{"id":42,"date":"2020-11-13T11:51:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T17:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/iscp\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2026-04-28T12:33:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:33:57","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/iscp\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-p-banner\"><div class=\"uwm-p-banner--single\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/iscp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/561\/2021\/09\/iscp-home-banner-20190617_IMC_EH_0028.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial photo of campus looking out towards Lake Michigan and downtown Milwaukee\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"650\" \/><div class=\"uwm-p-banner--gradient\"><\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-banner--content uwm-u-flex uwm-u-flex--column uwm-u-flex--center-y uwm-u-text--center\"><h2>Relationships and Partnerships for Peace<\/h2><p>UWM Institute for Systems Change and Peacebuilding<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row uwm-l-row--3\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h2 heading-separator-short\" id=\"h-what-is-systems-change-amp-peacebuilding\">What is Systems Change &amp; Peacebuilding?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lead-in\">The most difficult challenges we face today don\u2019t exist in isolation. Rather they are the result of interacting factors, such as poverty, pandemics, injustice, violence, ecological damage, climate change and political polarization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shifting these systems toward health, well-being and sustainable peace requires institutions and practitioners that can engage with these complex social-ecological challenges and interacting systems at multiple levels, including at the individual, interpersonal, community and global scales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <figure class=\"uwm-c-img--caption-gray uwm-c-img--video\">\n            <a href=\"#\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault()\" class=\"uwm-p-modal--launch\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"uwm-modal-4x8kl1\" data-modal-prefix-class=\"uwm-p\" data-modal-content-id=\"uwm-modal-4x8kl1\" data-modal-close-text=\"Close\" data-modal-close-title=\"Close\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/iscp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/561\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-17-at-11.16.02-AM-2.png\" alt=\"blurred image of milwaukee with the uwm iscp logo over it\" class=\"wp-image-731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/iscp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/561\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-17-at-11.16.02-AM-2.png 750w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/iscp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/561\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-17-at-11.16.02-AM-2-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>            <\/a>\n            \n                            <figcaption>Learn more about UWM&#8217;s ISCP<\/figcaption>        <\/figure>\n\n        <div id=\"uwm-modal-4x8kl1\" class=\"hidden\">\n            <div class=\"uwm-video\">\n                <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5byqF51LLJs\"  width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/iscp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/561\/2021\/08\/iscp-connections-graphic-750x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"Connections Graph (Community Partnerships &amp; Initiatives, Research &amp; Evaluation for Systems Change, and Academic Degree &amp; Certificate Programs)\" class=\"wp-image-294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/iscp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/561\/2021\/08\/iscp-connections-graphic-750x500-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/iscp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/561\/2021\/08\/iscp-connections-graphic-750x500-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Connecting community partnerships in research, education and practice. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-gray uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row uwm-l-row--3\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter uwm-c-img--center uwm-u-w-90\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"955\" height=\"955\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/iscp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/561\/2021\/09\/Vision-Action-Alignment-Cycle-circle.png\" alt=\"Vision, Action, Alignment Cycle Graphic\" class=\"wp-image-553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/iscp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/561\/2021\/09\/Vision-Action-Alignment-Cycle-circle.png 955w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/iscp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/561\/2021\/09\/Vision-Action-Alignment-Cycle-circle-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/iscp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/561\/2021\/09\/Vision-Action-Alignment-Cycle-circle-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/iscp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/561\/2021\/09\/Vision-Action-Alignment-Cycle-circle-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 955px) 100vw, 955px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left uwm-u-pt-30 heading-separator-short\" id=\"h-the-systems-change-learning-cycle\">The Systems Change Learning Cycle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lead-in\">The UW-Milwaukee Institute for Systems Change and Peacebuilding strives to align university and community interests in equitable partnership to engage with these complex and ever-changing systemic drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"default\">Using the Systems Change Learning Cycle, we&nbsp;work alongside&nbsp;partners to co-create community-based initiatives that engage these challenges. The Institute works to bridge theory and research with applied research and practice. This means valuing local, lived and traditional knowledge as essential in research, evaluation and learning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:53px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--white uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-u-text--center\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<div class=\"uwm-c-icon uwm-c-icon--gold-border\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-comments fa-fw\"><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center size-h5 uwm-u-mt-20\" id=\"h-community-visioning\">Community Visioning<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"uwm-p-modal--launch uwm-c-link--dark\" aria-controls=\"uwm-modal-5g78l3\" data-modal-prefix-class=\"uwm-p\" data-modal-content-id=\"uwm-modal-5g78l3\" data-modal-close-text=\"Close\" data-modal-close-title=\"Close\" role=\"button\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault()\">View description<\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--white uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-u-text--center\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<div class=\"uwm-c-icon uwm-c-icon--gold-border\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-question fa-fw\"><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center size-h5 uwm-u-mt-20\" id=\"h-systems-inquiry\">Systems Inquiry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"uwm-p-modal--launch uwm-c-link--dark\" aria-controls=\"uwm-modal-qu8p40\" data-modal-prefix-class=\"uwm-p\" data-modal-content-id=\"uwm-modal-qu8p40\" data-modal-close-text=\"Close\" data-modal-close-title=\"Close\" role=\"button\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault()\">View description<\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--white uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-u-text--center\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<div class=\"uwm-c-icon uwm-c-icon--gold-border\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-balance-scale fa-fw\"><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center size-h5 uwm-u-mt-20\" id=\"h-seek-leverage\">Seek Leverage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"uwm-p-modal--launch uwm-c-link--dark\" aria-controls=\"uwm-modal-vrrcbu\" data-modal-prefix-class=\"uwm-p\" data-modal-content-id=\"uwm-modal-vrrcbu\" data-modal-close-text=\"Close\" data-modal-close-title=\"Close\" role=\"button\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault()\">View description<\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--white uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-u-text--center\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<div class=\"uwm-c-icon uwm-c-icon--gold-border\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-users fa-fw\"><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center size-h5 uwm-u-mt-20\" id=\"h-align-interests\">Align Interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"uwm-p-modal--launch uwm-c-link--dark\" aria-controls=\"uwm-modal-j0wpw1\" data-modal-prefix-class=\"uwm-p\" data-modal-content-id=\"uwm-modal-j0wpw1\" data-modal-close-text=\"Close\" data-modal-close-title=\"Close\" role=\"button\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault()\">View description<\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--white uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-u-text--center\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<div class=\"uwm-c-icon uwm-c-icon--gold-border\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-chart-line fa-fw\"><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center size-h5 uwm-u-mt-20\" id=\"h-monitor-amp-evaluate\">Monitor &amp; 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