Newsletters for Sustainable Peacebuilding

In these newsletters of the Rotary District Peacebuilders, we want to invite readers for contributions and ideas, suggestions and possibilities for our efforts to educate others by promoting the foundational skills for promoting sustainable peace and civility, i.e., nonviolent conflict resolution, improved communication and cooperation, successful negotiation and mediation. We also want to encourage the critical and creative thinking that can help communities move through obstacles and difficulties among people in more sustainable ways, i.e., with the interconnected health of their people, their economies and their environments. In our July issue we will focus on INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION with guest speaker, Professor Eric Aoki (CSU, Speech Communication and discuss) what can help us better deal with conflict with people, customs or ideas from other cultures.

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#45-Hate, Violence, Reconciliation & Healing

Working with his sister and brother, Daoud Nassar (on the left in the photo above) serves as the Director for this project. The land itself is owned by his family who registered the property in 1924-1925 during the British Mandate period when they grew grapes, fruit, and olive trees. Despite this long history of documented ownership, the family has been fighting a legal battle to keep hold of the land since it was classified as ‘Israeli State Land’ and thus threatened with confiscation in 1991. Apparently, the Israeli military sees strategic value in this hilltop land.

#46-Environmental Peacebulding

This young Rotary Club in Ngozi, Burundi, is in one of the poorest nations in the world. It is emerging from a legacy of colonial control and exploitation that led to 40 years of civil war. Despite these obstacles, these Rotarians embraced “service in action” to help a poor mountain community improve their water system and health. In partnership with the University of Ngozi, a central commitment for these efforts is to promote sustainable peacebuilding!

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#42-Transforming conflict with study, commitment & energy

In January of 2020, I met with teachers and instructors, church and community leaders in Ngozi, Burundi, to discuss how to build on our efforts to promote sustainable peacebuilding, how to connect the lessons from school and the university to what is learned in church, in the community and at work.