by Lauren Squires, United States of America Our first Friday of July began as Dr. Jack Duvall discussed how civil resistance can replace violence and terror. This enlightening and provocative lecture touched on many themes of [...]
by Jenn Buxton, Canada I can’t believe we are starting our last week; the saying “time flies when you’re having fun” really stands true at IPSI. I have appreciated all the speakers and trainers, as well as, [...]
by Chloe Baveas, Australia The dramatic description of the nonviolence discourse by Jack Duvall set the tone for the rest of the day. Keeping up with IPSI calibre of speakers, Mr Duvall passionately delved into the [...]
by Auriel Niemack, South Africa On Thursday we were graced with three speakers from the International Cente on Non-Violent Conflict, Jack Duvall, Maciej Bartkowski and Mary King, who all spoke to various aspects of non-violence and civil [...]
by Emma Hodder, New Zealand Today had to be one of my favourite days of the symposium thus far. In the morning we were treated to the beautiful and engaging Dr Valérie Rosoux talking about reconciliation. After [...]
by Hamdi Aden, Somalia Yesterday, Heidi Ober, from Care International gave an informative workshop on Theories Of Change (TOCs) in the Design, Monitoring and Evaluation (DME) of projects in fragile states. Using examples from Nepal, [...]
by Chris de Wit, The Netherlands In a few years I reckon I’ll look back on today, thinking it was one of these days that has had a significant impact on my ‘road taken’. John and [...]
by Billene Woldeyes, Ethiopia I remember following with intensity the domino effect of the Arab Spring as it hit the North African states in early December 2010. I wondered if a transition in Libya with minimal [...]
by Larissa Alles, Germany Generally speaking, this symposium generates significantly more questions than answers. But what it also does is to shift one's own perspective from left to right, back and forth. Today's session on the Responsibility [...]
by Reem Alsalem, Palestine In the latter half of last week, we were immersed into a mini crash course on negotiating successfully in an international context by professor Wilbur Perlot of the Clingendael Institute in the [...]