Plowshares works for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world through:

• Mediation, Consultation and Facilitation

• Community Conflict Transformation (CCT) Training

• International Travel Seminars

• Research and Writing

Current Projects

Mediation in Northeast India

In May, Bob Evans and Kadarmanto Hardjowasito (a long time Plowshares colleague from Jakarta and director of the Center for Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation in Jakarta, Indonesia) working with the Peace Coalition of Northeast India (PCNI), held a mediation workshop that included the parties to the Manipur disputes.

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 Risk Management for a Harmonious Society in China

In cooperation with Civic Exchange in Hong Kong, Mainland universities and NGOs, Plowshares is leading the Risk Management for a Harmonious Society project. This conflict transformation training project equips government leaders, university faculty and emerging non-profit organization leaders to move from police and militaryinterventions to negotiated settlements in national and local disputes.

Peace through Youth

This project trains youth leaders (under age 35) in volatile countries in the skills of conflict transformation and peace building. The Peace through Youth project comes at a time when youth-led revolutions are leading to democratic change in some Arab nations and to great repression in others. In response to youth leaders’ invitations, Plowshares is currently working with youth peace activists in Northeast India, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and continues to assess invitations from other nations for future work. We will be extending the project to include participants in the World Scholar-Athlete Games and World Youth Peace Summit in Hartford, Connecticut in 2011.

Awards and Honors include:

Recipient of the 2010 Global Leadership Award of the Council of Christian Colleges and Universitites

Recipient of the Yale Divinity School William Sloane Coffin Award for Peace and Justice

Honorary Doctorates of Human Rights bestowed on Plowshares Directors by the State Univerity of Makasser, Indonesia

Bishop Walmsley Eccumentical Awards to Directors from the Christian Council of Conecticut

Xavier University Eccumenical Chair Award

Appointed Special Researcher at Jiangsu Academy of Social Sciences and International Advisors of the Research Center for Management of Social Risk and Public Crises, Nanjing University, China

Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by members of the South African Parliament, South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, endorsed by members of parilaments in China, Indonesia and the U.S. Congress.

Recognition from government agencies from the Conneticut Legislature and Los Angeles City Council to the Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights.

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