by Main | Nov 12, 2016 | Peacebuilding
The U.S. Civil War was and still remains among the bloodiest war in U.S. history. The war had turned brother against brother, neighbor against neighbor, and after the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives, the country was weary of war and hoped for peace. There are...
by Main | Nov 4, 2016 | Africa, Global Peace Foundation, Interfaith, Interfaith Leadership, Moral and Innovative Leadership, Peacebuilding
Getting to Peace There is something much more sublime than the practical at work in human faith. If we were limiting ourselves to the logical and practical, then education and vocational training should do the trick. Religion is powerful precisely because it functions...
by Main | Aug 31, 2016 | Extended Family Model, Peacebuilding
Countering Violent Extremism, One Family At A Time In efforts to understand and counter violent extremism, governments, think tanks and institutions are beginning to recognize the role of the family in preventing radicalization. A recent report by the Rand Corporation...
by Main | May 12, 2016 | Extended Family Model, One Family Under God, Peacebuilding, Youth Leadership
“Dia what are you doing?” Vandy asks the young man pointing a gun at him. Dia, who had been kidnapped and trained to become a child solider tries his best not to acknowledge Vandy, his father. “You are a good boy who loves soccer; who loves school. Your...
by Main | Apr 27, 2016 | Africa, One Family Under God, Peacebuilding
“An anthropologist proposed a game to children in an African tribe. He put a basket full of fruit near a tree and told the children that whoever got there first wins the whole basket of sweet fruits. When he told them to run, they all took each others’ hands and ran...
by Main | Dec 15, 2015 | One Family Under God, Peacebuilding
The traditional approach to problem-solving has very often been focused on mitigating the symptoms of a larger problem. We might hear the term “band-aid solutions” to connote a remedy that covers over only the visible signs of a problem. In geopolitics today, we can...
