Category: Relationship

• How to Run an Offers & Needs Market

  

  A great way to strengthen community connections is by hosting an offers & needs market. In September, Peace Catalyst International hosted a workshop where Liz Digitale Anderson introduces how to start. #MakingFriends #MutualAid #OffersAndNeedsMarket #WeaveNetworks #BuildCommunity #Share #BuyNothing #Solidarity #Friendship #Neighbors

  Jennie

  October 14, 2025

  Cross-Posts, Mutual Aid, Peace Catalyst International, Relationship, Solidarity, Video

• Inviting K-12 Educators to Tap into the Power of Storytelling

  

  Wondering how to help the next generation cultivate connection in our divided society? Applications are now open for Narrative 4’s National Schools Network — a semester-long program helping K–12 educators build connection and trust through storytelling.

  Jennie

  July 1, 2025

  Conversation Starter, Dialogue, Peacebuilders, People Focused Engagement, Relationship, Revolution of the Heart

  Cohort, Elementary, High School, Highschool, K-12, Learning Cohort, Middle school, N4, Ongoing Education, Power of Stories, Power of Story, Storying, Storytelling

• Untold Story of Koreans in Japan

  

  Japan hosts the third largest population of Koreans outside of the Korean Peninsula. How did this Korean diaspora come to Japan and how has this community changed over time?

  Jennie

  June 24, 2025

  Conflict Transformation, Cross-Posts, Dialogue, Japan, Korea, Peace, Peacebuilders, People Focused Engagement, Relationship, Solidarity, USA

• US Government Restricts US Citizen Travel to North Korea

  

  On May 14, the U.S. travel ban to North Korea (DPRK) was renewed for the 9th time. Such policies diminish the possibility for dialogue, understanding, and peacebuilding.

  Jennie

  June 17, 2025

  Advocacy, Humanitarian Aid, Ignis Community, Korea, LIFT Campaign, Peace, People Focused Engagement, Relationship, USA

• Fierce Vulnerability Conversation with Kazu Haga

  

  In a world where division and violence appear stronger than ever, how might we embody both courage and love, taking action for change without recreating the harm we’re resisting? Watch this conversation with Kazu Haga and Liz Digitale Anderson.

  Jennie

  May 17, 2025

  Cross-Posts, Dialogue, MLK, Nonviolence, Peace Catalyst International, Peacebuilders, Reconciliation, Relationship, Revolution of the Heart, Trauma Healing, USA, Video

• The Year Without Sunshine

  

  With sweeping government funding cuts to social services, an increasing number of Americans are concerned about meeting their basic needs. It is time for communities to rally together to care for one another. For this reason, I share this 2023 short story by Naomi Kritzer, about neighbors who organize themselves to meet each others’ needs…

  Jennie

  March 13, 2025

  Cross-Posts, Mutual Aid, Nonviolence, Relationship, Solidarity, USA, Video