What would the world look like if we united as Builders?

build·er /ˈbildər/
Noun A flexible thinker and constructive problem solver who recognizes the dignity of all people.

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It’s Time to Build

As societies become increasingly divided, we are committed to equipping people with the skills, tools, and network for thinking flexibility and solving problems constructively, without resorting to hatred, dehumanization, and violence.

Why Builders?

Are you a Builder?

Join Us To Unite, Create, and Bring Light

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These are Builders

“Extremists get up each morning with the intention to further their cause - only they are driven to divide and destroy; we are motivated to unite and build.”

Lonnie Ali, Co-Founder of the Muhammad Ali Center

“Curiosity is the antidote to contempt. And just like contempt, it can be cultivated, on purpose, in a million ways, in every medium. We just need to get to work.”

Amanda Ripley Investigative Journalist & Bestselling Author

A group of Ukrainian adults and children, wearing traditional Ukrainian clothing in a dimly lit cultural centre.

“In a world where algorithms divide us for marketing, we have forgetten who we are, where we come from, and the shared values and moral imperatives that should bind us.”

Liev Schreiber, Actor and Humanitarian

Our Initiatives

When extremist thinking and toxic polarization take hold in one region, they spread rapidly to others. Builders are uniting to overcome division and conflict in the United States, the Middle East, and Ukraine.

Explore Initiatives

Builders USA (Starts With Us)

Equipping citizens to overcome hyper-partisanship and toxic polarization with courageous curiosity, compassion, and problem-solving.

Builders Middle East

Empowering Israelis and Palestinians to overcome violent extremism and build toward a future in which all people can live with security, freedom, and dignity.