Bill Warters
bwarters.bsky.social
Bill Warters
@bwarters.bsky.social
Retired Peace and Conflict Studies Professor, Quaker. Tech enthusiast. campus-adr.net
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...
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.
quakerservice.ca
September 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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...
leym.org
June 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Quakers at our LEYM Yearly Meeting participated in a No Kings rally and a vigil of our own on Saturday. Very inspiring.
June 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Visualization of funding cuts by this administration theimpactproject.org/the-impact-m...
The Impact Map - The Impact Project
The Impact Map provides timely data on policy, funding, and workforce changes and their localized effect.
theimpactproject.org
May 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Reposted by Bill Warters
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s takeover and gutting of the U.S. Institute of Peace were unlawful and a “gross usurpation of power” and ordered the reinstatement of officials ejected by the White House.
Judge Rules That Trump Administration Takeover of Institute of Peace Is Illegal
www.nytimes.com
May 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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...
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.
tacticaltech.org
May 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
So frustrating to see Trump and DOGE tearing down the United States Institute for Peace. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
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.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Recently I attended the annual conference hosted by the Ashland Center for Nonviolence, which had the theme “The Science of Peace” I gave a presentation entitled “Technology Assisted Dispute Resolution: History and Potential.” If you’re interested the slides are here: bit.ly/wartersacn2025
February 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM