arts-inspired peacebuilding

John Paul and Serena Bian share a conversation on topics including the inner dimensions of peacebuilding, intergenerational and collective trauma and healing, and spiritual sustenance for long-term engagement in social change.

A conversation about the moral imagination as a source and approach to long-term, sustainable social change.

A keynote delivered for IMPACT’s inaugural event in which John Paul shares lessons on sustainability, relationship, and hope as foundational to building peace.

An open conversation and experience about facing the challenges of environmental violence and justice from diverse traditions, knowledge carriers, and forms of engagement.

A presentation shared for the Virtual U.S. Speaker Program on Peace and Conflict Issues hosted by the Institute of Peace Studies at Prince of Songkhla University.

A contribution to Peaceworks' series entitled “Peace & Jesus” in which John Paul shares about recent experiences alongside women and politicians working toward peace in Nepal.

A keynote address delivered for the University Notre Dame Student Peace Conference in April 2021.

A keynote delivered at the virtual Art in the Place of Conflict conference, organized by the Derry Playhouse in Northern Ireland.

A concluding keynote address delivered at the Building Sustainable Peace Conference, hosted by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame.