Skip to content Skip to navigation

Community peace-building

Community peace-building

People affected by conflict and instability are often best positioned to know what their communities need to create lasting peace. Local conflict transformation can have a big impact globally. AFSC connects communities worldwide to foster peace, sustainability, and shared security. 

Sign up for email updates

Stay in the loop with monthly stories and resources from AFSC.

What does peace look like?-

Video
What would peace look like in your community?

Peace is not just the absence of war. To these 19 young delegates to the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, peace means a sense of shared security, access to jobs, health care, and education. 

Peace in schools-

Moses Brown holding up a poster
Blog Entry
Teaching peace at Friends schools

Lessons on peace can be challenging to teach amid a media environment focused on war and violence. This podcast explores how Quaker schools can live out the peace testimony in and outside of the classroom.

3 young women holding stop funding war signs
Story
Five ways to counter military recruitment in your school district
Document
Just!Us! Peacebuilding, human rights, and empowerment curriculum
"Teach the Peace" logo
Resource
Counter recruitment
It's My Life Guide Cover
Document
It's my life: A guide to alternatives after high school

Ending cycles of violence-

Story
Young Somalis work to better their communities

Communities in Somalia are embracing nonviolent approaches to conflict as young people step up to their role as peace-builders.

Story
Rebuilding peace by building a mosque
Story
In Haiti camp for earthquake victims, a teenager teaches peace
Peace by Piece program leader speaks on video
Video
Teaching nonviolence in New Orleans, "peace" by piece
Video screenshot of youth from the 67 Suenos program
Video
67 Sueños: An introduction
Resource
"Help Increase the Peace" Training Manual

Local peace networks-

Resource
Local peace network handbook

This handbook is a tool to help community leaders implement urban peace-building programs in contested spaces.

Story
Young Haitian leads others to help curb violence
Story
Jugglers, muralists bring peace to Guatemala City streets
Resource
Implementing local peace networks to reduce urban insecurity
Youth raising hands in the air and smiling
Video
Hip Hop for Peace in El Salvador