I just returned from Southern California, and wanted to share about a group in that area that focuses on peacebuilding. This week’s Featured Peacebuilding Group is the Center for Citizen Peacebuilding/Orange County Peacebuilders Network, based at the University of California, Irvine. If you are in the southern LA/Orange County area, this is the group toContinueContinue reading “Featured Peacebuilding Group: Center for Citizen Peacebuilding / Orange County Peacebuilders Network”
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Featured Peacebuilding Group: Mediators Beyond Borders International
For this week’s Featured Peacebuilding Group, I’d like to feature Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBII). MBBI builds local capacities for peace and promotes mediation worldwide. The groups works to enhance local capacity upon invitation, advocating for mediation in all arenas and providing consultancy services that promote peaceful conflict resolution. Many of its members started in domestic conflict resolution, and were interestedContinueContinue reading “Featured Peacebuilding Group: Mediators Beyond Borders International”
Featured Peacebuilding Group: Association for Conflict Resolution
For this week’s Featured Peacebuilding Group, I’m sharing about the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR). ACR is the largest association of conflict resolution professionals in the U.S. I’ve been a member since the early 1990s. Many of the professional mediators working in the field today are members. For newbies coming into the field, ACR isContinueContinue reading “Featured Peacebuilding Group: Association for Conflict Resolution”
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