SHIFT – Strengthening Interfaith Forums and Youth Engagement in Indonesia to Promote Tolerance
In November 2023, Search launched SHIFT, a 14-month initiative supported by USAID under the Asia REF project, that aims to empower youth and religious actors to respond to issues of freedom of religion in Indonesia. Context Although Indonesia’s constitution guarantees religious freedom, followers of religions outside of the six ‘official’…
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CREDIBLE – Supporting Youth and Credible Actors’ Initiative to Promote Religious and Ethnic Freedom
Search for Common Ground implemented the CREDIBLE project, supported by Asia REF, from January 2023 to May 2024 in collaboration with local partners Campaign, Indika Foundation, SEJUK (Journalist Association for Cultural Diversity), and Solopos Institute. The project focused on empowering traditional media editors and young social media influencers to effectively…
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CODED – Community-Grounded Programs to Disengage Violent Extremism Offenders
Search initiated the CODED project in December 2023, an eight-month initiative supported by USAID Harmoni, that aims to improve community-grounded programs to disengage violent extremism offenders through a standardized disengagement process in East Java, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable regions to VE in Indonesia. Context Addressing radicalization…
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Voices of Peace: A Donor’s Perspective on Being a Peacebuilder
This email series highlights voices of peace from around the world, to help you find yours. This month’s Voice of Peace is Jillia Wharton, a Search for Common Ground donor. She is a transformational leadership and team development coach. Based in San Francisco, CA, she has been a Search donor…
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A Donor’s Perspective on Being a Peacebuilder
This blog was written by Jillia Wharton, a Search for Common Ground donor. She is a transformational leadership and team development coach. Based in San Francisco, CA, she has been a Search donor since 2007. In 2008, I traveled to Nepal with Search for Common Ground. I had just recently…
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Opportunities for Peace and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka
Fifteen years since the end of the civil war, Sri Lanka is still recovering from collective trauma, mistrust, and violence. The majority-minority divide affects how each group looks back on the war, how they see each other, and what they expect from their government. New and emerging intercommunal tensions erode…
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Voices of Peace: Empowering Americans to Overcome Polarization
This email series highlights voices of peace from around the world, to help you find yours. This month’s Voice of Peace is Will Fuller, who leads Common Ground USA’s Resilient States Project in Pennsylvania. Common Ground USA conducts all of Search’s US-based programming. Two veterans sit across from one another…
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Voices of Peace: The Truth About Violence
This email series highlights voices of peace from around the world, to help you find yours. This month’s Voice of Peace is Zuhra Bahman, Search’s Afghanistan Country Director. A few weeks ago, I struck up a conversation with my taxi driver. The taxi stand is located next to a funeral…
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Searching for Safer, Healthier Digital Spaces
This report builds on the findings of the study Community Stewards and Social Cohesion in Digital Spaces which highlights the crucial role of community stewards in fostering healthy online environments. These stewards, often volunteers, manage and moderate online groups, playing a pivotal role in promoting social cohesion and addressing issues…
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Voices of Peace: Insights from Women Peacebuilders
This email series highlights voices of peace from around the world, to help you find yours. This month’s Voice of Peace features highlights from Search’s recent virtual event, “The Power of Women in Peacebuilding.” Below are a few powerful quotes that stuck with us. “Two main factors contribute to the…
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