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SUMMARY:Listening Circle for Connection and Healing in Times of Crisis
DESCRIPTION:In these deeply painful and uncertain times\, when war touches lives near and far\, many of us carry heavy hearts—grief\, fear\, anger\, or helplessness. To hold space for each other and create a moment of calm amid the storm\, we invite you to join a Listening Circle. \nThis is not a space for debate or discussion\, but for sharing\, witnessing\, and being heard—a space where everyone’s voice matters\, and silence is welcome too. Together\, we will listen with compassion\, speak with honesty\, and hold each other with care. While this space is especially intended for members of the Iranian diaspora and those with ties to Iran\, it is open to everyone—all are welcome\, wherever you come from and however you’re holding the world right now. \n\nWhat: Listening Circle – Sharing our feelings in a thoughtful and respectful space\nWhere: Zoom link. Register here.\nWhen: June 29th at 9-10:30 AM PT | 12-1:30 pm ET | 7:30-9 PM Tehran\nWhy: For healing\, connection\, and building bridges in our communities\nSimultaneous translation in Farsi will be available\n\nNo preparation is needed—just bring your full self. You are welcome to speak\, or simply listen. Let us gather in solidarity\, to hold space for grief and resilience\, and to remember our shared humanity. \nCome as you are. All are welcome. \nWith care\, \nElahe Amani\, Elika Dadsetan-Foley\, DG Mawn\, and Prabha Sankaranarayan\nWIN\, VISONS Inc.\, NAFCM\, and MBBI\n \n  \n\n\nدوست گرامی\nدر این دوران سخت و پر رنج، که جنگ زندگی‌ ما را در دور و نزدیک لمس کرده است، بسیاری از ما دل‌هایی مملو از اندوه و غم، اضطراب و نگرانی، خشم و درماندگی داریم. گرد هم اییم و در فضایی امن و با ارامش به گفتگو بنشینیم . از شما برای شنیدن و شنیده شدن دعوت میکنیم.\n\nاین فضا برای بحث و گفتگو و به اشتراک گذاشتن نظرات شما نه مناظره و جدل ٫ تجربه و احساس شما و شنیده شدن است – فضایی که در آن صدای همه مهم است و پذیرای سکوت نیز هستیم. با صداقت صحبت میکنیم ٫ با شفقت گوش میدهیم و از یکدیگر مراقبت می‌کنیم. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nموضوع: حلقه و دایره ای برای گوش دادن – به اشتراک گذاشتن احساسات و نظراتمان در فضایی  و صمیمانه و محترمانه\nمکان: لینک زوم. اینجا ثبت نام کنید.\nزمان: ۲۹  ژوئن ساعت ۹-۱۰:۳۰ صبح به وقت غرب امریکا  |۱۲-۱:۳۰ بعد از ظهر به وقت شرق امریکا | ۱۹:۳۰-۲۱ تهران\nترجمه همزمان به زبان فارسی در دسترس خواهد بود\n\nهیچ آمادگی قبلی لازم نیست . می‌توانید صحبت کنید یا فقط گوش دهید. بیایید تا با همبستگی دور هم جمع شویم تا فضایی برای به اشتراک گذاشتن نظرات٫ احساساتمان  و تاب‌آوری داشته باشیم و انسانیت مشترکمان را به یاد بیاوریم. به همه خوش آمد میگوییم.\nبا احترام\nالهه امانی، الیکا دادستان-فولی، دی جی ماون و پرابا سانکارانارایان
URL:https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/event/listening-circle-for-connection-and-healing-in-times-of-crisis/
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SUMMARY:From Exploitation to Empowerment: Addressing Sex Trafficking Through Peacebuilding\, Policy\, and the Power of Story
DESCRIPTION:Workshop Description:\n \nSex trafficking is not only a human rights violation — it is a symptom of deeper systemic issues tied to global conflict\, displacement\, and gender-based oppression. This HLPF 2025 side event brings together global thought leaders\, policy advocates\, trauma-informed practitioners\, and a survivor leader to explore the intersection of sex trafficking with peacebuilding\, conflict resolution\, and international policy reform.\n \nHosted by Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) in collaboration with Harvard GlobalWE and Teach Train Transform (TTT)\, this workshop will highlight innovative neuroscience-based approaches to healing trauma\, uplifting survivor voices through storytelling\, and reshaping global narratives through justice-centered diplomacy.\n \nWe will examine how trauma-informed peacebuilding and survivor-informed policy can disrupt cycles of exploitation\, and how international collaboration is essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. This is an in-person event at AAA ICDR’s offices in New York City\, as a side event to the High Level Political Forum of the United Nations.\n \nJoin us for this urgent\, solution-driven conversation that centers women’s voices\, global action\, and systemic change.\nRegister here
URL:https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/event/from-exploitation-to-empowerment-addressing-sex-trafficking-through-peacebuilding-policy-and-the-power-of-story/
LOCATION:AAA ICDR\, 150 East 42nd St\, 17th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10017\, United States
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SUMMARY:Peacebuilding: Finding Common Ground
DESCRIPTION:Engage in this exciting webinar\, Peacebuilding: Finding Common Ground. This 90-minute event will be on September 9th\, 2025\, at 9:00 am (Hawaii time) | 3:00 pm ET (USA. UTC -5) and led by José Barzola. Please use the Time Zone Converter to determine when this engaging conversation will be in your time zone. This PeaceConnect session is $10 for non-MBBI members\, $5 for MBBI Members. \nRegister here!\nDescription: Join us to learn about the importance of developing healthy positive relationships through peacebuilding. Learn about the power of language\, conflict styles\, positive versus negative peace\, coping strategies for managing conflict\, and much more. This session will be conducted via Zoom Meeting\, participants may use their microphones and video cameras.\nBio: José Barzola is dedicated to fostering harmony and cooperation by building collaborative communities through inclusive dialogue\, conflict transformation\, and sustainable partnerships. With a passion for nonviolence and social change\, he empowers individuals and groups to create peaceful\, resilient environments where everyone can thrive. His work centers on nurturing relationships that transcend cultural barriers and addressing issues of belonging and connection. A highly organized higher education administrator\, José brings over 20 years of experience in student development\, academic affairs\, and cross-sector leadership. He has served as an affiliate faculty member at the Matsunaga Institute for Peace at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa\, where he teaches courses on peace and conflict transformation. For over a decade\, José has supported universities\, nonprofit organizations\, and international partners as a professional mediator and facilitator. Within the Hawaiʻi community\, he currently serves as an Adjunct Fellow with the East-West Center’s Education Program\, a Peace Educator with Ceeds of Peace\, an Advisor with the Interfaith Alliance of Hawaiʻi\, and a Board Member with both the Conflict Resolution Alliance and the Maui Historical Society.
URL:https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/event/peacebuilding-finding-common-ground/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T113000
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SUMMARY:Voices for Change: From Political Transition to Transformation a Conversation Between Syrian and Afghan Women
DESCRIPTION:Register here! اضغط هنا للتسجيل\nJoin us as we listen to Syrian and Afghan women in dialogue\, amplifying their insights\, best practices\, and calls to action for building a future rooted in resilience and transformation. \nSpeakers Palwasha Hassan and Sema Nassar will reflect on their experiences of leading through moments of profound transition. Coming from two regions that have faced conflict\, upheaval\, and shifting political landscapes\, these women will share how they have mobilized communities\, built resilient civil society structures\, and drawn on the strength of diaspora networks to sustain hope and drive change. \nThe dialogue will spotlight the critical role of women’s leadership in contexts of transition\, explore the lessons learned from their journeys and the strategies that have enabled them to transform challenges into opportunities for stronger\, more inclusive communities. \n📅 September 18\, 2025\n🕒10-11:30 AM New York | 5-6:30 PM Damascus | 4-5:50 PM CET \nأصوات من أجل التغيير: من الانتقال إلى التحول – حوار بين نساء سوريات وأفغانيات \nفي إطار سلسلة أصوات التغيير، يستضيف مركز المجتمع المدني والديمقراطية حوارًا افتراضيًا يجمع بين قياديات سوريات وأفغانيات لتبادل الخبرات حول أدوار النساء في فترات التحول السياسي والاجتماعي. \nستقدّم بالواشا حسن وسيما نصّار رؤى معمّقة تستند إلى تجاربهما في القيادة خلال مراحل مليئة بالتحديات والتحولات السياسية في بلادهن. ومن خلال هذا الحوار، ستسلطان الضوء على سبل تعبئة المجتمعات المحلية، وبناء مؤسسات مجتمع مدني أكثر صلابة واستدامة، وكذلك على دور الجاليات في الشتات في دعم مسارات التغيير والحفاظ على الأمل. \nكما يتناول اللقاء الدور الجوهري لقيادة النساء في سياقات الانتقال، والدروس المستفادة من تجاربهن، والاستراتيجيات التي مكّنتهن من تحويل التحديات إلى فرص لبناء مجتمعات أكثر شمولًا وتماسكًا، وصولًا إلى مستقبل يرتكز على الصمود والرؤية المشتركة. \n📅 التاريخ: ١٨ أيلول ٢٠٢٥\n🕒 التوقيت: ١٠ – ١١:٣٠صباحًا بتوقيت نيويورك | ٥ – ٦.٣٠ مساءً بتوقيت دمشق | ٤– ٥:٣٠مساءً بتوقيت أوروبا الوسطى \n  \nSpeakers: \nSema Nassar is a human rights defender with a focus on detainees and forcibly disappeared persons. Since the early stages of the Syrian conflict\, she worked on documenting human rights violations and sexual violence in detention centers. Sema contributed to numerous reports and policy papers on documentation\, gender-sensitive accountability\, and legislation concerning missing persons\, including work with the Conflict and Civicness Research Group at LSE IDEAS. She is a co-founder of multiple initiatives\, such as the ‘We’ Network for WHRD in the MENA region and Urnammu for Justice and Human Rights. Sema continues to share her expertise with civic actors and support feminist initiatives in the diaspora\, and serves as an investigator with Dar Justice and as a research consultant at the LSE Middle East Centre. \nسما نصّار\nسما نصّار ناشطة حقوقية كرّست جهودها لقضايا المعتقلين والمختفين قسراً. منذ بدايات النزاع في سوريا، انخرطت في توثيق انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان والعنف الجنسي داخل مراكز الاحتجاز، وأسهمت في إعداد تقارير وأوراق سياسات حول التوثيق، والمساءلة الحساسة للنوع الاجتماعي، والتشريعات الخاصة بالمفقودين، من بينها عملها مع مجموعة النزاع والمدنية في “LSE IDEAS”. شاركت في تأسيس عدة مبادرات، منها شبكة “نحن” للمدافعات عن حقوق الإنسان في الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا، ومنظمة “أورنمّو” للعدالة وحقوق الإنسان. تواصل سما مشاركة خبرتها مع الفاعلين المدنيين ودعم المبادرات النسوية في المهجر، وتشغل حالياً منصب محققة في “دار العدالة” وباحثة استشارية في مركز الشرق الأوسط التابع لجامعة لندن للاقتصاد. \nPalwasha Hassan is Senior Technical and Program Director for Mina’s List\, overseeing global program implementation. With over 26 years of experience in gender\, development\, humanitarian aid\, and peacebuilding\, she has held leadership roles including Executive Director of the Afghan Women’s Educational Center and founding member of the Afghan Women’s Network. She helped establish the women’s quota in Afghanistan’s constitution and launched Roazana\, the country’s first women’s legal support organization. Hassan has also facilitated regional dialogues in Pakistan\, Iran\, and Central Asia to promote human rights\, peace\, and democracy. A Nobel Peace Prize nominee in 2005\, she was a finalist for the Sakharov Prize and received the Hillary Rodham Clinton Award for exceptional leadership. She holds a master’s in Post-war Recovery Studies from York University\, UK. \nبلواشا حسن \nبلواشا حسن تشغل منصب المديرة التقنية وبرامج التنفيذ في منظمة Mina’s List، حيث تشرف على إدارة البرامج على المستوى العالمي. تمتلك خبرة تمتد لأكثر من ٢٦ عاماً في مجالات الجندر والتنمية والإغاثة الإنسانية وبناء السلام، وتولت خلالها مناصب قيادية بارزة، من بينها المديرة التنفيذية للمركز التعليمي للنساء الأفغانيات، وكانت من المؤسسين للشبكة الأفغانية للنساء. ساهمت في ترسيخ الكوتا النسائية ضمن الدستور الأفغاني، وأسست منظمة روزانا كأول هيئة قانونية لدعم النساء في البلاد. كما عملت على تيسير حوارات إقليمية في باكستان وإيران وآسيا الوسطى لتعزيز حقوق الإنسان والسلام والديمقراطية. رُشحت عام ٢٠٠٥ لجائزة نوبل للسلام، ووصلت للتصفيات النهائية لجائزة سخاروف، كما نالت جائزة هيلاري كلينتون للقيادة المتميزة. تحمل درجة الماجستير في دراسات التعافي بعد النزاعات من جامعة يورك في المملكة المتحدة. \n 
URL:https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/event/voices-for-change-from-political-transition-to-transformation-a-conversation-between-syrian-and-afghan-women/
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SUMMARY:MBBI Global Summit in Lima\, Peru
DESCRIPTION:Reconciling Growth & Governance Pathways to Responsible Development & Sustainable Resource Management The 11th International Peace Congress \nAll details here: https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/lima/ \n 
URL:https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/event/mbbi-global-summit-in-lima-peru/
LOCATION:Sol de Oro Hotel\, Lima\, Peru\, Lima\, Peru
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T100000
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SUMMARY:Voices for Change – Rule of Law During Political Transition
DESCRIPTION:Register here! اضغط هنا للتسجيل\nWe are pleased to invite you to the next session of Voices for Change\, taking place on Thursday\, October 23\, 2025\, online via Zoom. This session will focus on The Rule of Law during Political Transition\, a timely discussion in contexts marked by conflict and authoritarianism. \nMoments of political transition often determine whether societies move toward stability\, justice\, and democracy—or fall back into cycles of repression and instability. This session will explore how strengthening justice systems and legal institutions provides a foundation for protecting rights\, ensuring accountability\, and rebuilding public trust. \nWe are honored to feature: \n\nDr. Jazia Shaitir\, Associate Professor at the University of Benghazi\, Libyan legal scholar and activist\, who will share lessons from Libya’s efforts to build and protect justice institutions during political upheaval.\nDima Moussa\, Syrian lawyer and political leader\, who will bring insights from Syria’s transitional justice processes.\n\nDate & Time:\n🗓 Thursday\, October 23\, 2025\n⏰ 10:00–11:30 AM (New York) | 5:00–6:30 PM (Damascus) | 4:00–5:30 PM (CET)\n💻 Location: Online (Zoom) – Register here \nيسرنا دعوتكم لحضور الجلسة القادمة من سلسلة أصوات من أجل التغيير، يوم الخميس  ٢٣ تشرين الأول ٢٠٢٥، عبر الإنترنت على منصة Zoom. ستركز هذه الجلسة على سيادة القانون خلال مرحلة التحول السياسي، وهي مناقشة بالغة الأهمية في ظل النزاعات وأنظمة الحكم السلطوية. \nتمثل فترات التحول السياسي لحظات حاسمة تحدد ما إذا كانت المجتمعات ستتجه نحو الاستقرار والعدالة والديمقراطية، أم ستعود إلى دوامة القمع والفوضى. وستركز الجلسة على أهمية تقوية المؤسسات القضائية والقانونية كأساس لحماية الحقوق، وضمان المساءلة، وإعادة بناء الثقة المجتمعية. \nنرحب بضيفات اللقاء: \nالدكتورة جازية شعيتير، أستاذة مشاركة بجامعة بنغازي، خبيرة قانونية وناشطة ليبية، ستستعرض الدروس المستفادة من تجربة ليبيا في بناء وحماية مؤسسات العدالة خلال فترات الاضطراب السياسي. \nديما موسى، محامية وناشطة سياسية سورية، ستقدم رؤى حول العدالة الانتقالية في سوريا وتجاربها القانونية والسياسية. \nالتاريخ والوقت: \n🗓 الخميس٢٣ تشرين الأول ٢٠٢٥ \n🕒 ١٠-١١:٣٠ صباحًا بتوقيت نيويورك | ٥-٦:٣٠ مساءً بتوقيت دمشق | ٤-٦:٣٠ مساءً بتوقيت أوروبا الوسطى \n💻 المكان: عبر الإنترنت (Zoom) – سجل هنا \nSpeakers: \nDr. Jazia Jibril Shaitir: is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law\, University of Benghazi\, and a prominent legal scholar and activist in criminal law. She has held leadership and advisory roles in academia\, contributed to key national legislation including laws on violence against women and national reconciliation\, and has extensive experience in legal and security training. Dr. Shaitir has collaborated with international universities and organizations such as Leiden University\, UNDP\, and ESCWA\, and is active in civil society. She has appeared in local media providing legal and human rights analysis and is the author of Legal Reflections: Critical Readings on Libyan Legislation. \nد. جازية جبريل شعيتير: أستاذة مشاركة في كلية القانون بجامعة بنغازي، خبيرة في القانون الجنائي وناشطة أكاديمية وقانونية بارزة. عملت في مناصب قيادية جامعية واستشارية، وأسهمت في صياغة مشاريع قوانين وطنية مهمة، منها قانون العنف ضد المرأة والمصالحة الوطنية. لها خبرة واسعة في التدريب الحقوقي والأمني، وتعاونت مع جامعات ومنظمات دولية مثل Leiden، UNDP، وESCWA. ناشطة في المجتمع المدني، وظهرت في الإعلام المحلي لتقديم تحليلات قانونية وحقوقية، وصدرت لها عدة مقالات وكتاب بعنوان شجون قانونية: قراءات نقدية في التشريعات الليبية. \nDima Moussa: Damascus-based Syrian lawyer and politician. She holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a Juris Doctor\, both from the United States\, where she practiced law until the end of 2012. Actively engaged in the Syrian political opposition since 2011\, she joined the Syrian National Coalition in 2016 and became a founding member of the Syrian Women’s Political Movement in 2017. Moussa was elected Vice President of the Syrian National Coalition in May 2018\, serving two consecutive terms until July 2020\, and was re-elected in September 2023\, a position she held until the fall of the former Syrian regime in December 2024. Currently\, she focuses her work on transitional justice\, alongside broader issues as a legal expert. \nديما الموسى:  محامية وسياسية سوريّة مقيمة في دمشق، تحمل شهادة بكالوريوس في هندسة الكهرباء وإجازة في الحقوق، كلاهما من الولايات المتحدة، حيث عملت في مهنة المحاماة حتى نهاية عام ٢٠١٢. كانت ديما عضوة في المعارضة السياسية السورية منذ عام ٢٠١١، وانضمت إلى الائتلاف الوطني السوري في تشرين الأول ٢٠١٦، وكانت من العضوات المؤسسات للحركة السياسية النسوية السورية في تشرين الأول ٢٠١٧. شغلت ديما منصب نائبة رئيس الائتلاف الوطني السوري من شهر أيار ٢٠١٨ وحتى تموز ٢٠٢٠، ولاحقاً من شهر ايلول ٢٠٢٣ وحتى سقوط النظام السوري السابق في كانون الأول ٢٠٢٤. حالياً تركز ديما في عملها بشكل أساسي على العدالة الانتقالية، بالإضافة إلى موضوعات أخرى كخبيرة قانونية.
URL:https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/event/voices-for-change-rule-of-law-during-political-transition/
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SUMMARY:Listening Circles - Constructive Expression of Thought and Feeling
DESCRIPTION:🗓️ Date: Saturday\, November 1\, 2025\n 🕤 Time: 9:30 AM PT / 12:30 PM ET / 8:00 PM IRST\n 🔗 Register here! \nIn times of polarization and uncertainty\, across our communities\, countries\, and the world\, our ability to express thoughts and emotions constructively is essential for connection and healing. \nThis interactive\, skill-building workshop welcomes participants from all walks of life and lived experiences. Together\, we’ll explore how communication across lines of difference — including race\, gender\, class\, religion\, nationality\, and generation — can become a tool for understanding rather than division. \nThrough guided exercises and small-group dialogue\, participants will: \n\nLearn practical tools for constructive communication and emotional awareness.\nReflect on how identity\, power\, and lived experience shape how we express and interpret emotion.\nExplore what makes certain feelings or expressions “unwelcome” in our communities — and how to respond with empathy and courage.\nReflect on how we label\, process\, and express our feelings and how to respond when others do the same.\nPractice active listening and authentic response in real-world scenarios.\nExperience the power of listening circles and bridge-building dialogue as pathways toward collective understanding.\n\n Led by experienced facilitators\, this session includes: \n\nSkill-building to strengthen individual and collective capacity for inclusive dialogue\n\nSmall-group reflection for shared practice across difference\n\nLarge-group debrief to deepen insight and build community\n\n\nJoin us for this hands-on experience to expand your ability to navigate difficult conversations\, foster understanding\, and create spaces where all voices and feelings belong. \nWith care\, \nCathryn Harris-Marchesi\, Elika Dadsetan-Foley\, Elahe Amani\, and Su Flickinger\nWIN\, VISONS Inc.\, NAFCM\, and MBBI \n  \n🗓️ تاریخ: شنبه، ۱ نوامبر ۲۰۲۵ \n🕤 زمان: ۹:۳۰ صبح به وقت  غرب امریکا/ ۱۲:۳۰ ظهر به وقت شرق آمریکا / ساعت ۸ شب به وقت ایران \n🔗 لینک زوم برای ثبت نام  \n  \nدر شرایط  کنونی‌ که در‌جوامع و دنیای ما قطبی‌ شدن و بی‌ثباتی گفتمان غالب است٫ مهارت و‌توانایی  ما برای بیان اندیشه‌ ها و احساسات به‌ گونه‌ای سازنده، ضرورتی  برای ارتباط موثر ، درک متقابل و التیام جمعی میباشد. \n  \nاین برنامه که در بر گیرنده کارگاه آموزشی و دیالوگ در گروه های کوچک است  برای توانایی و اعتلای مهارت‌ در تعامل و ارتباط ، به همه‌ی افراد با تجربه‌های گوناگون زندگی خوش‌آمد می‌گوید. در کنار هم، خواهیم آموخت که چگونه ارتباط موثر در میان تفاوت‌ها — از جمله تفاوت‌های نژادی، جنسیتی، طبقاتی، مذهبی، ملی و نسلی — می‌تواند ابزاری برای فهم و درک متقابل باشد، نه عامل و مولفه ای  برای تعمیق شکاف ها. \n  \nبعد از کارگاه آموزشی٫  محتوای آموزشی کارگاه در  فضایی امن با تسهیلگران آزموده بصورت  گفت‌وگو در گروه‌های کوچک بکار گرفته میشود، شرکت‌کنندگان: \n\nابزارهای کاربردی برای گفت‌وگوی سازنده و با اگاهی از احساسات خود را می‌آموزند.\nمی‌اندیشند که چگونه هویت، قدرت و تجربه‌های زیسته بر شیوه‌ی بیان و درک احساسات ما تأثیر می‌گذارند.\nبررسی می‌کنند که چرا برخی احساسات یا نحوه بیان‌ها در مواردی از نظر فرهنگی «ناپذیرفتنی» پنداشته می‌شوند — و چگونه می‌توان با همدلی و شجاعت به آن‌ها برخورد کرد.  \nدر مییابیم  که چگونه احساسات خود را که اغلب با کلمات  برچسب می‌زنیم، پردازش و‌بیان کنیم — و چگونه می‌توانیم در برابر بیان احساسات دیگران بدون قضاوت  پذیرا باشیم.\nمهارت «گوش دادن فعال» را بیاموزیم و در  زندگی  واقعی چگونه آنها را به کار گیریم.\nپتانسیل  برنامه های“ حلقه و دایره ای برای گوش دادن “ و گفت‌وگوهای  همدلانه را به‌عنوان راهی برای درک و تعامل جمعی در مییابیم.\n\nاین نشست با هدایت تسهیل ‌گران با‌تجربه شامل است بر: \n\nآموزش مهارت‌هایی برای تقویت ظرفیت فردی و جمعی در گفت‌وگو و  دیالوگی  فراگیر \nگفتگو و دیالوگ‌ در‌گروه های کوچک و روش‌های موثر برای ارتباط در فضا های با تنوع در عرصه های گوناگون جامعه بشری  \nگفت‌وگوی جمعی و پایانی برنامه برای تعمیق بینش٫ به اشتراک گذاشتن مباحث گروه های کوچک و ازموده های آن.  \n\nبه ما بپیوندید در این تجربه‌ی عملی برای گسترش توانایی در انجام و هدایت گفت ‌وگوهای دشوار، درک متقابل، وایجاد فضاهایی که همه‌ ی صداها٫ افکار و احساسات برای اعتلای جامعه بشری در آن جای دارند. \nبا احترام \nکاترین هریس مارچسی، الیکا دادستان فولی، الهه امانی و سو فلیکنگر\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/event/listening-circles-constructive-expression-of-thought-and-feeling/
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SUMMARY:TRUST Network Monthly Stakeholder Meeting (November 2025)
DESCRIPTION:On the second Tuesday of every month\, the TRUST Network convenes. You can register here for the monthly stakeholder meetings.\n \nConnect With Us!\n\nSign up for our newsletter which has updates\, and events\, and frequently lists further ways to be involved. Sign up HERE. \nJoin the TRUST Network. Just by being a conscious\, thoughtful observer of your local conditions\, you make important contributions to the early warning/early action system as a Community Monitor. Then\, together with your local colleagues and with the support of the TRUST Network\, you can take positive action. Learn more HERE. \nLeaders of organizations in positive peace actions\, violence prevention\, deradicalization\, crisis data mapping\, bridgebuilding\, peacebuilding\, social/racial justice\, democracy\, governance\, media\, and messaging — we are here to melt the silos and offer you valuable collaboration. Please let us know if you’re interested in joining the conversation by emailing us at info@thetrustnetwork.net. \nDonate. We believe we can prevent escalation into violent conflict by building a national community cohesion and security infrastructure for the US\, including an early warning/early action system. Help us achieve this by donating HERE.
URL:https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/event/trust-network-monthly-stakeholder-meeting-november-2025/
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SUMMARY:Voices for Change: Negotiations for an Inclusive Political Transition
DESCRIPTION:Register here! اضغط هنا للتسجيل\nJoin us for the final Voices for Change conversation of the year — a powerful discussion on Negotiations for an Inclusive Political Transition.\nTogether with our partners\, we’ll bring leading peacebuilders and advocates to reflect on what inclusive negotiations can teach us about building democratic and lasting peace. \nThis marks the conclusion of this year’s series\, but stay tuned — Voices for Change will return next year with new perspectives and inspiring speakers! \nSpeakers: \n\nSawsan Zakzak – Women’s Rights Advocate and Leader\nMiriam Coronel-Ferrer – Peace Mediator and Scholar\n\n🗓 Date: November 20\, 2025\n🕓 Time: 10:00 a.m. EST | 6:00 p.m. Damascus | 4:00 p.m. CET\n🌐 Online Event: Register here \nالعنوان:  أصوات من أجل التغيير: التفاوض لانتقال سياسي تشميلي \n \nانضموا إلينا في الجلسة الختامية لهذا العام من سلسلة أصوات من أجل التغيير، في حوار مميز حول التفاوض من أجل انتقال سياسي تشميلي. \nفي هذه الجلسة، نستضيف نخبة من القياديات ووسيطات السلام لاستكشاف الدروس التي تقدّمها المفاوضات الشاملة في بناء سلام ديمقراطي ومستدام. \nوتشكّل هذه الجلسة ختام سلسلة أصوات من أجل التغيير لهذا العام، لكن ترقّبوا العام المقبل عودة السلسلة برؤى جديدة وتجارب ملهمة في مجال السلام والديمقراطية. \n  \nضيفات اللقاء: \n\nسوسن زكزك – قيادية نسوية ومدافعة عن حقوق المرأة\nمريم كورونيل-فيرير – وسيطة سلام وأكاديمية\n\n التاريخ: ٢٠ نوفمبر ٢٠٢٥\n الوقت: ١٠ صباحاً بتوقيت نيويورك | ٦ مساءً بتوقيت دمشق | ٤ مساءً بتوقيت وسط أوروبا\n فعالية عبر الإنترنت. سجّل سجّل الآن عبر الرابط التالي \n  \nSpeakers: \nSawsan Zakzak: Women’s Rights Advocate and Leader \nSawsan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Arabic Literature and has been a member of the Syrian Women’s League since 1990. She worked as part of the League’s research team on various issues related to Syria\, including unpaid work of women\, gender-based violence in armed conflict\, and discrimination in personal status laws through a comparative study. She also served as Gender Sector Coordinator in the National Agenda for the Future of Syria. She has been a member of the Women’s Advisory Council since 2016. \nسوسن زكزك – قيادية نسوية ومدافعة عن حقوق المرأة \nتحمل سوسن شهادة البكالوريوس في الأدب العربي، وانضمت إلى رابطة النساء السوريات منذ عام ١٩٩٠. عملت ضمن فريق البحث في الرابطة الذي تناول عدة قضايا تتعلق بسوريا، من بينها العمل غير المدفوع للنساء والعنف القائم على النوع الاجتماعي في النزاع المسلح والتمييز في قوانين الأحوال الشخصية ضمن دراسة مقارنة. كما شغلت منصب منسقة قطاع النوع الاجتماعي في الأجندة الوطنية لمستقبل سوريا. وهي حالياً عضوة في المجلس الاستشاري النسائي منذ عام ٢٠١٦. \nMariam Coronel- Ferrer:  Peace Negotiator and Scholar \nMiriam Coronel-Ferrer is a founding member of the Southeast Asian Women Peace Mediators and former UN Standby Team Mediator\, supporting peace efforts in Afghanistan\, Iraq\, and other countries. She chaired the Philippine government panel that signed the 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro\, becoming the first woman to lead and sign a major peace accord with a non-state armed group. A retired University of the Philippines professor\, she serves on the boards of the International Crisis Group and Interpeace and received the 2015 Hillary Rodham Clinton Award for Advancing Women in Peace and Security. \nمريم كورونيل-فيرير – وسيطة سلام وأكاديمية \nمريم هي عضوة مؤسسة في شبكة النساء وسيطات السلام في جنوب شرق آسيا وعضوة سابقة في فريق الأمم المتحدة الاحتياطي للوساطة. ترأست وفد الحكومة الفلبينية الذي وقّع عام ٢٠١٤ الاتفاق الشامل بشأن بانجسامورو، لتصبح أول امرأة تقود وتوقّع اتفاق سلام رئيسي مع جماعة مسلحة غير حكومية. وهي حالياً عضوة في مجلسي إدارة منظمة الأزمات الدولية ومنظمة إنتربيس، وحائزة على جائزة هيلاري كلينتون لعام ٢٠١٥ لتعزيز دور النساء في السلام والأمن.
URL:https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/event/voices-for-change-negotiations-for-an-inclusive-political-transition/
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SUMMARY:TRUST Network Monthly Stakeholder Meeting (December 2025)
DESCRIPTION:On the second Tuesday of every month\, the TRUST Network convenes. You can register here for the monthly stakeholder meetings.\n \nConnect With Us!\n\nSign up for our newsletter which has updates\, and events\, and frequently lists further ways to be involved. Sign up HERE. \nJoin the TRUST Network. Just by being a conscious\, thoughtful observer of your local conditions\, you make important contributions to the early warning/early action system as a Community Monitor. Then\, together with your local colleagues and with the support of the TRUST Network\, you can take positive action. Learn more HERE. \nLeaders of organizations in positive peace actions\, violence prevention\, deradicalization\, crisis data mapping\, bridgebuilding\, peacebuilding\, social/racial justice\, democracy\, governance\, media\, and messaging — we are here to melt the silos and offer you valuable collaboration. Please let us know if you’re interested in joining the conversation by emailing us at info@thetrustnetwork.net. \nDonate. We believe we can prevent escalation into violent conflict by building a national community cohesion and security infrastructure for the US\, including an early warning/early action system. Help us achieve this by donating HERE.
URL:https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/event/trust-network-monthly-stakeholder-meeting-december-2025/
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SUMMARY:Growing a Generation of Peacebuilders - Peer Mediation in Practice
DESCRIPTION:Engage in this exciting webinar\, Growing a Generation of Peacebuilders – Peer Mediation in Practice. This 90-minute event will be on January 16th\, 2026\, at 12:00 pm ET | 5pm UK Time and led by Howard Le Cornu and Richard Stevens. Please use the Time Zone Converter to determine when this engaging conversation will be in your time zone. This PeaceConnect session is $10 for non-MBBI members\, $5 for MBBI Members. \nRegister here!\nDescription and Bios: Richard Stevens and Howard Le Cornu\, founders of The Resolution Centre\, will reflect on five years of peace-building efforts among Jersey’s young people. They will share the insights\, successes\, and lasting impact of implementing their CMC-approved Peer Mediation Programme across 17 schools\, training 1\,700 students (and counting) to engage positively with conflict. In addition to their firsthand experience\, they will present the latest research from the Civil Mediation Council UK (CMC UK) and insights from a secondary school Head Teacher.\nHoward Le Cornu and Richard Stevens are the founders of The Resolution Centre\, a mediation and leadership practice based in Jersey\, Channel Islands UK. Both have long experience in naval command and leadership\, and bring that calm\, disciplined steadiness into their work with people and systems. They specialise in complex\, multi-party and cross-sector mediation\, working in education\, hospitals and healthcare\, financial services\, maritime\, government and family businesses.  \nTheir Academy supports a simple but demanding belief\, that resolution is the defining quality of leadership. The academy develops leadership maturity from the classroom to the boardroom. It integrates mediation\, coaching and restorative practice into a practical architecture built on autonomy\, belonging\, contribution and coherence. \nThe purpose is to help people feel better\, think better\, act better and ultimately be better. Leaders learn to walk towards challenge with confidence\, build trust and create conditions that show a visible presence in daily behaviour\, with those they lead. \nTheir work ranges from discovery sessions and structured dialogue to full organisational repair and high performance. They help teams recover clarity\, confidence and cohesion when relationships and performance have slipped\, and support leaders and staff to bring their working culture back into harmony in a way that lasts. \nIn just shy of five years\, Richard and Howard have built Jersey’s Peer Mediation programme\, a ‘life-changing’ investment in the emotional education of young people\, building peace\, mediation skills and conflict resolution from the age of 11. Deliberately priced to be accessable to the Island’s relatively large network of free primary schools without compromising on the quality of teaching\, the CMC approved programme has now been adopted in 17 schools and trained 1700 students.
URL:https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/event/growing-a-generation-of-peacebuilders-peer-mediation-in-practice/
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SUMMARY:Advancing Peace Education: A Child-Centered Framework for Practicing Peace
DESCRIPTION:Engage in this exciting webinar\, Advancing Peace Education: A Child-Centered Framework for Practicing Peace. This 90-minute event will be on May 8th\, 2026\, at 1pm ET | 8pm Kenya Time and led by Sahlim Charles. Please use the Time Zone Converter to determine when this engaging conversation will be in your time zone. This PeaceConnect session is $10 for non-MBBI members\, $5 for MBBI Members. \nRegister here!\nBio of the Speaker: Sahlim Charles Amambia is a Kenyan peacebuilding practitioner advancing non-violent leadership through community-driven dialogue\, faith engagement\, and child-centered peace education. He is the Founder and Executive Director of Re-Imagining New Communities\, a grassroot led peacebuilding organization advancing child-centered peace education\, interfaith collaboration\, and participatory dialogue across Kenya and beyond. He currently serves as a Council Member of the International Peace Bureau (IPB)\, contributing to international efforts that promote disarmament\, conflict prevention\, and cooperative security. 
URL:https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/event/advancing-peace-education-a-child-centered-framework-for-practicing-peace/
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UID:18533-1780671600-1780677000@mediatorsbeyondborders.org
SUMMARY:Balancing Support and Accountability with Youth Through Restorative Justice
DESCRIPTION:Engage in this exciting webinar\, Balancing Support and Accountability with Youth Through Restorative Justice. This 90-minute event will be on June 5th\, 2026\, at 12pm PT (USA) | 3pm ET (USA) and led by Heather Edge and Darren Reiley. Please use the Time Zone Converter to determine when this engaging conversation will be in your time zone. This PeaceConnect session is $10 for non-MBBI members\, $5 for MBBI Members. \nRegister here!\nBios of the Speaker:\n\n \nHeather Edge is the Education and Training Coordinator for the Youth Restorative Justice Program.  She holds a Bachelor’s in Political Science and a Master’s in Conflict and Dispute Resolution from the University of Oregon.  She is currently working in Douglas and Coos Counties to establish youth restorative justice programs in schools and youth justice departments.  When not working\, she enjoys spending time on her farm with the horses\, goats\, chickens and dogs and doing a little gardening. \n \nDarren Reiley (he/him) holds Masters degrees in English Literature and Folklore and has spent the past 25 years working in and adjacent to Education\, having taught at the University\, middle school\, high school\, and elementary levels\, especially in the area of peace and conflict education.  From this experience\, and moved by the teachings of his Elders\, he helped to develop the current Youth Restorative Justice program at CDR\, including both Restorative Diversion with the Juvenile Courts and Restorative Practice implementation models in Schools. He served as the Youth RJ Manager for the last seven years before stepping into his current role as Executive Director.  He spends as much of his other time as possible with his daughters and his wife\, in the woods\, teaching/ learning Aikido at the Y\, writing and dreaming ahead. 
URL:https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/event/balancing-support-and-accountability-with-youth-through-restorative-justice/
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