The Accelerate Peace Conference was held on Stanford University’s campus in California, USA. It brought together more than 400 peacebuilders from around the world to discuss challenges to peace, both in their local communities and on an international level, and also to discuss action-oriented solutions to benefit all of humanity. URI MENA joined other URI regions’ leaders on the stage to say: “We are the Middle East & North Africa; we are here to make peace in our community and the world.” Mamoun also shared his experience in ending religiously motivated violence in MENA through building resilient communities and preventing youth from radicalization that leads to violence.
The main sessions included:
• Remembering Victims of Violence and Injustice
• Peacebuilding through Promoting Enduring, Daily Interfaith Cooperation: From Dialogue to Action
• Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
• Ending Religiously Motivated Violence
• Building Cultures of Peace, Justice and Healing for the Earth and all Living Beings: Women’s Empowerment and Environmental Sustainability
• Building Cultures of Peace, Justice and Healing for the Earth and all Living Beings: Global Organizations and Grassroots Partnerships
To learn more about the conference and see the main session, please visit:
https://uri.org/uri-st…/20190701-accelerate-peace-conference