Ruby Quantson Davis

Peace Research. Deliberative Dialogues. Learning Networks. Impacting Communities.

[Ruby Quantson Davis @RubyQuantson]

'learn to embrace that feeling of learning, because the acquisition of knowledge and the reduction in ignorance is among the most fulfilling things in life...As frequently and fervently as you can, banish ignorance and embrace knowledge. Learning is life.'

[Ruby Quantson Davis @RubyQuantson]

Ghana to initiate visa-free travel for Africans in 2024 https://t.co/6qsuvHWP4q

[Ruby Quantson Davis @RubyQuantson]

"Time to head out into new territory
What should you concentrate on next?"

"Consider the questions they ask for which you have no answers."

https://t.co/BN04KEPunL

[Ruby Quantson Davis @RubyQuantson]

There we go again. Exhausting!

Claudine Gay resigns as Harvard University president
https://t.co/A8UgMhjboV

[Peace Direct @peacedirect]

Next Monday, join the Global Day of Action calling for a #CeasefireNOW in Gaza:

🖋️sign: https://t.co/qIvOaXa2MU

📢 share the call: https://t.co/kuhIMHkarp

👕 wear your values - we've launched a solidarity collection, sold at-cost, to boost the campaign: https://t.co/RQuXMQjsdx

[Ruby Quantson Davis @RubyQuantson]

An appreciation of different ways of thinking, processing and creating will #ShiftThePower
Well done team Bogota!

[#EAPhilanthropyNetwork @EAPhilanthropy]

An amazing three days at the #ShiftThePower summit is crowned today. The beauty of unity and diversity exemplified through thoughts, arts and culture.

[Peace Direct @peacedirect]

🤝What is the relationship between decolonising international cooperation and #ShiftingThePower ?

Join one of our weaving conversations on the 13th November ahead of the @ShiftThePower Summit this December!

Session 1: https://t.co/mWOmmr3gZA

Session 2: https://t.co/NL5qUOpqoy

[Ruby Quantson Davis @RubyQuantson]

'Sitting with the Discomfort of Decolonisation'.
I recall starting this presentation with a Xhosa/Zulu freedom song, in the centre of Cambridge, United Kingdom! It was a heavy topic, and I needed inspiration from my predecessors and ancestors. Thanks for publishing.
Read on:

[Wesley House @wesleyhousecam]

Holiness 8.2 is out. Congratulations to @RubyQuantson on her article 'Sitting with the Discomfort of Decolonisation'
https://t.co/yBk0KgEtxL

[Ruby Quantson Davis @RubyQuantson]

"Perhaps it is time for funding bodies to rethink their application processes."

ChatGPT use shows that the grant-application system is broken https://t.co/qRQMQ4Rccy

[Ruby Quantson Davis @RubyQuantson]

People-centred research and evaluation: Relational practices that shift power, recognises and protects civilians.

Great reflective questions @Peaceforce

[Nonviolent Peaceforce (inactive) @Peaceforce]

Participatory research & evaluation — two, interrelated relational practices.

🧐what does it mean to conduct unarmed civilian protection nonviolently?

@DrNerveV @rogermacginty @felicityegray #EllenFurnari @UCPResearch

[Ruby Quantson Davis @RubyQuantson]

"Suddenly we received the news... ‘Sorry we are stopping this program— it was as sudden as that,”
The funding cuts mean help is withdrawn from 104 health facilities in Uganda and Madagascar and the loss of 648 community health workers in Sudan"
https://t.co/YxaIhuP7ag

[Ruby Quantson Davis @RubyQuantson]

"One of the biggest changes is the decolonization of aid and empowerment of local leadership — a key plank of the new policy, particularly as it pertains to Australia’s Indo-Pacific neighbors, many of which are being courted by China" @peacedirect
https://t.co/H11dj7rqEU

[Ruby Quantson Davis @RubyQuantson]

Please help our talented brother if you can. Thank you so much.
https://t.co/hqCNBwDUs4

[Ruby Quantson Davis @RubyQuantson]

"...traditional approaches to M&E – with a focus on linear logic, attribution, and causality – have never really been fit-for-purpose in peacemaking..."

https://t.co/NZjPJKlVYx

[Ruby Quantson Davis @RubyQuantson]

‘Two fundamental changes in our understanding of impact have led us to again evolve, and create a new Learning and Accountability Framework.'
1. Who defines what should be measured?
2. Addressing root causes by working on systems change.

https://t.co/h0rBckY7Fz

[Ruby Quantson Davis @RubyQuantson]

"Meanwhile, our countries, the ones whose autonomy these discussions are allegedly about, continue to literally fall to pieces".

Yup! Through poverty, bad governance, land issues, harsh trade and foreign policies....all of that create aid dependency.

https://t.co/UpPBYUWmCJ

[Ruby Quantson Davis @RubyQuantson]

We mean business! Peaceful and just business!

[Peace Direct @peacedirect]

@OpenEdgeTC 📸Here is our International Programmes and Research team having a blast on the day!

[Ruby Quantson Davis @RubyQuantson]

This!🧐

[Richard A. Davis, PhD @rad_1968]

working on a paper today: "Decolonising the Hidden British PhD Curriculum"

[Ruby Quantson Davis @RubyQuantson]

We are ready for the next phase!
#systemschange
#localpeacebuilding
#shiftthepower

[Peace Direct @peacedirect]

💭This week, Peace Direct staff are taking time out to reflect on our work, practices and goals. Today, we're at @JBCLondon reviewing our organisational goals and the road ahead! 💫

[Ruby Quantson Davis @RubyQuantson]

"Long term shifts – keeping things on the agenda when the spotlight is elsewhere – are even harder and a key test of leadership."

[Ruby Quantson Davis @RubyQuantson]

Leadership Tips from Someone Who Knows https://t.co/9Y4yBjWBXo