Search For Common Ground
Common Ground Leadership equips leaders with the most critical skill of our time: how to collaborate across divides to achieve real, concrete results.
When outbreaks hit, communities need more than medical response.
They need trusted information. Credible local voices. Leaders people believe. Clear communication instead of fear. The ability to re...
Hear what recent Common Ground Leadership participants shared about their experience
Search program staff share stories from the frontlines—moments of hope in action where violence was prevented, escalation was interrupted, and trust was rebuilt.
No one knows what comes next. And that ambiguity has a cost of its own.
But our teams are staying. Connected to the community leaders and families they've worked alongside for years, helping peopl...
On April 13th, frontline peacebuilders from Search for Common Ground's Middle East team shared updates about what they're seeing on the ground amid the current war, as well as their hard-earned ins...
Thirty years in a classroom taught Fatima many things, but the most vital lesson was that her students’ dreams were being cut short by the tradition of early marriage.
Driven by her values, she mo...
Behind the headlines, Lebanon is unraveling in real time. Across the country, the situation is escalating by the hour. Airstrikes are being heard in areas once considered safe. Families are leaving...
Search for Common Ground CEO Shamil Idriss joined CNN this week with Jim Sciutto to discuss the escalating war between the United States, Israel, and Iran.
In this short update, Monika, our Country Director for Lebanon and Syria, shares what she and her team are seeing on the ground right now.
Lebanon is heavily affected.
Evacuations are underway acro...
Pesh, our Country Director in Iraq, speak about what this moment means on the ground — and why peacebuilding must not pause during a crisis.
The women behind these Empathy Kits are entrepreneurs. They organize production, manage quality, hire other women, and make decisions about how their businesses grow. Every kit represents hours of ...
Empathy Kits and female hygiene kits are thoughtfully produced packages that meet essential needs with dignity and care. In Afghanistan, they are designed and assembled locally by women‑led busines...
The women behind these Empathy Kits are entrepreneurs. They organize production, manage quality, hire other women, and make decisions about how their businesses grow. Every kit represents hours of ...
In Afghanistan, women are finding common ground through work.
Across one of the world’s most complex conflict environments, women are building small businesses that meet urgent community needs—pro...
"It's Complicated" is a spoken word piece from poet and rapper Propaganda, originally performed in 2018 at the Artru Group Studios in Long Beach, California.
In this video, Shamil breaks down the key highlights of Search for Common Ground’s new 2026–2030 Global Strategy—and why this moment demands a different approach to preventing violence.
After one ...
1 in 4 people live in a country affected by violent conflict. Peacebuilding is the essential work of our time, but peace cannot take root when people’s basic needs remain unmet. When basic needs ar...
We’re in the final stretch of the year, and it’s officially crunch time.
What we give today shapes who we can support in 2026 and how far our impact can reach. Will you stand with us?: sfcg.org/ho...