I Lead Peace
I Lead Peace is a campaign by Arigatou International—End Child Poverty that promotes community-led peace actions.
We recognize that the contribution of every person in society is important and necessary, if we are to attain sustainable peace.
I Lead Peace emphasises the development of leadership capacities of faith actors, through mentorship, training and support, for individual and collective peace actions. Faith actors – including children and youth – use locally available resources to lead interfaith dialogue, interfaith cooperation, and foster peace education, in their communities.
I Lead Peace uses media outreach for storytelling and advocacy, as well as gathering and generating information useful to advancing sustainable peace.
Get Involved
You too can lead peace in your family, school, workplace, place of worship, and the wider community. You can join others across several countries who are taking peace actions. Be part of the #ILeadPeace campaign by:
- Take steps to find out more about what is likely causing violence against children or violent conflicts in your community, country, or region. Talk to others about this too and work together and find or develop solutions.
- Organize an online or in-person conversation on matters related to peace and conflict transformation. Dialogue is an important part of peacebuilding.
- Listen to children as they speak about their concerns related to ending violence and peace Create such safe spaces and opportunities to listen to children.
- Form or join an interfaith network, group, or platform, which provides safe spaces for interfaith dialogue and common actions for peace
- Share your inspiring stories of change with us and others, using the media that is available to you. Share your story
- Join our online #ILeadPeace conversation on social media, by using the #ILeadPeace hashtag to post or view stories, questions, and photos of peace actions globally
- See other ways to Take Action
For even more action ideas, use our Interfaith Guide to End Child Poverty