Presentation on Peaceful Conflict Resolution by Christina Barruel and Claire Speedy. How to build peace in communities?

1. Peaceful Conflict Resolution:
A Workshop on Building
Peace in Your Community
Diversity Forum 2012
Facilitators: Christina Barruel and Claire Speedy
With support from Merran Spath

2. Session overview
• Introduction to the Peace Foundation
• Auckland as a City for Peace
• Exploring peace and conflict
• Skills for Peaceful Conflict Resolution
– Responses to conflict
– Dealing with conflict constructively
• Auckland’s commitment to principles of peace
– Auckland Peace City Toolkit
• Building Peace in our communities

3. The Peace Foundation
Works to build peaceful relationships
among people of all ages and
cultures
– from personal to global through
education, research and action

4. Teaching children and youth how to:
- solve conflicts peacefully
- act as effective peer mediators
- grow into confident young leaders

5. Building rapport and respect
Peer Mediators from Mt Roskill Grammar at
Auckland City for Peace Celebration

6. Teaching parents, grandparents and caregivers skills to:
- bring out the best in their children
- resolve conflicts peacefully and constructively
- reduce violence in the home

9. What exactly is peace?

11. Auckland’s Commitment
to the Principles of Peace
• Auckland City for Peace Declaration
• Aspirational
• United Nations International Network of
Peace Cities
• Dedicated to the creation of nuclear free
zones and a culture of peace
• Auckland Peace City Toolkit

12. Looking at the declaration
up close
‘Affirming that the wellbeing of all people is
advanced by non-violent conflict resolution
and the promotion of a culture of peace,
justice and non-violence through education’
‘Embracing the diverse backgrounds of all
people and encouraging their participation in
society regardless of age, gender, abilities,
ethnicity, income, culture, politics, sexuality or
health’

17. What does peace mean to you?
How does it look in your community?

20. Contact us
Christina Barruel: christina@peacefoundation.org.nz
Claire Speedy: claire@peacefoundation.org.nz
Tel: (09) 373 2379
www.peace.net.nz
www.facebook.com/aklpeacecity
www.facebook.com/PeaceFoundationNZ