Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-17-2024
Abstract
In 2020, Euphrates Institute piloted the Peace Practice Alliance (PPA), a virtual six-month program that brings together an international cohort of peacebuilders to learn peace leadership theories and develop related skills and practices. The program framework is based on integral peace leadership, which focuses on four interrelated areas of Innerwork, Knowledge, Community, and Environment. As part of an emergent field, limited research has documented the application of integral peace leadership in peacebuilder training and development programs. This paper, therefore, examines the pilot PPA program to understand the ways in which an online, global peace leadership training program can support the development of community peace leaders. Findings from interviews with 14 of the program’s first cohort of 18 peace leaders revealed that the PPA supported their development through the content of the curriculum, the creation of a strong learning community, and the dual focus on theory and practice. This paper concludes with suggestions for further improvement, including additional spaces for participant interaction and experiential learning and the creation of further training and development opportunities.
Recommended Citation
McIntyre Miller, W., Hilt, L., Atwi, R., & Irwin, N. (2024). Developing peace leadership: lessons from the peace practice alliance. Journal of Peace Education, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/17400201.2024.2399093
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Taylor & Francis
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Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript version of an article accepted for publication in McIntyre Miller, W., Hilt, L., Atwi, R., & Irwin, N. (2024). Developing peace leadership: lessons from the peace practice alliance. Journal of Peace Education, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/17400201.2024.2399093. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.