The Association for Conflict Resolution-Greater New York Chapter (ACR-NY) and City University of New York (CUNY) John Jay College Dispute Resolution Center Present Reimagining Dialogue: Reflections and Insights on Convening, Circulation, and Movement to Build Trust and Stitch Together Disparate Groups

John Paul Lederach’s vocation is a practitioner in local and national peace processes with extensive experience in Latin America, Africa, Southeast and Central Asia, and Europe. He is widely known for the development of culturally based approaches to conflict transformation and the design and implementation of integrative and strategic approaches to peacebuilding. He is a haikuist, potter, and woodworker who pursues the integration of the arts and peacebuilding.

Lederach is Professor Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame and a Senior Fellow with Humanity United. He is author and co-editor of 30 books and manuals, including The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace (Oxford University Press), Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies (USIP Press), The Little Book of Conflict Transformation (Skyhorse Publishing), and The Pocket Guide for Facing Down a Civil War: Surprising ideas from everyday people who shifted the cycles of violence (self-published).

Learn more about John Paul Lederach and his contributions to the fields of peacebuilding and conflict transformation by visiting: www.johnpaullederach.com.