How can local communities effectively build peace and reconciliation before, during and after open violence? This trailblazing book gives practical examples, from the Global North and Global South, on communities alleviating conflict and enabling transformation in divided societies.

Introduction ~ John Eversley, Sinéad Gormally and Avila Kilmurray Everyday Peace as a Community Development Approach ~ Anthony Ware, Vicki-Ann Ware, and Leanne Kelly Peacebuilding with Youth: Experience in Cúcuta, Colombia ~ Nohora Constanza Niño Vega Dialogues to develop civil movements in the Caucasus ~ Larissa Sotieva and Juliet Schofield Working for Social Justice through Community Development in Nigeria ~ Samir Halliru Memory, truth, and hope: long journeys of justice in Eastern Sri Lanka ~ Sarala Emmanuel and P.B. Gowthaman Brazil: Public Security as a human right in the favelas ~ Eliana Sousa Silva and Lidiane Malanquini, Redes da Maré Nepal: Working with community-based women to influence inclusion and peacebuilding ~ Susan Risal Palestinian storytelling: authoring their own lives ~ Patricia Sellick Community-based action in Northern Ireland: Activism in a violently contested society ~ Monina O’Prey Everyday Peace: After Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar’s Rohingya Conflict ~ Vicki-Ann Ware, Anthony Ware and Leanne Kelly Drawing the threads together ~ John Eversley, Sinéad Gormally and Avila Kilmurray