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Six years after the end of the conflict in Sri Lanka, the country’s new president set out to address longstanding challenges of reconciliation, accountability and political grievance built up during decades of the country’s violent internal conflicts. Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera visited the U.S. Institute of Peace on Feb. 25 for a discussion, co-sponsored by the Heritage Foundation, on the progression of initiatives to advance reconciliation, post-conflict development and stronger democratic institutions.
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Dr. Martin Luther King believed that only nonviolent action can ultimately build peace and justice. But how? On April 4, the somber anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination,USIP hosted a forum on ways to reclaim and re-frame nonviolent action against 21st-century global conflicts, extremisms, and injustices that fuel them. Researchers and activists discussed their recent or forthcoming books on nonviolent action and join an audience-wide conversation and poll.
Read more at: www.usip.org/events/dr-martin-luther-king-s-path-peace
Training course on conflict resolution, peace keeping, peace building and reconciliation processes held in Tanzania in July 2007 . An AZUR member attended the training.
Training course on conflict resolution, peace keeping, peace building and reconciliation processes held in Tanzania in July 2007 . An AZUR member attended the training.
Dr. Martin Luther King believed that only nonviolent action can ultimately build peace and justice. But how? On April 4, the somber anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination,USIP hosted a forum on ways to reclaim and re-frame nonviolent action against 21st-century global conflicts, extremisms, and injustices that fuel them. Researchers and activists discussed their recent or forthcoming books on nonviolent action and join an audience-wide conversation and poll.
Read more at: www.usip.org/events/dr-martin-luther-king-s-path-peace
Leadership Center for Excellence in Arlington, Virginia is dedicated to “developing change-makers” in the region. Corizon Health recently made a sizable donation in honor of their Leadership Arlington Public Safety and Justice Day, held in mid-March. The day assembled 50 professional leaders in order for them to gain an important understanding about the public safety issues that face the Arlington community. It also provided them with additional opportunities to develop their conflict resolution skills.
According to Leadership Center for Excellence, they have to date graduated 1,400 leaders in the community, representing over 600 organizations from the public, private and nonprofit sectors.
Author: Barbara Dziedzic
Location: Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya
Date: 8/10/09
Partner: USK
Description: This concert was sponsored by Pamoja Radio and a variety other community based organizations in Kibera. All the performers were from the slum and the theme of the concert was peace and reconciliation. We invited the DSP students as well as members of their community to attend with us. They took pictures, video, and audio of the event.