What Peace Looks Like When People Are Already Building It
A child practices breathing before running to a bomb shelter. Children save part of their school meal to take home. Indigenous leaders ask the world to listen. These are some of the stories shared by people working in communities across the world during this year’s International Day of Peace.
What Does It Mean to Practice Peace Now?
Through the experiences of people working in communities, systems, and conflict, a fuller picture of peace emerges—grounded in how people live and care for one another.
Meeting The Moment Reflection
Reflections from a shared exploration of how we find orientation, stay present to what is unfolding, and recognize our place within change.
Ben Bowler and the Hard Work of Staying Together
Ben Bowler has spent years bringing people and organizations together around unity and peace. Along the way, he has learned that the real test of unity is not whether we agree, but whether we can remain connected when we don’t.
The Peace Networks Hidden Inside War
Across Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine, and Iran, people are building networks of care, trust, and cooperation that cross conflict lines and offer a quieter story of what is possible in the midst of war.
Rev. Deborah Moldow and the Dream of a Culture of Peace
From child actress to interfaith minister and longtime peacebuilder, Rev. Deborah Moldow has spent decades exploring how inner transformation becomes a culture of peace—and what it means to listen for what is ours to do.
Peace Begins at the Center
World peace can feel impossibly large. Markabadi brings the question closer to home, exploring inner peace as a practice of stillness, choice, and response—and considering how what we cultivate within ourselves can ripple outward into our relationships, communities, and world.