Everyday Peace Indicators | Community-Driven Peace Metrics

Informing peacebuilding through

everyday lived experiences.

How can we define and measure peace?

Peace and social justice aren’t just abstract concepts—they’re part of our daily lives.

At EPI, we prioritize the voices of everyday people in peacebuilding, believing those directly affected by conflict should shape the policies that impact them.

We partner with conflict-affected communities worldwide, asking residents to define their own understandings of peace and justice.

What does peace mean to you?

We call these signs of peace

“everyday indicators”

Yuliana from Las Cruces, Antioquia, and her neighbors use this everyday sign to measure peace
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We don’t have to hide under the bed to protect ourselves from bullets

This is just one of the signs the community uses to track peace.

“MEN AND WOMEN OF THE COMMUNITY RESPECT THEIR ELDERS”

“THE STATE FULFILLS THE PEACE AGREEMENTS”

“PEASANTS AND FORMER COMBATANTS HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES”

“THE SCHOOL ROUTE MEETS SAFETY CONDITIONS”

“MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY CAN GO OUT WHENEVER THEY WANT”

“FAMILIES KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR LOVED ONES DURING THE WAR”

“GOVERNORS WORK FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST FOR THEIR VOTERS”

Las Cruces Indicators and Dimensions

By coding these indicators we can begin to see what themes people prioritize

And what people prioritize across neighboring communities

And what people prioritize in communities across Colombia

Listening to lived experiences shows us how peace unfolds in daily life

and how we can build it in meaningful ways.

Our community-generated everyday indicator data
can inspire community members to mobilize
and advocate for issues that matter to them.

Using these everyday indicators can shape
the way practitioners design peacebuilding programs

They can guide policymakers about what policies
to implement in conflict-affected contexts

They can also help donors, civil society organizations and governments
to measure the success of their programs using community metrics.

We’re disrupting power imbalances in peacebuilding

by empowering conflict-affected communities
to define their challenges and develop solutions for lasting peace.

We invite you to partner with us to build peace.

*Design of this homepage is based on work by Koci Hernandez at the UC Berkeley Possibility Lab