Foundations for Peace Network – Philanthropy for Social Justice & Peace

February 07, 2023

Episode 5: Let’s build peace, here and now, Feb 27 2023

In the next episode of ‘Let’s build peace: here and now’ hosted by the Foundations for Peace Network, Melanie Greenberg of Humanity United will speak with Nomfundo Walaza, co-founder of Unyoke Foundation and a clinical psychologist about her work on the empowerment and the healing of victims of torture, trauma and violence; and with Colette Rausch about her work in war-affected countries around the globe at the intersection of justice, trauma, and peacebuilding.

Women in Peace

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Andrew Milner

A critically important lesson from the ’Let’s build peace, here and now’ conversations with local peacebuilders has been about the centrality of women in peacebuilding. From Serbia to Northern Ireland, local peace efforts not only involve anti-war activism, but also women coming together on issues of day-to-day concern to them – not just peace. This breaks…

‘This is where we connect’ – Jelena Memet

Posted on August 9, 2022August 9, 2022 by Andrew Milner

An emerging thread in the ‘Let’s build peace, here and now’ conversations with local peacebuilders is the transient nature of peace, the understanding that ‘peace, not conflict, is episodic.’ In order to unpack this further we spoke to Serbian peacebuilders Jelena Memet, Anita Pantelić and Galina Maksimović who talked about the ways in which ‘war’…

The politics of peace and remembering – Anita Pantelić

Posted on August 4, 2022August 22, 2022 by Andrew Milner

An emerging thread in the ‘Let’s build peace here and now’ conversations with local peacebuilders is the transient nature of peace, the understanding that ‘peace, not conflict, is episodic.’ In order to unpack this further, we spoke to Serbian peacebuilders Jelena Memet, Anita Pantelić and Galina Maksimović who talked about the ways in which ‘war’…

War by other means – Galina Maksimović

Posted on August 3, 2022August 4, 2022 by Andrew Milner

Never-ending worries

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Anita Pantelic

Living in Serbia, in the Balkans, which is like a barrel of gunpowder ready to explode at any time, means continuously fighting personal and collective challenges. The universal Balkan story still has some peculiarities. In my 37 years, the country in which I live has changed its name, borders, and population four times. The fifth…

March 31, 2022

New Episode of Let’s Build Peace, Here and Now on April 21st

Episode 4: Jelena Memet, Anita Pantelić and Galina Maksimović REGISTER HERE: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vc-ugrTgpE9YHNczyCHFMaa2HZgbzVKka APRIL 21, 2022 at 01:00 PM UTC About this Event In previous conversations in the series speakers spoke about the transient nature of peace. ‘Peace, not conflict, is episodic.’ In the next episode of ‘Let’s build peace: here and now’ hosted…

A slow, slow process

Posted on February 4, 2022February 4, 2022 by Andrew Milner

This is Part 4 of a series of blogs linked to the ‘Let’s build peace: here and now’ conversations being organised by the Foundations for Peace (FFP) Network. A point to which these conversations constantly return and which is also stressed in the previous article is the duration of peacebuilding. As Gabi points out, it’s ‘a slow,…

Testimony, truth and narrative

Posted on February 1, 2022April 11, 2022 by Andrew Milner

This is Part 3 of a series of blogs linked to the ‘Let’s build peace: here and now’ conversations being organised by the Foundations for Peace (FFP) Network. Through these conversations, the FFP Network and their partners are creating a space to share the stories of peacebuilders who have been closest to the ground. This article focuses…

Peace is made, the work begins

Posted on August 16, 2021June 27, 2022 by Andrew Milner

This is the second of a series of blogs linked to the ‘Let’s build peace: here and now’ conversations being organised by the Foundations for Peace (FFP) Network. Through these conversations, the FFP Network and their partners are creating a space to share the stories of peacebuilders who have been closest to the ground. The so-called Good…