welcome to the john paul lederach archive

Getting to the Table: A Conciliation Exercise

An exercise simulating pre-negotiations, placing emphasis on the difficulties of getting people to the table, and is a fictionalization of the East Coast/Sandinista negotiations of the 1980s.

Peace and Justicebuilding: An Action Reflection Tool for Design and Evaluation

A tool to guide action reflection prior to, during, and following peace and justicebuilding efforts.

Personal Reflection Worksheet

A worksheet for practitioners calling forth attitudes and capacities, motivations and vision, and reactiveness in practice.

Questions to Guide Reflection on Social Change

Questions and guidance to inform reflection on nurturing social change.

Writing Your Own Story

A creative exploration in storytelling and imagining a better future.

Autobiographical Haiku

A group poetry practice inviting participants to describe themselves at essence, perceiving unique qualities and strengths in new ways.

Apprenticeship Program Final Report

The body of a the final report for the Fetzer Institute at the conclusion of the Apprenticeship Program.

On Togetherness

Reflections emergent from the Apprenticeship Program on the experience as an mentor/anchor.

Tajikistan: The Ironies of Birth and the Building of Civil Society

Reflections emergent from collaborating alongside university professors in Tajikistan to produce the Tajik language textbook about peacebuilding.