Swing by our new office, in the Arabia Room in the School of Nations building on the Principia College campus, and learn about plans for this quarter. Returning Fellows will need to pick up their applications, while new, interested community members are welcome to ask questions and take a new application!
Jan 2 – Jan 22
Three weeks in the Holy Land, spent connecting global and personal transformation.
At 8 pm on Thursday, join the Euphrates Institute Fellows in Perry Lounge to conclude a Fall Semester filled with activities and great projects. The Fellows will present their work to the campus and give a preview of Spring Semester activities!
*Middle Eastern snacks will be provided to round out the evening.*
Wednesday, Dec. 7th at Bates College, hear from Euphrates’ Founder Janessa Gans Wilder about how to prepare for peace, instead of fear conflict. Join us in Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge, at 7:30 pm.
At Tuft’s University, come hear why a former CIA officer started working for peace, and share your thoughts and ideas.
Tuft’s University
Zamparelli Room in the Campus Center. 7:30
Tuesday, December 6.
Nov. 21, 2011. Come join the your peers and professors in discussing whether or not there is a connection between the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street. This lunchtime discussion is hosted by the Euphrates Institute Fellows Program.
When: Monday, November 21, 2011 from 1:30-2:15
Where: Principia College Dining Room, GDR #2
November 11, 2011. Libby Hoffman, co-founder of Fambul Tok International and President of Catalyst for Peace, will be speaking to the Euphrates Fellows.
Where: Perry Lounge, Principia College
When: Friday, November 11th from 4:00-6:30pm
Libby’s documentary, Fambul Tok, will be playing in the St. Louis International Film Festival on Saturday, November 12th at 6:00pm at Washington University (Brown Hall Auditorium).
Libby’s Bio
Libby Hoffman co-founded Fambul Tok and has partnered in its implementation since its inception, through her position as President of Catalyst for Peace, a US-based private foundation. She continues her leadership role with Fambul Tok as the President of Fambul Tok International.
Ms. Hoffman has been active in peacebuilding for over 20 years in a variety of capacities – professor, trainer, facilitator, program director, consultant, and funder. A former Political Science professor atPrincipia College, Ms. Hoffman left academia to focus on the practice of conflict resolution and peacebuilding. She has developed and led conflict resolution training programs in corporate, congregational, educational and community settings. She was a founder and Executive Director of Peace Discovery Initiatives, which pioneered in positive approaches to peacebuilding, as well as in mobilizing religious resources for peace. She has designed, convened and facilitated backchannel Middle East peacemaking initiatives and worked to bring grassroots Israeli and Palestinian peacemakers together with American policymakers. She advocated for religion to be used as a constructive element of this peacemaking process and pioneered in techniques for doing this, culminating in the establishment of the Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University.
Ms. Hoffman founded Catalyst for Peace in 2003, crafting a unique hybrid funder/practitioner role. Her vision and leadership have fostered programming that is responsive to on-the-ground, real-time social and political realities by facilitating total community ownership and participation in the reconciliation process. Prior to dedicating its focus to Fambul Tok, Catalyst programs mobilized religious resources for peace in northern Uganda, Ethiopia, the Philippines, and India; mobilized and supported community reconciliation in post-conflict Africa; and developed cutting-edge storytelling and communications channels to support these two focus areas.
From 2005-2008, Ms. Hoffman partnered with the United Religions Initiative (URI) and noted international peacebuilder John Paul Lederach in the design and implementation of a 2-year pilot training program in inter-religious peacebuilding. She continues to consult on translating the learning from the pilot into an ongoing, sustainable training program for URI. In support of this partnership, Catalyst produced two short films telling the story of the work of these grassroots interfaith peacebuilders, We Unite and Faith Into Action. Ms. Hoffman is producing a major documentary film on Fambul Tok, to be completed in summer, 2010.
Ms. Hoffman holds an M.A.L.D. from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and a BA in Political Science from Williams College.
November 3, 2011. Join the Euphrates Fellows and Principia faculty and staff members to discuss the passing of Qaddafi and the future of Libya.
Where: GDR #2, Principia College
When: 12:15-1:00 p.m.
The Summit takes place at Euphrates’ partnering institution, Principia College, a four-year liberal arts college with a century-old institutional history. The National Historic Landmark campus is perched on the Mississippi River bluffs about 30 miles north of St. Louis. The two-day Summit, Thursday and Friday, October 27th and 28th, will include three sessions designed around Euphrates’ IIT approach – to Inform, Inspire, and Transform. An expert-led, in-depth overview of the status of the Middle East – West relations will kick things off Thursday morning for the Inform session, followed by a look at inspiring models of peace, coexistence, and cooperation from the globe’s most successful peacemakers in the Inspire session. Friday will focus on “bringing the ideas home” as peacemakers provide not only the reasons, but the tools for each one of us to heal divides, take personal responsibility, and commit to action in the Transform session.