5. How can we analyze root causes of
conflicts?
What are the concrete steps to emerge
from the revenge cycle?
How can we foster the creation of a more
positive vision of the future?
How to transform conflicts?
How can we sustain peace?
6. CONTACT strives to foster the creation of a
more positive vision of the future by bringing
together people from all over the world and
from all cross sections of society who are
committed to peacebuilding and conflict
transformation
7. What is CONTACT?
• Stands for
Conflict Transformation Across Cultures
CONTACT has provided training in the field of
peacebuilding to over 900 participants from
diverse cultural, geographical, and experiential
backgrounds since its creation in 1997.
8. Historical Timeline
1997: program is founded by Dr. Paula
Green (only the Summer Peacebuilding)
2000 first class of the Graduate Certificate
Program in Conflict Transformation
2001 First Mid-Year Seminar in Cyprus
9. Historical Timeline
2002 CONTACT Africa
Ghana
South Africa
2003 Mid Year Seminar in Bosnia
and Hertzegovina
2004 develops the African Peace
and Development Initiatives
Program, focus on Uganda and
Ethiopia
10. Historical Timeline
2006 Mid-Year Seminar in Kigali Rwanda
2007 most countries represented in the
program and matches the highest number
of students 73
2008 program strengthen ties with
Brattleboro Community
13. Building Blocks
Conflict Transformation
Service, Leadership & Management
SPP + Certificate + 16 MA on campus credits
+12 off campus credits
SPP + 11 credits taken on line and independently +Mid-
Year Seminar in Rwanda
3 credits-3 weeks on SIT campus
14. By attending one of the CONTACT
programs, participants…..
• Explore the causes and complexities of
conflicts
• Learn the basic concepts and skills for
conflict transformation work
• Have an opportunity to become a part of a
diverse community
15. • Promote dialogue and reconciliation
• Address the psychological and social effects
of trauma
• Develop culturally sensitive models and
accommodate in indigenous approach to
healing
16. • Provide emotional support to humanitarian
aid workers
• Train local professionals
• Foster
relationships
with individuals
around the world
17. “I’ve connected more deeply with my identity and potential
contributions as a peacebuilder and thus become more aware of
my own specific role in all these interactions. As a consequence,
I’m more self-assured, active, and creative in my daily practice
of active nonviolence.”
18. “Because of CONTACT, I identified my own skills to design & facilitate peace-building
programs. It [has] guided me to start our own organization and today I am the director of
programs.”
25. CONTACT WOMEN
Dar Mikula
• “at my church I I did a „sermon‟ on
Global Peace that reflected mostly on my
experience at CONTACT. No one stirred
for seven minutes and people are still
talking about how moved they were.
Two weeks later I did a seminar called
„Peace starts here‟ and 40 people showed
up (attendace is usually 10-12)”. „
Dar Mikula, USA
31. “There are in fact so many causes and
conditions for enmity. Within these causes
and conditions your way of conducting
yourself is also included.”
-His Holiness, Dalai Lama
Hinweis der Redaktion
An intense professional development course as well as a celebration of life, a nurturing learning environment, and an experiment in international living and personal transformation”
