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Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies University of Rhode Island
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Joseph -- This Thanksgiving holiday week, we are sending you and your CWI staff a BIG THANKS for all the good nonviolence work you are doing to help children in Liberia. We are all grateful.
Peace On,
Paul BdeM
Paul,
Sounds like a great event. Congrats on the work you are doing. Perhaps in the future there might be an opportunity for us to work together. I am a conflict and communication specialist for the NYPD (I am a detective) as well as I do work outsi…
Just returning back from Valparaiso University where I conducted an introductory workshop for about 50 people on Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation with Jonathan Lewis of the Gathering for Justice. The training was part of their 8th Annual…
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- What motivated you to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?
- Tracing my family history I uncovered many examples of persecution and violence that deeply saddened me, yet gave me a personal motivation to learn more about peaceful and nonviolent processes of creating a more just and equitable global society, a truly beloved world community.
- Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself (no more than 3 paragraphs)
- 30 years of professional and academic work in communities and schools promoting the prevention of violence and aggression.
- Please list the countries and/or regions in which you have direct and significant expertise
- My professional work has been focused in the USA. But I have traveled in the UK, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, former Yugoslavia, Austria, Greece, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Ireland, Canada, and Mexico. Our Center for Nonviolence has been active in Colombia, Nigeria, South Africa, and the Middle East
- What is your current country of residence?
- USA
- What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?
- Professor of Psychology and Interim Director of the Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies
- What is your personal or organizational website?
- http://www.uri.edu/nonviolence
- What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)
- http://www.uri.edu/nonviolence
- Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise?
- Conflict Resolution, Education, Psychosocial
- Which are your primary skills areas?
- Capacity Building, Curriculum Development, Evaluation, Program Design, Program Implemenation, Research, Training
- What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?
- I am currently leading a violence prevention team of graduate students implementing a classroom-based curriculum to 250 children in a predominantly low-income, bilingual, immigrant community. I am also investigating the most effective education and training strategies for institutionalizing and internationalizing the principles and practices of Ghandian and Kingian nonviolence.
- If appropriate feel free to list several of your publications
- Nonviolence Training Affects Ratings of Violence Severity (under review). Collyer, C., Johnson, K. L., Bueno de Mesquita, P., Palazzo, L. A., & Jordan, D.
Bueno de Mesquita, P., & Johnson, K. L. (manuscript in progress). The effects of integrating nonviolence training into language arts instruction for elementary preservice teachers.
Bueno de Mesquita, P. (Ed.) (2004). Higher Education Faculty Resource Guide for the Preservice Training of School Mental Health Professionals in Character Education and Social Emotional Learning. Healthy Schools, Healthy Kids Initiative, Rhode Island Department of Elementary & Secondary Education.
Remer, R., & de Mesquita, P. B. (1990). Teaching and learning the skills of interpersonal confrontation. In D. D. Cahn (Ed.), Intimates in conflict: A communication perspective. NJ: Earlbaum.
Bueno de Mesquita, P. (2005). Finding Your “Real Self” – Using Positive Psychology to Celebrate Who You Are (“Are You Half Empty, Half Full, or Full-Filled?”). In C. Pereira (Ed.). Student’s Companion to Health and Stress Prevention. University of Rhode Island, Health Services.
Wade, M., Bueno de Mesquita, P., Van Wyk, J. (2004). Diversity Week: A Practitioner’s Approach to Infusing Multiculturalism into Campus Culture. In J. Sanchez (Ed.), Proceedings of the East Coast Multicultural Personnel Summit, Duke University Center for Multicultural Affairs, Durham, North Carolina.
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Back from Nonviolence Training at Valpo
Just returning back from Valparaiso University where I conducted an introductory workshop for about 50 people on Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation with Jonathan Lewis of the Gathering for Justice. The training was part of their 8th Annual Peace and Justice Symposium, sponsored by the VU Gandhi-King Center for Diversity and Global Engagement. What a beautiful new Center facility they have and what good work they are doing. Peace On Valpo! -- Paul BdeM
Posted on November 7, 2009 at 11:25pm — 1 Comment
Kingian Nonviolence Training
Anyone out there interested in learning more about the nonviolence principles and methods of Dr. M. L. King, send me a message reply to this Blog post.
Posted on August 12, 2009 at 1:30am —
Comment Wall (16 comments)
- At 7:23am on November 10, 2009,
Jeff Thompson said…
- Paul,
Wow, yes it probably was me. What a small world! If you are interested, have a look at the link below. A law school student wrote an award winning paper which in part details my work during that period.
http://www.enjoymediation.com/2009/11/good-job-ari.html
- At 12:24pm on October 30, 2009,
Rashad said…
- Hi it’s good to know you. Stay blessed.
Regards, love and peace.
Rashad.
Chairman: Hope development organization.
Email: chairman@hopedevelopment.org
www.hopedevelopment.org
- At 2:21am on September 10, 2009,
Andrew said… - Congartulations for all that you do for the wellbeing of humanity specifically children. Iam really impresed with it. Would you please enlighten me in all you do, ways of doing them and so forth sothat I as well protect children in my locality?
- At 1:06pm on June 17, 2009,
Andrew Benson Greene said… - Many thanks for everything my friend and your efforts to have me at the 'Kingian' events. I will make a welcome addition to the experiences as well as hone my skills in the process that will have long lasting impact in my community in Sierra Leone. blessings and peace, Andrew
- At 2:24pm on June 16, 2009,
Andrew Benson Greene said…
- Hi Paul,
It is great to be back and contacting you again. my communication has been sluggish, but it is getting on better again. In the meantime, i will be pleased to hear from you regarding the 'Kingian' peace training. I will like it if you will contact me with details of what next needs to be done regarding participating. best wishes, Andrew
- At 2:37am on June 1, 2009,
Joseph Fatinyan Jarbah said… - Hi Paul,
Thanks for reaching out to me, I really appreciate the idea that you would like to know the possibilities for partnership with CWI.
Just to give you an idea, the 14 years war which fought in Liberia happened among the tribal people , as a result, there remain a tribal conflict in Liberia right now. Even with the children CWI is working with, most of them are homeless and have no one to care for them just because they were child combatants. At CWI our activities are couple with confilct resolutions. There is a desperate need for peace and conflict resolution right now as we speak in Liberia where we currently work. CWI has volunteers in Liberia and through these volunteers, your center could do more to help the children and the tribal communities . let's keep in touch.
- At 12:34pm on May 13, 2009,
Andrew Benson Greene said…
- Dear Paul, I will like us to develop a proposal for the hosting of a post- war peace building capacity building workshop in Sierra Leone. It will be great to have you and other friends here in Freetown. think about it and let me know what ideas you have to develop such a ground breaking workshop.
best wishes,
Andrew
- At 10:06pm on April 28, 2009,
Christine Crowstaff said… - Hi Paul,
thank you so much for your kind message and your support.
So sorry it's taken so long to reply to you - it's been a bit full-on here!
I'd love to know more about your own very interesting and worthwhile work, whenever you've time to write again.
Peace & light
Chris
- At 1:36am on April 27, 2009,
Rooble Mohamed said… - Hi Paul,
I"m glad you add you to my friend list. Thanks for the initiation.
Can you eleborate a bit about the summer course you mentioned ?
- At 10:34am on April 18, 2009,
Sie.Kathieravealu said… - Very much pleased to accept your invitation. I do also have the same motive "prevention of violence and aggression" and more solving problems.
A new concept on “towards a meaningful and just power-sharing arrangement” is given below for the comments of everyone.
Many, who call themselves as ‘moderates’, are not willing to consider this concept which gives a certain degree of ‘power’ with ‘responsibility’ to everyone including the poor and voiceless silent majority in the country and not excluding the so-called “minorities”.
Now, one word, for those who are actually and sincerely interested in fostering a united country by supporting “devolution” as a means to achieve sustainable peace, please avoid thinking in terms of “devolution” and instead please try to think in terms of “sharing” of powers, rights, duties and responsibilities that cannot be taken back at any time by any government or individual by any method.
The best political solution would be to DILUTE the powers of all elected representatives by separating the various powers of the Parliament and empowering different sets of people’s representatives elected on different area basis to administer the different sets of separated powers. It has to be devolution HORIZONTALLY where every set of representatives would be equal and in par and NOT VERTICALLY where one set of representatives would be above the other, which is the normal adopted practice when talking of devolution, in this power-hungry world. It is because of “devolution” being evolved “vertically”, we have all the trouble in this power-hungry world. So, for sustainable peace it should not be the present form of “devolution” but “dilution of powers” or “sharing of powers” in such a way that no single or set of peoples representatives - other than the common people themselves - is superior to another. This system would eradicate injustice, discrimination, bribery and corruption - the four pillars of an evil society - and establish the “Rule of Law” and “Rule by ALL” for sustainable peace, tranquility and prosperity and a pleasant living with dignity and respect for all inhabitants in the country. Everyone must have “equal” powers, rights, duties and responsibilities and most importantly everyone should be deemed “equal” before the law not only on paper but also practically – be it the Head of State, The Chief Justice or the voiceless poor of the poorest.
A detailed version of the concept, which is quite long is available for discussion by interested individuals with an aim to change the hearts not just a change of mind of the citizens of a country with the aim of preserving a UNITARY form of Government with every section of people from every part of the country PARTICIPATING in the GOVERNANCE OF THE COUNTRY in a practical and meaningful way. In a way it may be termed “participatory democracy”. In this system the country is NOT DIVIDED but the “powers of governance’ of the Parliament is separated and administered COLLECTIVELY by different sets of peoples representatives.
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