Guest: Alice Nderitu, Jack P. Blaney Award Winner for Dialogue
In an armed conflict, the only path to peace is through dialogue.
As National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Perry Bellegarde points out dialogue leads to relationships and it is through relationships that we can build anything.
Alice Nderitu knows this better than anyone else. Ms Nderitu is an armed conflict mediator. She has mediated more than 90 processes that have resulted in peace agreements between parties that are at war with each other in Kenya and Nigeria.
Ms Nderitu is one of a few female peace negotiators active in Africa. Key to her success is purposeful dialogue. Dialogue that demands preparation, time, patience, concentrated effort and an open mind coupled with a fearless ability to say the things that need to be said.
We asked the Jack P Blaney Award Winner for Dialogue Alice Nderitu to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the path to peace through dialogue.
We invited Michelle Vanderzon of The Kettle Society to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the role that not-for-profit organizations are playing in meeting the needs of people facing mental health, substance abuse, and poverty issues.
Over the next five weeks, Conversations That Matter will sit down with the five public opinion poll leaders (according to Research Co.) who want the mayor’s job, to discuss how they will address these issues and what the City will look like after their term in office.
This week, we sit down with Ken Sim of ABC Vancouver.
Over the next five weeks, Conversations That Matter will sit down with the five public opinion poll leaders (according to Research Co.) who want the mayor’s job, to discuss how they will address these issues and what the City will look like after their term in office.
This week, we sit down with Pete Fry of the Green Party of Vancouver.
Over the next five weeks, Conversations That Matter will sit down with the five public opinion poll leaders (according to Research Co.) who want the mayor’s job, to discuss how they will address these issues and what the City will look like after their term in office.
This week, we sit down with Colleen Hardwick of TEAM.