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Deconstructing Rivalry

UnRival Your Perspective: Navigating News, Partisanship, & Your Peace of Mind

Navigating news, partisanship, and politics can be confusing, frustrating, and polarizing–but it doesn’t always have to be. In this guide, learn how to slow down, ...
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Peace is Possible: Overcoming Roadblocks to Positive Peace

Our free downloadable resource, “Peace is Possible,” summarizes years of research into the state of peacebuilding. It makes the case that community leaders have an ...
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Colloquium on Violence and Religion

Disarmed by Insight: COV&R 2023 and the Lasting Influence of Mimetic Theory on Peacebuilding

Lyle Enright reflects on his experience at the 2023 COV&R Conference in Paris, commemorating René Girard's 100th anniversary of birth. When theory meets action, we ...
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Choosing to Speak Up

Jason Ferenczi recounts an experience where showing up imperfectly, yet authentically, nurtured a safe, nonrivalrous space for growth.
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Artisans of Peace

Short Film: Artisans of Peace

The Artisans of Peace short film shows how simple acts of loving-kindness and creativity can bind a community to one another with dignity and beauty.
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Deconstructing Rivalry

Short Film: The unRival Invitation

The unRival Invitation short film undertakes a journey from the battle-ready beliefs common within us to the healing relief of true belonging in a community ...
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Deconstructing Rivalry

Exploring Creative Solutions to Cross Divides: A Conversation with Michael Nagler & Mel Duncan

Two leading peacebuilders delve into their experiences training communities in civil resistance and unarmed protection.
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Deconstructing Rivalry

The Frame

Your biweekly newsletter framing of conflict, peace, and justice through an unRivalrous Perspective.​
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Deconstructing Rivalry

A Letter from unRival Co-Founder Suzanne Ross

Suzanne Ross learned wars are fought for many reasons that mean little to the people caught in the crossfire. Peace accords may happen at the ...
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Graffiti in Constitution Plaza, Guatemala City.
Deconstructing Rivalry

What is Peace? Defining Creative Peacebuilding

Peacebuilding is not just about ending violence; it’s about creating the foundations that make societies resilient in the face of conflict.
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