Member Spotlights
Listening as Resistance. Member Spotlight: Maggaly Zaida Quispe De La Cruz
Maggaly Zaida Quispe De La Cruz traces her commitment to peace back to a simple but powerful idea: that people deserve to be heard. At 35 years old, she lives…
Read MoreFrom Faith to Facilitation. Member Spotlight: Onell Gomez
Onell Gomez is based in Trinidad, where her work in mediation and peacebuilding is deeply shaped by her faith in God, her commitment to children, and her desire to create…
Read MoreComposing Peace: Conflict, Family, and Connection. Member Spotlight: Lara Traum
When Lara Traum talks about peace, it sounds less like an abstract ideal and more like a daily practice that begins at home. It shows up in family conversations, moments…
Read MoreChoosing Peace in the In-Between. Member Spotlight: Courtney Friesen
“We’re all a little bit ‘works in progress’,” Courtney Friesen says. It is a simple statement, but one that quietly anchors the way she moves through the world. For Courtney,…
Read MoreCrossing Cultures, Building Peace. Member Spotlight: Maciej Witek
Maciej Witek’s life is not best understood as a straight line, but rather as a series of crossings. Between Poland and Japan, academic research and grassroots community work, personal ambition…
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