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Compassionate Communities

The seventh of seven blog posts shared with the Apprentice Program participant cohort.

How Does Humanity Unite?

Thoughts about the challenge of to all of us as leaders when we live in settings of social fragmentation and at the same time are committed to pursue justice and healing in our relationships.

After the Handshake

Reflections on the signing of the Colombian Peace Agreement, informed from practitioner experience and scholarly research.

How the United States Can Step Back from the Brink

A message co-written with Melanie Greenberg in the lead up to the November 2020 elections in the United States offering ways to deescalate and counteract mounting polarization in the country.

A tribute to Rosa Jiménez Ahumada, Colombian peace educator

A tribute written in honor of Rosa Jiménez Ahumada, a peacebuilder who committed her lift to building a more peaceful and just world through peace education, research, and practice.

Best Take Your Time

The first of seven blog posts shared with the Apprentice Program participant cohort.

Hearing voices

The second of seven blog posts shared with the Apprentice Program participant cohort.

How does the crocus know it is time to rise?

The third of seven blog posts shared with the Apprentice Program participant cohort.

A Wish For The Future

An article imagining a courageous alternative to the then pending U.S. war with Iraq.