91短视频鈥檚 Center for Justice and Peacebuilding was represented at the Caux Forum in Switzerland this summer by six alumni, faculty and staff.
The forum, which takes place in the Caux Palace overlooking Lake Geneva above the city of Montreux, began in post World War II Switzerland. It welcomes approximately 1,500 people to its annual events from across civil society, government and business sectors to be inspired, equipped and connected, and promotes building bridges across societal and other divides with the aim of building 鈥渁 just, sustainable and peaceful world,鈥� its website says.
Its approach includes reflection and storytelling 鈥� and inviting participants to serve the community by helping with tasks at the center. The sharing of menial tasks at the Caux Forum gives participants 鈥渁 unique way to connect with each other 鈥�, places everyone on equal footing and breaks down silos,鈥� its website says.
The forum鈥檚 conferences, which took place between June 28 and August 11, included titles such as 鈥淎ddressing Europe鈥檚 Unfinished Business,鈥� 鈥淭owards an Inclusive Peace鈥� (TIPS), 鈥淛ust Governance for Human Security,鈥� and 鈥淓thical Leadership in Business.鈥�
CJP professor and Caux Scholars Program academic director Carl Stauffer was the restorative justice keynote speaker for TIPS.
Other CJP staff and alumni who participated in this summer鈥檚 Caux Forum conferences and programs included:
- Mohammed Abu-Nimer, a former Summer Peacebuilding Institute instructor and a professor at the School of International Service at American University and founder of the , also spoke at the TIPS conference.
- Aaron Oda MA 鈥�16 was a lead facilitator for the Peace and Leadership Program, which offers training and experience for addressing global change.
- Jonathan Rudy GC 鈥�01, SEM 鈥�01, senior advisory of human security for the Alliance for Peacebuilding, was a speaker during the 鈥淛ust Governance for Human Security鈥� conference, for which Ferdinand Vaweka Djayerombe MA 鈥�06, president of Pax Christi Montr茅al, served as a technical liaison.
- Diana Tovar Rojas MA 鈥�17, CJP鈥檚 peacebuilding network coordinator, led a circle processes training in the TIPS conference and represented CJP at a peace fair.
Professor Barry Hart previously served as academic director of the Caux Scholars Program and is a current member of the International Council of (IofCI), a worldwide movement seeking the transformation of society. The Swiss IofC organizes the forum.
At least eight other CJP graduates have participated in past Caux events, according to Stauffer and Hart.