CFOR Force for Change

CFOR facilitates and trains facilitators internationally to process current and historic conflict, grapple with accountability and build our shared future

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For a little inspiration in these divisive times.. I love the Dalai Lama’s interpreter & his love for the Dalai Lama... the compassion and ‘mothering’ he speaks of.

As we grapple with the personal & community awareness so needed in this polarised world

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In solidarity during Dalit awareness month ... #DalitLivesMatter

Pictured in The Quint: Yashica Dutt, Author of 'Coming Out as Dalit -A Memoir of Surviving India's Caste System'

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The US government claims that it is SHE who supports terrorism due her pro-Palestinian activism. An age-old terror tactic of authoritarian governments, designed to instil terror and to silence leaders, social activists, educators and the educated.

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We should all be alarmed and terrified. On her way to an Iftar (a breaking of the Ramadan fast) ... Arrested by the US government, by men in masks. A student, on a student visa. This is a terror tactic on the part of the government.

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This mural in Kyiv is ‘Berehynia’, a feminine spirit … she protects us... and represents a deep source of life, vitality and strength that we are encouraged to call on, personally and collectively, in times of hardship.

On this #InternationalWomensDay let us draw on her spirit.

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This film, just 13 minutes long, was the actual amount of time that the train was stopped, as 19 civilians were taken off and killed.

Thank you Tajana for sharing it with us at CFOR - It's in the running for an Oscar.

We invite you to take these few moments.

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A short film for our times, from Nebojša Slijepčević ...reconstructed from memories of passengers on a train stopped by the paramilitary, in an ethnic cleansing operation in 1993, in Bosnia and Herzegovina... One man, Tomo Buzov, stands up to them.

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… let's hold on to our hats, and to one another, and grow in our awareness to not fall into the polarizations and feed the escalation of our times.

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How are you doing out there? With all the attempts to confuse and upend our ability to discern reality, and to upend our humanity and our awareness, with bluster, lies, and time-tested authoritarian crackdown...

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As ever, Thanks Nicholas Kristof! For speaking out about the vital work of USAID, in the depravement of these times…

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Operating in six districts, this initiative focuses on training youth and women facilitators, recognising their vital and passionate role in strengthening their communities and future.

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Your donation, small or large, makes a difference: https://t.co/ZfWt4X6leD

Join CFOR and our Partner in Rwanda, GER, in supporting community facilitators leading powerful dialogues for recovery, reconciliation, and to prevent future violence. #GenocidePrevention

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In these difficult times, we invite you to join us in contributing to and learning from our colleagues and friends in Rwanda - with their unique will to reconcile and build the future.

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A moment of prayer, reflection, and gratitude for those of us working together to build awareness and to find ways forward in these impossible times.

Transport Arrival, Theresienstadt, 1942
Painting by Leo (Lev) Haas (1901-1983)
Yad Vashem

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Holocaust Memorial Day, witnessing my family among the 6 million killed. I've come to realise memorials matter, for those of us upclose, and those of us at a distance.. . to ‘stop the world’… to stop replaying the demonizing and dehumanizing nightmare.

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'Facilitating Our Future' is led by Boris Sopko, Neus Andreu Monsech, Anup Karia, & Arlene Audergon - designed and implemented by CFOR in collaboration with the Ukraine Processwork Institute. Participants are facilitating individual and community healing and pathways forward.

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Your donation, small or large, directly strengthens a growing network of community facilitators making a difference every day in Ukraine, during the current crisis & for the future.

'Facilitating Our Future', Ukraine Community Facilitator Training: https://t.co/xL3eV7fdsy

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In the midst of war, over 50 Ukrainian facilitators and community leaders are gathering to train in vital skills to support their work with communities dealing with trauma, conflict, and profound challenges.

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As we orient to the new year, let’s pray that we’ll follow that deeper something guiding us…like these birds in flight.

With love and warmth to our families, friends, students & colleagues in the UK, Ukraine, Rwanda, & around the world... Arlene and our CFOR team