Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center
Annual Report 2013-2014
Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center
Rotary Peace Fellows Class XI (2012-2014) and Class XII (2013-2015)
301 Pittsboro St. Campus Box 5145 Chapel Hill, NC 27516-5145 UNC Phone: 919.843-2792 Duke Phone: 919.613.9222 Fax: 919.962.5375 Emails:
[email protected] [email protected] Dr. Francis Lethem, Co-Director, Duke University Dr. James Peacock, Co-Director, UNC-Chapel Hill Susan Carroll, Assistant Director, Duke-UNC Rotary Center Amy Cole, Program Assistant, Duke-UNC Rotary Center
DUKE-UNC ROTARY PEACE CENTER
ANNUAL REPORT 2013-2014 Table of Contents I. II.
Overview Annexes 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Washington, D.C. Trip Information and Itinerary CDA Workshop Series Agendas 2013-2014 Center Highlights Summary of Rotary Core Courses Rotary Faculty Bios Spring 2014 Conference Flyer Spring 2014 Conference Program Orientation 2013 Agenda Certificate in International Peace and Conflict Resolution Brochure and Requirements 10. Rotary Center Newsletters
DUKE-UNC ROTARY PEACE CENTER Annual Report, 2013-2014 OVERVIEW The Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center welcomed a cohort of ten Rotary World Peace Fellows in the fall of 2013. In total 92 Fellows have graduated from our Center, representing 41 countries. The graduating cohort of Fellows in Class XI included seven who completed their Master’s degree in International Development Policy at Duke University. The five Fellows who graduated from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill included one in the School of Social Work, one in the School of Public Health, one in the Political Science Department, one in the Geography Department and one in the Department of City and Regional Planning. Out of the twelve graduating Fellows, several have already secured jobs to date, as seen below. Name Ana Paula Calil
Organization Looking for employment
Title/Description
Negaya Chorley Silvia Fontana
Caritas Australia Looking for employment/applying to PhD programs Public Ministry of the State of Bahia, Brazil
Manager - Advocacy
Anderson Freitas Reem Ghunaim Natasha Holt Adrien Lokangaka Kimeli Naiyomah Beatriz Rey
Doing an internship in UNC’s Anthropology Department while looking for employment Healing Hurt People Program (HHP) Center for Non-Violence and Social Justice, Philadelphia, PA Kinshasa School of Public Health in partnership with UNC-Chapel Hill (KSPH-UNC Projects) Looking for employment Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University (PhD candidate in Political Science)
District Attorney
Community Intervention Specialist Country Coordinator
Beatriz will double major in Comparative Politics and Public Administration & Policy and minor in Methods.
Rhett Sangster
Office of the Treaty Commissioner Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Director of Reconciliation and Community Partnerships
Scott Sellwood
Oxfam
Muyatwa Sitali
World Bank UNOPS administered agency - Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
Program Manager Center for Strategic Support on Extractive Industries Short Term Consultant Senior Consultant, Sanitation & Hygiene Programming Support
The quality and level of job placements among our Rotary Center’s alumni has been increasing steadily. This obviously has many positive impacts, including a constantly widening network of excellent contacts for graduating Rotary Fellows as well as Fellows looking for their AFEs. Out of 92 Fellows who have graduated from the Duke-UNC Rotary Center, 30 work for NGOs or other peace-related organizations, 11 work for a government or military agency, 8 work for United Nations agencies, 6 work for the World Bank, 9 are pursuing additional advanced degrees in peace-related fields, and 8 are working in research, academia or related fields. At least 6 alumni are actively looking for a job. Class XII includes ten fellows from ten different countries with a broad range of backgrounds, experience and academic interests. These interests are reflected in the Applied Field Experiences that they completed during the summer of 2014. Several Fellows plan to write their master’s thesis on topics related directly to their Applied Field Experiences. In addition, the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center continued a blog on our website, where all Class XII Fellows contributed an entry each week throughout the summer about their work and impressions. All blog entries can be viewed at http://rotarypeacecenternc.org/resources/rotary-center-blog/. The following table provides AFE details: Name
Lyttelton Braima Pranisa Ekachote Geysar Gurbanov Dilshad Jaff
Manish Kumar
Tekle-Ab Mekbib Ayabolek Ovezova
Organization/Country
Community Land Protection Program, NAMATI, Liberia Mothering Across Continents, Charlotte, NC Research project on communal violence, Harvard University Department of Government, Cambridge, MA The Global Institute for Health and Human Rights, University at Albany, New York Strengthening Partnerships, Results and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) Project, JSI Research & Training Institute, Rosslyn, VA World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Research Evidence for Sexual and Reproductive Health at UNC, Chapel Hill, NC United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative, Geneva, Switzerland
Luiz Pinto Hai-Ryung Sung Daniela Tort
Strategic planning project to design The Amazon Peace Center, Brazil World Health Organization Project at UNC, Chapel Hill, NC Gandhi Manav Kalyan Society in Udaipur, India and the International Center for Research on Women in New Delhi, India
The Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center staff contributes significantly to the organization of the Sanford School of Public Policy’s annual professional development trip to Washington DC, which took place from January 5-7, 2014. Ten Fellows from Class XII participated along with about 50 students from Duke’s Master’s Program in International Development Policy (MIDP). Current Duke-UNC Fellows and alumni from several centers also enjoyed a reception with some local Rotarians from District 7620. The detailed itinerary for the Washington DC trip can be found in Annex 1. In August 2014, the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center welcomed its thirteenth class of Rotary Peace Fellows, with 10 new students. Of these, five are studying international development policy at Duke, and five are at UNC, one in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication department, one in the Global Studies Department and three in the School of Public Health. We have added three new countries to our world map of Rotary Peace Fellows at the Center for a total of 48 different countries.
Internal Evaluation of the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center Program: The Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center continued its practice of regular comprehensive evaluations of its program, by surveying all Fellows in June 2014. These evaluations provide valuable feedback on many facets of the program and guide the Rotary Center Board in its planning for the coming year. The complete evaluation results are available upon request from the Center.
Duke-UNC Rotary Center Board and Staff: In May 2014, Rotary Center Program Assistant Samira Wellemeyer resigned in order to take up a new position as International Program Manager at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. We are grateful to Samira for her two years with our Center, during which time she created a very strong online presence for us as well as streamlined many aspects of our annual conference management. To replace Samira, we have been extremely fortunate to hire Amy Cole. Amy is a UNC alumna, with several years of experience in project management and a strong commitment to service activities. She knows the Rotary Peace Program well, as she and her Rotarian husband have hosted several Fellows over the years.
The Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center Board is the primary administrative and academic body that oversees the Center. The Board meets monthly and includes the Center Co-Directors, the Executive Directors of Duke’s Center for International Development and UNC’s Center for Global Initiatives, the Center Assistant Director the Rotary Host Area Coordinator (Serge Dihoff) and former Rotary Host Area Coordinator (Carol Allen). Twice a year, the Board meetings include an elected representative from each class of Rotary Fellows. Rotary Fellows take the opportunity to express their views, requests and suggestions to the Board during these meetings.
International Day of Peace 2013 Rotary Peace Fellows at Duke and UNC participated in service activities to commemorate the International Day of Peace on September 21, 2013. One group of Fellows delivered meals in Durham for the Meals on Wheels program, providing nutritious food and a safety check for seniors with limited mobility. Another group of Fellows volunteered at Table in Chapel Hill, an organization whose mission is to provide healthy, emergency food aid every week to hungry elementary school children living in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.
Workshop Series: Creating Lasting Positive Change in Situations of Conflict: Rotary Fellows benefited from a series of four workshops (October 26 and November 16, 2013 and February 21-22, 2014) led by trainers from the CDA Collaborative Learning Projects 1. Anita Ernstorfer, the co-director of CDA’s Reflecting on Peace Practice (RPP), led two full-day workshops on the Do No Harm Framework, the RPP program and theory of change. In the spring semester, Isabelle Jean, CDA’s director of Evaluation and Learning, spoke to Fellows about the Listening Program over dinner. Ben Miller, the associate director of the Corporate Engagement Program (CEP), then led a full-day workshop on CEP, which promotes the development of positive, constructive relationships between companies and the local communities where corporate operations take place. These workshops were well-received by the Fellows and served to complement their more theoretical academic programs. The agendas for the workshops can be found in Annex 2. CDA Collaborative Learning Projects, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA), is an NGO committed to improving the effectiveness of international actors who provide humanitarian assistance, engage in peace practice and are involved in supporting sustainable development. 1
A small educational grant from the US Institute of Peace covered a portion of the costs associated with these workshops.
Other Seminars: In addition to the workshops, several other seminars were held during 2013-2014. A complete list of events can be found in Annex 3. • Jackie Dugard (Founder of Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa and human rights activist) • Wendy Sternberg, Founder of Genesis at the Crossroads (and alumna of the Rotary Peace Center at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok) • Doris Mariani (Director of the Nonviolent Peaceforce) • Workshop on communications skills and public speaking: A half-day workshop was held on February 9 specifically for second-year Rotary Fellows to help prepare them for public speaking events including the annual spring conference. This workshop was led by Dean Storelli, Writing and Communications Coordinator with the Duke Center for International Development
Implementing the Bringing Peace H ome Project: In order to implement the Bringing Peace Home project developed by Class X Fellow Jessica Butcher (UNC, School of Education), Center staff along with two Class XI Fellows and Kacie Wallace, our Conflict Management professor, met periodically during the year to ensure that all Peace Fellows (as well as their families) had the resources they needed to adapt to North Carolina and excel in their academic programs. One activity we added was a lunch for the spouses and partners of Fellows with Center staff. Eight Fellows were here with their families so the lunch provided a nice way for them to see each other and for us to learn more about the challenges they face here. We plan to continue arranging these lunches and find ways to include Fellows’ families in our activities throughout the year. The conceptual framework underlying this project can be accessed at http://rotarypeacecenternc.org/files/2013/07/Buddy-Plus-Booklet-2013.pdf.
Joint Projects with Alumni and the Rotary Club of Durham: Duke-UNC Rotary Center alumni have been engaged in several joint projects with the Rotary Club of Durham in recent years. In 2013-14, a “Future Vision”
Project was approved related to economic development in the suburbs of Bissau (Guinea-Bissau). This has been initiated by Class IX alumna, Priscilla Ferreira Vaz.
Marketing and Recruitment Trip to NYC: The Center’s assistant director traveled to New York in January 2014 to meet with a number of international organizations to promote the Rotary Peace Fellowship and learn the latest information on internship opportunities. Meetings were held with UNICEF, the UN Population Fund, the Joint UNDP/DPA Programme on Building National Capacities for Conflict Prevention, the UN Peacebuilding Support Office, the UN Mediation Support Unit, the UN Electoral Assistance Division and the International Rescue Committee.
Center Curriculum: The Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center curriculum consists of three parts: five courses, monthly seminars and the annual conference. Core Courses: The Center strives to balance our curriculum to meet the interests of Fellows while also adhering to the curriculum guidelines agreed upon by the Rotary Centers Committee, and staying true to our Center’s mission statement. The year’s detailed curriculum is included in Annex 4. Following the Center Board’s review, the results of the June 2014 evaluation by Fellows as well as faculty availability, the 2014-2015 curriculum will be as follows: FALL 1st year fellows 2nd year fellows
SPRING 1st year fellows
2nd year fellows
2014-2015 Conflict Management (Wallace) OPTION (all 3 credits): Human Rights & Conflict (Admay) OR Capacity Development (Webb)
2015-2016 Conflict Management (Wallace) OPTION (all 3 credits): Human Rights & Conflict (Admay) OR Capacity Development (Webb)
Cornerstone (1 credit) & Intro to P&CR (Cross, 2 credits) OR Security & Violence (Mirovitskaya, 3 credits)
Cornerstone (1 credit) & Intro to P&CR (Cross, 2 credits) OR Security & Violence (Mirovitskaya, 3 credits) Capstone (1 credit) Designing Democracy (Reynolds, 2 credits)
Capstone (1 credit) Ethical Considerations of Humanitarianism (Redfield, 2 credits)
It is important to note that Rotary core seminars continue to be sought-after by non-Rotary Fellows. The Cornerstone and Capstone seminars are the only courses exclusively for Rotary Fellows while other seminars are able to accommodate a few additional students. Faculty bios for the courses taught during 2013-2014 academic year are found in Annex 5. Spring Conference: The eleventh annual Duke-UNC Rotary Center Conference took place on April 12, 2014, in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium at the FedEx Global Education Center at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. The theme of the conference was “Practicing Peace Everyday: The Art of What is Possible”. We were honored to have Rotary Foundation Trustee Stephanie Urkchick and Rotary Foundation General Manager and Chief Development Officer, John Osterlund, join us for the event along with several other VIPs. The weekend began with a reception at the UNC Botanical Gardens on Friday evening, hosted by The Rotary Foundation.
Photo 1: Class XI Rotary Fellows, following presentations of their master’s research.
All twelve graduating Rotary Fellows from Class XI presented their master’s research to approximately 250 people who attended the conference. The conference was organized by Ana Paula Calil (Class XI) and Manish Kumar (Class XII), with assistance from the Rotary Center Board. As we did last year, all of the conference
proceedings were both video-recorded as well as streamed live over the Internet. Fellows’ friends and family were able to watch the presentations from their home countries. Fellows continue to use the recorded versions of their presentations as marketing tools as they search for jobs. We were pleased to see 13 alumni from Duke-UNC as well as two from other Rotary Centers at the conference. The conference flyer is found in Annex 6 and the conference program can be found in Annex 7.
Other Events during 2013-2014 Ropes Challenge Course (September 14, 2013): We continue to organize a teambuilding event within the first month of classes by having fellows participate in a Ropes Challenge Course at UNC’s Outdoor Education Center. Both first- and second-year Rotary fellows participated along with two center staff members. For some fellows, this was the first time they had met each other. Through a variety of fun exercises and obstacle courses, followed by a picnic lunch, fellows enjoy the opportunity to get to know each other better. Review of Rotary Fellows’ Internship Experiences (September 15, 2013): – The Center once again organized an informal seminar over dinner for all Class XI Fellows, to learn from each other’s AFE experiences. All felt that they benefited considerably from their internships. For some the experience confirmed the direction they had already chosen for their career whereas for others they found themselves considering a different path. We also included Class XII Fellows in the evening and asked each Class XI Fellow to offer a few words of advice about their experiences looking for an internship. The Communications Coordinator for the Duke Center for International Development attended the dinner as did UNC’s Director of Global Relations. As a result, several Fellows were profiled throughout the year on the universities’ websites. Rotary Fellows Retreat at the Beach, January 10-12, 2014: For the fifth year, Rotary Fellows were treated to a special weekend in January when a local Rotarian provided them with the use of his 12-bedroom beach house in Surf City, NC. About 10 Fellows along with some of their families participated.
Program Components in 2013-2014: Orientation: The day-long orientation session for Class XII Rotary Fellows followed months of contacts between Center staff and the new Fellows, each of whom was
paired with a current Fellow. The orientation session was held on August 13, 2013, at the FedEx Global Education Center at UNC in Chapel Hill. This very important day provides the opportunity for Fellows to meet each other as well as the staff and faculty of the Rotary Center. In-depth introductions were made, the Center CoDirectors presented the Rotary Center curriculum, and expectations of Rotary Fellows and the Rotary Center staff were discussed. Fellows were provided with comprehensive resource materials. The orientation materials serve as a useful reference tool for the new students. A couple of members of Class XI as well as Class V Fellow Shai Tamari participated in the afternoon leading the discussion on Fellows’ expectations. Following the orientation, a reception was held at the home of Shai and Terry Tamari which was attended by the Rotary Fellows and their families, as well as their host counselors, and the Rotary Center Board. The reception is an excellent way to end the orientation program. Annex 8 contains the orientation agenda. Professional Development: In addition to the annual trip to Washington DC, Rotary Fellows are able to take advantage of the services of the Professional Development Coordinator in the MIDP Program at Duke. By special arrangement, these services are extended to UNC Fellows as well as the Duke Fellows. We continue to liaise with the UNC Career Services Office to ensure that relevant professional development services are available to UNC Rotary Fellows. UNC Graduate Certificate in International Peace and Conflict Resolution: All twelve graduating Rotary World Peace Fellows received the UNC Graduate Certificate in International Peace and Conflict Resolution in May 2014. The brochure describing this certificate and the requirements for students can be found in Annex 9. Scholar Programming and Advisory Committee: The Scholar Programming and Advisory Committee (SPAC) is an initiative that began in 2003-2004, whereby Rotary Fellows elect one member from each cohort to represent the Fellows at selected Rotary Center Board meetings. The Rotary Center Board includes the SPAC representatives at a minimum of two meetings per academic year, to discuss programming and administrative matters of concern to the Fellows. SPAC representatives –Scott Sellwood (Class XI) and Geysar Gurbanov (Class XII) were very active during the academic year, providing significant inputs on the curriculum and other important issues. Rotary Center Review: Two issues of the Rotary Center Review were published in 2013-2014. This publication, edited by the Rotary Center Program Assistant, is
distributed to a wide audience through the Rotary Center listserv. Copies of the newsletters are included in Annex 10. Rotary Center Planning Retreat: The annual planning retreat by the Rotary Center Board was held on June 26th, at the home of Board member Jim Peacock, and was attended by all board members. The year was reviewed and plans for 2014-2015 discussed. The main areas of review were the core curriculum, spring conference and the budget for the coming year.
Summary and Conclusions: There have been many positive developments during the year: •
For the first time in our Center’s history, we had 100% success in the admissions of both Fellows and alternate candidates for Class XIII. In addition, none of the original 10 Fellows withdrew, which means that we were unable to offer a place to any of the four alternates. Both Duke and UNC were sufficiently impressed with the alternates to defer their admission to the fall of 2015.
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The series of four workshops we organized during the year, led by experts from the CDA Collaborative Learning Projects, provided Fellows with additional practical skills as a supplement to their graduate programs. We will continue to look for similar opportunities in the future as feedback from the students was very positive.
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The Duke-UNC Rotary Center places enormous value on its excellent and constructive relationship with The Rotary Foundation. We look forward to building on this partnership in the years to come.
Annex 1
INFORMATION ON WASHINGTON DC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRIP FOR ALL FIRST-YEAR ROTARY FELLOWS We encourage all of you to attend the annual MIDP Professional Development trip to Washington DC. This trip will take place from 4-6 January 2015. During the trip, you will attend group meetings with various officials from international organizations such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Inter-American Development Bank, and numerous international NGOs. You may also arrange individual, informational meetings with officials from Washington DC organizations of your choice. The contacts you make on this trip will prove to be quite valuable both during your internship search, as well as other future, professional endeavors. Family members are welcome to join you on this trip, however you will be responsible for paying half the cost of hotel room expenses if you decide to have your family join you. Please be aware (and have your family members aware if you decide to bring them), that the primary objective of this trip is your professional development. There will be some time to sight-see, but attendance at all group meetings and individual meetings is mandatory, and will take up most of the two days. Please be “on the look-out” for emails about the DC trip during the Fall semester that will include details on transportation, hotel, group meetings, and how to arrange individual appointments as well as important deadlines and deposit amounts. We hope you will all attend and find this exciting trip as beneficial as past participants. *** UNC Rotary Fellows are invited to participate in this trip during their first year of study. Funding for this is made possible by the local Rotary District. The itinerary of the 2014 Washington DC trip is included here to give you an idea of how the trip is arranged and the types of organizations we will visit. The organizations we visit will vary from year to year.
Annex 1
MIDP Professional Development Trip Itinerary, Washington DC, 2014 MONDAY, JANUARY 06, 2014 Please note that some of these organizations require approved photo ID to enter the building. Please be prepared to show your passport or official state driver’s license 9:00am - 10:30am
The following three organizational visits are concurrent. • • •
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS WORLD BANK, PUBLIC FINANCE GROUP WOMEN THRIVE WORLDWIDE
11:00am - 12:30pm
The following four organizational visits are concurrent. • • • •
PAN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION/ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES THE HUNGER PROJECT UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE CGAP/WORLD BANK
1:00pm - 2:30pm
The following four organizational visits are concurrent. • • • •
FREEDOM HOUSE ACDI/VOCA ICMA INTERNATIONAL PLAN INTERNATIONAL USA
3:00pm - 4:30pm
The following four organizational visits are concurrent. • • • •
FHI 360 CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT WORLD LEARNING GLOBAL CENTER ON CONFLICT, SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT/WORLD BANK
6:00pm – 8:00pm — Reception with Rotary Peace Fellow Alumni and Distinguished Area Rotarians 8:00pm onward — Dinner and evening on your own
Annex 1
TUESDAY, JANUARY 07, 2014
(Panels take place in the Embassy Suites Ballrooms off the hotel lobby.)
The following two panels are concurrent.
9:00am – 10:30am Social Policy Panel • OECD Washington: Kathleen DeBoer, Deputy Head of Center • FHI360: Timothy Mastro, Group Director, Global Health, Population & Nutrition • ICRW: Gina Alvarada, Sociologist Gender and Evaluation Specialist • PLAN USA International: Samuel Koroma, Internship and Project Coordinator Economic/Finance Panel • IADB: Ichiro Toda (MIDP 1998), Lead Development Effectiveness Officer • Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Government: Omar Kebbeh (MIDP 2009), Senior Economist (9:30am) • DAI: Steven Rozner, Technical Manager, Public Financial Management
The following two panels are concurrent.
11:00am – 12:30pm Development Management Panel • Asian Development Bank: Craig Steffensen, Resident Director General, USA/Canada • Cardno Emerging Markets LLC: Sylvia Megret, Managing Director, Client Services • Grant Thornton LLC: Kenneth Lanza (MIDP 98), Consultant • Westat: Catherine Elkins, Senior Study Director, International Evaluation Peace & Conflict Panel • Partners for a Democratic Change: Nilanka Seneviratne, Senior Manager, PDCI Coordinator/Operations • Counterpart International: Jenn Williamson, Gender Technical Specialist • Mercy Corps: Leslie Wingender, Conflict Management Group, Peacebuilding Evaluation Fellow • Open Society Foundations: David Holiday, Senior Regional Advocacy Officer, Latin American Program 12:30pm – 5:30pm — Free time for individual appointments OR see below for two extra sessions… EXTRA SESSIONS 1:00pm – 2:30pm — Consulting: An Insider’s Perspective — with Ken Lanza (MIDP 98), Consultant, Grant Thornton 1:30pm – 2:30pm — Resume Review with DevEx — with Kate Warren, Global Recruiter, DevEx
5:30pm: Load bus at the Embassy Suites Hotel 6:00pm: Bus leaves for Duke/Durham
Annex 2
Achieving strategic change in fragile environments – An introduction to conflict sensitivity / do no harm and effective peacebuilding programming Facilitator: Anita Ernstorfer, Co-Director Reflecting on Peace Practice Program / CDA Duke University - UNC Rotary Center for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution Draft Agenda Saturday, 26 October 2013 9:00 – 10:00 am
Welcome & Introductions Agenda Overview Background / Overview of CDA’s approach
10:00 – 10:45 am
Experiences from participants Regarding do no harm/ conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding strategy and program design & implementation Conflict sensitivity / do no harm – peacebuilding: what’s the difference?
10:45 – 11:00 am
Break
11:00 – 1:00pm
Conflict Analysis of ‘Dominia’ (Part I) Conflict Analysis Intro Analysis of Dividers and Connectors / Key driving factors and actors
1:00 – 1:45 pm
Lunch
1:45 – 3:00 pm
Conflict Analysis of ‘Dominia’ (Part II) Analysis of Dividers and Connectors/ Key driving factors and actors
3:00 – 3:15 pm
Break
3:15 – 4:45 pm
Visioning, strategy, and program design What does positive change look like for ‘Dominia’ taking into account political, economic, security, and relationship aspects?
4:45 pm
Closure of day 1 of the workshop
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Saturday, 16 November 2013 8:45 – 9:00 am
Overview of agenda – recap of day 1 Open questions from previous workshop day
9:00 – 9:30 am
8 lessons from CDA’s Reflecting on Peace Practice Program – a brief overview
9:30- 10:45 am
Program Design: Identifying leverage points on how to engage with conflict systems Designing robust goals and theories of change for interventions 4 box program planning chart (group work) – based on identities
10:45 – 11:00 am
Break
11:00 – 12:45 pm
The Change Matrix More People / Key People, Individual change versus socio-political change Application to identified programs (small groups)- does it all add up in Dominia?
1:00 – 1:45 pm
Lunch
1:45 – 2:45 pm
Do no harm analysis of designed programs Critical detail mapping – patterns of impact Do you need to make changes to your programs?
2:45 - 3:00 pm
Break
3:00 – 4:00 pm
Presentations of programs from each group Debriefing
4:00 – 4:30 pm
Wrap-up and next steps • Any open Questions • CDA workshops in spring 2014 • Evaluation of the workshop
4:30 pm
Closure
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Annex 2
1. Required reading: • Read Dominia case study 2. Recommended for background reading: • Reflecting on Peace Practice (RPP) I- participant manual • A distinction with a difference: conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding (CDA article) • CDA – Do no harm handbook • CDA - Do no harm - guidance note – Dividers and Connectors • CDA’s Reflecting on Peace Practice Program http://www.cdacollaborative.org/programs/reflecting-on-peace-practice/ • CDA’s do no harm program: http://www.cdacollaborative.org/programs/do-no-harm/
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Rotary Session, Feb 22 I.
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III. IV.
Intro – about 20 mins, including any Q&A What is CEP? What do we do?
Intro to conflict sensitivity for companies – 30 mins a. Conflict Sensitivity, in general b. Conflict Sensitive Business Practices c. Overview of “the landscape” of some of the higher-profile public standards of responsible business (IA’s CSBP, IFC Performance Standards, OECD Guidelines for MNCs, etc.) d. Human Rights and conflict sensitivity in the private sector i. UNGPs on Business and Human Rights;
CEP Framework – 1.5 hours a. “Discussive lecture” with lots of examples of good and bad practices from around the world Applying the CEP framework – 1 hour?? a. Small group exercise – Ymazia case study
Break for lunch V. VI.
Challenges – 1 hour a. So if CEP has all the answers, why don’t companies do this more? Challenges that companies face in being conflict sensitive Engaging the PS from without – 1 hour a. CEP engagement model b. Other models of Corporate Engagement: i. International Alert ii. Swisspeace c. Small group exercise – Basic systems map exercise
Annex 3
2013-2014 Duke-UNC Rotary Center Program Highlights Key Events: August 13, 2013
January 4-6, 2014
April 12, 2013
Rotary Orientation for new fellows at FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH
Annual Professional Development Trip to Washington DC
Rotary Center Eleventh Annual Spring Conference, “Practicing Peace Everyday: The Art of What is Possible”, FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH
Monthly Rotary Peace Seminar Series: These monthly seminars are designed to augment the Fellows’ studies with exposure to experts and practitioners who provide different perspectives and expertise on timely issues in peace and conflict resolution. Some skills development and/or career development seminars may also be organized. Below is a summary of speakers and topics for Fall 2013 and Spring 2014: September 18, 2013 September 15, 2013 October 26, 2013 November 16, 2013 February 9, 2014 February 21, 2014 February 22, 2014 March 17, 2014 April 19, 2014
Breakfast seminar with Jackie Dugard, Founder of Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa and human rights activist
Applied Field Experience Briefing Dinner led by Class XI Rotary Fellows on their internship experiences All day workshop (part I) on “Creating Lasting Positive Change in Situations of Conflict” led by Anita Ernstorfer of CDA Collaborative Learning Projects
All-day workshop (part II) on “Creating Lasting Positive Change in Situations of Conflict” led by Anita Ernstorfer of CDA Collaborative Learning Projects
(Class XI fellows only) Presentation Skills workshop with Dean Storelli, Writing and Communications Coordinator, Duke Center for International Development
Seminar on the “Listening Program”, led by Isabella Jean of CDA Collaborative Learning Projects
All-day workshop on “Corporate Engagement Program”, led by Ben Miller of CDA Collaborative Learning Projects Coffee with Wendy Sternberg, Founder of Genesis at the Crossroads (and alumna of the Rotary Peace Center at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok) Lunch with Doris Mariani, Director of the Nonviolent Peaceforce
Other Events September 14, 2013
January 10-12, 2014
Rotary Fellows' Team-building day at UNC's Outdoor Education Center
Annual Rotary Fellows’ Beach Weekend at the “Tipsy Turtle”, Surf City, NC
Annex 4
SUMMARY OF ROTARY CORE COURSES Academic Year 2013-2014 Rotary Peace Fellows will enroll in the required Rotary core course(s) each semester as follows. Courses will alternate between the Duke and UNC campuses. Semester One:
Conflict Management: The Practice of Negotiation and Mediation:
The purpose of this course is to teach you the theory and practice of negotiation and mediation as a means of effectively handling conflicts that occur in a variety of settings. Negotiation and mediation (as facilitated negotiation) are probably the most essential tools of diplomacy and peace-building, as well as the resolution of personal, professional and global disputes. The basic principle around which this course revolves is that conflict happens on the human level. Thus, management and resolution of conflict occur through interpersonal communication and the ability to analyze, question, listen, persuade and problem-solve with colleagues, communities and even enemies. The goal of this course is to change the paradigm of “conflict as an adversarial encounter” to “conflict as an opportunity to solve a problem.” (UNC Campus) Semester Two:
Cornerstone Seminar (1.0 credit): This one-credit seminar is the first of two parts designed to
prepare Rotary Peace Fellows towards their future leadership roles in the field of Peace and Conflict Prevention and Resolution. This seminar will assist fellows in shaping their 21-month program of study with the goal of achieving the outcomes desired by each individual fellow. The seminar comprises three elements: (i) reflection on each fellows’ skills, attributes and achievements that they bring with them to Duke-UNC; (ii) examination of leadership and decision-making styles (through the Myers Brigg Type Indicator test), (iii) planning for the future through strategic selection of courses, the required summer internship and topics for fellows’ masters projects/theses. (Duke Campus)
Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies (2.0 credits): Introduction to the interdisciplinary theory, research, conflict analysis and intervention strategies which form the foundation of peace and conflict studies. (Duke Campus) Semester Three:
Human Rights and Conflict: In this course we learn the most important basics of the overall
international human rights and humanitarian law framework and the ways it is helpful to use—or not—when faced with concrete cases of conflict, be it war or other forms of large scale suffering. We learn the political history of this legal framework so Fellows have an unglorified, concrete and realistic idea of this law as it stands today. Indeed, a central aim of the course is to help Fellows know about, and then be equipped to better navigate in your own professional lives, the three leading practitioner camps that have developed to promote conflict resolution and peacebuilding, including (1) conflict resolvers, (2) human rights advocates/lawyers and (3) humanitarian workers. How is conflict, and the various ways to address it, framed by each of these camps of practitioners? What sort of tradeoffs and priorities must we consider in any situation and stage of conflict? Is “peace versus justice” one of them? When might demands for human rights precipitate or fuel—as much as prevent or transform—conflicts? Are human rights essential for what the field of conflict resolution has termed “positive peace”? Or for “restorative justice”? Or should policymakers
Annex 4 involved in multiple stages or types of conflict be more cautious about viewing rights as a remedy for conflicts? What practical measures have been developed for post conflict situations? Where lies the promise and the peril for key institutions like the International Criminal Court, UN Special Rapporteurs, and the Human Rights Council and their various proceedings? How must we take into account the relevant power and cross-cultural considerations? Can we ourselves be productively inspired by the particular peace-building and conflict transformation work we learn about in the course of the class? To consider these and other questions of interest to the members of the class, we connect the contemporary legal framework for human rights and the three-camps approaches to real-world efforts underway by practitioners to reframe and transform conflict and build peace. There is no expectation that students have prior academic exposure to law; instead we are always enriched by whatever experience, including with the law, our class members, and practitioners who join us as guests, bring to the class. (Duke Campus)
Capacity Development: To achieve sustainable development, countries need the capability to
manage available resources, solve problems and set and achieve their objectives. Support to the development of these capacities is recognized as an essential element of aid effectiveness. It was not always so; insufficient attention to building capacity has contributed to the failure of past development efforts to achieve anticipated objectives. This course will enable you to understand why, and how debate—and our new understanding of the nature of capacity and how it changes— are shaping this rapidly developing field to yield a common paradigm that challenges long-cherished views of development practitioners and underlies the current strategic approaches of multilateral and bilateral development agencies. We will look at the characteristics, issues, needs and approaches to capacity development in multiple dimensions—institutional, organizational and individual. Background readings, review of real-life examples and case studies will illustrate the challenges and their solutions. The class will then examine the practicalities of capacity development in response to comprehensive, often cross-sectoral, challenges faced by poor communities—for example HIV and AIDS. We will also examine capacity development approaches in fragile states, including conflictaffected areas, where the constraints on success are numerous and hard to overcome. This will include a look at collaboration among the military, humanitarian and development organizations and private corporations operating in the same space. In these situations, roles and responsibilities overlap as organizations with different mandates and operational methods manage similar programs that target the same beneficiaries. Participants will be expected to contribute their own experience in working in teams to prepare ideas, analyses and recommendations. There will be an opportunity for each to analyze and write a paper about an aspect of capacity development. (Duke Campus)
Semester Four:
Rotary Capstone Workshop (1.0 credit): This one-credit seminar is the second of two parts
designed to prepare Rotary Peace Fellows towards their future leadership roles in the field of Peace and Conflict Prevention and Resolution. This seminar will constitute the “wrapping up” by fellows as they prepare to embark on important professional endeavors. The seminar comprises three elements: (i) a “cross-fertilization” workshop at which fellows will present the diagnosis and initial conclusions of their Master’s project/thesis and receive the suggestions of their peers and the Faculty; (ii) a career workshop preparing the fellows towards their future leadership roles in the field of Peace and Conflict Prevention and Resolution; and (iii) the fellows’ public presentation at the Rotary Conference in mid-April. (Duke & UNC Campuses)
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Designing Democracy (2.0 credits): This course addresses a question at the heart of contemporary global politics: how does one craft democracy in fragile and divided states? In Iraq and Afghanistan, spiraling conflict was driven in large part by the mistakes of institutional design in the immediate post-conflict period. The future hopes for peace and stability in those, and other cases, rest on a well designed political system which can bring legitimacy to elected leaders and offer reassurances to minorities. This course will seek to investigate the question through contemporary research and theories based on a variety of modern cases. The core text ("Designing Democracy in a Dangerous World" - Reynolds OUP 2010) develops a theoretical framework for assessing what type of democracy will best serve a nation. Through this (and related readings) we shall analyze the relationship between democracy and stability and a nation’s demographic, socio-political, historical, and economic features, and previous levels of instability. To this mix are added institutional variables: electoral systems, decentralization, levels of executive inclusion and executive type. (UNC Campus) Recommended Courses: • Project/Program Management • Monitoring & Evaluation
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Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center Faculty Biographies Catherine Admay, J.D. Visiting Professor of Public Policy; Duke Center for International Development, Duke University Course: “Human Rights and Conflicts” Catherine Admay teaches law and policy at the undergraduate and graduate level, and is member of the Faculty of the Duke Center for International Development (DCID) at the Sanford School of Public Policy as well as affiliated faculty for the Duke Global Health Institute. She earned her degrees at Yale College (A.B. Philosophy magna cum laude) 1988, and Yale Law School (J.D.) 1992. Professor Admay's teaching and research interests are in areas of public international law, the relationship of international and national law, the relationship of foreign policy to law and ethics, the arts and human rights, comparative constitutional law, and law and development. Through the International Development Clinics she codirected at NYU Law School (1993-96) and founded at Duke Law School (1996-2002), she and her graduate students have advised high-level policy makers on matters of law and politics. Most recently, she was asked to attend oral argument and consult with participants in litigation before the United States Supreme Court concerning whether corporations, as a category of actors in the world, could be held liable for complicity in human rights violations (Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum). This summer she will conduct further field research in South Africa on the ways judges, human rights lawyers and citizen activists engage with the arts to overcome the limitations of legal discourse. Frank Webb, Ph.D. Visiting Professor of Public Policy, Duke Center for International Development, Duke University Course: “Capacity Development” Frank Webb has 30 years’ experience of senior management and leadership in multilateral organizations and international NGOs that combine multiple disciplines in comprehensive responses to the needs of the poor and disadvantaged. He has a doctoral degree in physiology from the University of Oxford and was a research fellow at the University of Cambridge. From 1978, he initiated and managed the World Health Organization’s research collaboration with China in support of women’s health. From 1990 he oversaw similar activities throughout the Asia and Pacific region, including substantial projects in DPR Korea, Mongolia, Myanmar and Viet Nam. From 1993, Frank led a small team that restructured WHO’s programs in sexual and reproductive health and defined the strategic plan for global research in those fields for the next decade. In Washington, DC from 1998 he was director of a U.S. Agency for International Development global project in women’s health, before joining the senior management of Family Health International (now FHI360) in RTP. Since 2006 he has been an independent consultant undertaking assignments for the Chinese Government and a variety of non-profits. An adjunct faculty at the Duke Center of International Development since 2006, Frank teaches a course on capacity development and aid effectiveness and another on project management in the Master’s program in International Development Policy. Frank has served as Chair of the Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission and on the Board of CAM, the Contemporary Art Museum in Raleigh.
Annex 5 Maureen Moriarty- Lempke, Ph.D. Visiting Lecturer, Duke Center for International Development Course: “Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies” Maureen Moriarty-Lempke received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Regional Planning from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is a land tenure and property rights specialist with experience in Afghanistan, Liberia, Haiti and Sri Lanka, Northern Ireland and Kosovo, as well as in countries undergoing land reforms including Russia, Ukraine and China for such organizations as the World Bank, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, USAID, Tetra Tech ARD and a variety of NGOs. She specializes in the development of land tools, having worked extensively with USAID in a collaborative effort to create tools to better assess the land tenure and property rights challenges in a given context, develop appropriate interventions and programs and evaluate the impact of land tenure and property rights initiatives. Her most recent work has been to develop a conflict sensitive programming tool for land interventions in order to design, implement, monitor, redesign and evaluate and mitigate their effects on the existing conflict context. She currently serves as a post conflict land specialist for the USAID Strengthening Tenure and Resource Rights (STARR) IQC, which will provide technical support to USAID missions, bureaus and other USG offices to strengthen land and resource rights need to enhance food security, women's empowerment, democracy and governance, conflict mitigation, climate change adaptation and mitigation, health and natural resource management. In addition to her work in land tenure and property rights, Dr. Moriarty-Lempke also specializes in Monitoring and Evaluation, creating M&E systems and conducting impact evaluations for organizations including the World Health Organizations (WHO), the International Development Initiative of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and several International NGO's. She is a former Fulbright Research Scholar, where she studied the effects of land reforms in Gdov, Russia on the border of Estonia, including status of the land market, agricultural development, planning, and intergovernmental relations. She has also served as a Visiting Lecturer within the Duke Center for International Development, teaching classes entitles “Land Tenure and Property Rights for Sustainable Development,” “Planning, Land, and Conflict,” “Planning Issues in Transitional and Developing Countries,” and “Planning and Conflict Minimization”.
Kathleen C. Wallace, J.D., LL.M. Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, North Carolina Central University Course: “Conflict Management: The Practice of Negotiation and Mediation” Kacie Wallace is a conflict resolution specialist with over twenty years of experience as a crisis intervention counselor, arbitrator, negotiator and mediator. She is a professor of law and supervising attorney for the Dispute Resolution Institute at North Carolina Central University School of Law. Kacie is a licensed attorney and a certified mediator with the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission and Industrial Commission. She is the Principal of Interplay Resolutions and mediates a broad range of disputes including personal injury, workers’ compensation, contracts, commercial, criminal, harassment, employment, and sports. She is a mediator with the North Carolina Academy of Superior Court Mediators, the National Academy of Distinguished Mediators, and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). She served as the Ombudsman for the USOC at the 2011 ParaPanAm Games and the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. Prior to her current work, Kacie served as a violence intervention counselor and police officer in North Carolina, associate dean for judicial affairs at Duke University, and arbitrator within the Duke University employee grievance process. She has served as a consultant to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Pepperdine University on issues such as crisis management, conflict resolution, harassment, suicide, integrity, and ethics. At Duke University, MIT, Pepperdine University and within the USOC, Kacie has assessed, analyzed, and redesigned
Annex 5 grievance processes and procedures to promote prevention and early resolution of conflict. She has served as a consultant to film production companies to develop discussion guides for documentary films about global conflict. In 2009, she was invited to speak before the Library of Congress about creating exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act for the purposes of using copyrighted audiovisual materials to teach law students about conflict resolution. Kacie earned a B.A. in Art-design from Duke University, a law degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law, a master of laws in dispute resolution from Pepperdine University School of Law, and a certificate in documentary studies from Duke University. She was a William C. Friday Fellow for Human Relations within the Wildacres Leadership Initiative. In 2008, she was granted an Innovation Award from the MacArthur Foundation for the development of virtual learning and training environments to teach conflict management to practitioners in the midst of crisis.
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11th Anniversary SPRING Conference April 12, 2014
Duke-UNC Rotary PEACE CENTER
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James Peacock Co-Director, UNC-Chapel Hill
Francis Lethem Co-Director, Duke University
Sincerely, Assistant Director
Susan Carroll
world understanding In addition, they have made active use of that knowledge through their Applied )ield ([perience internship :e now commission them as our ambassadors of goodwill and wish them much success in their future careers
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Conference, Practicing Peace (veryday ौe Art of :hat is Possible
On behalf of our Rotary Peace Center, the Duke Center for International Development and the Center for Global Initiatives at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, it is our pleasure to welcome you to the Rotary Center’s eleventh Annual Spring
Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center
Welcome
Presenter: Negaya Chorley Moderator: Barry Phillips
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6ocial EntreSreneurshiS and the Rotary ,nternational Peace )elloZs Program
Presenter: Anderson Freitas Moderator: Natalia Mirovitskaya
,mSroving the Delivery of -ustice in the 6tate of Bahia Brazil
Break 10:45-12;00 P.M. Rotary Peace Fellows Presentation - Session Two
10:30-10:45 A.M. Coffee
Presenter: Beatriz Rey Moderator: Niklaus Steiner
$utocracy vs Democracy: e ,mSact of Political Regimes on Policymaking in Brazil
Presenter: Ana Paula Saad Calil Moderator: Frank :ebb
Ending War: Can it be Done?
Presenter: Natasha Gorr Holt Moderator: Michael Lambert
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Building Trust and Changing PerceStions: the ࠭est for Peace in 6askatࠫeZan Canada
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Muyatwa Sitali
Defying the Odds )actors that $ccount for Post-,ndeSendence Peace and 6tability in =ambia
Silvia Fontana
,ntegrated Peace and DeveloSment a /ocal PersSective: e Eastern Democratic ReSublic of Congo and -ulienne as $gent of Change
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John received his MS degree in History (ducation from Florida State University A़er graduate school, John moved to Fort Lauderdale to become the Legislative Aide to State Senator Tom McPherson and to be an adjunct his tory instructor at Broward Community College :orking in state politics, John gained e[tensive e[perience in me dia relations and fund raising John went on to work as
Born in Oak Park, Illinois, John grew up in Sebring, Florida A़er graduating from the University of South Florida with a BA in Polit ical Science, he became interested in the Rotary Foundation Ambassa dorial Scholarship program John was awarded a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship for the academic year :ith his Scandinavian heritage it was to John’s advantage that he was placed at the Univer sity of Stockholm
*eneral ManaJer and ChieI DevelopPent 2डcer ࡋe Rotary )oundation oI Rotary ,nternational
John T. Osterlund
John is married to Elizabeth Gaizutis Osterlund ौe Osterlunds live in Evanston and have three children: two sons, Benjamin and Peter, and a daughter, Abigail John is a Past President of the Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club, a Paul Harris Fellow and a Benefactor
In , ौe Rotary Foundation was successful in raising more than US million Most recently, John managed Rotary’s US Million Challenge to (nd Polio Now which raised more than US million He cur rently manages the End Polio Now: Make History Today campaign that is providing support for the ਭnal stage of the worldwide polio eradication eਬort
ौe Rotary Foundation is one of the largest charitable organizations in the United States in terms of fundraising and international grant making As the General Manager and Chief Development Oਯcer, John oversees PolioPlus, Fund Development and Partnerships
the Legislative Aide to the Majority Leader of the Florida House of Representatives, Rep Anne Mackenzie
Stephanie Urchick is the e[ecutive director of the Southpointe C(O Association and the Southpointe Property Owners’ Association She handles business development for Robert Morris University and owns a presentationskills coaching business Stephanie served as district governor in and Council on Legislation representative in and , and has traveled to India and Nigeria for National Immunization Days She is a Benefactor, Bequest Society member, and MaMor Donor, and has received ौe Rotary Foundation Distinguished Service Award
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Distinguished Guests
Dr James L Peacock is CoDirector of the DukeUNC Rotary Peace Center and .enan Professor of Anthropology and Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill He received a BA from Duke and PhD from Harvard He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has received various grants and awards including being named a New Century Scholar through the Fulbright Program and recipient of the Boas Award of the American Anthropological Association of which he was president He has served as chair of the UNC Faculty Senate, chair of the Anthropology Department, and Director of the University Center for International Studies Publications include ौe Anthropological Lens from Cambridge University Press (re vised edition, ), Identity Maिers: Ethnic and Sectarian Conਮict (O[ford and New
Co-Director, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Samira :ellemeyer is the Program Assistant for the DukeUNC Rotary Peace Center, a joint program between the Center for Global Initiatives and the Duke Center for International Develop ment Since joining the Center in Spring , Samira has made it a priority to increase the organization’s online presence and to encourage communication and networking among past, present and future Peace Fellows In addition, Samira is responsible for planning the annual spring conference where graduating fellows present their master’s projects Samira has always been interested in learning about other cultures and languages, having lived abroad in England, Germany, and Moldova, where she served as a Peace Corps Health Education 9olunteer She speaks ਮuent Romanian and German Samira holds an MA in International Education from ौe George :ashington University and a BA in International Studies and German from .alamazoo College in .alamazoo, MI
Program Assistant
Samira Wellemeyer
Susan Carroll, Assistant Director of the DukeUNC Rotary Peace Center, joined the Center as Coordinator in May She has more than years e[perience in the ਭeld of international human itarian assistance, principally working for the UN High Commis sioner for Refugees She has worked on largescale refugee opera tions in Sudan, Ethiopia, Malawi, Turkey, Hong .ong and ौailand In , Susan was the ਭrst UN Liaison Oਯcer with allied forces in Incirlik, Turkey, working with military personnel on the protection and assistance of .urdish refugees She also coordinated two UN HCR training programs, one focusing on gender analysis of refugee populations, and the other on management of emergencies Susan received her bachelor’s degree in geology from :esleyan Universi ty in Middletown, Connecticut and has done graduate studies at the Institut Universitaire des Hautes Etudes Internationales in Geneva
Dr Francis Lethem is CoDirector of the DukeUNC Rotary Peace Center He is also Associate Dean for E[ecutive Education Pro grams at the Sanford School for Public Policy and Director and Pro fessor of the Practice at Duke University’s Center for International Development DCID His present professional focus is on institu tional design and the design and management of development proj ects towards more sustainable development and conਮict prevention Before joining Duke in , Dr Lethem worked for years at the :orld Bank in operations human resources and institutional development , and as a policy and projects adviser He obtained his doctorate in economics from Neuchatel University (Switzerland) in and is the coauthor of :orld Bank Staਬ :orking Papers on organization design, the consideration of human factors in develop ment work, and the management of technical assistance In , he was named a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International
James Peacock
Assistant Director
Susan Carroll
Co-Director, Duke University
Francis Lethem
Center Staff
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,(6( Business 6chool, Center for Business in 6ociety, Barcelona, 6pain Silvia holds a BA in Business Administration (Honors) from Bocconi University (Milan). She started her career working as a financial advisor in the private sector; in 2010 she decided to change her life and volunteer in Armenia; subsequently, in 2011, she began working for Doctors Without Borders (DWB) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a project administrator in a conflict zone. She worked with DWB until June 2012. Her last position was as the Human Resources coordinator for the DRC mission, with more than 450 staff. This experience gave her the chance to improve her leadership skills in emergency situations. At Duke University she is deepening her knowledge on the drivers of sustainable development; moreover, Silvia works as a Teaching Assistant for the Applied Development Economics course. After her studies, she intends to join an international organization involved in the promotion of sustainable development, innovation and cooperation among people.
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Uॡड़३क़॥०ड़१६ ॢख़ Nॢ॥१ज़ C॔॥ॢय़ड़ॡ॔ ॔१ Cज़॔ॣक़य़ Hड़य़य़ Aॣॣय़ड़क़ॗ Fड़क़य़ॗ E५ॣक़॥ड़क़ॡॖक़: Crisis Prevention Recovery Unit at the Paciटc Center, United Nations Development Program, 6uva, )iji Being born and raised in Occupied Palestine has offered Reem a strong understanding of peace building, its challenges and potentials. This has motivated and led her career path. She has been a peacemaker and a community activist, exposed to a wide range of professionalism that has extended from working with community based organizations to global networks: working with international organizations allowed her to recognize the strengths and limitations of the international spaces and their influence on the local ones. She has focused in her career on development by promoting art and enhancing intercultural exchanges and mutual understanding. Reem has been an active advocate of the two-state solution and she presented her insights in elite platforms such as the Kennedy School at Harvard and Brown University. Reem’s mission is to empower individuals and communities by promoting progressive strategic development. Peace to Reem is active and requires continual action.
Department of City and Regional Planning
Master in International Development Policy Sanford School of Public Policy
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Reem Ghunaim Palestine
D२फ़क़ Uॡड़३क़॥०ड़१६ Aॣॣय़ड़क़ॗ Fड़क़य़ॗ E५ॣक़॥ड़क़ॡॖक़: World Bank Legal Vice-Presidency, Washington, DC Anderson Freitas is a district attorney for the Public Ministry of the State of Bahia, Brazil, an independent state agency responsible for the public prosecution. An experienced trial attorney, Anderson was selected by the Fulbright Scholarship Board to attend the Hubert H. Humphrey Program at American University’s Washington College of Law, Washington D.C., in 2007. He has developed a low-cost, audiovisual system of documenting judicial hearings procedures that has substantially reduced time spent with proceedings in several criminal courts around his home state. He has also served as member of a high-level interagency state committee on public security. With a keen interest in justice sector reform and capacity development, Anderson intends to apply the skills he has acquired as a Rotary Peace Fellow to advance the role of the justice system in the promotion of peace, particularly as it relates to the challenges of citizen security and good governance in Latin America.
Master in International Development Policy Sanford School of Public Policy
Brazil
Anderson Freitas
Silvia Fontana
Aॣॣय़ड़क़ॗ Fड़क़य़ॗ E५ॣक़॥ड़क़ॡॖक़: Leadership Research Project, Duke-UNC Rotary Center, Durham NC and Washington, DC Negaya comes to the Rotary Peace Fellowship program with over ten years experience in the global justice field. She is passionate about creating spaces for people at the margins to inform policy-making at the local, national and global level. Negaya has worked with communities in Africa, Asia and the Pacific Islands towards this aim; bringing together policymakers and representatives from often marginalized groups (women, children, refugees, people living with HIV and Aboriginal leaders) to collectively shape solutions. She creates environments and processes that keep the larger vision front and center - supporting people to engage in the art of the possible. Negaya has previously held a number of executive positions with international development agencies in the United Kingdom and Vanuatu, most recently working as the Advocacy Manager for UNICEF Australia. Negaya holds a BA Hons in International Development from the University of East Anglia.
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Master in International Development Policy Sanford School of Public Policy
Australia
Negaya Chorley
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Master in International Development Policy Sanford School of Public Policy
Political Science
Uॡड़३क़॥०ड़१६ ॢख़ Nॢ॥१ज़ C॔॥ॢय़ड़ॡ॔ ॔१ Cज़॔ॣक़य़ Hड़य़य़ Aॣॣय़ड़क़ॗ Fड़क़य़ॗ E५ॣक़॥ड़क़ॡॖक़: *loEal NetZork for Women’s and Children’s Health Research, R7, ,nternational, Durham, NC Shortly after his graduation, Dr. Lokangaka joined the Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research team in his home country. He was involved in a complex, labor-intensive, community-based study investigating the benefits of different complementary feedings to prevent linear stunting in children funded by NIH. That study garnered such interest that in collaboration with his senior research colleagues they submitted and were awarded a subsequent grant by the Bill and Melinda Gates Alive and Thrive Foundation. That grant enabled them to extend the scope of their investigation to assess whether locally available and culturally acceptable food such as caterpillar cereals prevent linear stunting in Congolese children. From 2010 to 2012, Dr. Lokangaka also coordinated a high caliber study, the Neonatal Sepsis study, which aimed to evaluate simpler antibiotic regimens for the treatment of infants with sepsis. Dr. Lokangaka served as Study Coordinator in all these studies.
Maternal and Child Health Gillings School of Global Public Health
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Uॡड़३क़॥०ड़१६ ॢख़ Nॢ॥१ज़ C॔॥ॢय़ड़ॡ॔ ॔१ Cज़॔ॣक़य़ Hड़य़य़ Aॣॣय़ड़क़ॗ Fड़क़य़ॗ E५ॣक़॥ड़क़ॡॖक़: Chicago Area Project, Chicago, ,llinois Beatriz earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Casper Libero College and a post-graduate degree in International Economic Negotiations from the State University of Sao Paulo. She worked as editor at Educacao magazine for five years. At that time, she got deeply involved in researching education policy in Brazil and abroad. In 2009, she was invited by the Finnish Embassy in Brazil to travel to Finland to write a long-form journalism piece about the country’s educational system. The experience allowed Beatriz to understand the connection between political systems and education policy at the school level with great depth. As a Rotary Peace Fellow and a Master’s candidate in political science at UNC-Chapel Hill, Beatriz investigates policymaking in authoritarian and democratic Brazil, with a specific focus on education policy and tax reform. In the future, she will pursue a PhD in political science in the U.S. and work on the launch of a news agency in Brazil focused on education.
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Aॣॣय़ड़क़ॗ Fड़क़य़ॗ E५ॣक़॥ड़क़ॡॖक़: 6askatcheZan )irst Nations Oडce of the 7reaty Commissioner, 6askatcheZan, Canada Rhett has worked as a Canadian diplomat since 2000, serving in Turkey from 2004 to 2007. Working in Canada’s Afghanistan Task Force from 2007 to 2009, he led a process to facilitate improved cooperation between Afghan and Pakistani border officials. From there he was hooked and has since been increasingly interested in conflict management, and exploring ways to make political dialogue and peace processes more effective. Rhett spent three subsequent years as the Canadian policy lead on mediation and the women, peace and security agenda. Feeling the need to broaden his knowledge and skills, Rhett successfully pursued a Rotary Peace Fellowship and began studying international development policy at Duke in 2012. While studying he’s become increasingly aware of the need to apply the lessons learned internationally to domestic conflicts and inequalities. He is particularly interested in contributing to peacebuilding and reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada.
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Rhett Sangster
Brazil
Beatriz Rey
Adrien Lokangka
Democratic RepuElic of Congo
Aॣॣय़ड़क़ॗ Fड़क़य़ॗ E५ॣक़॥ड़क़ॡॖक़: United Nations (conomic and 6ocial Commission for Western Asia (6CWA , Beirut, LeEanon Ana Paula holds a MA in International Communication (Macquarie University, Australia), a BA in International Relations (University of Brasilia, Brazil), and a certificate in Intercultural Leadership (The Scholar Ship Program, transnational ocean-going campus). With over ten years of experience, she has worked as a senior advisor for defense to the Minister of Strategic Affairs in Brazil. Previously, she had worked with international business cooperation in Latin America and Europe, and with local and regional development in her home country. As a Rotary Peace Fellow, she has studied ways to integrate development and defense with peace and conflict. Mainly, she has focused on policy design for rebuilding nations affected by warfare. For her summer internship, she went to Beirut, Lebanon. Joining ESCWA’s Division of Emerging and Conflict-Related Issues, she examined the challenges for good governance and decentralization in transition countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
Aॣॣय़ड़क़ॗ Fड़क़य़ॗ E५ॣक़॥ड़क़ॡॖक़: One Million Lights, Palo Alto, California Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Biological Sciences from Stanford University. He previously worked as a researcher in the department of Anesthesia at the Stanford Medical School, focusing on Heat Shock proteins. Kimeli also runs several community development projects that have brought clean water to his village in Kenya, built a primary school, and currently distributing solar lanterns to thousands of households. Born in Enoosaen Village in Kenya, he first came to the United States after a Washington Post article inspired Americans to sponsor his studies at the University of Oregon. In response to 9/11, Kimeli coordinated a gift of cattle from his tribe to console the people of the United States. A New York best seller children’s picture book based on Kimeli’s 14cows story was published in 2009. The National 9/11 Memorial Museum features the 14cows story as a main feature on the museum’s International Response section.
D२फ़क़ Uॡड़३क़॥०ड़१६ Aॣॣय़ड़क़ॗ Fड़क़य़ॗ E५ॣक़॥ड़क़ॡॖक़: Water and 6anitation Program for Africa, ࡋe World Bank, NairoEi, Kenya Muyatwa Sitali is a development policy specialist with experience in water, sanitation, budget analysis, education, health, aid effectiveness and civil society development and management. More than six years working in international development has given Muyatwa a solid understanding of challenges facing low-income countries and the difficulties of development program design and delivery. He has lived and worked mostly in Sub-Saharan countries, particularly Zambia, Liberia and Sierra Leone. While working as Oxfam’s Regional Coordinator for Essential Services in Senegal, Muyatwa also worked on and coordinated programs that were implemented in Ghana, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso This has given him extensive insights into civil society-citizen-state relations in development that he is keen to bring to bear on several initiatives. Muyatwa has also consulted with the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program on the effectiveness of aid in the water and sanitation sector. He is currently continuing in this field for his master’s project.
Master in International Development Policy Sanford School of Public Policy
=amEia
Muyatwa Sitali
Uॡड़३क़॥०ड़१६ ॢख़ Nॢ॥१ज़ C॔॥ॢय़ड़ॡ॔ ॔१ Cज़॔ॣक़य़ Hड़य़य़ Aॣॣय़ड़क़ॗ Fड़क़य़ॗ E५ॣक़॥ड़क़ॡॖक़: Centro de ColaEoracion Civica, Me[ico City, Me[ico Since graduating from the University of Queensland in 2006 Scott has worked as an environmental lawyer in Australia and as a research consultant in Mexico and Peru. He has advised large and small non-governmental agencies and individuals on legal issues relating to climate change, land use disputes, urban and regional planning, food and agriculture policy and litigation strategy. Specializing in public interest law and policy he observed first-hand the advantages and limitations of working for social and environmental justice within formal legal systems. To overcome these limitations, he has advocated strongly for locally led leadership and joint problem solving as the most effective peacebuilding strategies to bridge the social, political and economic divisions that sustain uneven development and violence. He has designed and delivered numerous capacity building programs and collaborated on law reform and political advocacy campaigns in Australia and in Latin America.
Geography
D२फ़क़ Uॡड़३क़॥०ड़१६
Master in International Development Policy Sanford School of Public Policy
Australia
Scott A. Sellwood
Brazil
Ana Paula Saad Calil
Uॡड़३क़॥०ड़१६ ॢख़ Nॢ॥१ज़ C॔॥ॢय़ड़ॡ॔ ॔१ Cज़॔ॣक़य़ Hड़य़य़ Aॣॣय़ड़क़ॗ Fड़क़य़ॗ E५ॣक़॥ड़क़ॡॖक़: United Nations Population )und, Bangkok, ࡋailand Natasha has spent much of the last seven years living and working across the Asia Pacific Region as an international development practitioner, specializing in sexual health and gender advocacy. She has worked on HIV prevention projects in China, anti-sex trafficking projects across Asia, and with male and transgender sex workers in Thailand on improving access to health and rights. Natasha returned to Bangkok for her AFE to work as a gender programme officer at The United Nations Population Fund, where she helped coordinate a conference on intimate partner and sexual violence. Natasha is undertaking a Masters degree in Social Work at The University of North Carolina. Her long-term goals are to successfully advocate for improved access to legal, health and healing services for survivors of gender-based and sexual violence, to provide sexual health services for marginalised populations, and to foster safe, accessible, and quality-driven healing services for survivors of trauma. D२फ़क़ Uॡड़३क़॥०ड़१६
Master in International Development Policy Sanford School of Public Policy
School of Social :ork
Kenya
Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah
Australia
Natasha Gorr Holt
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D२फ़क़ Uॡड़३क़॥०ड़१६ Born and raised in Thailand, Pranisa developed her interest int the relationship between security (both human and physical security) and development through her career with a Bangkok-based security consulting and risk assessment firm. The firm has given her a first hand understanding of the Southern insurgency. She is required to closely monitor the situation in Southern Thailand, where unequal development policies and a lack of government accountability have allowed civilian grievances to evolve into an Islamic insurgency. Pranisa believes that the insurgency is an avoidable tragedy that demonstrates the link between equitable development polices and security. Understanding the links between these two fields is important to addressing countless global security challenges caused by cultural and religious differences. By studying in this area of interest, Pranisa hopes to improve her understanding of the links between security and development to create a lasting peace in Southern Thailand.
Master in International Development Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy
D२फ़क़ Uॡड़३क़॥०ड़१६ Lyttelton is a native of Sierra Leone. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Administration. Lyttelton worked for Care International from 2001 - 2006 as Program Officer responsible for design and implementation of agrarian livelihood and community empowerment programs in the rural Sierra Leone. Prior to coming to Duke, he worked with the World Bank as a researcher and program officer, leading research, design, and implementation of community empowerment and community-based conflict resolution and peace building interventions in the mining and health sectors of Sierra Leone. Lyttelton is currently a Rotary Peace Fellow, and a candidate for the Master of International Development Policy at the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University; and a graduate certificate in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, both expected in May 2015.
ࡋailand
Master in International Development Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy
6ierra Leone
Pranisa Ekachote
Lyttelton Braima
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Uॡड़३क़॥०ड़१६ ॢख़ Nॢ॥१ज़ C॔॥ॢय़ड़ॡ॔ ॔१ Cज़॔ॣक़य़ Hड़य़य़ Geysar Gurbanov is a human rights activist who advocates for a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. He graduated from Baku State University with a bachelor’s degree in law. In 2005-2006, he studied Administration of Law and Justice at Tacoma Community College in Washington State through the Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange fellowship, a program of the U.S. Department of State. Before running for 2009 Municipal Elections, he was employed as an executive director at the NATO Information Centre. His professional portfolio includes work with OSCE-ODIHR, EPF-CRRC, British Council, and IREX. As a consultant and legal expert he was advising Council of the European Union in matters concerning human rights and political issues in Azerbaijan from 2008 until 2011. Meanwhile, he was a president of the Rotaract Club of Baku International and a vice-chairman of the U..S. Educated Azerbaijan Alumni Association.
Russian & East European Studies
AzerEaijan
Geysar Gurbanov
F॥ॢॠ Lक़ख़१ १ॢ Rड़ग़ज़१: Dilshad -aञ, 7ekle-AE MekEiE, Hai-Ryung 6ung, Lyࡇelton Braima, Daniela 7ort, Manish Kumar, Luiz Pinto, AyEolek Ovezova, Pranisa (kachote, and *eysar *urEanov
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Uॡड़३क़॥०ड़१६ ॢख़ Nॢ॥१ज़ C॔॥ॢय़ड़ॡ॔ ॔१ Cज़॔ॣक़य़ Hड़य़य़ In a career spanning over 14 years, Manish Kumar led research, design, implementation, scale-up and institutionalization of innovations in public health and agriculture for improving health and nutritional status of people in India. He worked with international and national non-profit, for-profit and public sector organizations. He was a member of the health informatics sub-committee of the Sector Innovation Council-Health, Government of India. He provided research and consulting services to Vital Wave Consulting Inc., and PricewaterhouseCoopers (India) on ICT for public health issues. He worked in programs funded by the USAID, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, DfID, HIVOS, SDC, and UNESCO. Having lived, studied and worked in the Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand, Manish has experienced various types of conflicts and strongly believes that innovative interventions and approaches are needed for promoting peace and development.
Public Health Leadership Gillings School of Global Public Health
,ndia
Manish Kumar
Uॡड़३क़॥०ड़१६ ॢख़ Nॢ॥१ज़ C॔॥ॢय़ड़ॡ॔ ॔१ Cज़॔ॣक़य़ Hड़य़य़ Dilshad graduated from The College of Medicine at Mustanserya University in Baghdad in 2000 and finished his studies at Sulaimania University College of Medicine in 2007 in Medical Microbiology. He worked as manager of the Khanaqin Primary Health District in the Iraqi Ministry of Health from 2003 until 2008, after which he was appointed as Khanaqin’s General Hospital Manager by the Iraqi Ministry of Health. In 2008, he was sponsored as a Peace Fellow by Rotary District 7710 and the Cary-Kildaire Rotary Club to attend the Rotary Peace and Conflict Resolution program at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand and graduated from that program in 2009. Following graduation he was hired at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as a medical doctor. At ICRC he has been involved in the development and implementation of two major medical training projects: “Strengthening the Emergency Services in Iraq” and “Supporting Selected Primary Health Care Centers in Iraq.”
Uॡड़३क़॥०ड़१६ ॢख़ Nॢ॥१ज़ C॔॥ॢय़ड़ॡ॔ ॔१ Cज़॔ॣक़य़ Hड़य़य़ Since her graduation from Turkmen State University, Aybolek has worked in various interesting fields and expanded her scope of interest. Every work experience allowed her to develop more patience, perseverance, and drive for results. All these attitudes have helped her greatly in her future career path. Over the last three years Aybolek was an active member of the U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat working on implementing the Export Control and Border Security Program that gave her an insight to the international development area. Currently Aybolek is a 1st year graduate student at the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies at the UNC- Chapel Hill. Her research interest at UNC is natural resources, in particular, transboundary rivers of Central Asia. Aybolek truly believes that after gaining Peace and Conflict Resolutions skills she will join the international organizations and contribute her skills to urge the international community with Turkmen government into resolution of the Central Asian Water Crisis.
Russian & East European Studies
Turkmenistan
Aybolek Ovezova
Uॡड़३क़॥०ड़१६ ॢख़ Nॢ॥१ज़ C॔॥ॢय़ड़ॡ॔ ॔१ Cज़॔ॣक़य़ Hड़य़य़ As a child, Tekleab accompanied his sister, a community nurse, when she traveled to rural health centers in Gondar, Ethiopia. In those visits, he saw how pregnant women and those in labor were helped. Since then, Tekleab dreamt of becoming a doctor. In 1974, the university where Tekleab studied was closed. However, he won a scholarship to study medicine in St. Petersburg, Russia. After serving as a physician, he pursued specialty training in maternal and neonatal health. His career led him to join a research organization called the Population Council. Programs that were led by Tekleab focused on improving the reproductive health (RH) and livelihood status of adolescent girls and women in rural Ethiopia. For Tekleab, it has been satisfying to see how research influences policy and to be able to develop cost-effective and well-designed interventions that could be replicated. Upon completion of the Rotary Peace Fellowship Tekleab will pursue a career within maternal and child health.
Maternal and Child Health Gillings School of Global Public Health
Maternal and Child Health Gillings School of Global Public Health
(thiopia
Tekle-Ab Mekbib
,raT
Dilshad Jaff
Uॡड़३क़॥०ड़१६ ॢख़ Nॢ॥१ज़ C॔॥ॢय़ड़ॡ॔ ॔१ Cज़॔ॣक़य़ Hड़य़य़ Hairyung was a Rotaract Committee member. Each year 7 Rotaract committee members represent all of the Rotaract members (219,397). Among her responsibilities, she led a fundraising drive to assist the children of developing countries. She has been involved in healthcare projects around the world at MediPeace (a humanitarian medical NGO). She has worked with medical resources refugees with dental and hearing problems in the Maritime Province of Russia. In China, she also was not only involved in improving the sanitary needs of the rural countryside, but also in helping develop the medical system. Through fundraisers, she was able to raise funds to send to Hillcrest AIDS Center in South Africa. Medipeace also sold fabics knitted by local women to raise funds for the people in Lima, Peru. She wants to improve family planning HIV/AIDS in Africa and developing countries after completing the Rotary Peace Fellowship.
Maternal and Child Health Gillings School of Global Public Health
RepuElic of Korea
Hai-Ryung Sung
D२फ़क़ Uॡड़३क़॥०ड़१६ Luiz Pinto is from the Brazilian Amazon, the region is well known for its abundant natural resources, such as water, forests, minerals, land, rivers, weather, and more recently oil and gas. In the last decade the region has experienced a fast development process driven by billion of dollars invested to exploit those non-renewable resources. However, at same time 42% of the population within the Brazilian Amazon lives below the poverty line. As a result, long-standing conflicts has escalated to violence in the region. As General Coordinator at the Industries Federation, Luiz Pinto has designed, implemented and managed several initiatives to address the conflicts in partnership with large-scale projects, such as mining and hydropower. He has been specializing himself in conflicts driven by natural resources and environmental changes due to the next cycle of investments, over USD 100 billion, that the region will experience until 2020.
Master in International Development Policy Sanford School of Public Policy
Brazil
Luiz Pinto
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Rosemary Morales Fernholz is a Visiting Professor and a Senior Research Scholar in the Duke Center for International Development at the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University. She teaches development-oriented courses in policy analysis, innovation and policy entrepreneurship, social policy, indigenous peoples and human rights, policy responses to globalization, culture and policy, and research methods. Dr. Fernholz has extensive research experience in Asia, (particularly Southeast Asia), Latin America (Bolivia, Ecuador and Honduras), Africa (Zambia) and the United States. She has researched and consulted on issues in natural resource policy and community based resource management, social policy to include education, school-based nutrition and health, basic urban services, agricultural and food policy, and political economy challenges. Currently she is working on disaster response issues in relation to climate change, strategic planning from the ground up, and a model to promote multi-year, policy oriented research and learning, involving university-NGO and civil society linkages. Dr. Fernholz has graduate degrees in both business administration and public administration, MBA and MPA, and as well as a Ph.D. in political economy and government from Harvard University. In May 2013, she was chosen as the 2013 Richard Stubbing awardee for excellence in graduate teaching and mentoring in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.
6enior Research 6cholar Lecturing )elloZ in PuElic Policy, Duke Center for International Development, Duke University
Rosemary Fernholz
Visiting Professor of PuElic Policy, Duke Center for International Development, Duke University Catherine Adcock Admay, JD, teaches law and policy at the undergraduate and graduate level, and is a member of the Faculty of the Duke Center for International Development at the Sanford School of Public Policy, as well as affiliated faculty for the Duke Global Health Institute. She earned her degrees at Yale College and Yale Law School. On a Rotary Ambassador Scholarship, Professor Admay studied European human rights law and public international law in Strasbourg, France and interned with the European Court of Human Rights. Prof. Admay’s teaching and research interests are in the areas of human rights and humanitarian law, law and governance, global health, human rights, development, and cross-cultural engagement, including with ethics and the arts. Through the International Development Clinics she co-directed at NYU Law School (1993-96) and founded at Duke Law School (1996-2002), she and her graduate students have advised high-level policy makers on matters of law and politics. She served as a legal expert for the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission and as a legal consultant to the Greensboro, NC Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Born in South Africa and naturalized as an American citizen as an adult, Prof. Admay continues to work on the intersection of law, development, conflict transformation, and human rights in South Africa. Her current field research explores the Constitutional Court and its professionally unconventional and creative strategies to seed and tend to a human rights and peace based constitutional culture.
Catherine Admay
Moderators
D२फ़क़ Uॡड़३क़॥०ड़१६ Daniela is a social development policy specialist with more than eight years of experience in the public administration sector in Mexico and the international development sector in Latin America. In Mexico, she has conducted comprehensive needs assessment studies to identify and prioritize poverty interventions to improve conditions in marginalized communities and implemented decentralization policies to improve local governance and gender equality. In March 2011, with an Atlas Corps Fellowship, she joined Susan G. Komen, where she designed and implemented the operations framework for the Caterpillar Grants Program to increase breast cancer screening in Mexico, Panama and Brazil. Daniela’s management skills and technical advice to grantees leaded to the renewal of Caterpillar’s support to the initiative for a further three years. As a Rotary Peace Fellow and Daniela is researching violence resulting from organized groups activities in Latin America and women’s involvement in conflict.
Master in International Development Policy Sanford School of Public Policy
Me[ico
Daniela Tort
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Barry Phillips, a co-owner of Archetype Learning LLC, is an Associate of the Institute of Bankers in United Kingdom. He spent 33 years as a career banker (culminating in 12 years based in Arabian Gulf countries), including establishing branch offices and coordinating multi-million dollar credit facilities for multi-national organizations. He retired from the NC SBTDC in 2011 and now operates independently as a business consultant. Barry joined the Manama Rotary Club in Bahrain in 1988. After moving to the USA in 1991, Barry joined the Roxboro Rotary Club in 1991 and then the Hillsborough Rotary Club in 1993. Both Barry and his wife Diana (also a member of the Hillsborough Rotary Club) are Paul Harris fellows, benefactors, and members of the AKS. Barry is a founding member of District 7710’s Paul Harris Society. Barry is a past President of the Hillsborough Rotary Club (twice), a past Assistant District Governor, past Chair of the Luther H. Hodges Senior Ethics Committee for District 7710 and he was the District Governor (2007-2008) for District 7710. He was Host Area Coordinator for the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center 2010—2013 and Vice-Chair, Rotary Peace Centers Host Area Coordinators Committee 2012-13. He was District 7710’s nominated representative to the R.I. Council on Legislation in 2013. In his spare time, Barry enjoys painting, reading, gardening, playing tennis, and listening to music but not necessarily in that order.
Past District *overnor, District , Hillsborough Rotary Club
Barry Phillips
6enior Research 6cholar and Lecturing )elloZ in PuElic Policy, Duke Center for International Development, Duke University Natalia Mirovitskaya has been on the faculty at Duke University since 1995. Her professional focus is on political economy of development and peacebuilding. Professor Mirovitskaya earned her Ph.D. at the Russian Academy of Sciences (Economics). She has led and participated in numerous national and international research projects and has also been a consultant with the World Bank and other international development organizations. Recently, Mirovitskaya and William Ascher (Co-Founder of the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center) have become co-editors of a new book series “Politics, Economics and Inclusive Development” launched by Palgrave MacMillan Publishers. Economic Development Strategies and the Evolution of Violence in Latin America (2012), Development Strategies, Identities, and Conflict in Asia (2013) and The Economic Roots of Conflict and Cooperation in Africa (2013) – by Ascher and Mirovitskaya – are among the first books published in this new series; they intend to guide policymakers, development professionals, and activists committed to conflict-sensitive development. Professor Mirovitskaya has worked with Rotary fellows since the inception of the program; she has directed masters’ projects of Duke Rotary fellows from many countries including Zambia, Mexico, England, Argentina, Japan, Australia, Philippines, South Korea, Myanmar, Colombia, Brazil and Italy.
Natalia Mirovitskaya
Associate Professor, Gillings School of Global Public Health, ौe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lewis Margolis is a pediatrician and epidemiologist with research, practice and teaching interests in diverse areas. He serves on the UNC Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Leadership Training Consortium, created to enhance interdisciplinary efforts to build capacity for MCH leadership development in our campus graduate training programs and has directed a project to examine the effects of this training on MCH practice. He is one of the two lead faculty instructors for the MCH department’s redesigned year-long master’s core course, Foundations in MCH. He serves on the UNC Center for the Study of Young Drivers, an interdisciplinary undertaking, established in 2006, to ameliorate the driving risks of teens. He has led a number of studies to evaluate the effects of graduated drivers licensing on youth and to help parents supervise their new teen drivers. He has played the role of liaison between the School and assorted Title V and other public health programs throughout the Southeast, engaging in projects that translate research into practice. For example, during 2005-06 he served as Principle Investigator for an MCHB R-40 research grant, Measuring the Performance of State CSHCN Systems, which explored the relationship between state capacity and the reported well-being of children and youth with special health care needs. Currently, he serves on the Advisory Committee for North Carolina SafeKids, a collaboration among state government and local coalitions to prevent children’s injuries. Finally, he has been actively engaged in the UNC campus discussion about the impact of “big time sports” on universities.
Lewis Margolis
Dr. Lambert earned his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work at Bryn Mawr College. Dr. Lambert is Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Besides his current appointment at UNC, Dr. Lambert held faculty appointments in Departments of Psychology at Michigan State University and the University of Mississippi. In these institutions, Dr. Lambert trained dozens of doctoral level clinical psychologists and clinical researchers. He also held the Millsap Endowed Professorship of Diversity and Multicultural Studies in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies as well as Adjunct Professorship in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Community Health and Psychiatry and the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Child heath at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. As a scientist-practitioner, Dr. Lambert has researched and is published in multiple areas of the behavioral sciences, including behavioral and emotional functioning in children, adolescents and families nationally and internationally. He has published work on psychological assessment of different demographic groups across and within Europe, North America and the Caribbean. Dr. Lambert has also published work on the behavioral and emotional functioning of low birth weight children within and across multiple nations. Dr. Lambert has also presented his research at multiple national and international professional conferences within nations such as Australia, The Bahamas, Great Britain, Canada, Holland, Jamaica, Malaysia, Turkey and the United States.
Professor, School of Social :ork, ौe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael Lambert
6enior Lecturing )elloZ, Duke University School of Law Kacie Wallace is a conflict resolution specialist with over twenty years of experience as a crisis intervention counselor, arbitrator, negotiator, and mediator. She is a professor of law and supervising attorney for the Dispute Resolution Institute at North Carolina Central University School of Law. She teaches the first-year Conflict Management skills course at the Duke-UNC Rotary Center, as well as conflict resolution courses at the Duke University School of Law and for the Baldwin Scholars program at Duke University. Kacie is a licensed attorney and certified mediator with the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission and Industrial Commission. She is the Principal of Interplay Resolutions and mediates a broad range of disputes including personal injury, workers’ compensation, contracts, commercial, harassment, employment, and sports. She is a mediator with the North Carolina Academy of Superior Court Mediators, the National Academy of Distinguished Mediators, and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). Kacie served as the Ombudsman for the USOC at the 2011 Para PanAm Games in Guadalajara and the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. She served as crisis intervention specialist for U.S. Team at the 2014 Sochi Paralympic Games. Kacie earned a B.A. in Art-design from Duke University, a law degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law, a master of laws in dispute resolution from Pepperdine University School of Law, and a certificate in documentary studies from Duke University.
Kacie Wallace
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Visiting Professor of the Practice of PuElic Policy, Duke Center for International Development, Duke University Frank Webb is Visiting Professor of the Practice of Public Policy at the Duke Center for International Development, Sanford School of Public Policy, where he teaches a course on capacity development and aid effectiveness and another on project management in the Master’s program in International Development Policy. Frank has 30 years’ experience of senior management and leadership in multilateral organization and international NGOs that combine multiple disciplines in comprehensive responses to the need of the poor and disadvantaged. He has a doctoral degree in physiology from the University of Oxford and was a research fellow at the University of Cambridge. From 1978, he initiated and managed the World Health Organization’s research collaboration with China in support of women’s health. After 1990, he oversaw similar activities throughout the Asia and Pacific region, including substantial projects in North Korea, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Vietnam. In the mid1990s, Frank led a small team that restructured WHO’s programs in sexual and reproductive health and defined the strategic plan for global research in those fields for the next decade. In Washington, DC from 1998 he was director of a U.S. Agency for International Development global project in women’s health, before joining the senior management of Family Health International (now FHI360) in RTP. Since 2006 he has been an independent consultant, undertaking assignments for the Chinese Government and a variety of international non-profits.
Frank Webb
ौe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Niklaus Steiner is the Director of the Center for Global Initiatives at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. A native of Switzerland who moved to the U.S. in his youth, Steiner has had the good fortune of moving between cultures all his life, and this experience shapes his academic focus. Steiner earned a B.A. with Highest Honors in International Studies at the University of North Carolina and a Ph.D. in Political Science at Northwestern University. His research and teaching interests are immigration, refugees, nationalism, and citizenship, and his publications include Arguing About Asylum: The Complexity of Refugee Debates in Europe (St. Martin’s, 2000); The Problems of Protection: UNHCR, Refugees, and Human Rights eds. Niklaus Steiner, Mark Gibney and Gil Loescher (Routledge 2003); Regionalism in the Age of Globalism, eds. Lothar Hoennighausen, Marc Frey, James Peacock, and Niklaus Steiner (Wisconsin, 2005); and The Age of Apology: The West Confronts its Past eds. Mark Gibney, Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, Jean-Marc Coicaud and Niklaus Steiner (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008). His textbook International Migration and Citizenship Today (Routledge, 2009) aims to facilitate classroom discussions on admission and membership in democracies. With Australian colleagues, he most recently completed the edited book Migration Security: Citizenship and Social Inclusion in a Transnational Era. (Routledge 2012).
Director, Center for Global Initiatives,
Niklaus Steiner
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The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is a not-for-profit corporation that promotes world understanding through international humanitarian service programs and educational and cultural exchanges. It is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and others who share its vision of a better world. Since 1947, the Foundation has awarded more than US $1.1 billion in humanitarian and educational grants, which are initiated and administered by local Rotary clubs and districts.
The Rotary Foundation
Rotary International is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world. Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 32,000 clubs in 200 countries. For more information about Rotary International, visit rotary.org.
Rotary International
The Rotary Foundation has partnered with seven leading universities around the world to establish the Rotary Peace Centers. One of the centers is the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center, which is jointly managed by the Duke Center for International Development and the Center for Global initiatives at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At the Duke-UNC Center, fellows are enrolled in either in Duke’s Master of International Development Policy or UNC’s Master’s programs under various relevant departments. Rotary Peace Fellows follow an interdisciplinary program consisting of their primary fields of study in areas such as international development policy, international education, health or political science, and the peace and conflict management field with emphasis on conflict prevention, international cooperation and democracy building. Visit us online at rotarypeacecenternc.org.
Duke-UNC ROTARY PEACE CENTER
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ORIENTATION: TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2013 FedEx Global Education Center, Chapel Hill, NC
9:00-9:45 am
Arrival and breakfast
11:00-11:45 am
The Rotary Foundation/Rotary International Serge Dihoff, Duke-UNC Rotary Center Host Area Coordinator
9:45-11:00 am
11:45-12:45 pm
Welcome, introductions and overview Susan Carroll, Assistant Director Samira Wellemeyer, Program Assistant
Academic component of the Rotary Program Francis Lethem and Jim Peacock, Co-Directors
12:45-2:30 pm
Lunch and outing to Franklin Street
3:15 – 3:30 pm
Bringing Peace Home Initiative Susan Carroll
2:30-3:15 pm
3:30-5:00 pm
5:00-5:30 pm
5:30-7:00 pm
Maintaining your perspective Dr. Preeti Vidwans, UNC-CH Counseling & Psychological Services Dr. Yan Li, Duke University Counseling & Psychological Services
Great Expectations: Program expectations Individual expectations Academic expectations Cultural expectations
Departure to home of Shai and Terry Tamari
Reception for Rotary Fellows (and their families) and Rotary Host Counselors/Families
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Certificate in International Peace and Conflict Resolution Specialize in peace and conflict resolution in communities and nations around the world The Graduate Certificate in International Peace and Conflict Resolution is available to currently enrolled UNC-Chapel Hill graduate students in all departments and schools who wish to demonstrate a specialization in issues of international peace and conflict resolution. The Certificate may be awarded at either the master’s or doctoral level and is noted on the student’s transcript. The goals of this Certificate are for students to: • Demonstrate a specialization in issues related to peace and conflict resolution in the international arena. Research and coursework must therefore have significant international content. • Foster interdisciplinary approaches to peace and conflict resolution • Gain hands-on practical experience in peace and conflict resolution by working with a relevant volunteer organization. • Engage in peer learning through attendance at monthly seminars and the annual DukeUNC Rotary Center Spring Conference Requirements 1) Five approved courses on topics related to international peace and conflict resolution. Courses should relate to at least two of the following thematic areas: Economic Development/Sustainable Development; Politics & Governance; Culture/Identity/Nationalism/Human Rights; and Negotiation, Mediation and Conflict Resolution. At least two of the five courses must be taken outside the student’s home department. 2) A thesis, dissertation, or major seminar paper on a topic related to international peace and conflict resolution. Submit to the Center for Global Initiatives a thesis, dissertation, or major seminar paper on a topic related to international development and social change. It may be selected for posting as part of our online Carolina Papers series. 3) An independent research project involving at least 80 hours of practical service with a Center for Global Initiatives approved volunteer organization that works to promote peace, social justice, sustainable development and/or conflict resolution. This project must result in a 5 to 10page critical analysis of how the organization deals with peace and conflict resolution. 4) Participation in periodic public events sponsored by the Duke-UNC Rotary Center for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution.
Annex 9 Process Graduate students interested in pursuing the Certificate are responsible for constructing their own course plan and making all arrangements associated with the independent research project. Students should: 1) Design a course plan in consultation with the Rotary Center Program Coordinator. Course plans must demonstrate thematic integrity and coherence. Independent Study and language courses do not count toward the course requirements. 2) Prior to initiation of the independent research project, the student must submit a written statement of intent to the Center for Global Initiatives for approval, in which the relevance and goals of the project are clearly delineated. An official letter of affiliation from the proposed organization is also required. 3) Following the practical service period, the student must submit to the Center for Global Initiatives and to the organization a 5 to 10-page critical analysis of the project and its relation to an issue of international peace and conflict resolution. 4) Submit the major research paper to the Center for Global Initiatives. 5) Submit all materials to the Center for Global Initiatives prior to the student’s graduation date. For more information, contact: Susan Carroll Assistant Director Duke-UNC Rotary Center Center for Global Initiatives FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro Street, CB# 5145 3rd Floor, Suite 3022 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-5145 919-843-2792
[email protected] cgi.unc.edu/programs
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R otary C en ter R eview The Newsletter of the Duke-UNC Rotary Center for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution Fall 2013
Volume 19
I n t r o d u c i n g Ro t a r y Pe a c e F e l l o w s C l a s s X I I ! Save the date for our 11th Annual Spring Conference on
April 12th, 2014 To be held at the FedEx Global Education Center in
A new cohort of 10 Rotary Peace Fellows arrived in North Carolina in early August 2013 to begin their studies in peace and conflict resolution. They come from all corners of the globe and all walks of life, sharing a common goal of peace and understanding. We know they will face many challenges and joys during their time as Peace Fellows. We look forward to watching them grow both professionally and personally as they work towards their degrees. The Center is delighted to support and learn from Class XII Peace Fellows.
Chapel Hill, NC.
The Class XII Fellows are: Lyttelton Braima, Sierra Leone - Duke Pranisa Ekachote, Thailand - Duke Geysar Gurbanov, Azerbaijan - UNC Dilshad Jaff, Iraq - UNC Manish Kumar, India - UNC Tekle-Ab Mekbib, Ethiopia - UNC Aybolek Ovezova, Turkmenistan - UNC Luiz Pinto, Brazil - Duke Hai-Ryung Sung, South Korea - UNC Daniela Tort, Mexico - Duke
In this issue:
Introducing Class
1
Welcome to Our New Host Area
1
Rotary Center News & Events
2
Summer 2013 Internships
3-5
Alumni Update
6
Class XII Peace Fellows, from left: Dilshad Jaff, Tekle-Ab Mekbib, Hai-Ryung Sung, Lyttelton Braima, Daniela Tort, Manish Kumar, Luiz Pinto, Aybolek Ovezova, Pranisa Ekachote, and Geysar Gurbanov. Photo courtesy of Kacie Wallace.
For more information about the Class XII Fellows and to read their bios, please visit our website!
N e w H o s t A r e a C o o r d i n a t o r Jo i n s t h e C e n t e r After three years of devoted service to Rotary Peace Fellows, Host Area Coordinator (HAC) Barry Phillips has passed the baton to Serge Dihoff. Serge is a Past District Governor for District 7710. He has also been Host Counselor to two Peace Fellows previously. Serge’s first task as HAC was to welcome Class XII. He coordinated the Host Counselor placements, helped Fellows find housing, and even helped them move in! All of the Fellows are very grateful for his assistance, as are the members of the Board. Welcome, Serge! The Board would also like to recognize Barry Phillips for going above and beyond to assist the Fellows and Center during his time as HAC. Barry was continuously generous with his time and expertise and always came up with creative solutions! Thank you, Barry!
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News and Events “Do No Harm” Workshop for Fellows, Funded with USIP Grant Last spring, through a series of informal brainstorming discussions with one of our Rotary core faculty, Maureen Moriarty-Lempke, as well as several Rotary Peace Fellows, we decided to create more opportunities for Fellows to benefit from practical skills-building training in peace-building. We asked the CDA Collaborative Learning Projects, a small non-profit group based in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) to assist us. CDA had already interacted with our Fellows in 2006 and 2008 when Mary B. Anderson came down to North Carolina to lead workshops in the Do No Harm (DNH) framework. DNH was developed out of the Local Capacities for Peace Project, formed in 1993 to learn how aid and conflict interact in order to help aid workers find a way to address human needs in a conflict without feeding conflict. At the same moment we were thinking about this, we received an email from the US Institute of Peace (USIP), announcing a grant program for Public Education for Peace Building Support whereby USIP would assist universities, colleges and public libraries interested in holding events or activities that advance the understanding and promotion of peace-building and conflict resolution. We submitted a proposal for a two-day workshop and through a competitive process, were awarded a small grant to assist our efforts. The two-day workshop, entitled Achieving strategic change in fragile environments – An introduction to conflict sensitivity / do no harm and effective peacebuilding programming, took place on October 26 and November 16, one day at Duke and the second at UNC. Anita Ernstorfer, codirector of the RPP project at CDA and a seasoned peace-builder in several different organizations with broad field experience, led us both days. Around 20 Fellows participated and gained valuable knowledge of conflict sensitive programming that would promote peace and contribute to positive change, with a case study about the fictional country of Dominia providing the basis for discussion. On day one, they discussed dividers and connectors, key driving factors and actors, and visions and strategies for change that would be reflected in program design. Day two delved deeper in the process, looking at key entry points and some critical lessons gleaned from several years of experience of the RPP project regarding program effectiveness – how practitioners can improve the likelihood that their programs will contribute to Peace Writ Large. Thanks to all the Fellows who participated and worked so hard! We are already planning another two-part workshop in early February, looking at CDA’s Listening Program and Corporate Engagement Program projects.
Recent Alumni Publications and Talks
How Can We Change the World?
Class IX alumnus, Ali Reza Eshraghi, had two articles published recently, the
Inspired by the Conflict Management Course, Class XII Peace Fellows visited
first one on CNN.com in August entitled Iran’s proposed cabinet: The old
the West Oxford Elementary School to give their perspective on peace and
guard is back in charge and the second published on LobeLog.com in November, entitled France, Iran and the Lubricated Geneva Talks. Class VIII alumnus, Aung Aung, published an article in 2013 titled Promoting Democracy in Myanmar through the Institute for Security and Develop-
conflict resolution to 100 5th grade students. This was a great opportunity to share what Fellows are doing to change the world and to inspire and engage kids to work with their peers towards peace. The visit began with a plenary session where Fellows introduced themselves, shared their stories
ment Policy (ISDP) in Sweden.
and showed the kids that even when we are from different countries we
Class V alumna Isabelle Michaud-Letourneau spoke at the Policy Sciences
can work together, support each other and create peace together. Students
Annual Institute meeting in Collegeville, PA on October 26th on the Com-
were then asked to express their ideas of peace through art.
plexity in Nutrition Policy: Dimensions, Dynamics and Strategies pan-
Fellows were touched by the kids’ engagement and interest to learn and
el. Isabelle discussed “Implementing the National Multi-Sectoral Strat-
collaborate. Throughout the session, the students asked what it is like to be
egy to Reduce Stunting in Mozambique.”
a Rotary Peace Fellow. This project was developed with the goal of contributing to building peace in the school, but, in reality, Fellows left the
International Day of Peace Volunteering To commemorate the International Day of Peace on Sept. 21, Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Fellows volunteered their time to help out in the community. Susan Carroll and several Peace Fellows, including Kluei, Lyttelton & Rhett, volunteered their time with Meals on Wheels of Durham. Meals on Wheels relies on volunteers to deliver warm meals to homebound individuals. Organized by Acting Program Assistant Amy Cole, Class 12 Fellows Aya, Hai -Ryung, Dilshad, Manish and Geysar volunteered their time to help out at TABLE, a local organization that provides emergency food for children in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Prior to the volunteer day, a food drive in which we collected over 60 lbs of food, which will help one child for up to three months. According to TABLE, “30% of Chapel Hill-Carrboro elementary school children receive subsidized, ‘free,’ school meals. They go hungry on weekends and other times of the year when those meals are not available.” Fellows had a great time working together to serve the community. They recognize that they are fortunate to have been able to offer assistance and several have continued volunteering at TABLE throughout the semester.
school having learned more than they expected. These students sent Fellows thank you notes after the visit which will be displayed in the Rotary Center’s Duke office.
Rotary Faculty Member Publishes New Book Dr. Natalia Mirovitskaya, senior research scholar and lecturing fellow at the Duke Center for International Development (DCID), and Dr. William Ascher, co-founder of the Duke-UNC Rotary Center and professor of government and economics at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, have released the 3rd book in their series exploring the connection between economic development and conflict. The Economic Roots of Conflict and Cooperation in Africa examines cases of regime change, postindependence economic development, and intergroup violence in 11 countries to determine the role that development strategies play in either exacerbating or mitigating violent conflict. Mirovitskaya and Ascher are currently working on their 4th book, which synthesizes their conclusions on development and conflict based on this and two previous regional volumes.
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Summer 2013 Internships Ana Paula Calil - Beirut, Lebanon
Negaya Chorley - Durham, NC & Washington, DC
Even before I applied to the Rotary Peace Fellowship, I had the idea of doing my AFE in the Middle East, which turned out to be a very important decision. I spent my summer in Lebanon, interning for the Emerging and Conflict-Related Issues Division (ECRI) at ESCWA – the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia. Lovely team and topics aligned to my area of interest – governance and decentralization in transition countries. For almost three months, I studied and wrote about these topics. My task was to contribute to increasing ESCWA’s capacity to suggest sound policy recommendations to its member countries. While there, I learned a great deal about the politics of the Middle East and the dynamics of the UN System. Very rewarding. At a personal level, living in Beirut was of immense value. I was able to reconnect with part of my heritage – I am of Lebanese descent – and interact with people from many different backgrounds. So rich. But the experience also triggered a sort of emotional turmoil. Being so close to war and trauma was not easy. I am still in the process of understanding everything I was exposed to during my time there – in my view, a sign of a successful endeavour. As my former boss at ESCWA told me once, my experience would only be good if I would return to the US with more doubts than the ones I had when I first stepped in Beirut. Quite accurate.
I spent 10 weeks undertaking conversations on leadership with people (leaders) up and down the country. These were people who were leading organizations, government departments or large scale processes aimed at bringing about social justice. The conversations centered on the role of love, faith and family in leadership, in addition to exploring the unique attributes that enabled these people to take on ever-increasing levels of responsibility. One of the defining attributes common to all those interviewed was their (deep) commitment to the issues over and above self. In other words their passion for the issues drove their career and ultimate success. One of the most memorable conversations on leadership was with Kevin McDonald, the Founder and President of TROSA, an organization that works with recovering drug and alcohol addicts. Kevin’s passion for the people and issues was apparent. The residents of the program, often for the first time in their lives, were treated with dignity and compassion. The majority of residents go on to graduate - with great pride from the program. A testament to Kevin’s vision and immense leadership ability.
Reem Ghunaim - Suva, Fiji My AFE in Fiji didn’t only help me find answers related to my future goals, but also gave me a big dose of motivation to pursue these goals. Fiji was a place where I could help local communities, explore breathtaking nature, go on wild adventures, make lifelong friends, and refine my own personal values and passions. The highlights of my AFE are many, one of them is my privilege to work on a project of the Pacific Theological College and the Pacific Center for Peace-building, part of the Strengthening Capacities for Peace and Development Project conducted by the Crisis Prevention and Recovery (CPR) unit based at the UNDP Pacific Centre. Its aim is to ensure that government and civil society are given the opportunity to engage constructively about peace and development issues. Thirty-two government representatives and religious leaders from the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Bougainville and Fiji participated. We worked eight hours a day including weekends. The faith of the participants in achieving peace was louder than the clamor of the current sad realities around us. For now, I am happy and grateful to be a Rotary Peace Fellow and by living and learning constantly, I can endeavor to live up to Ghandi’s wise words; “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” I have indeed found during this summer in Fiji, that my life, work and dreams are in harmony. My hope is to keep the joy ever inside me while bringing it to others through peace building. I hope many will replicate my journey of happiness and become peace builders with their family, work, and at a community level, or even like me, go to exotic destinations. Mother Teresa said “Peace begins with a smile,” so I send you an invitation to smile with me while on our journey for true peace.
Anderson Freitas - Washington, DC I did my summer Applied Field Experience working with the World Bank, Legal Vice-Presidency. During my AFE, I carried out research on the role of justice institutions for development in the Latin America region. My research focused on Latin American Public Ministries (the usual name for the local prosecutor's offices) and I wrote extensively about their evolving organizational mandate, and the differences in their functions, powers, accomplishments and institutional challenges, particularly after the redemocratization in the mid-1980s. I expect that knowledge piece to become a Bank publication sometime in the next few months. I also provided significant input for assessing the risk for fraud and corruption in a large Bank operation that is supposed to take place in my home country. In the last few weeks of my AFE, I also participated intensively in the design of a project for preventing sexual exploitation of children during major international sports competitions, such as the World Cup and the Olympic Games - both of which my country will be hosting in the coming years. All in all, my summer was a great opportunity to get familiarized with the functioning of a big international development organization, develop valuable professional connections and be exposed to cuttingedge knowledge on the intersection between justice institutions, law and development.
Scott Sellwood - Mexico City, Mexico I completed my AFE as a Research Associate with the Centro de Colaboración Cívica (CCC) in Mexico City. CCC invited me to provide advice regarding how to incorporate human rights, access to justice and conflict sensitivity principles into the design and planning processes related to proposed renewable energy projects in Mexico. Existing and proposed new wind farms have been the source of significant social conflict, and increasingly violence, in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, southern Mexico. This experience highlighted the challenges for NGOs who seek to intervene in development and natural resource conflicts. During my AFE I co-facilitated workshops, participated in multi-day planning/strategy/ advocacy workshops, provided advice on a range of technical legal questions, drafted briefing materials and prepared synthesis documents based on workshop findings. My AFE with CCC allowed me to successfully network with human rights lawyers and policy makers, representatives of diverse civil society organizations, governments and community-based social and environmental justice organizations in Mexico and across Latin America. I will preserve these professional relationships and am confident they will yield collaborative partnerships in the future.
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Summer 2013 Internships, continued Natasha Holt - Bangkok, Thailand This past summer I returned to a place I had formerly called home, Bangkok Thailand, where I undertook a three-month internship with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as a Gender Programme Officer. My role involved mapping the progress of the health sector in all countries across the region, in strengthening their approach to responding to gender-based violence. I was responsible for helping to coordinate the first regional workshop, following the release of World Heath Organisation guidelines, to promote the health sector response to gender-based and sexual violence. As UNFPA works at the policy and macro-institutional level, to get a sense of the reality on the ground, I also arranged with a local NGO to conduct outreach services with vulnerable members of the local community. I provided education on the topic of gender-based and sexual violence. I enjoyed my experience at UNFPA, and the time I spent providing direct support as a social worker during my free time. This experience helped to reinforce my desire to work on the healing process in a direct, therapeutic way, as well as having the ability to help create or amend policy regarding trauma and violence.
Adrien Lokangaka - Durham, NC I did my internship at Research Triangle Institute, Durham, NC, the headquarter office. I worked for the Global Network (GN) for Women’s and Children’s Health Research projects. The GN for Women’s and Children’s Health Research is spearheading programs and interventions that may substantially improve maternal and infant outcomes. Its objective is to improve maternal and infant health outcomes and to strengthen health research capacity in low-resource settings by developing, testing, and implementing cost-effective, sustainable health programs and interventions. I was involved in the following projects: Maternal Newborn Health Registry (MNHR) and Preconception Maternal Nutrition. In the aforementioned studies, I was reviewing the study documents (i.e. data forms) and the implementation strategies for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) site, and I participated in conference calls with the DRC site. I worked closely with the US Principal Investigators to develop the budget for both studies, and I translated the Registry data forms to French. I participated in the Annual GN Steering Committee Meeting in Washington which took place on June 23-26, 2013 at Loews Madison Hotel, Washington, DC. I made a presentation on behalf of the DRC site. I also analyzed the MNHR data from Guatemala, India-Belgaum, India-Nagpur, Kenya, Pakistan, and Zambia in order to better understand the timing of maternal deaths and the risk factors associated with these deaths. The title of the manuscript I drafted for publication is: Maternal Mortality in Low and Low-Middle Income Countries: Timing and Risk Factors of Maternal Deaths.
Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah - Palo Alto, CA Last summer I had the opportunity to work with One Million Lights organization in California. My responsibilities included helping the One Million Lights team with fundraising, hosting events, and coordinating light ambassadors around the world, especially in Africa and Asia. Given my international experience, One Million Lights leveraged my background in international development with partner organizations. During my internship in relation with humanitarian work, I had to manage people - which I had not done before -and raise funds from corporations for One Million Lights. We got long term commitment from one major US corporations to fund daily operations of the organization. Another battery manufacturing corporation also made sustainable commitments to donate solar lanterns to One Million Lights for continued distribution throughout the world. To date, over 40,000 solar lanterns have been distributed throughout Asia, Africa and South America. I also helped secure approval from the UN for One Million Lights to distribute lanterns at Kakuma refugee camp in Northern Kenya. The camp is home to thousands of refugees mostly from conflict-prone Sudan. It was such an enriching and beautiful experience to reach out to many parts of the globe with the gift of light to those who need it the most.
Beatriz Rey - Chicago, IL My internship at Chicago Area Project (CAP) allowed me to conduct research on the interaction between education policy and juvenile delinquency in the Chicago metropolitan area. After conducting a panel at CAP about the topic, I quickly identified that accountability policies in education are deeply related to juvenile delinquency. In other words, policies like No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top are feeding the school-to-prison pipeline. I visited several neighborhoods in Chicago and interviewed parents, teachers, students, and community leaders in order to have a better understanding of the causal mechanisms between accountability policies and juvenile delinquency. In total, I have more than 50 hours of interviews. These experiences allowed me to identify what I now consider a key flaw of accountability policies: they introduce the idea that competition is more important than collaboration. How is it possible to talk about peace when we are teaching our kids to compete and not to collaborate? At right is pictured one of the protests conducted by parents, students, teachers and community leaders against accountability policies in education and school closings in Chicago.
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Summer 2013 Internships, continued Rhett Sangster - Saskatchewan, Canada I returned to my Canadian prairie roots during my AFE to research the status of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in the province of Saskatchewan. I spent the summer working with the Office of the Treaty Commissioner, an organization mandated to facilitate implementation of the “numbered treaties” entered into between the Canadian Crown and First Nations from 1871 to 1906. While I began my AFE doing research on the link between reconciliation and economic development, it soon led to the initiation of a concept to bring together senior public servants from First Nation, federal and provincial governments, together with private sector and civil society representatives, for a crucial conversation on defining and establishing what it means to have healthy and mutually beneficial treaty relationships. The objective of the initial gathering, planned for early 2014, is to develop a shared sense of purpose and values, and to create the beginnings of a group of institutional champions able to work together to seek pragmatic and creative solutions to real problems. I have continued to be involved in the organization of this process, and plan to attend and participate in upcoming gatherings. My AFE was quite a learning journey. I had my preconceptions and instincts as a peacebuilder challenged, felt overwhelmed at times with the weight and complexity of my country’s history and challenges, but was also completely inspired and energized by the quality and dedication of the people I worked with, and the opportunities that exist to build better understanding and a common future for the province and country.
Muyatwa Sitali - Nairobi, Kenya I care a lot about water and sanitation. So when I get a chance –even one that is remotely related – to raise attention to this problem, I go flat out. The reason is simple! Out there, somewhere in the world, many people (not ten, not hundred, not even a thousand but 2.5 billion people, now that’s a lot of people) spend every day without access to a safe and good place they can call a toilet. Even if the world celebrated achieving the global goal for access to water in 2010 – five years before deadline – there are still 780 million people who today, drank water of ‘unknown’ but mostly bad quality. They risk their lives every day and will face the danger of getting a preventable disease such as diarrhea that can even lead to death. This has always bothered me -- that services that seem basic and yet so important for our survival and good health are not readily available to everyone. For my AFE therefore, I had the opportunity to work for the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program. The assignment involved doing some research and case studies to answer simple questions about very tough situations. What can the water and sanitation sector do to ensure that aid from rich countries is effectively used? What can donors do to provide their aid in ways that are more helpful than harmful? What can governments that receive aid do to make sure that aid is used appropriately and supports their goals? Yes, they seem like simple questions but there are no silver bullets in this business.
Silvia Fontana - Barcelona, Spain This summer I worked as a visiting researcher at the Center for Business in Society, at IESE Business School, in Barcelona (Spain). I analyzed the integrated model of sustainable development that RDT- Vicente Ferrer (RDT) has in Anantapur, India. This non-profit aims to eradicate poverty in the rural areas and promote sustainable development. My research will be used as a basis for a case study to be discussed in the class of “Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship” of the MBA program at IESE. In particular, the case study analyzes the work of RDT in order to present and discuss with students the challenges, the opportunities and the strategic issues a social innovator has to consider in starting a project of sustainable development. The internship was very interesting and I learned a lot from it. During my work, I travelled to Anantapur, India to visit the Organization (fundraising in Spain and operations in India) and to interview Anne Ferrer along with all the key people of the organization.
Vicente Ferrer, the founder of the organization in the 1960s used to say: “to relieve suffering, the sky is the limit”. He had nothing but just good ideas and strong commitment. He changed the area of Anantapur, helping more than 2 million people to move out of poverty. I learned about a visionary, a great leader and about his organization that is continuing the job Vicente started, with professionalism, passion and humility.
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Alumni Updates Spotlight: Kirandeep Singh Sirah, Class X Kiran, from Scotland, graduated from UNC-CH in May 2013 with a MA in Folklore and a Certificate in Peace and Conflict Resolution. In June 2013 he accepted the position of Executive Director at the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, Tennessee. Once upon a time… a moment became a story… and this story came true. There are just some moments in our lives that we remember forever. It is these life changing events when you always recall what you were doing just before and what happened just after. And in that very moment- be it a second or less, your whole life flashes before you. I have a moment like that. A moment that became the beginning of a new chapter for me. A moment that moved me from becoming a citizen of one country, to a belief that if we choose to, we can embrace a global family, and become a citizen of the world. Never could I predict how my life would change so much, but that was before I was awarded the Rotary Peace Fellowship. Since then, I have learnt that dreams and stories are not just tales we read in books, but in fact they can indeed be true. It was a dark, driech Glasgow winter evening, back in 2010. Typical for that time of year. I was cold and frustrated and to be honest- I felt a little stuck—I wanted so badly to do more. I just wanted to feel more connected to the world. Inside I felt the burning desire that I had so much to give this world. But who in their right mind would invest in an artist for global change? Especially in the areas of peace, justice and international development. That tired evening- I came home late from work, I opened up my laptop and I remember receiving the email from the Rotary Foundation laid out bold in the subject line. After a sip of hot strong Scottish tea, to prepare my heart from what it was about to receive, my shriveled fingers tentatively clicked the open key, and what came next read something like “Congratulations! Kiran you have been awarded….” well you know the rest and what came next! It was that moment where I started to think about all the small mundane events to powerful life changing experiences and situations that continually change our lives. How we view others, how we view ourselves, and what we have the potential to do to create a better world. Now as an alumni of the Rotary Peace program- over two years later from when I was sitting in my living room in Glasgow, I’ve a completed masters in folklore and a Rotary certificate in peace and conflict resolution and I can look back to everyday and to an experience that turned my life around. Today, I continuing use these skills and experiences of what the Rotary peace program taught me, I remember the conversations, the peace building role play scenarios that our professors put us through. And to the intense academic training we embarked on with an international cohort of peace Fellows. We reflected on all the lessons learnt and attributes we need as leaders in our fields in order to create new ways of making a positive difference to people’s lives. And we experienced new moments, interactions with others and for me as a folklorist for peace, the power of story. In August this year, following graduation from the University of North Carolina, I was offered the post as Executive Director of the International Storytelling Center, based in Jonesborough. Tennessee. Here, I lead an international program, a team of people, where I am based in the birthplace of the storytelling revival, and the world’s oldest, largest and most established international storytelling festival. Where I have the task to bring to it new vision and global possibilities, as well as unpack and help to resolve a nation wide conflict in the storytelling community. Not an easy task. But what the peace Fellowship taught me was to recognize, solve and unpack such complex issues. To not being afraid to tackle tough and difficult subjects. But instead use the strengths of community and local solutions to enable important discourse and dialogue in order to move us forward. To what I believe is the most effective conflict prevention tool we can ever use, the power of story. I now have the 41st National Storytelling Festival under my belt, a new international stories for a peace project with the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation and a number of social media peace partnerships across the globe. In the same way that Rotary selected, nurtured and cultivated an artist for peace, I can now ensure that peace will be at the forefront of the arts for social change global movement. In these first few months on the job, I have managed to establish a peace initiative with the Smithsonian Institute in order to bring together world experts in peace and justice together with specialists in arts & culture, storytellers, educators and social change agencies. It’s an exciting place to be right now. To be part of a global alumni of peace makers- Rotarians and Rotary Peace Fellows. To work in collaboration and build a better, fairer and conflict free world. To contribute my part in the world we want to see. One thing that the Rotary Peace Fellowship taught me was to think BIG, just like Paul Harris did when he created the first round table of likeminded individuals to sit round a table and share their stories. In that light, my next big project is developing an international dialogue round table program to establish an international year or decade of the story, where others, especially the marginalized can feel empowered to use their stories to bring balance to an imbalanced world. I am and always will be a Rotary Peace Fellow. I am proud to serve my global Peace Fellows family, and continue to pass on skills to the next generation of Rotary Peace Fellows. Once upon a time... through a moment, Rotary changed my life. I know there will be more of these moments where if used wisely, and through the careful and thoughtful teachings I have been given, I can recognize and enable positive and meaningful moments in other people’s lives.
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R otary C en ter R eview The Newsletter of the Duke-UNC Rotary Center for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution Spring 2014
Volume 20
Class XI Puts Peace into Practice at the 11th Annual Rotar y Spring Conference Save the date for our 12th Annual Spring Conference on
April 11th, 2015 To be held at the FedEx Global Education Center in Chapel Hill, NC.
On April 12th, 2014, the 11th Class of Rotary Peace Fellows capped off their two years at the Center with a powerful and inspiring conference. This year’s theme was “Practicing Peace Everyday: The Art of What is Possible.” Eleven Fellows presented their research on topics including trauma healing, leadership, and social entrepreneurship by Rotary Peace Fellows. Two fellows acted as the conference’s narrators, guiding the audience through the day and illuminating the connections between the Fellows’ presentations.
In this issue: 11th Annual Spring Conference
1
Welcoming Class XIII Peace Fellows
1
Conference Presentations 2
Meet the Board
3
Summer 2014 Internships
3
News and Events
4
Class XI Peace Fellows, from left: Rhett Sangster, Negaya Chorley, Adrien Lokangaka, Silvia Fontana, Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah, Scott Sellwood, Natasha Holt, Ana Paula Calil, Reem Ghunaim, Muyatwa Sitali, and Beatriz Rey. Photo courtesy of Sarah Noga.
To mark the occasion, two distinguished guests from Rotary International in Evanston IL joined us: Stephanie Urchick, Trustee, and John Osterlund, General Manager and Chief Development Officer. Please see the following page for a list of the presentations and links to watch them online.
Class XIII Peace Fellows Slated to Arrive in August The Center is very much looking forward to welcoming the Class XIII Peace Fellows in August! This year we are expecting ten Fellows, five of whom will be studying at Duke University in the Master of International Development Policy program. The other five fellows will be at UNC, in the School of Public Health, School of Journalism, and the new Global Studies program. The incoming Fellows at Duke are: Cristina Andoni (Moldova), Carlos Juarez (Mexico), Jae Ryul Kim (South Korea), Elohim Monard (Peru), and Vanessa Uriarte (Mexico). At UNC they are: Mariana Abdalla (Brazil), Rebeccah Bartlett (Australia), Romi Brammer (South Africa), Jean -Lambert Chalachala (Democratic Republic of Congo), and Osborn Kwena (Kenya). Welcome, Class XIII! We look forward to getting to know you.
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11th Annual Spring Conference Presentations Trauma Healing: Taking Care of Ourselves While Caring for Our Communities Presenter: Natasha Gorr Holt, Australia Moderator: Michael Lambert, UNC School of Social Work Link: https://vimeo.com/92257627 Ending War: Can it be Done? Presenter: Ana Paula Saad Calil, Brazil Moderator: Frank Webb, Duke Center for International Development Link: https://vimeo.com/92257628 Autocracy vs. Democracy: The Impact of Political Regimes on Policymaking in Brazil Presenter: Beatriz Rey, Brazil Moderator: Niklaus Steiner, UNC Center for Global Initiatives Link: https://vimeo.com/92257629 Improving the Delivery of Justice in the State of Bahia, Brazil Presenter: Anderson Freitas, Brazil Moderator: Natalia Mirovitskaya, Duke Center for International Development Link: https://vimeo.com/92261147 Social Entrepreneurship and the Rotary International Peace Fellows Program Presenter: Reem Ghunaim, Palestine Moderator: Kacie Wallace, Duke University School of Law Link: https://vimeo.com/92261146 Conversations on Leadership Presenter: Negaya Chorley, Australia Moderator: Barry Phillips, Hillsborough Rotary Club Link: https://vimeo.com/92261148 Panel of Three Fellows: https://vimeo.com/92261996 Moderated by Catherine Admay, Duke Center for International Development Integrated Peace and Development, a Local Perspective: The Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Julienne as Agent of Change Presenter: Silvia Fontana, Italy Resistance as Peacebuilding: Lessons from Southern Mexico Presenter: Scott Sellwood, Australia Defying the Odds! Factors that Account for Post-Independence Peace and Stability in Zambia Presenter: Muyatwa Sitali, Zambia Simplified Antibiotic Regimens for Treating Young Infants in the DRC with Possible Severe Infection: A comparative Effectiveness Trial Presenter: Adrien Lokangaka, Democratic Republic of Congo Moderator: Lewis Margolis, UNC Gillings School of Public Health Link: https://vimeo.com/92261995 Building Trust and Changing Perceptions: The Quest for Peace in Saskatchewan, Canada Presenter: Rhett Sangster, Canada Moderator: Rosemary Fernholz, Duke Center for International Development Link: https://vimeo.com/92262908 Page 2
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Spotlight on the Rotary Board: Jon Abels (Duke) & Niklaus Steiner (UNC) Niklaus Steiner
is the Director of the Center for Global Ini a ves at the University of North Caro-
lina - Chapel Hill. A na ve of Switzerland who moved to the U.S. in his youth, Steiner has had the good fortune of moving between cultures all his life, and this experience shapes his academic focus. Steiner earned a B.A. with Highest Honors in Interna onal Studies at the University of North Carolina and a Ph.D. in Poli cal Science at Northwestern University. His research and teaching interests are immigraon, refugees, na onalism, and ci zenship, and his publica ons include Arguing About Asylum: The Complexity of Refugee Debates in Europe (St. Mar n's, 2000); The Problems of Protec on: UNHCR, Refugees, and Human Rights eds. Niklaus Steiner, Mark Gibney and Gil Loescher (Routledge 2003); Regionalism in the Age of Globalism, eds. Lothar Hoennighausen, Marc Frey, James Peacock, and Niklaus Steiner (Wisconsin, 2005); and The Age of Apology: The West Confronts its Past eds. Mark Gibney, Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, Jean-Marc Coicaud and Niklaus Steiner (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008). His textbook Interna onal Migra on and Ci zenship Today (Routledge, 2009) aims to facilitate classroom discussions on admission and membership in democracies. With Australian colleagues, he most recently completed the edited book Migra on Security: Ci zenship and Social Inclusion in a Transna onal Era. (Routledge 2012).
Jon Abels is the Execu
ve Director of the Duke Center for Interna onal Development (DCID) at
Duke University. in this capacity, he oversees the opera onal aspects of the center including a master’s degree program, execu ve educa on and advisory services. The center has 15 faculty and 15 staff dedicated to these ac vi es. Jon is responsible for new ini a ves and program development at DCID. He was part of the ini al team that proposed the Duke-UNC Center to the Rotary Founda on and has been involved since the incep on, including serving on the Rotary Board. Jon’s connec ons to Rotary go back to 1983 when he was a youth exchange student in Sweden. He is married with two children.
Summer 2014 Internships Class XII Peace Fellows are spending the summer engaged in their Applied Field Experiences all over the world. This internship is a required part of the program and is designed to give the Fellows practical experience in their discipline. Here is a list of where they are working:
Lyttelton Braima - Community Land Protection Program, Namati, Liberia Pranisa Ekachote - Mothering Across Continents, Charlotte, NC, USA Geysar Gurbanov - Research project on communal violence, Harvard University Department of Government, Cambridge, MA,USA Dilshad Jaff - Mitigating Humanitarian Crisis with Public Health Evidence-based Lessons from Syria, The Global Institute for Health and Human Rights, University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA Manish Kumar - Strengthening Partnerships, Results and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) Project, JSI Research & Training Institute, Rosslyn, VA, USA Tekle-Ab Mekbib - Delivery of Family-Planning Services at Scale Using Health Extension Workers in Ethiopia Project, World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Research Evidence for Sexual and Reproductive Health at UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA Aybolek Ovezova - United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative, Geneva, Switzerland Luiz Pinto - Strategic planning project to design The Amazon Peace Center, Brazil Hai-Ryung Sung - Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria: Environmental Pathways and Implications on Human Health, World Health Organization Project at UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA Daniela Tort - Gandhi Manav Kalyan Society in Udaipur, India and the International Center for Research on Women in New Delhi, India.
More information about the Fellows’ internships will be included in the Fall 2014 Newsletter. In the meantime, please follow our blog throughout the summer where we will post weekly entries by each fellow describing their experiences, beginning Wednesday, June 11th. Page 3
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News and Events Peacebuilding Workshops
Nonviolent Peaceforce Seminar
As part of our series
In April, Doris Mariani, Executive Director of the nonprofit organization
of
Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) met with the Peace fellows at Duke’s Sanford
workshops
in
2013-14 with CDA
School of Public Policy.
Collaborative Learn-
implement unarmed civilian peacekeeping as a tool for reducing violence
ing
the
and protecting civilians in situations of violent conflict. The organization
a
has an established relationship with the Rotary Peace Centers, and dis-
weekend of semi-
cussed recruiting Rotary Peace Fellows for administrative and peacekeeping
nars for the Fellows
positions and internships.
Projects,
Center
in
hosted
February
2014.
On Friday
evening, Jean,
The mission of NP is to promote, develop and
Peace Fellows Retreat at Topsail Beach, NC
Isabella
Director
On a long weekend in January 2014, a group of Peace Fellows from both
of
Evaluation and Learning, facilitated a workshop on CDA’s Listening Program. The Listening Program exists to support local people in driving their own development. The following day, Ben Miller led an animated workshop on the Corporate Engagement Program (CEP), which promotes the development of positive, constructive relationships between companies and the local communities where corporate operations take place. Ben is
classes enjoyed a relaxing stay at the beach with their families. They stayed at the Tipsy Turtle, a lovely house which is made available each year by owner and local Rotarian Jeff Peterson. The fellows explored the North Carolina coast, cooked family meals, played games and took advantage of the calm before the spring semester started. Many thanks to Mr. Peterson for making this amazing opportunity possible.
CEP’s Associate Director.
Joining us for these two workshops was Rebecca Crall, the Rotary Foundation’s Area of Focus Manager for Peace and Conflict Resolution.
Visit of Wendy Sternberg Wendy Sternberg, MD, Founder &
Annual Washington, DC Professional Development Trip
Executive Director
In January 2014, Class XII Fellows traveled to Washington DC as part of a
of Genesis at the Crossroads (GATC) visited the Center on March 17th, 2014.
Dr.
Sternberg is also an alumna of the Chulalongkorn Peace Center in Bangkok,
Thai-
land, where she studied with Class 12 Fellow Dilshad Jaff. Dr. Sternberg Sternberg told us that her inspiration for establishing GATC came about during the second intifada in 2000 when she saw that few people looked for the commonalities amongst groups engaged in conflict (food, holidays, mores, etc.). She began looking for the connections and decided to focus on art. Art is creative, neutral and brings people together without relying on language which can often trip people up. We invite you to learn more about GATC at www.gatc.org.
professional development trip with Duke’s Master of International Development Program. During the 2-day trip, Fellows met with a wide range of organizations, including The US Institute of Peace, Freedom House, and FHI 360. Students also attended panels on a wide range of topics including Peace and Conflict Resolution. This trip is often instrumental in helping Fellows arrange their summer internships.
Marketing Campaign A main focus of the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center this year has been to publicize our fellowship throughout the world, with the goal of attracting a larger pool of applicants. To this end, we have undertaken a number of related projects, including reaching out to our international networks and building our online presence. The most exciting part of this marketing push is the informational video about our Center that was filmed and produced by Theo Martins, the husband of Class XI Fellow Beatriz Rey. Theo’s amazing video includes the perspective of current fellows, alumni, faculty and host counselors. The video is available for viewing on both Vimeo and YouTube and we invite you to watch it and share it widely.
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