How has Anne touched your life?

Anne has been an inspiration to all of us and has profoundly impacted many of our lives.  Do you have a story to share about how Anne touched your life?  Please share it in the comments section below. Also, visit our page Celebrating Anne Goodman for poetry, photos, and other memories, thoughts, and ideas that people […]

2011-2012 President’s Report

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT (Please read below or download the PDF version by clicking here.) A concept I use extensively in my teaching and peacebuilding work is that of peace as a “process-structure”. I learned about this through the work of peacebuilding theorist and practitioner, John-Paul Lederach, who drew on ideas from quantum physics to […]

May update: Getting involved in InterChange

Dear members of the InterChange family, The last few months have been a very busy time for InterChange and I wanted to let you know some of the things that are going on and to invite you to get involved, if you’re not already. Here are some of the highlights: PROJECTS We’ve been working hard […]

The message of Spring!

Dear members of the  InterChange family, Here in Canada, we are celebrating Springtime.  For many of you in other parts of the world, this is not the case. In the Southern hemisphere, the seasons are the opposite of ours and you are heading into autumn.  Many others of you don’t experience four seasons at all; […]

Year-end message from Anne

Dear members of the InterChange family, For those of us in the Northern hemisphere, the days are short and darkness comes earlier each day. However, after the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, the days start lengthening again. In the meantime, many of us celebrate various Festivals of Lights: Diwali, in the Hindu […]

InterChange Newsletter – Everyone Can Be a Peacebuilder (November 2011)

Welcome to the newest edition of InterChange’s newsletter!  Our theme this time is: Everyone Can Be a Peacebuilder. The articles in this edition emphasize that everyone has unique capacities; that problems can be opportunities; that we can help people see their work as peacebuilding and help them join the cause of peace; and that peacebuilding […]

President’s Report to the Annual General Meeting, June 11, 2011

(Please read below or download the PDF version by clicking here.) The past year has been an expansive and exciting one for InterChange.  Many areas of the world where we have InterChange members faced major political changes, both positive and negative, thus creating challenges and opportunities for the work of community-based peacebuilding. In this context, […]

InterChange Newsletter – First Edition!

It has taken us a while, but I’m thrilled to introduce the first edition of the InterChange newsletter!  Our theme is Storytelling. We have included articles about how InterChange is developing as an organization. We’re delighted to present our new logo and tell you about how it developed.  And we share how members of our […]

2010 President’s Report

The past year was focused on strengthening, deepening and consolidating InterChange. We recently completed the process of incorporating our organization, and after a long process of consultation and dialogue, we’ve adopted a new logo that our members around the world are excited about. We also developed new policies as needed, with one such example being […]

2009 President’s Report

Looking back over the year, it is exciting to see how InterChange has developed. We have established local centres in several parts of the world; relationships between our members have deepened; and we have seen the continuing evolution of a different kind of organization based on our shared common values, principles and sense of community. […]