This week’s Featured Peacebuilding Group is Governance Alive. I was reintroduced to the group’s work at the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) conference in Pittsburgh a few weeks back. A number of years ago I was trained in sociocracy – the focus of the group – by John Buck, it’s founder. At ACR, Monika Megyesi presented its model of facilitation and group consensus.
I am a career coach, consultant, and head of a not for profit - the Forage Center - that offers humanitarian education training. I also teach at George Mason University and Drexel University. A one time lawyer, I spent many years teaching in a community college where I was a Fulbright U.S. Scholar teaching in Estonia. I'm the author of Peace Jobs: A Student's Guide to Starting a Career Working for Peace (IAP 2016). I've been married to my best friend for over 31 years and we have two well adjusted adult children who teach me something new everyday. I live in Rockville, Maryland.
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