welcome to the john paul lederach archive

A story of the women of Wajir who initially set out to assure a safe market and ultimately stopped a war.

A story of an encounter admist the escalation of conflict in Northern Ghana that shifted the future unfolding of conflict, perhaps planting the seeds that avoided a civil war.

A story of mediation and poetic friendship between a warlord and a professor that led to the talks that ended the Tajik civil war.

A story about courageous leadership in the area of La India in Colombia.

A diagram identifying four common experiences in the circular process of change.

The story of Ballu's song, the song of the Mukhta Kamaiya, capturing the joy and grief experienced in their liberation from modern day slavery.

An unpublished commissioned paper looking at the conflict in Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast from the viewpoint of indigenous peacemakers.

A paper outlining Mennonite Central Committee peacemaking involvement in Somalia/Somaliland between 1989 and 1993.

A short article co-written by John Paul and his daughter, Angie, that four simple ideas and requests following the Columbine shooting.