Voices of Peace

This email series highlights voices of peace from around the world, to help you find yours.

October 2025: Valuing People Over Politics

This month’s Voice of Peace is Dan McMaster, a Search for Common Ground donor. For the last four years, he has participated in one of Search’s virtual Common Ground Gatherings, which bring together diverse groups for discussion and trust-building.

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September 2025: The Possibility of Conflict

This month’s Voice of Peace is Louis L. Reed. He serves as the national senior advisor for Common Ground USA, which oversees all of Search’s US-based peacebuilding.

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August 2025: Why I chose peace over revenge (and why I keep choosing it)

This month’s Voice of Peace is Saji Prelis, Search’s director of children and youth programs.

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July 2025: Amidst sirens in Jerusalem, I still hear hope

This month’s Voice of Peace is Sharon Rosen, Search’s former director of religious engagement. Sharon retired earlier this year.

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June 2025: Parenting as Peacebuilding

This month’s Voice of Peace is Mallory Wyckoff, Search’s Associate Director of Philanthropy Communications. She writes as a parent to all peacebuilders amidst another week of violence.

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May 2025: Why I returned to Sudan, and why I stay.

This month’s Voice of Peace is Khawater Makki Mustafa, Search’s Country Director for Sudan.

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April 2025: What we’re telling Congress about peacebuilding

This month’s Voice of Peace is Mike Jobbins, Search’s Vice President of Global Affairs and Partnerships.

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March 2025: Supporting Frontline Peacebuilders

This month’s Voice of Peace is Anaïs Caput, Search’s strategy and design senior specialist.

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December 2024: A Post-Election Message

This month’s Voice of Peace is Search’s CEO, Shamil Idriss.

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October 2024: A Letter from Our Palestinian & Israeli Directors on October 7, 2024

This month’s Voice of Peace features Maya Savir and Huda Abuarqoub, Search’s Israel and Palestine country directors. Together, they speak about what true “victory” in the Middle East looks like.

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September 2024: A Donor’s Perspective on Becoming a Peacebuilder

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 since 2007.

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August 2024: Empowering Americans to Overcome Polarization

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.

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July 2024: The Truth About Violence

This month’s Voice of Peace is Zuhra Bahman, Search’s Afghanistan Country Director.

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June 2024: Insights from Women Peacebuilders

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.

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May 2024: Becoming a Mother in the Middle of a War

This month’s Voice of Peace is Nagat Suliman Ahmed, Search’s Grants and Reporting Officer for Central and East Africa.

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April 2024: How We Say “Yes” to Creative Peacebuilding

This month’s Voice of Peace is Search’s CEO, Shamil Idriss, on the value of saying yes to investing in those who need it most.

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March 2024: What I Thought about While Hiding in a Bomb Shelter

This month’s Voice of Peace is Dalia Goodhardt, an Orthodox Jewish Israeli who serves as program manager in Search’s Jerusalem office.

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February 2024: Taking a Stand Without Taking a Side

This month’s Voice of Peace is Search’s CEO, Shamil Idriss.

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