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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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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World Refugee Day: Hawar’s Journey
Imagine having to run away and leave everything you’ve ever known, risking it all for a chance at a new life. This is the reality for countless migrants and refugees fleeing violence. This World Refugee Day, we honor their bravery and resilience by highlighting their stories. Hawar, Search’s Iraq Jobs…
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A call to prioritize Peace and Human Security ahead of EU elections
With one week remaining until the European elections, Search for Common Ground is urging citizens and politicians to choose for solidarity and a society that prioritizes peace in an interconnected world. “EU citizens identify peace and security as the most pressing challenge facing partner countries, something our politicians should take…
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Voices of Peace: Becoming a Mother in the Middle of a War
This email series highlights voices of peace from around the world, to help you find yours. This month’s Voice of Peace is Nagat Suliman Ahmed, Search’s Grants and Reporting Officer for Central and East Africa. Gunfire rang out as I gave birth to my son in a makeshift delivery ward.…
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Jusoor (‘Bridges’): Building Bridges between Local Authorities with Youth and Communities
Funded by: Federal Foreign Office of Germany and implemented in partnership with Al-Thoria Center for Studies, Consultancies, and Training. Term: December 2021 – December 2024 (Phase II). Objective: Search for Common Ground (Search) is implementing a 36-month initiative with the overall goal of strengthening youth-centered participatory approaches to local governance…
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The Team – Hara United
Funded by: United States Embassy (Amman), Public Affairs Office. Term: October 2021 – June 2023. Objective: The Team is a multi-episode TV series, which Search has produced in 20 countries across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Search-Jordan leveraged the famous TV series to produce a web series called Hara…
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