Peace and community safety
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism aimed at sustaining and deepening the bedrock of peace and community safety both within and between communities.
News
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Listening before helping: Why community involvement is essential for peace in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, globalvoices.org (Mar 31, 2026) - Uganda’s first peace journalism awards redefine the media landscape, globalvoices.org (Feb 03, 2026)
- Colombia’s persistent violence seems overwhelming. But this “systems approach to youth-led peace building” has affected millions, Daily Alternative (Jan 29, 2026)
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Peace and community safety can be seen as an essential precondition of sustainable development.
Peace is a period of harmony between different social groups that is characterized by lack of violence or conflict behaviors, and the freedom from fear of violence. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility and retribution, peace also suggests sincere attempts at reconciliation, the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the establishment of equality, and a working political order that serves the true interests of all. W
There is also an argument that peace suggests prosperity in matters of environmental welfare and justice.
Events
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Sep 15-21, 2025 (Mon-Sun) — Global Week Of Action For Peace And Climate Justice, climatemilitarism.org- Sep 21, 2026 (Mon) — International Day of Peace, Globally shared date, Sep 21 each year for all humanity to commit to Peace above all differences and to contribute to building a Culture of Peace, internationaldayofpeace.org
- Oct 02, 2026 (Fri) — International Day of Non-Violence, observed each year on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, un.org
- Nov 16, 2026 (Mon) — International Day for Tolerance, Nov 16 each year, fostering respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human, unesco.org
Community action projects
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- Community Safety partnerships
- Community based wildfire prevention
Neighborhood watch
[edit | edit source]A neighborhood watch or neighbourhood watch, also called a crime watch or neighbourhood crime watch, is an organized group of civilians devoted to crime and vandalism prevention within a neighborhood. In other words, neighborhood watch is a crime prevention scheme under which civilians agree together to keep an eye on one another's properties, patrol the street, and report suspicious incidents to law enforcement agencies.
The aim of neighborhood watch includes educating residents of a community on security and safety and achieving safe and secure neighborhoods. However, when a criminal activity is suspected, members are encouraged to report to authorities, and not to intervene. W
Restorative practices
[edit | edit source]Restorative practices is a social science that studies how to improve and repair relationships between people and communities. The purpose is to build healthy communities, increase social capital, decrease crime and antisocial behavior, repair harm and restore relationships. It ties together research in a variety of social science fields, including education, psychology, social work, criminology, sociology, organizational development and leadership. W
Organisations working with communities
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- Saferworld, link checked 15:25, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
Apps for sustainability
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See also: Community involvement, Environment quality, Localism, Rural sustainability
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External links
- Wikipedia: Peace W, Restorative practices W
- Metta Center for Nonviolence
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| Cite as | Philralph (2015–2025). "Peace and community safety". Appropedia. Retrieved June 1, 2026. |