ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP IN CONFLICT ZONES
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE IN SYRIA? IN DENMARK?
We are happy to invite you to this joint event hosted by The LIVIA Foundation,
The Danish Centre for Conflict Resolution and Globally Connected Denmark.
Come and be inspired
on how to stay hopeful and how to work for change and non-
violent, creative conflict resolution in the middle of violent conflicts like the one in Syria.
At a time when many people feel discouraged and paralyzed by the destructive actions
happening in
Syria,
we find it essential to gain knowledge and raise awareness about
peace initiatives and transformative non-violent actions that are taking place –
especially
because we rarely hear of them.
At this open event a
Syrian peace organization
will share their stories and methods
from their work on active citizenship within Syria, thus illustrating how they manage to
carry out peace work in a time and place of violent conflict. Since the beginning of the
war in Syria this organization has engaged thousands of social activists. Members of the
network develop their own initiatives and activities across the country and young leaders
serve as catalysts for change in their own local communities.
In Denmark,
the need for peace work and non-violent conflict resolution is also becom-
ing ever more pressing as opposing opinions regarding the current refugee crisis are
creating tensions and divisions within society. Besides raising awareness about current
peace work in Syria, this event is therefore also intended as an inspiration regarding
ways of using active citizenship as a means to transform conflicts and human relations
Programme
Stories of active citizenship in Syria
by Syrian
peace activists.
Transforming conflicts/the relation between big
and small conflicts by
Else Hammerich
–
founder of the Danish Centre for Conflict
Resolution
Stories from Syrians and Danes
about the
founding of a network that uses active
citizenship as a means of working with peaceful
coexistence in Denmark –
Globally Connected.
Stories of Hope – an upcoming event on
creative conflict transformation by
The LIVIA
Foundation.
”How to be an active citizen across borders and
conflicts?” A facilitated conversation between
participants by
Jane Bruslund
WHO ARE WE?
is a newly established network
of Danes and Syrians in
Denmark who work with active
citizenship in their local
communities promoting peace
and better co-existence.
Globally Connected is
established with the help of
Syrian peace workers and also
exist in Holland, where it
started in early 2015 also with
the purpose of creating better
dialogue in Europe between
Syrian refugees and
Europeans. (go to the website
for more information: globally-
connected.org)
aims at disseminating the courageous and
nonviolent approaches to conflicts in societies.
One initiative by the LIVIA Foundation is the
LIVIA Award that has been given 4 times for
brave conflict transformation initiatives in
Denmark and other parts of the world. In 2014,
Mobaderoon received the Livia prize for their non-
violent and brave ways of creating better contact,
relations and coexistence between people living
in extreme conflict areas. (go to the website for
is a non-profit and non-
governmental organization
founded in 1994 with the
purpose of spreading
knowledge of peaceful conflict
resolution nationally as well as
internationally and to ensure
that individuals and
organizations are qualified to
deal with conflicts in a sensible
manner.
Open event!
Time:
23rd of March from 16.00-18.30
Place:
”Møderiet” at Global Platform, Fælledvej 12, 2200 København N
Sign up: by e-mail:
Suggested donation fee:
30,- kr. cash or mobile-pay at the entrance
has funded the upcoming of Globally Connected in Denmark