Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Conflict mediation and transformation

Feb. 8 issue

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  Seminar teaches how to talk about difficult issues

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — David Brubaker believes the congregation is the best place to discuss and respond constructively to important community issues.

  But for that to happen, a congregation must be a safe haven where people listen to each other respectfully and speak with love.

Feb. 1 issue

• More use of statement on conflict encouraged

  Lavonne van der Zwaag and her 16-year-old daughter, Anna, wore pink last July at the Mennonite Church USA convention.

Nov. 30, 2009 issue

• Book on Gandhian nonviolence addresses today’s global issues

  ELKHART, Ind. — A book that broke new ground in 1963 provides fresh insights for today.

Feb. 9, 2009 issue

• Mediation is a calling on large, small scales

  OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Without conflict, there is no progress, Siaka Traoré told a group of West African church leaders and expatriate missionaries attending the Institut Missiologique du Sahel, an interdenominational mission training school.

Dec. 24, 2007 issue

• Hesston alumnus honored for defusing hostage crisis

  HESSTON, Kan. — Sadi Othman, a civilian contractor in Iraq since 2003 and a 1993 graduate of Hesston College, has received a Civilian Award for Humanitarian Service from the U.S. Army for his role in defusing a dangerous hostage situation involving Iraq and Turkey.

Dec. 3, 2007 issue

• Northern Ireland native discusses mediator’s role in conflict

  BLUFFTON, Ohio — Inspired by the events of the infamous “Bloody Sunday” massacre of 1972, Michael Doherty, Bluffton University Pathways scholar-in-residence and director of the Peace and Reconciliation Group in Northern Ireland, reflected on his role as a community mediator Nov. 13.

Aug. 27, 2007 issue

• Philadelphia teen promotes peace, reconciliation among his peers

  PHILADELPHIA — Every day at school was a kind of mission trip for Keith Pretlow.

Aug. 20, 2007 issue

• Tanzanian leaders reconcile

  LAKE DIOCESE, Tanzania — After years of estrangement, some differences within Tanzania’s Mennonite conference have been reconciled.

July 30, 2007 issue

• CMU helps ease cultural tensions in Winnipeg

  WINNIPEG, Man. — Canadian Mennonite University is helping ease tensions between newcomers to the city and aboriginal residents.

June 18, 2007 issue

• ‘Naive’ peacemakers

  As anyone familiar with peacemaking can attest, the search for mutual understanding can have a look of naivete, especially when some parties in the dialogue have unpeaceful associations to answer for.

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