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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T130000
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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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SUMMARY:Peace Paths Between India and Pakistan
DESCRIPTION:Join MBBI’s CEO\, Prabha Sankaranarayan\, along with other experts on this regional conflict for this powerful panel.  In a cataclysmic moment in history\, two nuclear powers had a direct kinetic war in 2025. The time now\, filled as it is with new possibilities\, is right for transformative and sustainable solutions to the conflict between the people of two countries with much in common. \nMay 11th at 1pm ET. Both in person and online:\nIn person at the University of Delaware\, Trabant Center Theater\nOnline at this link: Register Here
URL:https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/event/peace-paths-between-india-and-pakistan/
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SUMMARY:Voices for Change: Peace is Good Business
DESCRIPTION:Register here! \nIn this critical period of transition for Syria\, we remain committed to the belief that sustainable peace depends on centering the voices of those living and working closest to the conflict itself. \nReal and lasting change requires collaboration across public\, private and civil society sectors\, and a recognition that economic systems\, business leadership\, and community wellbeing are deeply interconnected. \nIn its second chapter\, Voices for Change turns its attention to a vital and often overlooked question: What role can the business sector play in building sustainable peace and inclusive transition? \nThe series of this chapter will explore the importance of the “third leg of the stool” — the private and corporate sector — alongside government and civil society\, and the interdependence between all three. Together\, these sectors have the power to shape more resilient economies\, stronger communities\, and lasting peace. \nDuring this event\, conversations will examine: \n\nThe leadership skills peacebuilders bring to business\nWhy peace and economic prosperity depend on one another\nWhat businesses can learn from peacebuilders’ networks and experience\nEmbedding inclusion\, dignity\, and coexistence into business culture\nHow companies can invest in jobs\, youth skills\, and community resilience\nExamples of businesses actively contributing to peacebuilding efforts\n\nThis conversation will challenge assumptions\, build new partnerships\, and explore how economic actors can become meaningful contributors to peace rather than passive observers of conflict. \nOur Keynote Speakers:\nDr. Scilla Elworthy: Peacebuilder and Author\nScilla Elworthy is an internationally recognized peacebuilder\, author\, and founder of several pioneering initiatives dedicated to conflict transformation and sustainable peace. Triple nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the Oxford Research Group\, which she founded in 1982\, she has spent decades advancing dialogue\, nonviolence\, and practical approaches to building peace worldwide. \nIn 2003\, she founded Peace Direct\, an organization that supports and learns from local peacebuilders working in conflict-affected communities across the globe. She later founded The Business Plan for Peace\, an initiative helping leaders and institutions prevent destructive conflict and build sustainable peace through practical action and collaboration. \nA trusted adviser in the creation of The Elders alongside leaders including Desmond Tutu\, Richard Branson\, and Peter Gabriel\, Elworthy has helped shape global conversations on leadership\, peacebuilding\, and social transformation. Her acclaimed book\, The Business Plan for Peace\, explores how business leaders can play a direct role in preventing violent conflict and building more peaceful societies. Her work has earned international recognition\, including the Niwano Peace Prize\, the Luxembourg Peace Prize\, and the GOI Peace Award. \nThanaa Al Basha: Engineer and Business Executive \nThanaa Al Basha is a seasoned executive and Mechanical Engineer with over 30 years of leadership experience in the energy and construction sectors. Currently\, she serves as the General Manager of SAND Holding and Hilti Syria\, where she oversees diverse business operations\, strategic partnerships\, and the rehabilitation of war-damaged oil and gas facilities. \nThroughout her career\, Thanaa has held various roles in cost control and audit committees for global energy giants that invest in the energy sector in Syria\, including Shell\, Total\, INA-Naftaplin\, and MOL. Her expertise spans the entire project lifecycle—from managing complex EPC tenders and multidisciplinary teams to implementing cost-optimization strategies and ensuring rigorous regulatory compliance with the strictest global standards of quality and occupational health and safety. A Damascus University graduate\, she has represented the Syrian Ministry of Oil at international forums like the 1st Wold Petroleum Council Youth Forum. Thanaa is recognized for her ability to address and navigate complex technical challenges within the oil and gas sector with high efficiency. She is recognized for her ability to drive sustainable growth and forge effective partnerships that blend technical expertise with a strategic\, cross-border vision.”
URL:https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/event/voices-for-change-peace-is-good-business/
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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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