Peace Practice Alliance
Individuals dedicated to leading peace and systems change call for deep, ongoing community support, inspiration, and courageous spaces for learning. The Peace Practice Alliance holds space for peacebuilders to deeply connect, learn, reflect, and gain resources and certification with similarly visionary leaders around the world to further their peace leadership practices. The Peace Practice Alliance program cultivates and nourishes communities of peace leaders.
PROGRAM PILLARS
CONNECT
peacebuilders from around the world in a heart-centered environment to build an inclusive, resourceful, and supportive community
EQUIP
peace leaders with an understanding of peace leadership in a peer-learning environment
PRACTICE
peace leadership within ourselves, in our relationships with each other, and in our communities
THE EXPERIENCE
The Peace Practice Alliance is a six-month peace leadership experience. An international cohort of peacebuilders collaborates through an intensive virtual learning and community building journey exploring and developing peace leadership theories and practices. The Peace Practice Alliance consists of five modules that guide through integral peace leadership and how to apply it in our work and lives. Following a model of inform, inspire, and transform, participants have opportunities in each module to gain new knowledge and skills, actively engage and apply learnings in their own lives, and deeply reflect. The Peace Practice Alliance exists as a living system, and the experience evolves through the ongoing co-creation and collaboration of all participants.
virtual classroom
Participants will have access to an online learning platform that houses informational, inspirational, and experiential materials on personal, interpersonal, community, and global peace practices to strengthen and deepen their peacebuilding work in their respective communities.
global community
The heart of the Peace Practice Alliance is the morally courageous, soul-driven, inspired community of global peacebuilders. Participants will be part of and nourish an inclusive, tight-knit cohort to share stories and practices, provide support and encouragement, and cultivate relationships with fellow peacebuilders.
peace practice
Participants have opportunities to practice integral peace leadership in real time through experiential exercises, workshops, and cohort meetings. Participants also learn to apply peace practices to initiatives in their communities, regions, and the world. Participants use their Peace Practice Alliance experience to effect change with the support of a global community.
program grounding
The Peace Practice Alliance program grounds in Integral Peace Leadership, originated by Dr. Whitney McIntyre Miller and colleagues. They share, “peace leadership is about our abilities to work together to challenge violence and aggression and build positive groups, communities, organizations, and societies. Peace leadership provides a space for us all to work both individually and together to make the world the place where we want to live.”
Euphrates believes that each person’s commitment to practices of inner work and personal well-being, rooted in self-reflection and contemplative practice, is foundational to practicing peace. This practice leads to continual individual growth, healing, and transformation that nourishes relationships and communities. When we practice peace in supportive, inclusive, trusting, and courageous communities, our individual integrity and capacity for peace is enhanced and we become better equipped to carry and sustain those practices across all areas of our lives. These deep relationships to one’s self and others built on understanding, compassion, and love will inspire and expand awareness of the interconnectedness of all living beings. When more of us, individually and collectively, practice peace, critical connections between everyday peacebuilders will effect systemic change, ending violence in all forms.
Program Timeline
The Peace Practice Alliance program happens once a year beginning in February. The application process opens each year between October-November. You can sign up for our newsletter to receive regular updates on the program timeline.
The 2025 Program Selection Process
2025 Application Opens: 1 October 2024
Deadline for Applications: 27 October 2024; 11:59 PM UTC
Review of Applications: Early-Mid November 2024
Next Steps: Mid-November 2024, all applicants will be notified, and shortlisted candidates will be invited to a 30-minute online interview
Online Interviews: November-December 2024
Notification of Final Outcome: Mid-December 2024
The 2025 Program
Program Onboarding: Begins via email in January 2025
Public Announcement of Participants: January 2025
Full program begins: February 2025
PPA core program: February-July 2025
Program closing: August 2025
Life-long participation in PPA alumni community!
Program Donation
The Peace Practice Alliance invites a sliding scale program donation to Euphrates to support the program and the community. Upon acceptance to the Peace Practice Alliance, participants are invited to contribute based on financial ability and an amount that feels joyful to contribute between $0-500 USD.
Program Certification
This program is academically vetted and accredited by the Centre for Executive Education at the University for Peace (UPEACE), established by the General Assembly of the United Nations. UPEACE is dedicated to providing an international institution of higher education for peace, with the aim of promoting among all human beings the spirit of understanding, tolerance and peaceful co-existence. Within that context, the Centre for Executive Education offers transformational educational experiences that allow participants to deepen their positive impact on the interconnected world around us.
Upon completion of program requirements, participants receive certificates of completion endorsed by Euphrates Institute and the Centre for Executive Education at the University for Peace (UPEACE).
Reflections from Peace Practice Alliance Alumni
Our alumni create a deeply passionate, loving, supportive, and uplifting community, including 163 peace leaders from 50 countries.
Hear from some of our alumni about their program experiences:
Frequently Asked Questions
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The PPA is for individuals who:
lead an initiative or small organization and want support and leadership guidance
identify as peace leaders and are looking for community and a professional network to support them in their peace work or who aim to self-identify as peace leaders and want to grow their knowledge and practice
seek to take a pause in their life and rejuvenate personally or professionally
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The Peace Practice Alliance is supported by global partners including:
Centre for Executive Education at the University for Peace established by the United Nations General Assembly
United Religions Initiative
Crew for All
Worldwide Education and Research Institute
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Eligible participants should have a strong proficiency in international English and an interest or experience in peacebuilding, community development, or global citizenship. If you're passionate about leading social change locally or globally, this program is for You! Individuals must be over 18 years old to apply (though peace leaders of all ages are welcome to join other Euphrates activities!).
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Applicants should demonstrate an alignment with Euphrates values. Applicants should demonstrate integrity, an eagerness to learn, a growth mindset, a commitment to practicing peace, and a desire/motivation to actively participate in community. Euphrates encourages applicants outside of the peacebuilding field to apply, and such applicants should demonstrate an interest in integrating peace practice into your work. Euphrates puts a strong emphasis on curating cohorts that are diverse in demographics and types of initiatives/professional backgrounds. Applicants from marginalized identities and contexts, and with intersectional interests, are encouraged to apply.
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Once applications are submitted, a review committee reads each application and invites a shortlist of applicants to 30-minute interviews. Interviews are conducted over the course of two weeks, and a review committee creates a final list of accepted applicants.
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