Even displaced people can have agency over their safety. Pictured are volunteers from internally displaced persons shelters in Marawi City, the Philippines who are learning how to protect themselves and one another without using weapons. They have been displaced since May 2017.
From battle plans to #peace & development plans.
MILF Field Commanders and Officers from 14 camps in 2 Lanao provinces penned their visions & plans for their comminities during the Visioning and Strategic Planning Workshop organized by #NonviolentPeaceforce.
#bangsamoro
LOOK #MILF field commanders from Lanao Sur & Lanao Norte "decomissioned" themselves for the Visioning & Planning Workshop organized by #NonviolentPeaceforce. The "decomissioning" provides a conducive space to learn & share on equal footing regardless of ranks or positions. #peace
May 12 marks the 20th anniversary of when Nonviolent Peaceforce started. David and Mel met at the 1999 Hague Appeal for Peace, each seeking support to make his vision an organized entity.
Here's a snapshot of the events leading up to the formation of Nonviolent Peaceforce!
"If we want to reap the harvest of ☮️ & justice in the future, we will have to sew the seeds of nonviolence here & now, in the present." Mairead Maguire, ☮️ Activist in Northern Ireland 🍀.
Learn more about how NP sees the seeds of nonviolence
👉https://t.co/zevzLsiDNq
"Blue is the invisible becoming visible. Blue has no dimensions, it is beyond the dimensions of which other colours partake." - Yves Klein
#blue#mindanao#maguindanao https://t.co/fyRElpZZRz
"Blue is the invisible becoming visible. Blue has no dimensions, it is beyond the dimensions of which other colours partake." - Yves Klein
#blue#mindanao#maguindanao https://t.co/Z53n17HWRE
"Blue is the invisible becoming visible. Blue has no dimensions, it is beyond the dimensions of which other colours partake." - Yves Klein https://t.co/pV9IHvwj0P