{"id":6075,"date":"2013-12-02T15:35:47","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T19:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/?p=6075"},"modified":"2013-12-21T00:08:59","modified_gmt":"2013-12-21T04:08:59","slug":"we-the-people-of-the-united-nations-desire-peace-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/2013\/12\/we-the-people-of-the-united-nations-desire-peace-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CJP people who have contributed work, ideas, to the United Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_9333_opt.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6078 alignright\" alt=\"IMG_9333_opt\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_9333_opt-300x200.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_9333_opt-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_9333_opt-599x400.jpeg 599w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_9333_opt.jpeg 934w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Howard Zehr, PhD, &amp; Vernon Jantzi, PHD\u00a0<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zehr is \u201cdistinguished professor\u201d of restorative justice, a pioneer in international restorative justice field; author, co-author or editor of about 22 books pertaining to restorative justice<\/li>\n<li>Zehr&#8217;s bestselling <em>Little Book of Restorative Justice<\/em> (over 110,000 sold) was cited as a reference in Handbook on Restorative Justice Programmes, published in 2006 by UN Office on Drugs and Crime following UN conferences in 2000, 2002 and 2005.<\/li>\n<li>Former CJP director Vernon Jantzi served on Working Party of Restorative Justice, a major resource at UN Congresses on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in 2000 and 2005. WPRJ drafted basic principles on restorative justice adopted by UN Economic and Social Council.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Jantzi, professor emeritus of sociology, now works for Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_7657_opt.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6079 alignright\" alt=\"IMG_7657_opt\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_7657_opt-300x200.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_7657_opt-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_7657_opt-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_7657_opt.jpeg 1167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Carl Stauffer, PhD<\/strong>\u00a0<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Assistant professor of justice studies and co-director of EMU\u2019s Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice<\/li>\n<li>As regional peace adviser in Southern Africa for Mennonite Central Committee, 2000-09, Stauffer was associated with peace accords, community-police forums, truth and reconciliation initiatives, and local community development structures, often interacting with UN agencies involved with post-conflict stability.<\/li>\n<li>The UN Secretary General\u2019s 2004 Report on The Rule of Law and Transitional Justice in Conflict and Post-conflict Societies defines transitional justice as \u201cthe full range of processes and mechanisms associated with a society\u2019s attempts to come to terms with a legacy of large-scale past abuses, in order to ensure accountability, serve justice and achieve reconciliation.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Stauffer elaborated on this theme in his \u201cRestorative Interventions for Postwar Nations,\u201d a chapter published in <em>Restorative Justice Today \u2013 Practical Applications<\/em> (Sage Publications, 2012).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_6098_opt.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6080 alignright\" alt=\"IMG_6098_opt\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_6098_opt-300x200.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_6098_opt-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_6098_opt-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_6098_opt.jpeg 1167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Barry Hart, PhD\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Professor of trauma, identity and conflict studies, former CJP academic dean<\/li>\n<li>Has conducted workshops on psychosocial trauma recovery and reconciliation in Northern Ireland, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Burundi and among Rwandan refugees in Tanzania.<\/li>\n<li>Lived and worked for years in Balkans, launching trauma and conflict transformation programs for schools, communities, religious leaders.<\/li>\n<li>Collaborated with UNICEF personnel in Liberia to create the Kukatonen (We Are One) Peace Theatre, along with a manual of the same title, centered on these themes: understanding conflict, active listening, conflict resolution, reconciliation and trauma healing.<\/li>\n<li>Developed a training manual <em>Za Damire I Nemire<\/em> (For Peace and Not for Peace: Opening the Door to Nonviolence) for UNICEF while in Croatia.<\/li>\n<li>Collaborated with UN humanitarian and relief agencies when working in Liberia, Tanzania and the Balkans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/lisa-06_opt.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6083\" alt=\"lisa 06_opt\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/lisa-06_opt-200x300.jpeg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/lisa-06_opt-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/lisa-06_opt-266x400.jpeg 266w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/lisa-06_opt.jpeg 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Lisa Schirch, PhD\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research professor<\/li>\n<li>Director of human security at the Alliance for Peacebuilding<\/li>\n<li>Senior advisor to \u201cPeople Building Peace\u201d conference held at UN headquarters in 2005, encompassing about 1,000 civil society peacebuilding delegates from 119 countries.<\/li>\n<li>Evaluator for the UN Peacebuilding Support Office to advise on grantmaking to support women in peacebuilding in 2011.<\/li>\n<li>Facilitated UNDP meeting in Fiji between military, government and civil society groups.<\/li>\n<li>Consultant to UNDP in 2012 to develop strategy for UNDP to fit into new UN Peacebuilding Architecture<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe UN is central to the success of peacebuilding in many countries. UNDP has an opportunity to provide the link between short-term humanitarian response in the midst of a crisis and longer term support for building the foundations of peace. UNDP is also one of the few institutions that is positioned to bring together civil society, governments, international NGOs and donors to work together to support strategic peacebuilding.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/L1040033_opt.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-6084\" alt=\"L1040033_opt\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/L1040033_opt-225x300.jpeg\" width=\"203\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/L1040033_opt-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/L1040033_opt-300x400.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/L1040033_opt.jpeg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Ron Kraybill, PhD\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>\u00a0<\/b>Founding faculty member of CJP (\u201976 graduate of sister college, Goshen), current Senior Advisor on Peacebuilding and Development United Nations, assigned by UNDP to Philippines, previously assigned to Lesotho<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Supports peace process in Mindanao.<\/li>\n<li>Worked behind scenes, 2009-13, to nurture peaceful elections in Lesotho.<\/li>\n<li>Supported process led by Lesotho heads of churches, working with gridlocked parliament to negotiate electoral agreement among political parties to pursue free and fair elections.<\/li>\n<li>Effort yielded Lesotho\u2019s first free, fair and peaceful election since independence in 1966.<\/li>\n<li>Facilitated visit to Lesotho of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who oversaw signing of political pledge that committed parties to respect laws and accept outcome of election.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMediation, facilitation and process design lie at the heart of almost all that I do; I strengthen human capacities to respond constructively to conflict.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_8575_opt.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6085\" alt=\"IMG_8575_opt\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_8575_opt-300x200.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_8575_opt-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_8575_opt-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_8575_opt.jpeg 1167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>David Brubaker, MBA, PhD\u00a0<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/b>Associate professor of organizational studies, co-author of <em>The Little Book of Healthy Organizations.<\/em><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b>Hired by UNICEF-Mozambique for peace education and conflict resolution trainings immediately after peace accord signed in 1992.<\/li>\n<li>On joint project of Mennonite Central Committee and World Council of Churches, interacted with UNHCR staff at Benako refugee camp in Tanzania in 1994.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Applauds UN for work on human development, women\u2019s rights, indigenous rights, and awareness of environmental perils. But adds: \u201cThe UN\u2019s basic structure hasn\u2019t changed since it was founded 68 years ago. Healthy organizations need to undergo a structural review process every three to five years to ensure that their structure is still meeting their mission and objectives.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;My main issue is with the UN Security Council, where the veto power of the five permanent members often blocks meaningful international action, as seen in the cases of Israel and Syria.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/New-Picture-2_opt.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-6086\" alt=\"New Picture (2)_opt\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/New-Picture-2_opt-231x300.jpeg\" width=\"208\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/New-Picture-2_opt-231x300.jpeg 231w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/New-Picture-2_opt-309x400.jpeg 309w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/New-Picture-2_opt-100x130.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/New-Picture-2_opt-214x277.jpeg 214w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/New-Picture-2_opt.jpeg 613w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a>Catherine Barnes, PhD\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Associate professor of strategic peacebuilding and public policy<\/li>\n<li>Has been engaged with UN since the early 1990s, when helped conduct trainings in conflict analysis and resolution for diplomats and staff.<\/li>\n<li>Regularly involved in policy dialogue in the UN on peace processes, especially how to increase public participation for inclusive and comprehensive settlements and effective use of sanctions, incentives and conditionality.<\/li>\n<li>Served as advisor during 2002-05 to Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict and participated in UN discussions on roles of civil society in preventing armed conflict and building peace.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Helped design and facilitate 2005 conference on this theme at UN headquarters in NYC, which involved about 1,000 people from civil society, governments and IGOs from around the world, including CJP alumni, faculty, staff, and partners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_5517_opt.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6087\" alt=\"IMG_5517_opt\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_5517_opt-300x200.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_5517_opt-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_5517_opt-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_5517_opt.jpeg 1167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Paulette Moore, MA \u201909\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Associate professor of the practice of media arts and peacebuilding<\/li>\n<li>As MA student, did practicum with Community Development Gender Equality and Children, an agency within UNHCR. There created a blog \u2013 itbeginswithme.wordpress.com \u2013 launched on International Women\u2019s Day in March 2009.<\/li>\n<li>Next, as UNHCR consultant, worked on films in Kenya\u2019s Kakuma refugee camp, along with a blog, in collaboration with a young woman filmmaker in that camp named Kate Ofwano, who is now in film school in Geneva.<\/li>\n<li>Moore recalls leaving career in corporate media to become more invested in community. &#8220;I didn\u2019t want to keep being the kind of person who would helicopter in somewhere, do something, and helicopter back out,&#8221; as she thought UN personnel often did.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Experience at UNHCR made her aware of a third way: \u201cTo partner with people who I really, really trust. Big organizations and community-based work aren\u2019t necessarily exclusive.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_0409_opt.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6088\" alt=\"IMG_0409_opt\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_0409_opt-200x300.jpeg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_0409_opt-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_0409_opt-266x400.jpeg 266w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_0409_opt.jpeg 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Amy Knorr, MA \u2019 09<\/strong>\u00a0<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/b>CJP practice coordinator<\/li>\n<li>Worked and lived in Haiti for 7.5 years total<\/li>\n<li>Worked with UNDP \u201cdisarmament, demobilization and reintegration\u201dprogram 2006-07, on team to reintegrate gang members into society, often using stipends, vocational training, and cash to start small businesses.<\/li>\n<li>Didn\u2019t work \u2013 community members were fearful; program heightened conflict rather than transformed it \u2013 i.e., it was not \u201cconflict sensitive.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>UN workers were required to wear bullet-proof vests and helmets, circulating with armed escorts when in dangerous urban areas. \u201cThis sent an uncomfortable message \u2013 were the UN workers\u2019 lives more important than the Haitians\u2019?\u2019\u2019<\/li>\n<li>With the UNDP at that time, \u201crelationship-building and trust weren\u2019t really there. There were civil society groups in existence in the communities where this project was working. But the UNDP didn\u2019t work directly with these groups. They created new ones that conformed to the vision they\u2019d dreamed up for the project \u2013 without the input of local groups that knew what things were really like.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The UNDP had $14 million to spend in this Haitian case: \u201cThe UN has a huge potential to reach many stakeholders, but attention must be given to conflict analysis.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_2763_opt.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6089\" alt=\"IMG_2763_opt\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_2763_opt-300x199.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_2763_opt-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_2763_opt-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_2763_opt.jpeg 1556w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Ali Gohar, MA \u201902<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Founding director Just Peace Initiatives (JPI) in Pakistan<\/li>\n<li>Was commissioner, 1987-2001, on UNHCR-funded project for 258 Afghan refugee camps, concentrating on community development, peacebuilding, drug use and HIV\/AIDS, the plight of street children.<\/li>\n<li>Has partnered with UNDP, UNICEF, UNHCR and UNFPA to address humanitarian situations \u2013 when much of Pakistan was affected by devastating flooding; when 50 primary schools in Bajur Tribal Agency needed clean water and sanitation facilities; when four areas were assisted in restoring their livelihoods, building community-based infrastructure, and improving their governance.<\/li>\n<li>With UNICEF funding, JPI now working on two unprecedented projects on social cohesion and resilience in three areas \u2013 SWAT, DIR, and Bajur.<\/li>\n<li>With UNFPA funding, JPI addressing gender-based violence cases through alternative dispute resolution in camps housing large numbers of host-community and internally displaced peoples.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/Manas_Ghanem1_opt.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6090\" alt=\"Manas_Ghanem1_opt\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/Manas_Ghanem1_opt-300x225.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/Manas_Ghanem1_opt-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/Manas_Ghanem1_opt-533x400.jpeg 533w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/Manas_Ghanem1_opt.jpeg 648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Manas Ghanem, MA\u201906\u00a0<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Project Development Officer, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), now based in London, England<\/li>\n<li>Native of Syria employed by UNHCR, 2006-11, delivering direct support to refugees and displaced peoples due to violent conflict in such countries as Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Libya, Tunisia, and Yemen.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMy work now [beginning in 2012] is more of coordination of private sector fundraising in support of various operations around the world, because most of the operations are underfunded, and refugees and displaced are in dire need of every support, even if little.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cUNHCR is present in every conflict area to help, with dedicated and passionate staff.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe agency does not have a political mandate to influence political peacemaking. But I see it as one of the most effective peacemakers on the ground, with its efforts to reduce the suffering and to call the international community to show compassion and participate in sharing the burden of helping.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOften when I am in the middle of something problematic, I find myself recalling CJP classes or a discussion with a CJP professor regarding organizations, theory, human rights, practices in conflict transformation, mediation and restorative justice.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMost importantly, I remember STAR (Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience) \u2013 I try to always find ways to take care of myself and to recall that self-care is important, if I am to help others.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_7932_opt.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6092\" alt=\"IMG_7932_opt\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_7932_opt-300x200.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_7932_opt-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_7932_opt-599x400.jpeg 599w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/12\/IMG_7932_opt.jpeg 934w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Amy Rebecca Marsico, MA &#8217;09<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manager of NYC-based stage productions; conflict and peacebuilding consultant<\/li>\n<li>Presented arts-based approaches to peacebuilding to UN Interagency Framework Team for Preventive Action<\/li>\n<li>Did practicum for her MA at UNHCR in the Community Development, Gender Equality and Children section.<\/li>\n<li>Promoted AGDM (age, gender and diversity mainstreaming), whereby refugee women, men, boys and girls contribute to the design and implementation of programs, identify own protection risks, and participate in finding sustainable solutions.<\/li>\n<li>Helped develop the Heightened Risk Identification Tool, a field tool used to identify refugees at risk.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTo be part of work that was engaging in long-term change processes \u2013 seeing refugees as active partners instead of passively waiting for a handout \u2013 was incredibly meaningful.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howard Zehr, PhD, &amp; Vernon Jantzi, PHD\u00a0 Zehr is \u201cdistinguished professor\u201d of restorative justice, a pioneer in international restorative justice field; 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