Principles & Practices

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Principles

Unity in Diversity - leading to respect for each individual, organization, and project and their synthesis for greater purpose.

Co-operation - based upon compassion, trust, and sharing among diverse organizations, projects, and individuals to benefit the larger community.

The Peace Wheel

The Peace Wheel © is a model for Peacebuilding, developed by Pathways To Peace over the last 25 years. It consists of eight sectors, or pathways, that are interconnected and that symbolize different ways that people can help build Peace. These pathways transcend national, ethnic, racial, religious, age, or gender differences; are are common to every society.

Learn more about the Peace Wheel © on the Pathways to Peace web site.

Practices

These Principles are enacted through such Peace Practices as:

• Focusing upon strengths and respecting the work of others.
• Open, direct communications.
• Accepting responsibility and keeping commitments.
• Succinct expression, building upon the ideas of others.
• Listening, leading to dialogue.
• Celebrating all successes.
• Opening and closing rituals - e.g. a minute of silence, music, inspirational readings, introductions from the heart, circle of commitment and invocations such as "May Peace Prevail on Earth."

To give an example of a simple yet powerful peace practice, check out this video from Peter Melton on the use the "V" sign as a unified peace symbol: