Global Peace Builders Global Peace Builders International SummitInternational Summit

The Journey from Conflict to The Journey from Conflict to PeacePeace

Billy HutchinsonBilly Hutchinson

Sean MurraySean Murray

OverviewOverview

1. Why we are here?1. Why we are here? Personal JourneyPersonal Journey Community JourneyCommunity Journey

2. Challenges of Transition2. Challenges of Transition Delivering Peace at the GrassrootsDelivering Peace at the Grassroots

3. Interventions: Creating New Options3. Interventions: Creating New Options Building Community CapacityBuilding Community Capacity Building Strong PartnersBuilding Strong Partners Difficult ChoicesDifficult Choices

4. Transformation from Within4. Transformation from Within Convincing and Supporting ChangeConvincing and Supporting Change

Personal JourneyPersonal Journey

Personal JourneyPersonal Journey Broadening PerspectivesBroadening Perspectives

Unilateral Conflict TransformationUnilateral Conflict Transformation CommunicationCommunication

Understanding OthersUnderstanding Others War to peaceWar to peace Leadership in TransitionLeadership in Transition

Engaging OthersEngaging Others Creating New PartnersCreating New Partners Consolidating Peace Building Consolidating Peace Building

Challenges of TransitionChallenges of Transition

Script for conflict Script for conflict transformationtransformation

Hard SellHard Sell Nature of Nature of

CompromiseCompromise Implementation Implementation

difficultiesdifficulties Impact on grassroots: Impact on grassroots:

from the macro to from the macro to micromicro

InterventionsInterventions

Creating and shaping processes to build up Creating and shaping processes to build up communitycommunity

‘‘Politics too important to be left to politicians’Politics too important to be left to politicians’ The World is a changed place: New realitiesThe World is a changed place: New realities Develop, shape and legitimise processes that Develop, shape and legitimise processes that

overcome divisionovercome division Influence by doing: No place for spectatorsInfluence by doing: No place for spectators Must go against grainMust go against grain Economic justice? (redistribution?)Economic justice? (redistribution?)

The Future Together The Future Together Initiative Initiative

Demonstrating Demonstrating Positive LeadershipPositive Leadership

Transformation From WithinTransformation From Within

Cultivate Agents of Change from withinCultivate Agents of Change from within

Benefitted from/ created changesBenefitted from/ created changes

Change presents difficultiesChange presents difficulties

Must build allies: Grow new way of Must build allies: Grow new way of thinking and actingthinking and acting

Concluding RemarksConcluding Remarks

Journey with an uncertain future: Remains work Journey with an uncertain future: Remains work in Progressin Progress

Need strong partners to build peace to sustain Need strong partners to build peace to sustain peace buildingpeace building

Need to create New PartnersNeed to create New Partners

Must confront negative voicesMust confront negative voices