uri moral imagination program

"Inspired by the book The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace, the United Religions Initiative conducted a two year pilot project delving into the Moral Imagination approach to peacebuilding...The Moral Imagination approach to building peace captured the enthusiasm of people within URI because it reflected experiences of authentic peacebuilding activities and affirmed the value of these kinds of efforts for the entire URI global community. John Paul Lederach and Dr. Herm Weaver, educator and musician, served as primary project consultants and teachers...A core planning team, John Paul Lederach, Herm Weaver, Charles Gibbs, Libby Hoffman and Barbara Hartford, designed this initial project. A program spaced over two years was carefully planned in order to allow relationships to deepen naturally, to implement an action/reflection model where activities on the ground were part of the learning curriculum, and to give participants firsthand experiences in understanding different cultures and the unique challenges each team faced."

Emergent from the pilot program, URI published a booklet of action/reflection experiences and produced a video reflecting on the experience, accessible below.

Originally published by and shared with the permission of the United Religions Initiative. For other publication use, contact URI for permission.