unlock your potential to achieve peace by focusing on skills and tools you will be able to use right away. To do so, we have 6 main projects corresponding to each webinar. Under each topic, you will find 3 parts:

• • the full recording of the webinar – an 1h30 long talk from one of our expert
  • the knowledge pills – three short videos collecting and summarising valuable tools from the webinar
  • the extra resources – some extra reading just for you

Then, either you have time to sit and relax for watching the entire webinar or, you are more time efficient and want to go directly to the point then our knowledge pills are the best option for you. If you’re more of a reader then you can read the extra resources available for each webinar. In the end whatever you prefer, there is an option for you to learn more about peace and get prepared to put it in practice.

On this page you will find:

• The #1 webinar with Anita Venanzi on the First Three Steps to Decolonise your Life
• The #2 webinar with Taylor O’Connor to Discover you Peacebuilding Superpower
• The #3 webinar with Timo and Laura on Non-Violent Communication as a Tool for Systemic Transformation
• The #4 webinar with Timo and Laura on Transformative Justice: a tool to transform oppressive systems

The #1 Webinar: The first 3 Steps to Decolonise Your Life is presented by Dr Anita Venanzi (she/her or they/them), a part-time researcher, university lecturer and consultant, and a full time artivist obsessed with all things solidarity galore (https://noprofitideas.org/). With a foot in Hong Kong and one in Rome, this social media absentee has a randomly curated website, and a pro-active participant attitude, for example in CCIVS’ Decolonise project (https://ccivs.org/Decolonise/).

In this first webinar, Dr Anita Venanzi invites us to take a closer look at privileges, disadvantages, resources and constraints that shape our experiences and from there create a common language, new alliances and a shared vision of justice and peace.

The #2 Webinar: Discover your Peacebuilding Superpower is presented by Taylor O’Connor. Taylor is the founder of Everyday Peacebuilding and a certified ‘peace nerd’ obsessed about exploring creative ways to build peace. On the professional side, Taylor worked for years as a peacebuilding consultant with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and UN agencies. He spent his free time researching and documenting thousands of ways people around the world build peace. He’s building a global community of peacebuilders from all over the world and he supports them to launch collaborative projects for peace. He created Everyday Peacebuilding to support idealists from all walks of life to find creative ways to build peace. He develops peacebuilding training and learning resources, and creates spaces for peacebuilders to connect with one another.

In this second webinar, you will discover how to use your unique talents and abilities to make change on any social issue you care about, for a more peaceful and just world. Get ready to use our framework, mapping 100+ different types of peacebuilders, to identify your unique talents for building peace – your peacebuilding superpower!

In this #3 Webinar, Timo and Laura will be talking about Non-violent communication as a tool for systemic change. Laura (she/they) is a Barcelona-based facilitator and political organiser. Laura organises the queer ecology and degrowth festival “metamorfosis”. She also uses practices such as non-violent communication in their daily activism and processes of transformative justice. Timo (he/him) is a Barcelona-based political organiser and facilitator with “Degrowth in Action”. His non-formal education centres on systems of oppression, global justice, degrowth, ecological-social transformation and non-violent communication. Timo is also involved in organising transformative justice processes. With their collective “Degrowth in Action” they work on topics such as capitalism, oppression, queer liberation and international solidarity.

Feelings, needs and empathy are deeply political. In this webinar, we will learn how the framework of non-violent communication (NVC) can be used as a powerful tool for transforming conflict, to generate more empathy and for more resilient activism. We will go through the basics and also touch upon the role of power and privilege in NVC.

In this #4 Webinar, we meet again with with Timo and Laura to explore Transformative Justice. You can learn a bit more about them just above and even watch their first webinar on nonviolent communication.  

Transformative Justice (TJ) has its roots in Indigenous and Black feminist communities. Rather than punishing harmful behavior, TJ recognizes that individuals shaped by a violent system are likely to perpetuate it. By centering empathy and accountability, TJ aims to transform both individual harm and systemic injustice. The webinar will teach the basics and focus on practice.

In this webinar we explore effective strategies for youth workers and professionals in peace-building. Learn the essential 7 steps to de-escalate conflicts, foster understanding, and mitigate mental health impacts in affected communities, promoting harmony and resilience.

Adrian Claudiu Frandeș has a degree in Clinical Psychology and expertise in Ericksonian Hypnosis, NLP, and Systemic Psychotherapy. Throughout his career Adrian was deeply involved in coaching vulnerable youths by providing psychological counseling to asylum seekers, refugees, migrants, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community across Spain, Romania and the UK. Over the years he has designed and facilitated many workshops from a systemic psychotherapeutic perspective.

Iolanda Vasile is an experienced researcher and instructional designer in social sciences, with a focus on gender mainstreaming and south-south relations. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Postcolonial studies, she focuses on women´s representations in the Angolan war for independence. With extensive experience in project management and education, Iolanda has worked internationally, initiating and implementing curriculum programs on critical topics, including education, human rights, women’s rights, racial discrimination, and the marginalization of social groups.

Our project is co-funded by the European Union. We are very grateful for making our idea possible to realise thanks to this support!
Project number 2023-2-BE05-KA153-YOU-000168468