PeaceWorks
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Hi,
We have been relaxing for the first month of this year but are now gearing up for a busy year.
First up is the development of a new graduate certificate in strategic peacebuilding which are in the process of co-designing. When it comes online it will offer professionals a chance to link up with other professionals working in the field of peacebuilding and share and compare approaches and learnings. Watch the peaceworks space for more news as it gets developed.
In late 2009 we successfully completed our Sudan to Tamworth project and the video clips are available for viewing under this link http://vimeo.com/videos/search:SVM
We were delighted with the outcome of the project as were our Sudanese friends and participants.
Our Ghana Peaceworks Director, Quassy Adjapawn, has just had a book published about the conflict in Northern Ghana and the potential solutions. you can contact Quassy at Quassy.peacework@gmail.com for more details and a copy.
We are working in many places this year:
Sri Lanka in March
Fiji in April
London in June and
Check out the Eastern Mennonite University Summer Peacebuilding Institute at http://www.emu.edu/cjp/pti/spi/courses/ because Rebecca will be teaching a course there with Koila Costello Olson, the director of our partner organisation the Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding. Our course runs from June 14-18 and is called Transforming Social Narratives to Build Peace.
New video of training process
Check out this digital story from the Non Violence training in September 2009.
A big thanks to the team at Pacific Centre of Peacebuilding and the rural and regional correspondents across the pacific, who are apart of femLINK.
Non Violence Training- Suva September 2009 from pressplaypeople on Vimeo.
DAY 2 NV Training at Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding!
We are moving forward and making alot of progress as the days roll by in Fiji time. New ideas and strategies emerging with our Non Violence lenses on, accompanied with great food! Here are some more photos to whet your appetite!
Non-Violence Training @ PCP IN SUVA NOW!! SEPT 09
Non Violence Training started TODAY (Monday 21st Sept 2009) in the Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding in SUVA. Over the next 2 days Peaceworks is working with a tight group of people in how to integrate Non Violence Philosophies and actions into PeaceBuilding. Stay tuned for FEMlink PACIFIC Training later in the week!!!
Ni Sa Moce!
Welcome to Peaceworks
Asia Foundation workshop, Galle, Sri Lanka
Peaceworks offers services in training, facilitation, dialogue and support for individuals, agencies and government organisations working on peacebuilding issues.
We work in Australia, the Asia Pacific and Africa and have networks and connections with a diverse range of peacebuilders.
We are a small group of committed adult educators who have long experience in peace conflict situations.
We bring a range of expertise to the business including skills in transformational leadership development, innovative collaborative design, peacebuilding methodologies, refugee and migrant support methodologies, cross cultural awareness, and expertise in facilitating dialogue and difficult conversations for communities in conflict, or emerging from conflict.
We are particularly interested in facilitating the creation of community learning partnerships between and among peacebuilders from different contexts.
Browse our pages to find out more about our recent and proposed activities and our strategic partnerships.
For more information or inquiries about our services, please contact
Dr Rebecca Spence, Director, Peaceworks Pty Ltd; rebecca.peaceworks@gmail.com
Radio New Internationalist
We are just setting up our website. Soon there will be more information available here.
If you want to know a bit of what we are doing, click the link below to listen to an interview by Rebecca Spence on Radio New Internationalist:
If peace had a personality, what would it be like? Rebecca Spence – founder of Peaceworks, an organization that designs training programs to build peace in deeply divided communities around the world – sketches some profiles.
