Summer Peacebuilding Institute - Harrisonburg, VA

When:  May and June, 2010
Where:  Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in Harrisonburg, Virginia
Who:  Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at EMU

Summer Peacebuilding Institute 2010

    I find hope in the darkest of days and focus in the brightest.
    ~ The Dalai Lama ~

About the Program:
People come to the Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) from dark days and dark situations, looking for hope and inspiration. And they come from bright places and bright days, bringing a focus and a commitment they can share with others. For a brief time, SPI is a kind of bazaar of hope and focus, combining what participants bring with the courses, readings, experiences, discussions, and sheer infectiousness of being together. In classrooms and lunchrooms, in prayer and debate, during role plays and sports and picnics, people broaden their horizons and deepen their understanding.

2010 Information:
Intended for people active in peacebuilding and related fields, SPI offers three 7-day sessions and one 5-day session, each with five or six intensive courses running concurrently, for academic credit or as professional training. SPI 2010, the 15 th annual Summer Peacebuilding Institute, will be held from May 10 to June 18 at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

SPI 2010 will offer courses of use to practitioners, students, and those interested in learning more about peacebuilding. There are courses in restorative justice, trauma awareness and healing, mediation, reconciliation, conflict analysis, research and theory. Several courses operate at the intersection of conflict transformation with a related field: development, environmental policy, human rights, identity, faith, and consensus-building.

Within each course, participants will be challenged and encouraged to reflect and to share. Stimulating conversations with people in other courses and from other places expand the learning exponentially.

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