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Bill Warters

@bwarters.bsky.social

Retired Peace and Conflict Studies Professor, Quaker. Tech enthusiast. campus-adr.net

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Toolkit for responding to violent conflicts | Canadian Friends Service Committee Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers) shares this short toolkit about how to respond to violent conflicts.

The Canadian Friends Service Committee developed a thoughtful Toolkit for Responding to Violent Conflicts for Quakers that may interest peace groups more generally. quakerservice.ca/news/toolkit...

11.09.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here’s the slides from my recent workshop -
Getting into Good Trouble: Theories of the Third Side from People Who’ve Been There
leym.org/wp-content/u...

20.06.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quakers at our LEYM Yearly Meeting participated in a No Kings rally and a vigil of our own on Saturday. Very inspiring.

17.06.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Impact Map - The Impact Project The Impact Map provides timely data on policy, funding, and workforce changes and their localized effect.

Visualization of funding cuts by this administration theimpactproject.org/the-impact-m...

22.05.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Judge Rules That Trump Administration Takeover of Institute of Peace Is Illegal

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s takeover and gutting of the U.S. Institute of Peace were unlawful and a β€œgross usurpation of power” and ordered the reinstatement of officials ejected by the White House.

19.05.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 779    πŸ” 191    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 9
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Artificial Intelligence & us: All You Need to Know Tactical Tech's Artificial Intelligence & Us package helps you and your audience understand, demystify, confront, and navigate AI through pop-up exhibitions, toolkits, workshops, and masterclasses.

Big fan of the folks at Tactical Tech project. Interesting to see them come to grips with AI in our lives. See tacticaltech.org/artificial-i...

09.05.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DOGE Staff Marches Into U.S. Institute of Peace and Evicts Its Officials (Gift Article) A bubbling dispute broke into a dramatic standoff that ended with police involvement and the Department of Government Efficiency taking up residence at the independent agency.

So frustrating to see Trump and DOGE tearing down the United States Institute for Peace. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...

18.03.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Recently I attended the annual conference hosted by the Ashland Center for Nonviolence, which had the theme β€œThe Science of Peace” I gave a presentation entitled β€œTechnology Assisted Dispute Resolution: History and Potential.” If you’re interested the slides are here: bit.ly/wartersacn2025

28.02.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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