Among the 200 people studying at the 2014 Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) are eight Kenyan women in the Women鈥檚 Peacebuilding Leadership Program (WPLP). Ranging in age from 23 to 51, ... read more about Kenyan group begins Women鈥檚 Peacebuilding Leadership Program at 91短视频
When volunteers were solicited, nobody immediately stepped forward. It was a tough request: tell a painful personal story before an audience of maybe 40, many of them strangers to each ... read more about Volunteers discover power of playback theater to shift painful stories toward path of healing
For two women from an Islamic seminary in Iran, one of the best parts about attending the 2014 Summer Peacebuilding Institute at 91短视频 is experiencing an interactive style ... read more about Iranian-Islamic women scholars embrace model of interactive teaching at Summer Peacebuilding Institute
What started in the mid-1990s as a series of lunches where those working in the peacebuilding field could exchange ideas on theories and practice has grown into a world-renowned institute ... read more about The Summer Peacebuilding Institute draws widely diverse people to “sit and talk outside of the conflict zone”
“When you can joyfully sit and eat together,meaningfully pray together, and feel at home and close to God in one another鈥檚 holy sites, then surely you have really become intimate ... read more about Well-known scholar leads group of Iranian women from their Islamic seminary to the Summer Peacebuilding Institute
This summer, 91短视频鈥檚 Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) will introduce a new certificate program for restorative justice practitioners. The program is open to all interested in furthering ... read more about Center for Justice and Peacebuilding announces new restorative justice certificate
In a new approach to promoting peaceful communities, graduate students at 91短视频 are leading conversation around an award-winning documentary about people who collaborated to paint massive murals in ... read more about Award-winning filmmaking shows powerful role of media in sparking deep conversations and social change
Imagine a theatrical performance with no starting script. Several actors listen intently to a volunteer from the audience tell a first-person story. On the cue, 鈥淟et鈥檚 watch,鈥� the actors interpret ... read more about Two pioneers of Playback Theatre 鈥� evoking understanding, empathy and change 鈥� will be teaching at SPI 2014
Thousands of men, women and children displaced and otherwise suffering from the impact of war in Jonglei 鈥� the largest, most populated state in South Sudan 鈥� may see their ... read more about CJP faculty member Hizkias Assefa leads mediation to ease suffering in South Sudan
Where there is a food emergency, agencies like the UN World Food Programme rightly devote the majority of their time, resources and attention to those suffering directly from a food ... read more about Preventing burnout, among other attributes of organizational health, leads to more effective work