Harvard Negotiation Project Co-Founder Josh Weiss shares how back-packing around the world opened his eyes to conflict and the important role that negotiation skills play in people’s every day lives. Tell me how you got started. I grew up in a pretty middle class town near Boston, MA. The first time I really thought about […]
With US Attorney-General Eric Holder announcing plans to curb mass incarceration, could restorative justice transform America’s prison-industrial complex? by Molly Rowan Leach It’s a warm summer night in Longmont, Colorado, a vibrant midsized city in the Rocky Mountains. On a dare, six young men aged between ten and thirteen years plan to break into a
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Sergio L. Parreiras was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and immigrated to the United States in the late 80´s. He has worked as a social activist and advocate for Brazilian immigrants in Florida. He now lives in Stockholm, Sweden, where he completed a master degree in Latin American Studies at Stockholm University – writing about
Peace is Profitable Contributor Andreas Perez de Fransius writes about how peace and development are increasingly understood as linked. As its name suggests, one of the key aims of “Peace is Profitable” is to show that peace facilitates prosperity. That does not mean that war cannot be lucrative, but that concrete steps can (and should!)
Guest Contributor David Hazen writes about his passionate affair with peace. I’m feeling a bit tipsy, intoxicated, drunk with the energy of peace and love — a societal sin to be so falling-down infatuated with what normal people consider to be unrealistic, impractical and wishful thinking! This wild feeling reminds me very strongly of the
Guest Contributor Matthew Johnson comments on the Trayvon Martin case and offers an alternative view on how justice could have been served more widely. I work with middle school children of color at a summer camp as a conflict resolution specialist, and this past week, juxtaposed against the usual gossip of adolescence, was much talk
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Dietrich Fischer’s new book, “Stories to Inspire You,” is a collection of fables, stories and metaphors from around the world that teach themes of peace and nonviolence. Illustrated by Altynay Baihodjoeva, it comes out this week on Transcend University Press. As any of Dietrich Fischer’s students from his time as academic advisor at the European
International peacebuilding trainer and expert, Robert Rivers, talks about why he’s bringing his skills back from war and conflict zones to his native Montana… to build a microbrewery. Tell me how you got started. I often tell people that I fell in love with a Mexican grandmother. When I was 19, I left the U.S. for
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Youth in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos reach across the (sometimes contentious) borders to build bridges and collaborate on regional issues. Recently, Cambodia and Thailand have appeared in the press because of the dispute over the Preah Vihear Temple, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2008 and claimed by both countries. But there is
Tell me how you got started. I got started with peace work in 2007. I was looking for an experience abroad, outside of my home country of Brazil, working in the humanitarian field. As I’m a psychologist, I initially wanted something connected with mental health and my area of expertise. But it wasn’t easy without
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