Tools For Peace:
A Webinar Series
What is coming?
Background and aims
Belcome 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:
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- 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
#1 The first 3 steps to decolonise your life by Dr Anita Venanzi
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 Webinar:
The Knowledge Pills:
Some Extra Ressources
If you want to know more about what Anita referred, relied or mentioned, we have some extra readings for you.
- Link to Decolonise! IVS project where you will find other tools, news and resources including the Organizational Self-Assessment Tool available here
- Anzaldùa, Gloria “Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza” – BOOK free version
- Quijano, Anibal. Coloniality of power and Eurocentrism in Latin America. International sociology, 2000, 15.2: 215-232 – ARTICLE Download pdf here
- Crenshaw, Kimberle. “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory, and Antiracist Politics [1989].” – ARTICLE Download pdf here
- Organizational and individual privilege checks: TOOL
- Edward, Saïd “Orientalism” (1978) – BOOK free version
#2 Discover your Peacebuilding Superpower by Taylor O'Connor
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!
The Webinar:
Online Workshop
- Where? Online (Zoom)
- When? Saturday 26.10.2024, 10-14 CEST (Brussels time) Check when the workshop takes place in your timezone
- Apply here by 10.10: https://forms.gle/PMaBLeBXmBbN5VGi7
- Who is the workshop for?
Join us if you work or plan to work with diverse groups, of which members come from various nationalities, religions, cultures and social backgrounds. We welcome especially:
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- organisers and coordinators of workcamps (international voluntary camps) and youth exchanges,
- educators and facilitators of international groups.
- What is the workshop goal?
We aim to present and discuss how to facilitate the process of team-building in international and multi-religious groups attending voluntary camps so that you can improve your practices in your future projects.
- What to expect from the programme?
Through the participation, you will:
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- meet 20 fellow workcamp coordinators and international educators,
- build your capacity on the topic of peacebuilding and peaceful coexistence on a micro level, in diverse groups,
- get to know practical tools for peace and nonviolent conflict resolution that can be used during workcamps and other international projects,
- learn how to organise and conduct international activities that bring the best results and lasting change to the participants,
- strengthen competences for delivering inclusive learning opportunities,
- get access to recommended resources on diversity and inclusion.
- The workshop leaders
The workshop will be facilitated by two experienced and certified trainers, experts in adult education, and – at the same time – peace activists.
Natalie Jivkova from Bulgaria has been involved in SCI locally and internationally since 2002 and has co-developed the Peace Education in Practice online learning course.
Gośka Tur from Poland is a sociologist, a certified trainer, and a life-long SCI activist. She has led numerous international training courses on peace issues and diversity.
Natalie and Gośka are proud creators of the Facilitator’s Cards, SCI Peace Cards, and My Peace Journal.
- How to take part in the workshop?
In order to participate, fill in a short application form. Application deadline: 10 October 2024. We can accept up to 20 participants.
All applicants will be informed on the results before 13 October 2024.
If some places remain available after 10 October 2024, we will continue accepting applications until the free slots get filled in.
- Before you apply
Before you apply, please keep in mind the following:
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- the event language will be English,
- it is a workshop and not a webinar – we expect your active participation,
- you need to attend the full event duration.
- Our donor
The event is organised within the “Peace in Diversity” project and is co-funded by the European Union.
- Questions?
If you have further questions regarding the workshop, write to us at training@sci.ngo.
We are looking forward to your application!
