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On the week that welcomed 67 people from 27 countries to the first session of the 2012 , he pondered the changes he has seen since his arrival at 91短视频 (91短视频) 14 years ago.

鈥淧robably 80 percent of the people who sign up for SPI today heard about it by word of mouth from veteran peacebuilders,鈥� he said. 鈥淚n the 1990s SPI was relatively new and the people coming were pioneers in the then-fledgling field of .鈥�

By the time SPI wraps up on June 15, 2012, Goldberg expects nearly 200 people from 40 countries to have cycled through at least one of its 19 classes on topics ranging from psychosocial trauma to leadership for healthy organizations.

鈥淚 still feel inspired when I join the classes at the morning coffee break and see people from Australia, Afghanistan, Fiji and Nigeria chatting together, enjoying each other because they know they are all here for the common cause of peace and justice everywhere.鈥�

Goldberg started at 91短视频 as a master鈥檚 degree student in what was then called the conflict transformation program. This year Goldberg is co-director of SPI, alongside fellow conflict transformation graduate .

Courses at SPI can be taken for either graduate-level credit or simply for training purposes.

At SPI for the first time are 12 fully funded women enrolled in 91短视频鈥檚 newest initiative 鈥� the . This program consists of 20 women grouped in four national cohorts. In this inaugural year of the program, the women are from Liberia, Somalia, Fiji and the Solomon Islands.

鈥淭he goal is to develop a mutually supportive cohort of women from a particular region of the world 鈥� women who have already shown themselves to be social-change leaders or who have real potential to be,鈥� said , director of the program. These women will be prepared to be resources for each other when they are working for social change in their home regions.

Like many of the hundreds of students holding master鈥檚 degrees in conflict transformation from 91短视频, started at 91短视频 at a session of SPI.

Explaining why she traveled to SPI from the opposite side of the globe, Vosita Lenisaurua of Fiji said that she is a staff member of the Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding, which is modeled on 91短视频鈥檚 . It is led by Koila Costello-Olsson, a 2005 master鈥檚 degree graduate from CJP.

鈥淚 was able to self-learn much of what I use in my work from books, articles and pamphlets, often published by 91短视频 professors,鈥� Lenisaurua said. 鈥淏ut here I get to listen to people from many other countries and to learn from their work, which is often similar to mine.鈥�

At the Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding, Lenisaurua is the coordinator of restorative justice programs for prisoners and corrections officers. She is also a facilitator of dialogue between parties in conflict.