CONTACT: Conflict Transformation Across Cultures invites applications for 2008 Summer Peacebuilding Program at the SIT Graduate Institute, in Brattleboro, Vermont
June 1st-Registration
June 2-13 Peacebuilding I Module: Conflict Transformation and Global
Relations (2 graduate credits)
June 16-20 Peacebuilding II Module: Professional Practices in
Peacebuilding (electives-1 graduate credit)
Electives include:
Training for Change
Development and Peacebuilding
Fundrasing Fundamentals
Program Tuition: $1914 (or $638 per credit if applying for one Module)
Room and Board on Campus: $767
Application Deadline: April 30, 2008
Please read below for more information about the program. Mariana Syrotiak, CONTACT Program Manager
SUMMER PEACEBUILDING PROGRAM: A rich multicultural learning community, where participants from 30-35 countries develop new skills for peacebuilding and new relationships with each other. Education takes place both in and outside the classroom as participants live and socialize together in structured and unstructured activities. The wide variety of regional, ethnic, and cultural background provides abundant possibilities for participants to deepen their proficiency in intercultural communication and peacemaking practices.
Topics of Study: Conflict analysis and interventions, inter-communal dialogue, negotiation and mediation, peacebuilding and development, healing and reconciliation, peace education, training skills, issues of global relations, and more.
The Participants: Human rights workers, non-profit and NGO middle and senior level managers, government employees, mental health professionals, educators, graduate students, etc. View profiles of previous participants and their testimonials.
THE FACULTY: A diverse team of international experts and active practitioners in the field of peacebuilding and conflict transformation, including:Paula Green, EdD Director of CONTACT; Faculty, SIT Graduate Institute; and Director of Karuna Center for Peacebuilding, Amherst MA, USA
Tatsushi Arai, PhD Faculty, SIT Graduate Institute, USA
Kevin Clements, PhD Director, Australian Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Queensland, Australia
George Lakey, PhD Founder, Training for Change, Philadelphia, PA; visiting professor of Peace Studies at Swarthmore College, USA
Baht Latumbo, MA Director of Action Asia, Philippines
Joseph Sebarenzi MA, Adjunct Faculty, SIT Graduate Institute. USA
Paul LeVasseur, MAT, Assistant Professor, SIT Graduate Institute, USA
Some of the participants who enroll in the Summer Peacebuilding Program choose to continue their studies.
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION -after completing the summer program, participants engage in two semesters of web-based distance learning with courses on conflict analysis and conflict interventions, a mid-year field seminar held in Rwanda, and a 1-3 month practicum. The 14-16 credits earned in the Certificate can be applied further toward a Master Degree in Conflict Transformation or Intercultural Service, Leadership and Management.) "CONTACT has changed my outlook in development work and intensified my commitment to work with people in conflictÂ…I have now started advocating for peace building as a sustainable mechanism for development. Development cannot take place if peace is not in place. "Orlen Ocleasa, Community & Institutional Development Specialist, Western Mindanao Community Initiatives Project, Philippines
Application deadline for the programs is April 30, 2008. International participants are strongly encouraged to apply by April 15, especially if they need a visa. For more information visit http://www.worldlea rning.org/ 5186.htm or write to
contactprogram@ sit.edu
SIT Graduate Institute, A program of World Learning World Learning: "Bridging Cultures, Transforming Lives"
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