THEORY OF CHANGE
By COMBINING conflict transformation theory with practical insights from the field, we develop skills that are tailored to our area.
By WORKING TOGETHER to apply these relevant conflict transformation skills, transformative opportunities are created for society's challenges.
By EMPOWERING these opportunities, both at the systemic and community levels, we foster conditions for transforming conflict dynamics.
By FOSTERING conditions for the de-escalation of conflicts, a better future will develop throughout the land that Jews and Palestinians call home.
Vision
Challenge envisions a thriving joint future, embracing the full diversity of identities and opportunities in the entire land that Israelis and Palestinians call home.
Mission
Our Purpose
All social groups will actively work together for a prosperous shared future in the region.
Connecting Communities
A Shared Society is one in which all individuals and identity-groups are treated as equals with regard to their cultural, social, political, and economic rights. In a Shared Society, each member enjoys a sense of belonging, stability, and security. The relations between all members of a Shared Society become conducive to building a general good that it greater than the sum of its parts. As a result, each group regards the contributions of others as a gift instead of a threat.
Institutional Engagement
Conflicts are an inherent part of our lives. They come in different shapes and sizes – some are simple, and others more complex. The conflict transformation approach teaches us not to rush into quick compromises. We should first understand the root causes of a conflict. If we don’t address these root causes, any “solution” will be short-lived and most probably unsustainable.
Methodological Resources
A deep and sustained improvement in social relations, with mutual trust and solidarity, demands a comprehensive process of reconciliation. We lead facilitated meetings for reflective listening, and teach practical techniques for implementing the conflict transformation tool-kit.
What is Conflict Transformation
"Conflict transformation must actively envision, include, respect, and promote the human and cultural resources from within a given setting. This involves a new set of lenses through which we do not primarily 'see' the setting and the people in it as the 'problem' and the outsider as the 'answer'. Rather, we understand the long-term goal of transformation as validating and building on people and resources within the setting.”
- John Paul Lederach, 1995
