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Pathways for Mutual Respect

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July 22, 2010 — Last month, I had the privilege of participating in a two-week summer institute at Yale Divinity School put on by the Yale Center for Faith and Culture and an organization called Pathways for Mutual Respect.

Meta-Culture: Changing the Culture of Discourse

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July 20, 2010 — Last week, we were thrilled to announce that one of our partners in the field of conflict resolution, India-based Meta-Culture, has been chosen to receive the Outstanding Leadership Award from the Association for Conflict Resolution.

Everybody’s Doing It

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July 14, 2010 — I was awaiting minor surgery when I noticed the sign on the wall of the operating room: “Time-Out Protocol.” It was a checklist of what nurses, doctors and technicians are supposed to do before starting the operation. My favorite item was PAUSE, written in capital letters, just like that.

Meta-Culture: Working on Dialogue and Conflict Resolution in India

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Over the past five years, the Public Conversations Project and India-based Meta-Culture have been partners in the field of Conflict Resolution, learning from each other’s experiences in bringing dialogue to new conflicts, cultures, and populations.

Knowing the “Them”

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The ramifications of conflict first truly resonated with me in the winter of 2008-2009. I was sitting in a small café in a suburb of Tel Aviv, studying for the exams that would wrap up my six-month-long program in Israel. My friend suddenly turned her computer towards me, brushing aside scattered note cards and study guides, to display the breaking headlines of violence in the Gaza Strip.