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Speaking for Themselves
August 31, 2011 — On the last day of Public Conversations’ signature workshop, The Power of Dialogue (POD), participants are asked to reflect on their experience by sharing one thing they are taking away from the three days.
Women Hold Up Half the Sky in Liberia
July 28, 2011 — How can promoting the healing of women help restore community in a country recovering from civil war?
This question is at the core of the collaboration between the Public Conversations Project (PCP), four Liberian partner organizations, and Mediators Beyond Borders (MBB). The pilot project, “Women Hold Up Half the Sky,” aims to promote healing by tapping into women’s ability to make change at the community level.
"Please Tell Your Friends..."—Jan. 29, 2010
In summer 2008, eighteen Nigerian conflict resolution professionals, representing diverse ethnic and religious communities in their home country, came to Boston to participate in an intensive training program in conflict prevention, management, and resolution. The Public Conversations Project was invited to provide a training on dialogue for the program, which was hosted by the Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution at UMass Boston.
