African Enterprise - Bridge-Building Workshops and Action Encounters
http://africanenterprise.org.za/data/011ministry/reconciliaton/bbe.htm
This is a two-day residential workshop where we build relationships by
learning to manage our stereotypes, misconceptions and concerns. The
programme is run using various simulation games, trust building exercises,
small-group interaction and open discussion. Similar to the workshop, the
Action Encounter is run over four days, and includes working together in
building our nation through community projects.
African Enterprise - Koinonia Encounters
http://africanenterprise.org.za/data/011ministry/reconciliaton/koinonia.htm
Our objective is to facilitate intercultural and interdenominational
peace-building through the formation of relationships. Through the
course of the programme, participants will have ample time to form
friendships with brothers and sisters in Christ from communities with
which they might ordinarily have only superficial contact, therein
promoting unity and a more effective witness within the Body of Christ.
The meal group works with groups of 6 - 8 participants coming together
to share a meal, on a rotation basis, in each other's homes. Each
participant will be required to provide one, maybe two, meals for their
group during the 18-week process. On completion of the course,
participants will be given opportunity for further involvement in
our work towards unity and reconciliation.
South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/index.html
http://www.truthcommission.org
Truth - the Road to Reconciliation.
Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation
http://www.wits.ac.za/csvr/
The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) is a
multi-disciplinary South African non-governmental organisation. Since its
inception in 1989, the CSVR has been dedicated to making a meaningful
contribution to peaceful and fundamental transformation in South Africa, and
in the Southern African region.
The Forgiveness Project
http://www.theforgivenessproject.com
The Forgiveness Project consists of a travelling exhibition of narratives and
pictures that tell the less publicised stories of reconciliation - the stories
of people who have discovered that the only way to move on in life is to lay
aside hatred and blame. The project covers the fields of conflict resolution,
reconciliation, and victim support.
MAP International
http://www.map.org
http://www.map.org/main.asp?menu=1&submenu=7
MAP International is a Christian non-profit relief and development
organization promoting the total health of people living in the world's
poorest communities.
Founded in 1954 as the Medical Assistance Programs of the
Christian Medical Society, MAP initially provided medicines to U.S.
health missionaries and mission hospitals, but later included support
of indigenous workers too.
MAP developed a distinct and recognized competence in bridge-building
among many different groups:
Bridging Christian denominations with one another;
Bridging missions and relief and development agencies.
MAP is committed to promoting Total Health as we respond to needs,
build partnerships, do justice and love mercy, work for reconciliation,
act with integrity and accountability, purse excellence and seek to learn.
The Justice & Reconciliation Project
http://www.thejrp.org
The Justice & Reconciliation Project (JRP) is an American national
nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing restoration, reconciliation,
and healing to crime victims and offenders. Their mission is to restore
the lives of those harmed by crime by advocating for criminal justice
reforms promoting forgiveness and reconciliation between crime victims
and offenders, and to raise up a victims-led voice in support of
restorative justice policies.
The Community of the Cross of Nails - USA
http://www.ccn-usa.org
The Coventry Cathedral International Reconciliation Ministry
http://www.coventrycathedral.org/international/index.htm
Tolerance.org
http://tolerance.org
Tolerance.org is dedicated to fighting hate and promoting tolerance.
NCCJ - The National Council for Community and Justice
http://www.nccj.org
The International Reconciliation Coalition
http://www.reconcile.org
Reconciliation resources.
The Pluralism Project
http://www.pluralism.org
The Pluralism Project is a Harvard University Committee on the
Study of Religions.
The Other Side magazine
http://www.theotherside.org
Social justice magazine, evangelical, praxis orientated.
National Catholic Reporter
http://www.natcath.com
National Catholic Reporter - social justice, working for an open and
inclusive Catholic Church.
Christian Aid
http://www.christian-aid.org.uk
UK organization fighting for social justice around the globe.
Very good resources for third world development.
Catholic Worker
http://www.catholicworker.org/index.cfm
Living out the Gospel through intentional community and voluntary poverty
and becomeing servants for all.
Reform Judaism's Social Action Center
http://www.cdinet.com/RAC
Liberal Judaism's political action center, very comprehensive website.
Salt of the Earth
http://www.claret.org/~salt/
A Claretian order (RCC) social justice journal.
Center of Concern
http://www.coc.org
A Jesuit social justice centre.
Jubilee Network
http://www.jubileeusa.org
Calling for an end to third world debt, economic justice around the globe.
Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community
http://www.uujec.org
United Church of Christ Justice and Peace Page
http://www.ucc.org/justice/index.shtml
Democratic Socialists of America Religious Commission
http://dsausa.org/rs/
Mennonite Committee on social justice
http://www.mcc.org
A comphrehensive guide to issues both Canadian and American.
American Friends Service Committee
http://www.afsc.org
Methodist Federation for Social Action
http://www.mfsaweb.org
Religious Organizing Against the Death Penalty
http://www.deathpenaltyreligious.org
Bread for the World
http://www.bread.org
Michael Lerner's Tikkun magazine
http://www.tikkun.org
10 Days for Global Justice
http://www.web.net/~tendays/
A Canadian inter-church global justice group.
Student Christian Movement of Canada
http://www.scmcanada.org
A strong social justice emphasis.
Jewish Social Action
http://www.socialaction.com/index.phtml
Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization / Pastors for Peace
http://www.ifconews.org
Works on Cuban embargo, other justice issues.
National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice
http://www.nicwj.org/index.html
National Farmworkers Ministry
http://www.nfwm.org
Jewish Fund for Justice
http://www.jfjustice.org
Interfaith Coalition on Immigrant Rights
http://www.igc.org/icir/
Protestants for the Common Good
http://www.thecommongood.org
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
http://www.iccr.org
Witness for Peace
http://www.witnessforpeace.org
Christian peacemaking group, having an especially long history with
Latin America.
Pax Christi USA
http://www.paxchristiusa.org
International catholic pacifist group.
Christian Peacemaker Teams
http://www.cpt.org
Mennonite / Quaker peace group, especially involved in the Middle East.
Bruderhof Peacemakers Guide - Fighting For Peace
http://www.peacemakersguide.org
A community dedicated to building a more peaceful and just world through
non-violent means, based on the teachings of Jesus. Writings on reconciliation,
conflict resolution, pacifism, and conscientious objection to military service
are included, as are profiles of many well-known peacemakers.
Project Plowshares
http://www.ploughshares.ca
Peace group in Canada.
National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors
http://www.nisbco.org
Orthodox Peace Fellowship
http://www.incommunion.org
Gandhi Institute on Non-violence
http://www.gandhiinstitute.org
Jewish Peace Fellowship
http://www.jewishpeacefellowship.org
Baptist Peace Fellowship
http://www.bpfna.org
Ecumenical Peace Institute
http://www.peacehost.net/EPI-Calc/
Conflict Resolution Site
http://www.searchforcommonground.org
Nonviolence.org
http://www.nonviolence.org
Angola
http://www.angola.org/news/mission/april97/unity.html
Australia
http://www.schools.ash.org.au/stagatha/ReconciliationWeek.htm
http://www.reconciliation.org.au/
http://www.antar.org.au/
Cambodia
http://www.bigpond.com.kh/users/csd/reports%5Cnif-kr-si.htm
http://www.bigpond.com.kh/users/csd/reports%5Cnif-kr-pp.htm
Canada
http://www.uni.ca/livreouvert/mcquiston_e.html
http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/aia/default.asp?Language=E&Page=PressRoom&Sub=Speeches&Doc=19961018_e.htm
Democratic Republic of Congo
http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/Africa/DRC.asp
Indonesia
http://empoweringforreconciliation.org
http://www.ukdw.ac.id/lpip/pspp/indexeng.html
http://www.reliefweb.int/training/t140.html
Iran
http://www.iranian.com/Opinion/April98/Reconcile/
Lessons from Nicaragua, South Africa, and Northern Ireland
Israel / Palestine
http://www.scn.org/wwfor/israel-pal.html
http://www.openhouse.org.il
The Open House Center in Ramle, Israel, was founded in 1991 to further peace
and coexistence among Israeli Arabs and Jews.
Jewish - Christian
http://www.icjs.org/what/njsp/barnett.html
Nepal
http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishweekly/spotlight/2000/dec/dec29/national11.htm
Northern Ireland
http://www.anselm.edu/academic/politics/newdesign/reconciliation.pdf
The roles played by Christianity in conflict and in reconciliation
http://www.wfn.org/2000/08/msg00058.html
Moving beyond sectarianism
http://www.suntimes.co.za/2000/02/13/news/news12.htm
Comparison between South Africa and Northern Ireland
http://www.globalvolunteers.org/irldmain.htm
The Glencree Centre for Reconciliation is a non-governmental organisation
that seeks to work together with all those trying to build peace, in
whatever area of society. Uniquely in the Republic of Ireland, the
Glencree Centre for Reconciliation at Enniskerry, County Wicklow provides
facilities which are expressly devoted to peace-building and reconciliation
issues. Glencree people perceive peace-building as a process which provides
opportunities to understand the nature and meaning of conflicts, and
opportunities to resolve them without recourse to violence. The work
of the Glencree Centre for Reconciliation is best described under three
headings: General Reconciliation Work; Political Reconciliation Work;
Work with Religious Believers.
http://www.augie.edu/trips/scrirl/
Some useful resources on Northern Ireland
Romania
http://www.transcend.org/conwarjan02.htm
Rwanda
http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/Africa/Rwanda.asp
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/religion/july-dec00/rwanda_8-31.html
http://www.american.edu/ted/ice/RWANDA.HTM
http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/world/where/eagl/rwanda2.htm
http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/justiceontrial/rwanda_chronology.html
http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/example/brub6811.htm
http://www.ciponline.org/Africa/Countries/data/rwanda.htm
South Africa
http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/mbeki/2000/tm1018.html
Thabo Mbeki's speech in Rwanda about SA reconciliation process
http://vulab.ias.unu.edu/GlobalEthos/papers/namhla.html
Good academic paper on SA and role of international community
http://www.polity.org.za/html/govdocs/bills/truth.html?rebookmark=1
National Unity and Reconciliation Bill
The following sources are recognized for their extensive collections of links, many of which are included in the list above:
http://www.geocities.com/reuther_2000/relpol.html
http://www.christchurchcincinnati.org/newweb1/faqs_glossary/links.htm