When armed conflict looms, or when a society or region has descended into conflict, the work of the peacemakers begins.
Conflict resolution can range from children on a playground learning other ways to resolve their differences –-- instilling values that they will carry with them into their adult lives --– to bringing warring parties together at a negotiating table.
President Jose Ramos-Horta Interview
In an interview with Jesse Kornbluth, Editorial Director of TheCommunity.com, Nobel Laureate and President of East Timor Jose Ramos-Horta discusses non-violence in the face of oppression.
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George Clooney and Don Cheadle receive Summit Peace Award
For the last five years, TheCommunity.com has been a partner in the annual Summit Meeting of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome, produced by Walter Veltroni, Mayor of Rome, and former President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev.
In 2007 TheCommunity.com brought actors George Clooney and Don Cheadle to the Summit to receive the Summit Peace Award.