Our recent American Women’s Peace and Education Delegation to Afghanistan had its ups and downs. As a diverse group of US women active in Afghanistan for decades, we had hoped to visit Kabul to bring attention to the opening of the school term for both boys and girls of all … [Read more...] about Reflections on the March 2022 visit of the American Women’s Peace and Education Delegation to Afghanistan, by ICNY Executive Director Rev. Dr. Chloe Breyer
Peacebuilding
The Importance of Grassroots Peacebuilding: Civic & Religious Leaders of Marginalized NYC Communities Encouraged to Join ICNY’s Interfaith Civic Leadership Academy
By Naheed Samadi Bahram* and Said Sabir Ibrahimi** Peacebuilding experts say that societies usually achieve two kinds of peace—negative and positive peace. Negative peace is the absence of physical violence. Positive peace is the absence of both physical and … [Read more...] about The Importance of Grassroots Peacebuilding: Civic & Religious Leaders of Marginalized NYC Communities Encouraged to Join ICNY’s Interfaith Civic Leadership Academy
Ana Patel, E.D. of Outward Bound Peacebuilding, on “Listening as Peacebuilding”
“Listening as Peacebuilding” Active Listening as a Way to Respond to Another Person and Improve Mutual Understanding by Ana Patel, Executive Director of Outward Bound Peacebuilding Last year, while facilitating an experiential peacebuilding workshop, I … [Read more...] about Ana Patel, E.D. of Outward Bound Peacebuilding, on “Listening as Peacebuilding”
