Maria del Corral was born in Bogota, Colombia, in 1957. Presently Maria is part of a team of IofC in Bogota, presenting workshops on a variety of topics monthly, plus participating in other initiatives related to re-building the structure of Colombia’s society devastated by over 50 years of internal guerrilla war.ted by over 50 years of internal guerrilla war.

Barry Hart is Professor of Trauma, Identity and Conflict Studies in the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University. He was the he Academic Director of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding from 2009-2012 and held the same position in the Caux Scholars Program, Caux, Switzerland from 1997-2010. Dr. Hart has conducted workshops on psychosocial trauma recovery and reconciliation in Northern Ireland, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Burundi and among Rwandan refugees in Tanzania. Hart has lived and worked in the Balkans where he developed and led trauma and conflict transformation programs for schools, communities and religious leaders. He was engaged in a three-year peacebuilding institute and curriculum development project between EMU and the University of Hargeisa in Somaliland (2008-2011). He has also co-led inter-racial workshops in Richmond, Virginia for Hope in the Cities. He holds a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR), George Mason University. Publications include the book ‘Peacebuilding in Traumatized Societies’, and numerous book chapters and journal articles on conflict transformation and restorative justice and the power of dignity in the negotiation process.

Comedy For Change at Caux. 20 July, 2016, 19:30–21:30

Humanity faces three enormous, inter-related challenges in the 21st century: mitigating the impact of climate change, feeding the world’s population and preserving the integrity of the planet’s ecosystems.

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The International Peace-Builders' Forum (IPF) 2016 will take place on 19 - 23 July 2016: Peacebuilding among people displaced by violence and war.

The next conference on Just Governance for Human Security will take place on 12 - 17 July 2016: The Human Factor in Just Governance

Trust and Integrity in the Global Economy (TIGE) 2016 will take place on 5 - 10 July 2016.

The Africa Coordination Group from 11th – 14th February 2016 in Nigeria, will be providing empowerment and inspiration for teams across Africa.

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