Every community has a history and many stories about how that history is understood. Most, if not all, social divisions and conflicts have roots in these histories and stories, so here are some questions to help get into your community's history:

Before we can do any kind of meaningful community peacebuilding, we have to know who our neighbors actually are, so take a few minutes and do some internet searching to find out the demographics of your area and what kind of people live near you. You may be surprised by what you learn!

For the end of the year we’re sharing 10 small, easy things you can do to start to understand yourself, your context, your community, and the conflicts in your setting. Our 2nd step is to LEAN INTO THOSE WHO’VE GOT YOUR BACK. Peacebuilding is all about relationships, so an important practice is to recognize and celebrate those who care for us, encourage us, and challenge us.

As the saying goes, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Understanding is the first step in any peacebuilder’s journey, so for the end of the year we’re sharing 10 small, easy things you can do to start to understand yourself, your context, your community, and the conflicts in your setting.

As peacebuilders, we can often feel like we’re all alone. Christians discovering God’s shalom-building mission can especially feel very isolated as they begin to catch glimpses of a re-imagined faith. But we are NOT alone. There are more of us than you know.

Every September, tens of thousands of people in and around Louisville unite in a community-wide day of philanthropy to show their support for local charities working for positive change and the common good, and this year we get to be one of those local organizations. Save the date for Give For Good Louisville on September 15th!

Join us for this special and timely conversation with our Rick Love Peacemaker Award winners, Professor Miroslav Volf and Muslim faith leader and peacemaker Hurunnessa Fariad. Hosted by our President, Martin Brooks, this conversation will delve into the "why" and the "how" of embracing 'the other.' The discussion will be based around Dr. Volf’s book, Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation.

Uyghur, Kazakh, Tibetan, and other minority families are being traumatized through the assimilationist policies of the Chinese government. These policies include children being forcibly separated from their parents and put in boarding school where they are systematically stripped of their language, culture, and religion.

Pope Francis is currently in Canada and has delivered a historic apology for the suffering and abuse in the Catholic boarding schools for Canada's indigenous peoples. This apology comes on the heels of the Pope's apology from the Vatican in April of this year. Schools of this type are not just things of the past, though. Similar boarding schools are currently in operation in China for Uyghur and Tibetan peoples. Watch the video from this joint event with Peace Catalyst as well as representatives from several Uyghur and Tibetan human rights advocacy organizations to learn more about what's happening.