This training session is designed to answer the question "What exactly is conflict early warning and early response?" The program goes through basic concepts, raises important questions, and addresses ethical challenges. This first session provides an overall introduction and will help you identify what role you can play in this initiative. Part II, Advanced Concept Training, will provide more of the…
This training session is designed to answer the question "What exactly is conflict early warning and early response?" The program goes through basic concepts, raises important questions, and addresses ethical challenges. This first session provides an overall introduction and will help you identify what role you can play in this initiative. Part II, Advanced Concept Training, will provide more of the…
Over these two training sessions, Over Zero will present their most recent toolkit, "Building a Resiliency Network: a toolkit for building community resilience during a contentious election cycle,". The toolkit can serve as a shared framework, with step by step guidance, for local Conveners of the Trust Network as they work to build resilience communities during…
The UNMWG is hosting a new member Meet and Greet on the last Tuesday of each month. Our event this month will be on Tuesday, Oct 27th at 7 pm EST until 8 pm by Zoom. Bring your favorite beverage and be prepared to learn more about each other and the UNMWG!
Join our conversation on Transboundary Climate Risk and Adaptation led by Katy Harris of the Stockholm Environment Institute on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, at 12:00 PM EDT (-4 UTC). In this discussion, Katy will focus on Adaptation Without Borders, a new global partnership working to strengthen systemic resilience to the cross-border impacts of climate change and catalyze new forms of cooperation on adaptation. …
This session addresses the specific structure and function of the Trust Network and its Early Warning Early Response system tailored to the USA. Conflict Warning/Response systems cannot be structured by a recipe that works for every culture. How will our particular system work, and what do you need to know to take part in it?…
MBBI's United Nations Multilateral Working Group (UNMWG) was created in response to the United Nations’ (UN) call on civil society to help build its mediation capacity. UNMWG fosters partnerships to support the international community’s mediation and conflict prevention capacity-building efforts, advocates for the use and value of mediation in the UN system, and engages MBBI membership in collaborating with and supporting the…
This is the fourth Demo Sapiens webinar series that is co-sponsored by Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) and the Millennium Alliance of Humanity and the Biosphere (Stanford University). It is led by Ashok Panikkar of MetaCulture. It is a 12-part Conflict, Culture & Democracy Course. It will be held weekly on Thursdays at 10 AM ET…
This session addresses the specific structure and function of the Trust Network and its Early Warning Early Response system tailored to the USA. Conflict Warning/Response systems cannot be structured by a recipe that works for every culture. How will our particular system work, and what do you need to know to take part in it?…
Join Larell Smith-Bacon with Restorative Response Baltimore as she shares best practices, lessons learned and case studies from her work with youth in schools and communities. She will share about best practices, lessons learned, and some case studies/examples of their work with youth in schools, as well as in the community. As Executive Director, Larell is the…
The Mediators Beyond Borders International—Canada Regional Group (MBB Canada) was founded in 2015 with the goal of connecting conflict resolution practitioners from across the country. In addition to bringing the mission and vision of MBBI into our meetings and initiatives, we: Share an interest in networking and partnerships Continued learning and collaboration Supporting Canada's Indigenous population For more…
Join our conversation on Mediating the Evolution of Climate Justice led by Kathy Porter and David B. Savage on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, at 12:00 PM ET (-5 UTC after Daylight Savings Time). In this webinar, Kathy and David will focus on three main questions: What is Climate Justice? What is Evolving? And what is our role as mediators? Join us…
This is the fourth Demo Sapiens webinar series that is co-sponsored by Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) and the Millennium Alliance of Humanity and the Biosphere (Stanford University). It is led by Ashok Panikkar of MetaCulture. It is a 12-part Conflict, Culture & Democracy Course. It will be held weekly on Thursdays at 10 AM ET…
The Coordinating Ministry of Political, Legal and Security Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (CMPLSA) and The Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN) Indonesia are pleased to organize the 3rd Sub-Regional CSO Forum with the theme *“After the Fall of ISIS: Sub Regional Approach on the Returning of Women and Children and New Conversation”*. The Forum…
In this interactive session, Bradley Roth, Chair of MBBI-NY and teacher of “Mediation & Meditation,” and Renata Keller, dialogue facilitator and film director, will explore with participants the relationship between inner stillness and peacebuilding. The session will discuss Renata’s new film, “In the Fire of Dancing Stillness – Reflections with Vimala Thakar,” which is an…
The MBBI- Rotary Working Group was established, at the Rotary Convention in Hamburg 2019, to connect like-minded PeaceBuilders, strengthen the MBBI Rotary Partnership and learn more about global peace programs for potential involvement to grow our collective efforts. Our online monthly meetings are the first Tuesday of the month at 8 am Pacific Time…
This is the fourth Demo Sapiens webinar series that is co-sponsored by Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) and the Millennium Alliance of Humanity and the Biosphere (Stanford University). It is led by Ashok Panikkar of MetaCulture. It is a 12-part Conflict, Culture & Democracy Course. It will be held weekly on Thursdays at 10 AM ET…
This is the fifth DemoSapiens webinar series that is co-sponsored by Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) and the Millennium Alliance of Humanity and the Biosphere (Stanford University). It is led by Ashok Panikkar of MetaCulture. It is a 12-part Conflict, Culture & Democracy Course. It will be held weekly on Wednesday at 10 AM ET (-4…
Since 2009, the Climate Change Policy Project (CCPP) has been an Observer Project of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and an Official Observer Organization for Talks and Conference of the Parties (COP). For more information on this project, please see here. If you are interested in engaging with this team, join as a…
It’s been a difficult year that brought challenges we haven’t seen in a century and most recently intensified again with the presidential vote in a polarizing U.S. election. At this point, the ballots have been cast and the decisions have been made. However, the bitter pain of conflict remains and the underlying issues have not…
This is the fourth Demo Sapiens webinar series that is co-sponsored by Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) and the Millennium Alliance of Humanity and the Biosphere (Stanford University). It is led by Ashok Panikkar of MetaCulture. It is a 12-part Conflict, Culture & Democracy Course. It will be held weekly on Thursdays at 10 AM ET…
The UNMWG is hosting a new member Meet and Greet on the last Tuesday of each month. Our event this month will be on Tuesday, Nov 24th at 7 pm EST until 8 pm by Zoom. Bring your favorite beverage and be prepared to learn more about each other and the UNMWG!
MBBI's United Nations Multilateral Working Group (UNMWG) was created in response to the United Nations’ (UN) call on civil society to help build its mediation capacity. UNMWG fosters partnerships to support the international community’s mediation and conflict prevention capacity-building efforts, advocates for the use and value of mediation in the UN system, and engages MBBI membership in collaborating with and supporting the…
This is the fourth Demo Sapiens webinar series that is co-sponsored by Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) and the Millennium Alliance of Humanity and the Biosphere (Stanford University). It is led by Ashok Panikkar of MetaCulture. It is a 12-part Conflict, Culture & Democracy Course. It will be held weekly on Thursdays at 10 AM ET…
Join the Quito 2021 Congress Planning call. The event itself will be November 3-5, 2021, and we meet every fourth Thursday 4-5 pm to prepare. Please email 2021congress@mediatorsbeyondborders.org to receive the Zoom link and access to the Slack workspace.
The MBBI- Rotary Working Group was established, at the Rotary Convention in Hamburg 2019, to connect like-minded PeaceBuilders, strengthen the MBBI Rotary Partnership and learn more about global peace programs for potential involvement to grow our collective efforts. Our online monthly meetings are the first Tuesday of the month at 8 am Pacific Time…
The TRUST Network is a non-partisan group of national and international experts in early warning early response mechanisms (including expertise in information and communication technologies - ICTs), and local, regional and national networks of conflict transformation, mediation, cohesion building, restorative practice and violence mitigation organizations. Members of the team have decades of combined experience in…
This is the fourth Demo Sapiens webinar series that is co-sponsored by Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) and the Millennium Alliance of Humanity and the Biosphere (Stanford University). It is led by Ashok Panikkar of MetaCulture. It is a 12-part Conflict, Culture & Democracy Course. It will be held weekly on Thursdays at 10 AM ET…
Taxonomy of Responses to Early Warnings for Violence, Part 1: Integrating Global Strategics for Violence Prevention and Peacebuilding in the USA with Dr. Joseph Bock, Dir., School of Conflict, Management, Peacebuilding and Development, Kennesaw State University, and Prabha Sankaranarayan, CEO of Mediators Beyond Borders International Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAodOirpzIjGdeCW2bZNWxhiPbcLh7JJir7 After registering, you will receive a…