BBIP (summer)

Beyond Bridges: Israel Palestine summer program takes university students to the Middle East on a journey of comparative conflict analysis and conflict transformation. Combining rigorous academics and practical hands-on training, this study abroad course allows students to explore questions at the core of all conflicts. BBIP-S aims to create spaces for both personal and collective growth, helping students gain new understandings of the roles they play in international conflicts, and how this relates to their political identities. Moving beyond the stage of practical peace agreements, or “beyond bridges,” we challenge participants to look at long-term solutions to end inter-communal conflict, transforming societies into their true potential.

BBIP-SLI (service learning immersion)

Beyond Bridges: Israel Palestine "Service Learning Immersion" takes university students to the Middle East on a journey of social justice activism and conflict transformation. The program combines rigorous academics and practical hands-on service learning, allowing students to explore questions at the core of all conflicts. BBIP-SLI also aims to create spaces for both personal and collective growth, helping students gain new understandings of the roles they play in international conflicts, and how this relates to their political identities. Moving beyond the stage of practical peace agreements, or “beyond bridges,” this course challenges participants to look at long-term solutions to end inter-communal conflict, transforming societies into their true potential.

Intersession 2013 BBIP-SLI program dates are Wednesday, January 2 - Wednesday, January 16. 


APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED.

Beyond Bridges: Balkans (summer)

The Beyond Bridges: Balkans summer program takes university students to Bosnia-Herzegovina on a journey of comparative conflict analysis and transformation. Combining rigorous academics and practical training, this study abroad course allows students to explore questions at the core of all conflicts. BBB-S aims to create spaces for both personal and collective growth, helping students gain new understandings of the roles they play in international conflicts and how this relates to their political identities. Moving beyond the stage of practical political agreements, or “beyond bridges,” BBB challenges participants to look at long-term solutions to inter-communal conflict, transforming societies into their true potential.

Summer 2013 BBB program dates are Saturday, June 29 - Saturday, July 13.

APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED.

FTC (working w/ groups in conflict)

In January 2009 we launched our first facilitation training course in partnership with Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs’  Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR) and the University of San Francisco. Offered on two separate campuses, in two distinct cities, New York City and San Francisco, this course was co-designed and supervised by Ahmad Hijazi, a pre-eminent facilitator for groups in conflict who is the Director of the acclaimed School for Peace in Neve Shalom/Wahat Al-Salam, and Co-Senior Facilitators Ahmad Amara and Dror Post. This was the first time that a course utilizing the School for Peace's groundbreaking model of working with groups in conflict was offered in the United States. In January 2010 we offered a second Facilitation Training course at USF.

We are currently evaluating the 2009 and 2010 courses in an effort to replicate them at a number of universities around the US.

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