Join Rethinking Conflict and The Carter Center for our second learning and planning visit in support of civic resilience.
"Reasoned principled compromise is essential, especially in divided society. There is great depth in recognizing that the only way to help us emerge from the rubble of conflict is that we must learn to understand one another." - Former U.S. Senator and Mediator of the 1998 Belfast Agreement, George Mitchell
As featured on the PBS series, America at a Crossroads
Letter to the Editor of the New York Times, May 29, 2024
"Three main lessons came through. First, when you hold a mirror to American society, we are much further along the path to normalized violent conflict than we know. Second, prolonged violent conflict leads to immense suffering and destruction. Third, a return to peace is never quick.
And the hopeful lesson is that people who used to hate, bomb and maim one another could find common ground. They found this in exhaustion from the killing and pain, a desire for better lives for their children and a sense of common humanity. By painstaking and determined conversation, they found a way to agree. We, in the U.S., need to do the same."