The icebreaker and #ShellNo: How activists determine the course
By Patrick T. Hiller I don’t know any of the 13 activists who lowered themselves from the St. John ’s Bridge in Portland, Oregon, nor any of the dozens of kayakers paddling in the Willamette River below them, but they succeeded in a temporary blockade of the Shell-leased Arctic-bound icebreaker MSV Fennica. I know that … Read more
Deal with the Deal. Nuclear Nonproliferation, Sanctions Relief, Then What?
The day the historic nuclear deal between Iran and the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, China, France and Germany (P5+1) was reached, President Obama declared that “the world can do remarkable things when we share a vision of peacefully addressing conflicts.” At the same time, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Javad Zarif expressed his … Read more
Webcast: Structurally Transforming Militarism for Peace
Thank you for joining the War Prevention Initiative for this online webinar with our guest John Lindsay-Poland. John has written about, researched and organized action for human rights and demilitarization of US policy in Latin America for more than 30 years.
Addressing ISIS – Research and Advocacy Briefing
Cost/benefit analysis of destructive and constructive responses December, 2014 A War Prevention Initiative Research and Advocacy Briefing by Tom Hastings, Ed.D. (Professor at Portland State University); Patrick Hiller, Ph.D. (Director War Prevention Initiative); Dana Ghazi (Graduate Student Portland State University and Expert on Syrian Civil Society
Special Lecture – Narratives in Peacebuilding and Peace Obstruction
“You MUST Listen!” Israeli and Palestinian narratives in peacebuilding and peace obstruction In this talk, Dr. Chaitin presented a conceptualization of four different kinds of personal narratives of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, two of which usually hinder peacebuilding efforts between former enemies, and two that have the potential to support peacebuilding and reconciliation if they are … Read more
Welcoming new advisory board member Leah Bolger
We are very happy to announce that Leah Bolger accepted our invitation to serve on the Advisory Board of the War Prevention Initiative. For the last nine months we have been collaborating on a regular basis with Leah on building World Beyond War. Currently Leah serves as the Chair of the Coordinating Committee at this … Read more
WPI at Fellowship of Reconciliation Conference
Dear Workshop Attendees, It was a great pleasure to talk with you about the Global Peace System. On our website you can find several of the resources I discussed. Here are a few direct links:
War Prevention Initiative at World Beyond War retreat
From June 3-5 a group of dedicated individuals met at the Ben Lomond Quaker retreat center to discuss the future direction of World Beyond War – A global movement to end all wars. At the War Prevention Initiative we recognized that it is necessary to build a re-energized movement to end all wars. We recognize … Read more
War Prevention Initiative at Peace and Security Funders Group Conference
War Prevention Initiative Executive Director and Core Team member Liz Thatcher attended the 2014 annual meeting of the Peace and Security Funders Group in Chicago, IL. The conference took place under the theme “Connecting Local to Global.
War Prevention Initiative by the Jubitz Family Foundation – an open letter to the Peace and Security Funders Group
World Beyond War – an idea whose time has come As funders and an organization with an active peacebuilding program, we want to share exciting news about our involvement with a new initiative. World Beyond War (WBW) is a growing coalition of individuals and groups – at this point mainly from the traditional peace movement … Read more
Engaging Rotarians Special Lecture
EVENT OVERVIEW: “Civil Society Organizations should develop and put into practice strategies that embrace the cultural and systemic root causes and learn new ways to influence the political and social systems.” (Michael Narberhaus, Founder Smart CSOs) The role is civil society organizations (CSOs) in the realm of peacebuilding is clear to academics and practitioners alike.
