In this episode, we talk with John Paul Lederach – professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, focused on international peacebuilding. Lederach spent much of his career helping build peace in conflict areas around the world, and has written extensively on his experiences.
Together, we explore the importance of building relationships across divides and differences to achieve meaningful foundations for building lasting peace. We also discuss how we might apply these lessons here in the U.S. before polarization becomes sustained violence.
Of particular relevance to our current situation in the U.S. is Lederach’s Pocket Guide for Facing Down a Civil War: Surprising ideas from everyday people who shifted the cycles of violence.
To learn more about John Paul Lederach and peruse his writings, go to JohnPaulLederach.com.
Civity is a culture of deliberately engaging in relationships of respect and empathy with others who are different.
Our world today is one of haves and have-nots, insiders and outsiders, people who belong and people who are marginalized because they are other.
By reaching out person-to-person to others who are different, all of us together create the relational infrastructure to build solidarity, justice, and resilience in our communities.
Our differences are our strengths. This is ‘civity.’
Our podcast showcases interviews with people bridging power-based divides to move communities forward on issues grounded in inequities.
In this episode, we talk with John Paul Lederach – professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, focused on international peacebuilding. Lederach spent much of his career helping build peace in conflict areas around the world, and has written extensively on his experiences.
Together, we explore the importance of building relationships across divides and differences to achieve meaningful foundations for building lasting peace. We also discuss how we might apply these lessons here in the U.S. before polarization becomes sustained violence.
Of particular relevance to our current situation in the U.S. is Lederach’s Pocket Guide for Facing Down a Civil War: Surprising ideas from everyday people who shifted the cycles of violence.
To learn more about John Paul Lederach and peruse his writings, go to JohnPaulLederach.com.
