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.
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.
News
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How a civic tech platform is helping women in Serbia get home safely, globalvoices.org (Oct 20, 2026) — ‘What can we change in the spaces where people live, work, study and spend their free time?’, Daria Dergacheva- Peace literacy, peace politics and Scotland’s future [Scottish Futures Forum], Daily Alternative (Jun 30, 2026)
- How Paris transformed 300 school streets: a step-by-step guide [Cities4Children], Daily Alternative (Jun 29, 2026)
Video
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Events
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Sep 21-27, 2026 (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
[edit | edit source]- Neighbourhood Watch
- 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 and other links
[edit | edit source]- Saferworld, link checked 15:48, 23 October 2026 (UTC)
- Metta Center for Nonviolence, "helping people around the world practice nonviolence more safely and more effectively." link checked 16:08, 23 October 2026 (UTC)
- Global Nonviolent Action Database, "Powering Learning about Nonviolent Action", added 11:35, 24 October 2026 (UTC)
Peace and community safety news
[edit | edit source]- How a civic tech platform is helping women in Serbia get home safely, globalvoices.org (Oct 20, 2026) — ‘What can we change in the spaces where people live, work, study and spend their free time?’, Daria Dergacheva
- Peace literacy, peace politics and Scotland’s future [Scottish Futures Forum], Daily Alternative (Jun 30, 2026)
- How Paris transformed 300 school streets: a step-by-step guide [Cities4Children], Daily Alternative (Jun 29, 2026)
- 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)
- The UK government didn’t want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I’m not surprised, George Monbiot, theguardian.com (Jan 27, 2026) — It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication
- We now know the UK government knows how devastating our coming eco-disasters will be. Citizens must demand preparedness [Resilience.org], Daily Alternative (Jan 26, 2026)
- Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn, theguardian.com (Jan 20, 2026)
- Congo’s communities are creating a 1-million-hectare biodiversity corridor, news.mongabay.com (Dec 18, 2025)
- The Indigenous rangers protecting Katsa Su in Colombia, globalvoices.org (Jul 22, 2025)
- How To Break The Trance, Alternative Editorial (Nov 17, 2024)
- Climate refugees have often seen far too much. But human-centred design, done with empathy and sensitivity to trauma, can help them recover their agency, Daily Alternative (Nov 05, 2024)
- Sikh-American activist Valerie Kaur has taken a bus across forty US states on her “Revolutionary Love” tour. And she uses this compass…, Daily Alternative (Oct 24, 2024)
- The Real Front Line, Alternative Editorial (Feb 04, 2024)
- The township caravan tackling South Africa’s femicide problem – the African way, positive.news (Jan 24, 2024)
- A Surprising Way to Stop Bullying, reasonstobecheerful.world (Jan 08, 2024)
- Going to peace, Alternative Editorial (Nov 12, 2023)
- We Have To Build The Alternative To War, Alternative Editorial (Nov 05, 2023)
- Crime figures are in. The verdict? The world is getting safer, Positive News (Jun 21, 2023)
- In Sierra Leone, post-civil war, you might live next to your amputator. Family talk (fambul tok) was a community resource for peace. It’s a lesson to our polarised societies, The Daily Alternative (Jun 02, 2023)
- Eisenhower asked, "Is there no other way the world may live?" Demilitarised Costa Rica answers him - a sign of hope, in war times, The Daily Alternative (Mar 18, 2022)
- Rugby bringing African communities together, Feb 4, 2021...BBC News
- Demagogues thrive by whipping up our fury. Here’s how to thwart them, George Monbiot, Oct 3, 2019...The Guardian
- Come for the fun, stay for the revolution, Nov 16, 2017...transitionnetwork.org
- The Unsung Role That Ordinary Citizens Played in the Great Crime Decline, Nov 9, 2017...nytimes.com
- Paris: how can we start unpicking the spiral of humiliation and violence? Rob Hopkins, November 18, 2015.
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| Cite as | Phil Green (2015–2026). "Peace and community safety". Appropedia. Retrieved November 3, 2026. |