{"id":4008,"date":"2015-04-22T16:20:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T20:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/?page_id=4008"},"modified":"2023-08-03T14:18:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T18:18:41","slug":"community-peacebuilding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/community-peacebuilding\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Peacebuilding: Be the Movement!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-11r9rqw-ba0a598fb8235ce6ac7899cd7ffa072e\">\n.avia-section.av-11r9rqw-ba0a598fb8235ce6ac7899cd7ffa072e{\nbackground-color:#0493c8;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-11r9rqw-ba0a598fb8235ce6ac7899cd7ffa072e main_color avia-section-small avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-custom av-height-custom  container_wrap fullsize'   data-av_minimum_height_px='105'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' style='height:105px'><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-4008'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ldnipvhg-80faea4948f3f4c149f995ccf7213e99\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ldnipvhg-80faea4948f3f4c149f995ccf7213e99 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ldnipvhg-80faea4948f3f4c149f995ccf7213e99 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ldnipvhg-80faea4948f3f4c149f995ccf7213e99 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-11253 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-11253 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TPA-Home-Page-Art-Horizintal-3.jpg\" alt='' title='TPA Home Page Art Horizintal (3)'  height=\"355\" width=\"1461\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TPA-Home-Page-Art-Horizintal-3.jpg 1461w, https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TPA-Home-Page-Art-Horizintal-3-336x82.jpg 336w, https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TPA-Home-Page-Art-Horizintal-3-1030x250.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TPA-Home-Page-Art-Horizintal-3-768x187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TPA-Home-Page-Art-Horizintal-3-160x39.jpg 160w, https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TPA-Home-Page-Art-Horizintal-3-705x171.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1461px) 100vw, 1461px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-4008'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ws35iw-dff137c900ee8dfdad0b1eb06e18fcee\">\n.flex_column.av-ws35iw-dff137c900ee8dfdad0b1eb06e18fcee{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-ws35iw-dff137c900ee8dfdad0b1eb06e18fcee av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-us3f20-f3c9afdbd7a364cc089cf63ae2794780 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div  id=\"promo_1592149284\" class='intense well ' style=' background-color: #FEF0D5 !important; color: #333333 !important; border: 3px dashed #fbab1d !important;      '><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6292 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/empowering_community_100rnd-80x80.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/empowering_community_100rnd-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/empowering_community_100rnd-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/empowering_community_100rnd.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #fbab1d; font-size: 24px;\">Community Peacebuilding &#8211; Statement of Purpose<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><em>Supporting comprehensive activities and strategies in communities working to address such challenges as crime, violence, and gangs. Effective programs may include hands on street outreach and intervention, mental health services, out-of-school programs, police\/community relations, and arts-based practices.<\/em><br \/>\n<div class='clearfix'><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-t9aojc-b80ef84f3d285ea781138f77220889a4 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div  id=\"promo_780379943\" class='intense well ' style=' background-color: #FFFF99 !important; color: #333333 !important; border: 3px dashed #fbab1d !important;      '><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #fbab1d;\">Statistical Spotlight<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>In Chicago, the Becoming a Man program, which places disadvantaged boys from 7th-10th grade into mentoring relationships, saw among their participants a <strong>44 percent drop in arrests for violent crime<\/strong> and an up to <strong>23 percent increase in graduation rates<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Diversion and mentoring programs produce $3.36 of benefits<\/strong> for every dollar spent, <strong>aggression replacement training produces $10 of benefits<\/strong> for every dollar spent, and <strong>Functional Family therapy produces $18 of benefits<\/strong> for every dollar spent.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><div class='clearfix'><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-9nqiw-04c51386f9928135cbeafa24c30d9fb4 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2><span style=\"color: #fbab1d;\"><em>Overview:<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Community Peacebuilding activities and strategies encompass a vast number of practices that bring together youth, adults, governments, organizations and schools to help cultivate peace and healing in local communities. There are many exciting and effective fields of work in this arena. The techniques below, and others, have proven to be far more effective and life-affirming than more traditional punitive oriented approaches relied upon so heavily today. In a nation with the highest incarceration rates in the developed world, it is important, particularly in neighborhoods highly impacted by violence, that robust and comprehensive peacebuilding strategies and programs be implemented. This will help build community resilience.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l822qllq-4b0662641a04dfa43c6c29df05fe4ff8\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-l822qllq-4b0662641a04dfa43c6c29df05fe4ff8{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-l822qllq-4b0662641a04dfa43c6c29df05fe4ff8 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l822o6kf-30d8b0af7cf3837b5432c5390b196516 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BtP_TPA-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12153 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BtP_TPA-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BtP_TPA-logo.png 500w, https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BtP_TPA-logo-336x336.png 336w, https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BtP_TPA-logo-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BtP_TPA-logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BtP_TPA-logo-160x160.png 160w, https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BtP_TPA-logo-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BtP_TPA-logo-180x180.png 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/a> <br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><br \/>\nBring the Peace Movement<\/h3>\n<p>Our Leadership Council team lead JoHanna &#8220;J&#8221; Thompson has been developing programs under the header of the <strong>Bring the Peace Movement<\/strong> as a part of our Community Peacebuilding Cornerstone.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/thebringthepeacemovement\/\">Click Here<\/a> <\/strong>to go to the page and learn all about what has been happening!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-qdqbuw-c9da64318002b68724607085ed67d99f\">\n.flex_column.av-qdqbuw-c9da64318002b68724607085ed67d99f{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-qdqbuw-c9da64318002b68724607085ed67d99f av_one_full  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-no8ljs-5f8522e5456a053ae22a2473db43fc0d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"intense panel-group\" id=\"-accordion-0\" data-single-toggle=\"0\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"intense panel \">\t<div class=\"intense panel-heading heading_collapse_0\" style=\"background-color: #fef0d5;color: #444 !important;\">\t<i class=\"intense icon icon-0x collapse-icon hide\"><svg><use xlink:href=\"#font-awesome-minus\" class=\"\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><i class=\"intense icon icon-0x expand-icon \"><svg><use xlink:href=\"#font-awesome-plus\" class=\"\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>\t<a class=\"intense panel-title accordion-toggle\" data-parent=\"#accordion-0\" href=\"#collapse_0_strategies\" style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #444 !important;\">\t<strong>Strategies<\/strong>\t<\/a>\t<\/div>\t<div id=\"collapse_0_strategies\" class=\"intense panel-collapse collapse 0\" style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #a3a3a3;background-color: #ffffff;color: #444 !important;\";\">\t\t<div class=\"intense panel-body\">\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>Compassionate\/Nonviolent Communication:\u00a0<\/strong>(also called Collaborative Communication) focuses on three aspects of communication: self-empathy (defined as a deep and compassionate awareness of one\u2019s own inner experience), empathy (defined as listening to another with deep compassion), and honest self-expression (defined as expressing oneself authentically in a way that is likely to inspire compassion in others).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mindfulness: <\/strong>The term \u201cmindfulness\u201d has been used to refer to a psychological state of awareness, the practices that promote this awareness, and a mode of processing information without judgment. Several disciplines and practices can cultivate mindfulness, such as meditation, yoga, tai chi and qigong. Mindfulness meditation consists of those self-regulation practices that focus on training attention and awareness in order to bring mental processes under greater voluntary control and thereby foster general mental well-being and development and\/or specific capacities such as calmness, clarity and concentration [Walsh &amp; Shapiro, 2006 http:\/\/www.apa.org\/monitor\/2012\/07-08\/ce-corner.aspx]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Therapy\/Counseling: <\/strong>Support in increasing our capacity to cultivate psychological and emotional well-being in families, relationships, parenting, and personal life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conflict and Anger management: <\/strong>The goal of anger management is to reduce both emotional feelings and the physiological arousal that anger causes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mediation: <\/strong>Mediation is an impartial, confidential, and voluntary problem-solving process to resolve conflict in which a third-party helps two or more participants better understand each other\u2019s issues, interests, and needs and empowers parties to bridge their differences and find solutions that meet everyone\u2019s needs. It is applied in a growing number of\u00a0 environs including the work place, our courts, between couples, within families and amongst business associates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional areas of support:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Police-Youth Dialogue<\/li>\n<li>Parenting skill-building and family\/domestic violence prevention programs<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Forgiveness<\/li>\n<li>Music\/Arts Programs<\/li>\n<li>Workplace conflict mitigation<\/li>\n<li>Mental Health Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t<\/div>\t<\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"intense panel \">\t<div class=\"intense panel-heading heading_collapse_1\" style=\"background-color: #fef0d5;color: #444 !important;\">\t<i class=\"intense icon icon-0x collapse-icon hide\"><svg><use xlink:href=\"#font-awesome-minus\" class=\"\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><i class=\"intense icon icon-0x expand-icon \"><svg><use xlink:href=\"#font-awesome-plus\" class=\"\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>\t<a class=\"intense panel-title accordion-toggle\" data-parent=\"#accordion-0\" href=\"#collapse_1_policy-proposals\" style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #444 !important;\">\t<strong>Policy Proposals<\/strong>\t<\/a>\t<\/div>\t<div id=\"collapse_1_policy-proposals\" class=\"intense panel-collapse collapse 0\" style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #a3a3a3;background-color: #ffffff;color: #444 !important;\";\">\t\t<div class=\"intense panel-body\">\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Nonviolent communication and mediation services for elected officials.<\/p>\n<p>Providing greater community resources for mental health services for families and individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Greater funding and support for suicide prevention, research and support services.<\/p>\n<p>Support strategic investments in suicide prevention, education, and research as a means of achieving the kinds of reductions in mortality that have resulted from strategic investments in other major public health concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/div>\t<\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"intense panel \">\t<div class=\"intense panel-heading heading_collapse_2\" style=\"background-color: #fef0d5;color: #444 !important;\">\t<i class=\"intense icon icon-0x collapse-icon hide\"><svg><use xlink:href=\"#font-awesome-minus\" class=\"\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><i class=\"intense icon icon-0x expand-icon \"><svg><use xlink:href=\"#font-awesome-plus\" class=\"\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>\t<a class=\"intense panel-title accordion-toggle\" data-parent=\"#accordion-0\" href=\"#collapse_2_key-statistics-challenges-solutions\" style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #444 !important;\">\t<strong>Key Statistics: Challenges &amp; Solutions<\/strong>\t<\/a>\t<\/div>\t<div id=\"collapse_2_key-statistics-challenges-solutions\" class=\"intense panel-collapse collapse 0\" style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #a3a3a3;background-color: #ffffff;color: #444 !important;\";\">\t\t<div class=\"intense panel-body\">\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Harvard Medical School brain scans show <strong>8 weeks of mindfulness meditation can actually change the size of key regions of our brain<\/strong> responsible for improving our ability to focus; strengthening our memory; making us more resilient under stress; fostering our decision making; helping us be more empathetic listeners; and showing more compassion to our colleagues. [http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1361002\/]<\/p>\n<p>Studies have shown that <strong>Triple P Positive Parenting approach had 25-35% reductions in rates of child maltreatment, hospital visits for maltreatment injuries, and foster-care placements<\/strong>, two years after random assignment. [Triple P System \u2013 Near Top Tier, Coalition for Evidence Based Policy]<\/p>\n<p>UCSF, UC Davis, and Stanford University researchers found that school teachers who were given a short meditation training became more calm and compassionate.<\/p>\n<p>There is abundant research showing that yoga practice reduces stress and improves our sense of contentment and connection, as well as autonomic nervous system function, and general physical well-being.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately <strong>seven in 10 Americans report that they experience physical (69 percent) or non-physical symptoms (67 percent) of stress<\/strong>. Symptoms include irritability or anger (37 percent), fatigue (37 percent), feeling overwhelmed (35 percent) and changes in sleeping habits (30 percent). [American Psychological Association \u2013 http:\/\/www.apa.org\/news\/press\/releases\/stress\/2012\/impact.aspx]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suicide is the second leading cause of death for ages 10-24.<\/strong> [2010 CDC WISQARS]<br \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\t<\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"intense panel \">\t<div class=\"intense panel-heading heading_collapse_3\" style=\"background-color: #fef0d5;color: #444 !important;\">\t<i class=\"intense icon icon-0x collapse-icon hide\"><svg><use xlink:href=\"#font-awesome-minus\" class=\"\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><i class=\"intense icon icon-0x expand-icon \"><svg><use xlink:href=\"#font-awesome-plus\" class=\"\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>\t<a class=\"intense panel-title accordion-toggle\" data-parent=\"#accordion-0\" href=\"#collapse_3_organizations-links\" style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #444 !important;\">\t<strong>Organizations &amp; Links<\/strong>\t<\/a>\t<\/div>\t<div id=\"collapse_3_organizations-links\" class=\"intense panel-collapse collapse 0\" style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #a3a3a3;background-color: #ffffff;color: #444 !important;\";\">\t\t<div class=\"intense panel-body\">\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The groups are listed here for educational purposes only.\u00a0 Listing them here is not meant to imply that they endorse the above ideas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/cultivating-personal-peace\/www.cnvc.org\">Center for Nonviolent Communication:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>People who practice NVC have found greater authenticity in their communication, increased understanding, deepening connection and conflict resolution. The NVC community is active in over 65 countries around the globe. Find out more about how NVC is changing the world and how you can get involved. See also <a href=\"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/cultivating-personal-peace\/www.BayNVC.org\">BayNVC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/cultivating-personal-peace\/www.mindful.org\">Mindful:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mindful is an initiative that celebrates being mindful in all aspects of daily living\u2014through Mindful magazine, mindful.org, and social media.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afsp.org\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">American Foundation for Suicide Prevention:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is a leader in the fight against suicide. They fund research, offer educational programs, advocate for public policy, and support those affected by suicide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/cultivating-personal-peace\/www.mettacenter.org\">The Metta Center for Nonviolence:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Metta Center aims to promote the transition to a nonviolent future by making the logic, history and yet-unexplored potential of nonviolence more accessible to activists and agents of cultural change. They help people in any walk of life discover their innate capacity for nonviolence and use it more strategically for long-term transformation of themselves and the world, focusing on the root causes of injustice, competition and violence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imis100us2.com\/ACR\/ACR\/Default.aspx?hkey=6d51647b-e4cd-49d5-bc8a-36a4773a9054&amp;WebsiteKey=a9a587d8-a6a4-4819-9752-ef5d3656db55\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">Association for Conflict Resolution:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A professional organization enhancing the practice and public understanding of conflict resolution.\u00a0 ACR gives voice to the choices for quality conflict resolution.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/cultivating-personal-peace\/www.theshiftnetwork.com\">The Shift Network:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Shift Network, Inc. empowers a growing global movement of people who are creating an evolutionary shift of consciousness that in turn leads to a more enlightened society, one built on principles of sustainability, peace, health, and prosperity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/cultivating-personal-peace\/www.nationalpeaceacademy.us\">National Peace Academy:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The National Peace Academy is a home for peace professionals and community organizers looking to hone their practice and for budding community leaders and changemakers who are seeking knowledge and skills to create safe, healthy and sustainable communities and nurture positive change in themselves, their family, neighborhood, workplace and the world<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindtools.com\/pages\/article\/newLDR_81.htm\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">Workplace Conflict Resolution: Mindtools<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/cultivating-personal-peace\/www.triplep-parenting.net\/glo-en\/home\/\">Triple P \u2013 Positive Parenting Program:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many rate this as one of the most effective evidence-based parenting programs in the world, backed up by more than 30 years of ongoing research. Triple P gives parents simple and practical strategies to help them confidently manage their children\u2019s behavior, prevent problems developing and build strong, healthy relationships.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fwb.rickhanson.net\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Foundations of Well Being:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the Foundations of Well-Being uses science-based practices to help you re-wire your brain, changing the way you react, feel, and behave. These practices will focus on gaining more calm, confidence, and contentment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forgivenesschallenge.com\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Forgiveness Challenge: Desmond Tutu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Human Journey is a new initiative co-founded by Desmond Tutu and Doug Abrams.\u00a0 Human Journey is committed to spreading the African understanding of ubuntu\u2013the realization that each of us thrives only when all of us thrive.\u00a0 We are inextricably linked to our family, our community, and our world.\u00a0 They create events\u2013like the Forgiveness Challenge\u2013media and a global community that can help people to thrive on their individual life journey so we can thrive on our collective human journey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More to come\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/div>\t<\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" 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