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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · 13h

When we talk about peace, we often picture political negotiations, military ceasefires, and international treaties. But research shows that the first place we learn about power, care, and conflict is in the home.

The Hidden Link Between Childhood Violence & Global Conflict — Peace Begins at Home Summit

Discover how early experiences of violence shape global systems of power—and how shifting from domination to partnership can break the cycle.

www.peacebeginsathomesummit.org

Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · 2d

We’re proud to welcome Chaïmae Ribani, an intersectional feminist and peace activist whose work challenges traditional security paradigms and reimagines them through the lens of equity and justice. The Peace Begins at Home Summit. www.peacebeginsathomesummit.org/register

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · 4d

"Eisler highlights how rigid gender roles sustain domination systems and contrasts destructive “power over” models with partnership’s nurturing power... warning that domination systems drive humanity toward an evolutionary dead end."

Partnership Studies 6: Rethinking Power, Relationships, and Society

In what ways does Eisler’s partnership model offer solutions to global crises of inequality, violence, and environmental destruction?

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · 5d

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A pioneering Tour de Force with Foreword by John Fullerton and a historic guest essay by Dr. Riane Eisler and others. Available for pre-order now!

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · 9d

How do patterns of domination in the home ripple into wider systems — fuelling authoritarianism, violence, and inequality — and how can we shift toward partnership to create cultures of care, democracy, and peace?

Peace Begins at Home Summit 2025: Global Online Event for Peace & Partnership — Peace Begins at Home Summit

Collage of Peace Begins at Home Summit speakers, representing diverse voices across ages 14 to 94 from 17 countries, united for global peace.

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · 11d

"Drawing on neuroscience and history, Eisler emphasizes that “peace begins at home,” advocating for a shift toward caring economics and integrated learning."

Partnership Studies 5: Partnership Education, Human Nature, and Building Caring Societies

In what ways can caring economics and relational skills transform societies toward equity and peace?

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · 14d

"Economic growth, historically measured by gross domestic product (GDP), is central to this model and prioritized by governments at the expense of the global majority and care for people and the planet."

The Care Economy in Beyond GDP Paradigms

Growth, GDP, and the roots of the current polycrisis The multidimensional and interconnected crises we are in – including economic, climate, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, debt, and…

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · 16d

What does it mean to create safe spaces for healing and change? 🌍
Register now at lnkd.in/gC-Jz-t4 — 2,000 people will witness this global first. Will you?
The Peace Begins at Home Summit is Brought to you by @centerforpartnership @partnership_systems
#PeaceSummit2025

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · 18d

26 changemakers. 17 countries. A global first.
Register now at lnkd.in/gC-Jz-t4 — 2,000 people will witness this global first. Will you?
hashtag#PeaceBeginsAtHome hashtag#SystemsChange hashtag#PartnershipModel hashtag#October29

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · 21d

From the latest edition of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies -- Shifting Power: Envisioning a Partnership-Based Future for Global Development pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/ij...

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · 23d

The environmental crises we face — deforestation, displacement, drought — are symptoms of deeper systems of extraction, domination, and disconnection.

Zainab Salbi on Climate, Women, and Peace from the Ground Up | Peace Begins at Home Summit — Peace Begins at Home Summit

Global leader Zainab Salbi shares how climate justice, women’s leadership, and peace are deeply connected—and why restoring our planet starts with restoring care.

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · 25d

We've got 26 excellent reasons to register for the 10/29 Peace Begins At Home Summit - take a look at these speakers!!

Speakers | Meet the Voices Behind the Peace Begins at Home Summit 2025 — Peace Begins at Home Summit

Meet the visionary speakers of the Peace Begins at Home Summit—activists, healers, educators, and changemakers leading peacebuilding efforts across the globe.

www.peacebeginsathomesummit.org

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · 28d

Together, we will explore how systems of harm begin at home and ripple outward — and how we can co-create new pathways rooted in care, equity, and partnership. This is a global conversation designed to generate real insight and real change.

About | The Story Behind the Peace Begins at Home Summit 2025 — Peace Begins at Home Summit

Learn how the Peace Begins at Home Summit began—rooted in Dr. Riane Eisler’s groundbreaking work on care and partnership. Meet the team and the global movement transforming peace from the inside out.

www.peacebeginsathomesummit.org

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · Sep 10

"The summit focuses not only on the widespread violence against children worldwide, but also on how it ripples outward—into social violence, into war, into global conflicts ... that may include crime, but more often it is war."

Partnership Studies 4: Childhood, Partnership Systems, and Overcoming Domination Culture

What lessons from Nordic nations and hunter-gatherer societies support Eisler’s vision for partnership-oriented cultures rooted in caring economics?

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · Sep 8

"I have no quick fix for these problems, except to say we must move from domination to partnership, and stop equating difference with inferiority."

Riane Eisler on Antisemitism, Zionism, and Israel’s Path to Partnership

What policy shifts could move Israel and its neighbors from garrison-state dynamics toward a practical, partnership-oriented future?

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Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · Sep 4

26 changemakers. 17 countries. One bold conversation 🕊️

#SatishKumar is honored to be part of the #PeaceBeginsAtHomeSummit on 29 October 2025

Register now at www.peacebeginsathomesummit.org — 2,000 people will witness this live. Will you?

@rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social #PeaceBeginsAtHome #Peace

SATISH KUMAR Founder of The Resurgence Trust and Editor Emeritus of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine

PEACE BEGINS AT HOME SUMMIT
29 October, 2025

26 Changemakers. 17 Countries. 1 Global Conversation.

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · Sep 8

It will be a remarkable day.

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · Sep 5

Now is the time to connect the dots: the way we raise our children and treat each other in families directly shapes our politics, our economies, and our future.

Why Peace Begins at Home: How Family Power Structures Shape Our World — Peace Begins at Home Summit

Our first lessons in power come from home. Explore how family dynamics shape politics, economics, and culture—and why true peace must start in our earliest systems.

www.peacebeginsathomesummit.org

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · Sep 3

"Child care isn't a luxury—it's the essential backbone of a thriving economy and a public good. It adds $152 billion to the economy and supports 2.2 million jobs,"

Report: Child Care Is a Hidden Engine of the US Economy

Access to affordable, reliable child care remains elusive for millions of Americans. In fact, the average annual cost of care hit $11,582 in 2023—more than the annual tuition of public colleges in…

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · Sep 1

"Our research in California finds that mothers of young children are less likely to work than fathers, by 29 percentage points... Time spent on dependent care falls much more heavily on mothers than fathers, even when both parents are working." www.ppic.org/blog/testimo...

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · Aug 29

"What if national economic statistics captured the value of care labor? What if caregiver earnings reflected the real value of their labor? What if the value placed on caregiving skills brought more men into care professions, helping upend gender stereotypes?"

Reflections on Care: Lessons from the Past, Demands for the Future - ICRW

What if national economic statistics captured the value of care labor? What if caregiver earnings reflected the real value of their labor? What if the value placed on caregiving skills brought more…

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · Aug 27

Peace Begins at Home: A Conversation with Dr. Riane Eisler and Gina Miltiadou
We invite you to reimagine peace—not as something distant, but as something we build every day in our homes.
Buzzsprouts: www.buzzsprout.com/2207697/epis...
Youtube: youtu.be/hvOR4ePSnkk

Peace Begins at Home: A Conversation with Dr. Riane Eisler and Gina Miltiadou - The Power of Partnership

In this special episode of the Power of Partnership Podcast, host Cherri Jacobs Pruitt speaks with Dr. Riane Eisler and summit director Gina Miltiadou about the upcoming Peace Begins at Home Summit…

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · Aug 22

"The share of working moms with young children has tumbled this year, as return-to-office measures and government layoffs take an outsize toll on women." This is entirely avoidable. Bad policy promotes family financial insecurity.

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · Aug 20

New and expecting parents who work at Veterans Affairs are getting approved maternity and paternity leave canceled after their union contract was terminated by the White House, according to two internal memos viewed by Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/08/15/v...

Exclusive: VA rescinds weeks of parental leave — even for some giving birth this week

Last week, the VA was the first federal agency to terminate a union contract.

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Riane Eisler, Center for Partnership Systems @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social · Aug 18

We have consensus on issues of care!
"... there was widespread support for policies to sustain the care economy across demographic characteristics, caregiver status, and political affiliation."

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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