Articles by Taylor O’Connor
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How to Stop Genocide and Prevent Atrocities
Taylor O’Connor | Everyday Peacebuilding - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Nov 2023
3 Nov 2023 – Outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights writes: “Once again, we are seeing a genocide unfolding before our eyes, and the Organization that we serve appears powerless to stop it.” He explains that with Western leaders providing weapons and diplomatic cover, the only hope we have is that people around the world demand that governments stop Israel’s ongoing atrocities.
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51 Think Tanks and Thought Leaders in Global Peacebuilding
Taylor O’Connor | Everyday Peacebuilding - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Sep 2023
17 Aug 2023 – Certainly, this is not a list of all organizations working for peace. It is however, a great overview of all organizations I know that conduct research on peacebuilding and/or regularly publish reports, guides and other great resources on building peace and associated topics.
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Taylor O’Connor | Everyday Peacebuilding - TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jul 2023
For those of you new to the term PeaceTech, it basically means the use of digital technology in any efforts to build peace and/or justice.
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10 Women’s Peace Networks
Taylor O’Connor | Medium - TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Mar 2021
And How They Are Changing the World
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Taylor O’Connor | Medium - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Mar 2021
2 Mar 2021 – Regardless of our approach, it is common that we work in silos, disconnected from similar efforts with same goals. A common challenge: peacebuilders feel alone in their efforts. But it doesn’t have to be like that. We peacebuilders are everywhere. And there are broad arrays of global peacebuilding networks that can support you.
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Taylor O’Connor | Medium - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Dec 2020
Making conflict analysis simple – There are many people and groups out there who are working to transform violent conflict, uproot some injustice, or address some social issue. It’s challenging work! And I know from experience that putting together a nice, clear conflict analysis can be incredibly useful to find strategic, effective ways to transform the issues you’re engaging with.
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Taylor O’Connor | Medium - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Nov 2020
24 Oct 2020 – To transform conflict in your family, workplace, community, and beyond.
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Taylor O’Connor | Medium - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Sep 2020
The process for developing a peacebuilding strategy that I’ve structured over years working freelance creating strategies for peace with lots of groups.
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What Is Peacebuilding?
Taylor O’Connor | Medium - TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Aug 2020
A Human-Centered Approach – As the man who created the term, let’s see what Johan Galtung has to say: “Peacebuilding is the process of creating self-supporting structures that remove causes of wars and offer alternatives to war in situations where wars might occur.”
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A Typology of Violence
Taylor O’Connor | Medium - TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jul 2020
Mapping Structural and Cultural Violence – These types of violence were first laid out by peace studies scholar Johan Galtung, back in 1969 and 1990 respectively.
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