This summer, the inaugural cohort of USIP’s John Lewis Peace Fellows visited sites related to the civil rights movement in Georgia and Alabama — such as the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma — and met with people who knew Congressman Lewis to learn more about his lifelong commitment to peace and nonviolent action. The fellows discuss how this experience has helped them become better peacebuilders and how they plan to bring the legacy of John Lewis back to their own countries and communities.
An Islamic State affiliate’s recent terror attacks in Russia, Iran and Afghanistan rang alarm bells in Central Asian capitals. Almost all the perpetrators of ISIS-Khorasan’s (ISIS-K) attacks were citizens of Central Asia, rekindling considerable concern over the threat of homegrown violent extremism in the region.
El Marco de Construcción de Paz Centrado en la Juventud es una guía funcional que propone un enfoque factible para centrar a la juventud en intervenciones de construcción de paz. La guía pone en práctica el concepto de la participación de jóvenes, partiendo de principios básicos y pasando a guías prácticas y medidas de acción específicas para lograr una participación juvenil significativa en diferentes etapas de un proyecto de construcción de paz.
The U.S. Institute of Peace’s (USIP) Peace Teachers Program is rooted in the conviction that educators can be pivotal in bringing themes of global conflict and peace into their classrooms, schools, and communities.
A world reeling from the brutal horrors of our current wars will next week mark (or perhaps overlook) the 10th anniversary of the death of a peacemaking icon: South Africa’s liberation leader and former president, Nelson Mandela. Amid continued or escalated wars — Israel-Gaza, Ukraine-Russia, Sudan, Yemen, Afghanistan and others — USIP this month hosted Georgia’s senator, the Reverend Raphael Warnock, in a discussion of Mandela’s legacy and immediate relevance. Another Georgian, Decatur High School history teacher Kristen Embry, introduced Warnock. She spoke about Mandela and her own mission of teaching history and peacebuilding to American students in the 2020s.