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.
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 conflict…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
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