tajikistan
During the early 2000s, John Paul had the opportunity to collaborate with the Sustained Dialogue Institute, the Tajik Ministry of Education, and several Tajik universities in an initiative to develop curriculum, including the first Tajik-language text that compiles approaches to peacebuilding from different parts of the world coupled with original Tajik research on conflict and peace in the setting of Tajikistan. Through this initiative John Paul encountered a professor who was intimately involved in the pre-negotiation process that led to the end of Tajikistan's civil war. The resources in this section share numerous iterations of this story of an unlikely friendship seeded in poetry and courage as well as reflections on the journey of facilitating, training, and learning alongside Tajik colleagues.
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A Tajiki-language textbook, one of the first peace and conflict studies educational materials crafted in the Tajiki language.
A teacher’s guide for the Tajiki-language textbook developed with and for Tajiki scholars and students of peace.
A book weaving thoughts and insights about the nature, challenges, and possibilities of constructive social change.
John Paul's contributions to the Upaya Zen Center's Varela Symposium 2018, which explored the theme, "Transforming Conflict: From Science to Real World Applications."
A contribution to the W. David Baird Distinguished Lecture Series at Pepperdine University's Seaver College.
A conference address reflecting on the relationship between Mercy and forgetfulness on the path toward healing.
A conversation about language, imagination, and how to cultivate peace and transform conflict in everyday life.
A presentation at the III Congreso Iberoamericano de Mediación Policial de Vila-real held in Vila-real, Spain in March 2018.
A dharma talk shared with the Upaya Zen Center on the moral imagination and connectedness with self and other.