Beginning on May 12th, CRDC is holding an online discussion and practice series on
HOLDING ONTO HOPE IN TROUBLED TIMES
With peace-building facilitator Dr. Majbritt Lyck-Bowen and CRDC Associate Director Christel Gopin.
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Holding onto Hope in Troubled Times
Why CRDC?
What We have to offer
Deep Engagement
Our work ranges from grassroots engagement to policymaking with a focus on education, social change, and nonviolent resistance to unjust structures.
Study Abroad
Our overseas seminars bring students face to face with the reality of conflict and post-conflict environments. CRDC staff also engage in research and advocacy and provide trainings worldwide.
Connection
CRDC provides unique opportunities for Carter School students, alumni, and faculty to interact with our specialized network of peacebuilders.
Opportunity
Students engage in internships for practice and research of cutting-edge work in the field.
Study With Us
Current Courses
$300
Field Work with Syrian Refugees in Jordan
This is a service-learning course that brings students face-to-face with the refugee situation and the realities of the conflict on the ground. Students study the challenges facing Syrian refugees, meet with activists and humanitarian workers, and learn from organizations attempting to mitigate the disastrous results of the conflict.
$300
Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Bosnia
Students study the tragedy of inter-ethnic and inter-religious war, the heroic efforts to do just the opposite, and the implications for global war and global peace as they meet major figures of interreligious peacebuilding, leading organizations, and average people creatively engaged in positive change.
$300
Reflective Practice in Israel/Palestine
Students reflect on what it means to be a practitioner and encounter the integration of theory, research, and practice. The program is a combination of intensive classroom study, speakers from the local region, exploration of famous holy sites, and extensive field experience engaging communities across the spectrum of Israel and Palestine day and night.
Internships
Work With Us
Staff
Meet the Team...
The goal of CRDC is to inspire and generate successful incremental steps of positive change in intractable conflict situations that can become the basis for new approaches to diplomacy and foreign policy. Paths to positive change include: civil society development through education in conflict resolution, peer mediation, innovative religious, spiritual, and cultural forms of conflict resolution, culturally effective methods of cooperation on development projects of benefit to all parties, and an integrated relationship between the world of such work and the world of policy makers and diplomats. An essential element of this is effective relationship-building across multiple sectors of enemy systems and global governance systems, with the help of extraordinary ‘connectors’.
Marc Gopin, Ph.D.
Designation: Director and James H. Laue Professor
Christel Gopin
Designation: Associate Director, Senior Fellow for Interfaith Counseling and Peacebuilding
Hind Kabawat
Designation: Director of Interfaith Peacebuilding
Marilyn Feghali
Designation: Syria Program Officer5
Courses8
Publications464
Alumni89
EventsTestimonials
From Previous Students
The Bosnia class helped set my interest in the importance of including the population of a post-conflict area in peace-building efforts, and not solely relying on government programs or initiatives.
I would highly recommend CRDC's class in Bosnia to a prospective student because Dr. Gopin combined our coursework with experience within Bosnia. The post-conflict peacebuilding course can be applied to many different concentrations within conflict resolution.
In Northern Ireland, we saw what work has to be done after the fighting stops to get to a cohesive, functioning, integrated society.
I had a magnificent time on CRDC's class in Northern Ireland. The people we met on our journey had fascinating and relevant careers. I will recommend it to everyone in my field.
