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For the occasion of International Day of Human Rights 2022, Faces of Change foundation and ImpactLeaders international organized an event in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The keynote speaker was Jessica Lockhart, CEO and Founder of the International Institute of Humanology . The title of her presentation was ‘I have a dream too’.  Jessica Lockhart took us on a journey to understand her dream of a fair and peaceful world. She is convinced her dream can be realised, because; peace starts with us, so we can do it. But how can we become peacebuilders? The 'narrative of war' is so mainstream, and we have learned to believe it is justifiable to use violence to resolve a conflict. It all starts with our beliefs. Our beliefs, which we learned through our education and upbringing, somehow teach us that when there is a conflict, the best solution supposedly is to intervene through aggression and retaliation. We can see how well that has worked in the past centuries. If we realise that it al...

  Everywhere in the world, power hungry people are exploiting differences between people for their own gain. Also, on (social) media it pays off to polarise, leading to growing inequality, institutional discrimination, enhanced racism, even war. How should we Impactleaders and Peacebuilders anticipate and deal with the growing Polarisation? That is what we’ll discuss after some brilliant examples from our international network. Join our event on 21 September 13:00-14:30 CET (Amsterdam time) PROGRAM 13:00 Opening by dr. Saskia Harkema (International Lead ILi ), Master-trainer, lecturer, author Building Peace in a Polarising World - keynote by Catharina van Staaveren (Institute of International Peace Leaders) Poetry & Peace - Reflection by Harf Kujjah (Inter-cultural Lead ILi ) Consultant, author, trainer Examples from our international network: Working with Youth for Peace – Cynthia Palomino Buleje (Peru) How Women’s Garden project contributes to Peace – Adam Elhaj (Ugan...

  Our next ONLINE-TTT 'Educating Impact leaders and Peacebuilders' starts on 19 OCT 2021. Are you the one that is going to train the next generation of Impact leaders and Peacebuilders in your community? Training the people that will take on the challenges your community is faced with? Join us in the quest to deliver Peace & Prosperity for all: Social Impact for Sustainable Life. We offer this for whatever you or your organisation is able to pay (minimum € 20,00 for the training manual). We open this opportunity to a selection of 15 ambitious trainers from all over the world. >> APPLY BEFORE 17/10