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Peace Kitchen is making [radio] waves of impact!!

At Peace Inc., we love food + we LOVE working towards a world where all may flourish!

This is why we facilitate meaningful conversations about gritty topics over food. More than just a foodie event, Peace Kitchen's unique value proposition is its expertise in peacebuilding (and specifically FOOD peacebuilding at that!) Peace Kitchen is about creating warm spaces where people connect deeply.

Met the woman who serves peace via food - ABC listen Peace Kitchen founder Dr Elaine Pratley believes sharing food together can lead to better and stronger relationships.

With the 2024 UN High-Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals fast approaching, it’s time to reflect on and the continued need for peacebuilding, even in seemingly peaceful spaces.

Join Elaine Pratley (Founder of Peace Kitchen and Peace Inc.) and ElsaMarie D'Silva (she/her) (Founder of SafeCity) for a InstaLive discussion on how the Safecity app (crowdsourced data) and Peace Kitchen (public dialogues through food) are fostering peace and community engagement.

🗓 Date: Friday 5 July 10 am AEST/ Thursday 4 July 8pm EST
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Dr Elaine Pratley was recently selected to represent Oceania for the Positive Peace Activator Programme. Check out her reflections on her time with other activators in Yogyakarta, climate grief in the Pacific, and the Positive Peace Pillars!




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Reflections from Rotary Positive Peace Activator Training Dr. Elaine Pratley reflects on her experience at the Rotary Positive Peace Activator’s Oceania Cohort training.

Have a passion for food and creating connections? Listen to Dr Elaine Pratley’s interview on food journalist Dani Valent’s podcast Dirty Linen!

Dr Pratley talks about how food has potential for both conflict and peace, and its many social relations. Who knew eating could bring so much food for thought?!

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🎙️New Podcast Alert! Dive into the latest episode of Dirty Linen with , featuring Peace Kitchen founder, peace-builder Dr .pratley! Discover the heart of Peace Kitchen and the impact of our first event.

As Dani says, “This conversation is going to lead people to great food experiences but also to great ideas about what food can do. It’s not just about nourishment and sustenance; it’s multi-dimensional.”

🔍 Teaser: Stay tuned for a special announcement next week about our next event at Meals with Impact!

👉 Listen Now – https://deepintheweeds.com.au/podcast/dr-elaine-pratley-peace-kitchen-can-food-promote-peace/
And get ready for more exciting news next week!

There's no better way to end the week than to play for peace!

Today, as part of our PeacePlay programme, we facilitated a Positive Conflict workshop with 82 students aged 9 to 10.

The kids were enthusiastic participants and engaged in discussions about the different types of conflicts they have in the schoolyard: when friends say they want to play with others, when someone hogs the ball, when someone gives a death stare etc. Life is full of conflict when you are 9!

We also explored positive ways of responding to conflict before we topped the day off with some energetic tug of war/peace.

Kids are amazing peacebuilders. We are on a mission to transform conflict through different sectors of society and young people are a big part of our strategy.

If you know of communities who might want to benefit from our PeacePlay programme, let us know! We are also always looking for more investors who believe in the power of youth peacebuilding.

What’s on in Melbourne this week? Peace Kitchen is on!

Join us on Wednesday 6:30pm at Yum Sing House near Melbourne Central for meaningful conversations about identity, culture and belong…all while enjoying a scrumptious 3 course meal!

Facilitated by our Dr Elaine Pratley, with 10% of ticket sales going to support the good work of Meals with Impact.

A Peace Inc. and ValueLab Collective initiative in everyday Peacebuilding!

Peace Kitchen - What's On Melbourne During Asian Heritage Week, enjoy dinner and meaningful conversations about identity and heritage.

Our initiative Peace Kitchen is launching during Melbourne's inaugural Asian Heritage Week and we are VERY excited!

Come by yourself or with friends/family/colleagues for good food and meaningful conversations about identity, cultural heritage, and navigating feelings of imposter syndrome.

Facilitated by our very own Dr Elaine Pratley in collaboration with ValueLab Collective, we will be enjoying a delicious 3-course meal + wine/beer/mocktail paired with visual storytelling of Australia's migration history.

To support our work in systemic change and peacebuilding, 10% of ticket proceeds will go towards supporting the work of Meals with Impact (https://mealswithimpact.com.au/.

📅 Date: Wednesday, June 5th
🕡 Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
📍 Venue: Yum Sing House, 22 Sutherland Street, Melbourne

Tickets are limited so secure your spot now for an evening of good food, great company, and impactful discussions! www.peacekitchen.com.au

Peace Kitchen | Meaningful conversations over food Peace Kitchen facilitates meaningful conversations over food to promote mutual understanding, connection and community-building.

We are more than our boxes.

Powerful reminder to always seek the deeper stories of each other instead of settling for labels and stereotypes.

TV 2 | All That We Share We live in a time where we quickly put people in boxes. Maybe we have more in common than what we think? Introducing All That We Share. The English version.W...

Don’t miss Peace Inc.’s Tanja Hagedorn’s recent interview on empowering young people to be a force for peace!

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For International Women’s Day, we celebrate the unique and powerful role women have as peacebuilders, especially when “mothers and wives of mobilised soldiers are granted liberties that other protesters don't get.”

Why wives and mothers could be a big problem for Vladimir Putin These wives and mothers of Russia's mobilised soldiers are risking the ire of Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin with their weekly protests, which come at an awkward time for the president.

Check out Dr Elaine Pratley’s latest article on The University of Melbourne’s publication Pursuit!

She writes about Lunar New Year’s potential for food Peacebuilding and connecting across different cultural backgrounds.

Lunar New Year is all about food, family, food, peacebuilding and food Lunar New Year brings people together, but it’s the food that connects them, says University of Melbourne expert

When people hear the word 'peacebuilding', they often equate it with 'peacekeeping' and assume it is a man-dominated profession.

Read Ana Prada's thoughts on how women, in particular mothers, play a central role in fostering everyday peace amidst and after widespread violence.

Women - at home, at work, at schools, and in the business world - are significant players in building peace.

Mothers as peacebuilders: overlooked voices in peacebuilding processes Mothers are critical players in everyday peacebuilding processes

Happy Lunar New Year to all celebrating!

Reunion meals have an important role to play in peacebuilding. Check out our thoughts on it and enjoy the year of the Dragon!

Reunion meals as food peacebuilding What I love about the Lunar New Year is how food peacebuilding is front and centre of the celebrations. For instance, the day before the new year, the family gathers for the family reunion meal. More significant than the other days, this specific meal has an important symbolic role of aiding family....

Involved in gender-focussed programming? Come join us on 15 February 2024 for a discussion on the challenges facing minority women and how their perspectives are sometimes overlooked in women inclusion programmes. While the event draws on research done by the Women Peace Makers in Cambodia, this online event seeks to expand the conversation on minority women worldwide.

Peace Inc.'s Elaine Pratley will be moderating the discussion and Raymond Hyma will be on the panel, alongside Le Sen and Ester Pisey James.

Spaces are limited so please register now at

Minority Women: Fitting In or Redefining? Join us on 15 February 2024 as we launch the new book “The Diverse Cambodian Woman” and have a discussion with the authors.

Come join us this Friday 19 Jan at 6:30pm in Melbourne for Peace Inc collaborator Aamon Sayed’s much anticipated photography exhibition!

Aamon is a multi-talented artist, photographer, & musician extraordinaire.

Peace Inc Elaine Pratley’s portrait and interview is also one of eight featured at the event centred around storytelling through different avenues.

For his Untold Stories podcasts and photo-exhibit, Aamon interviewed over a hundred people. This Melbourne launch event will be the first of several global event, so be sure to catch it while it’s still in Melbourne! Bring friends!

Tickets:

Untold Stories - a night of storytelling Get ready for Untold Stories - an epic night of raw, captivating storytelling in incredibly deep and unique ways.

Still a few spots left!

Ana Prada, our expert in community development and environmental peacebuilding, will be facilitating an online seminar on peace and climate security on 28/11/23 today for participants in the International Training on Dialogue and Mediation network. The seminar is offered by the University of Uppsala and the Dag Hammarskjold Foundation (Sweden).

This training brings together human rights advocates from around the world. Ana will reflect on the importance of considering the ecological dimension in conflict transformation for the consolidation of sustainable peace, especially at a time when climate migration is becoming an increasingly serious issue globally. It is a global problem that requires contextualized solutions and dialogue with traditional knowledge.

14:00-16:00 CET
22:00-midnight AEST.

To register, contact [email protected]

USIP's Generation Change Fellows Program in the Pacific Islands is now open. The program will focus on training youth leaders (ages 18-35) from the Pacific Islands, who have experience in peacebuilding, in a 5-day training on prejudice awareness and reduction, effective leadership and conflict transformation.

The training will take place in March, 2024 in Fiji. The deadline to apply is Thursday, November 30th, 2023

Generation Change Fellows Program Generation Change works with young leaders across the globe to foster collaboration, build resilience and strengthen capacity as they transform local communities.

Positive Peace Activator Oceania Program
Opportunity for peacebuilders living, working, and/or studying in Oceania

The Positive Peace Activator Program is the most comprehensive training and educational program hosted jointly by Rotary International and the Institute for Economics & Peace. The Activator Training Program includes a competitive application process and a multi-day intensive training that is curated for each region. After the training, Activators agree to a two-year service commitment, providing presentations, leading trainings, and supporting projects with Rotary clubs, districts and other stakeholders. Activators are considered representatives of the Rotary-IEP Partnership.

Since 2020, 197 Activators from six regions and more than 70 countries have been trained. To date, trained Positive Peace Activators have delivered 847 educational actions, equaling 10,679 hours of service – via trainings, presentations, radio interviews, writing, and project work – reaching more than 12 million people.

The Rotary Positive Peace Activator Oceania Program is open to Rotary and IEP stakeholders doing significant work (living, working, or studying) in the Oceania region. Eligible countries include: Australia, American Samoa, Cook Islands, East Timor, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Indonesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papau New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, and Vanuatu.

Timeline:
Applications close November 25, 2023.
Selected applicants will be notified by December 11, 2023.

The Oceania Positive Peace Activator training will take place in Yogyakarta, Indonesia May 17, 18, 19, 2024.

Before applying, please review all detailed information that follows on the program, logistics, qualifications, and expectations in the application link.

Rotary Positive Peace Activator Program Application Rotary Positive Peace Activator Program Application

Engaging discussion at the ESG 2023 Leadership Summit on needing to remember the social dimension of 'Environment, Social & Governance' work.

Elaine Pratley (Peace Inc) talked about how a peacebuilding lens reveals tensions even within terms like 'social good' and 'ESG'. She also brought two birds' nests to demonstrate how we often talk about social impact at a theoretical level. But real change needs a return to basics and the relationships and direct connection with the people/animals/Country we want to help.

Thomas Mayo, Voice to Parliament advocate, talked about how corporates supported the Yes vote during the recent Voice Referendum. Katrina Moore and Gabby Sundstrom described how collaborating with communities can create meaningful impact for businesses. Melanie Yap gave an overview of the issues that might fall within 'the social'.

A takeaway from the forum: If an ESG role falls within the communication team's purview, this suggests that ESG is about branding and optics. If it is part of the strategic team's work, perhaps there is a real desire for positive social impact.

Apply Today! The East-West Center is still accepting applications for the 2024 Asia Pacific Leadership Program, though the final due date is fast approaching. For more information about the program [It's in Hawaii!] and how to apply, please visit the application page:

https://www.eastwestcenter.org/apply/asia-pacific-leadership-program?fbclid=IwAR04U-FDIWc9Kb2SnVUo1pA2p_CoeypUI0ykFdXwbqVTWt0OobSZAgRXO4c

Asia Pacific Leadership Program Apply for the Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP) today!

FOR PEACE

As the fever of day calms towards twilight
May all that is strained in us come to ease.

We pray for all who suffered violence today,
May an unexpected serenity surprise them.

For those who risk their lives each day for peace,
May their hearts glimpse providence at the heart of history.

That those who make riches from violence and war
Might hear in their dreams the cries of the lost.

That we might see through our fear of each other
A new vision to heal our fatal attraction to aggression.

That those who enjoy the privilege of peace
Might not forget their tormented brothers and sisters.

That the wolf might lie down with the lamb,
That our swords be beaten into ploughshares

And no hurt or harm be done
Anywhere along the holy mountain.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

From his book, Benedictus
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store

Killarney National Park
Co. Kerry, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

Just found our new life goals. Really shows how you don’t need to broker peace agreements or start an NGO to be a peacebuilder.

Join Dr. Elaine Pratley at next week's ESG Leadership Forum 2023 where she will talk about the social dimension in Environment + Social Governance and some ways to positively transform conflict for social good.

Register at

Rotary ESG Leadership Forum 2023 | 27-28 October, Melbourne Join us as we hear from Australia’s most forward-thinking leaders and help shape a conscious, innovative future for Australia.

Israeli and Palestinian women waging peace together because violence hurts us all.

Israeli, Palestinian women hold joint rally for peace | AFP Hundreds of Palestinian and Israeli women rally in Jerusalem and the Dead Sea in the occupied West Bank, calling for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian confli...

For those who missed the launch of Peacebuilding Practice (moderated by Peace Inc's Elaine Pratley) co-hosted by Women Peace Makers and the Rotary Peace Fellows Alumni Association, check out this invaluable text on peace and conflict practice and theory:

https://wpmcambodia.org/project/peacebuilding-practice-a-textbook-for-practitioners/