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+Peace: US Capitol Violence Rapid Response Messaging

Messaging and MediaTrust NetworkJanuary 10, 2021

My Political Autobiography -- A Reflective Exercise

A resource for dialog about politics

Essential Partners

Early Action -- Skills Strategies and Structures for Peacebuilding and Violence PreventionTrust NetworkDecember 1, 2020

Post-election Toolkit

NTFEC 11/30 Toolkit: All Electoral Votes from Swing States Have Been Certified

National Task Force on Election Crises

Elections Democratic ProcessesTrust NetworkNovember 30, 2020

FAQ: Department of Justice Announcement Authorizing Investigations into Allegations of Voting Irregularities

Protect Democracy

Elections Democratic ProcessesTrust NetworkNovember 16, 2020

How a community prepared for mass unrest, trained in de-escalation, and danced

Anna Orso

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Early Action -- Skills Strategies and Structures for Peacebuilding and Violence PreventionTrust NetworkNovember 9, 2020

A Survey and Analysis of Statewide Election Recounts, 2000-2019

Emily Risch

Of 4,687 statewide general elections, only 27 have gone to a recount and of those only 3 have changed the outcome of initial results.

Elections Democratic ProcessesTrust NetworkNovember 4, 2020

Guides for Safety and De-Escalation at Rallies and Other Gatherings

Deescalation Guide from TRUST Network: Download the Guide here.

Safety Tips from Police2Peace : Download the Document Here.
Deescalation and Safety Guide from Protect the Results and Greenpeace Deescalation for Attendees

Violence Interruption/De-Escalation and Policing and AlternativesTrust NetworkOctober 31, 2020

I survived Liberia’s civil wars. Here’s my advice to American voters.

Joseph Jimmy Sankaituah

dm&eforpeace.org

Early WarningTrust NetworkOctober 30, 2020

Three New Ways Civil Society is Protecting the US Election

Ashley Quarcoo

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Elections Democratic ProcessesTrust NetworkOctober 28, 2020Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Cultural and Narrative Peacebuilding Activation Guidebook, +Peace

Aseel Zahran, Monica Curca, Thor Morales, Zander Willoughby

download from TRUST Network Partner PlusPeace

Early Action -- Skills Strategies and Structures for Peacebuilding and Violence PreventionTrust NetworkOctober 26, 2020

Why We Shouldn't Call Militias, 'Militias'

Idean Salehyan

Political Violence at a Glance

Messaging and MediaTrust NetworkOctober 19, 2020

How the United States Can Step Back from the Brink

John Paul Lederach and Melanie Greenberg

Humanity United

Early WarningTrust NetworkOctober 15, 2020

Nonviolent Civic Action May Help Defend the Integrity of the Election

Maria J. Stephan

Elections Democratic ProcessesTrust NetworkOctober 13, 2020

International Election Monitors Arrive in the US for the Nov. 3 Poll

Allison Lecce

PassBlue, Independent Coverage of the UN

Early WarningTrust NetworkOctober 7, 2020

America Is Having a Moral Convulsion

David Brooks

Levels of trust in this country—in our institutions, in our politics, and in one another—are in precipitous decline. And when social trust collapses, nations fail. Can we get it back before it’s too late?

Early WarningTrust NetworkOctober 5, 2020

“I Didn’t Know If I Was Going to Be Seen Again” - The Escalating Risk of Mass Violence in the United States

James Waller

Stanley Center for Peace and Security

To download this article, click HERE.
To see the source, click HERE.

Early WarningTrust NetworkOctober 1, 2020

Is civic violence escalating out of control? Ten ways we can stop it.

Melinda Burrell

Early Warning, Early Action -- Skills Strategies and Structures for Peacebuilding and Violence PreventionTrust NetworkSeptember 16, 2020

Mediating Mass Movements

Maria J. Stephan

About the role of third party and insider mediation in mass movements (lessons from international cases)

Oslo Forum Paper from the Centre for Humanitarian Dialog. This is a DOWNLOAD

Early Action -- Skills Strategies and Structures for Peacebuilding and Violence PreventionTrust NetworkSeptember 4, 2020

Defusing Hate: A Strategic Communication Guide to Counteract Dangerous Speech

Rachel Hilary Brown

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide

Messaging and MediaTrust NetworkJanuary 1, 2016