On 30th August our group had another skype meeting.
We discussed some ideas regarding our future work, using this MindMap as a basis for our debate.
Two aspects are like a red thread through the world of ideas shown there:
- The process of peacebuilding is on one hand side a personal one: To create a more peaceful world the first step is to develop inner peace, harmony and a sense for unity within oneself.
- Even more complex than the first is the creation, achievement and the maintenance of peace and unity in groups: within a partnership, the family, the community, the company, a city, a state and certainly the world.
Therefore different individual strategies needs to be developed for each particular case to resolve conflicts to the satisfaction of the individual as well as the different parties.
The MindMap shows a proposal for some possible areas and fields of reasearch and action for the future work of our group. It should be seen as a vivid vision, which will develop by discussing, adding new ideas, adapting the current ones - due to the needs and consensus in our group.
Please feel invited to grow this vision and to shape it by contributing with YOUR ideas!
We also thought about contributing to the 21th September: This day is the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE, a day declared by the United Nations.
Closely related to this is a project called "Peace One Day", founded by Jeremy Gilley. They call for action to raise awarenes on this issue and we think about how to support this.
Find more inspirations with focus on this #peaceday on the twitterwall here in the sidebar, where people share their ideas and insights on this.
Our next virtual meeting will be on 21st September, more information coming soon.
If you want to participate, just let us know.
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