Traumagenic. Don’t know the word? It’s a new adjective found throughout the manual Transforming Historical Harms by David Anderson Hooker and Amy Potter Czajkowski. Traumagenic refers… Read more about Historical Harms Keep Hurting If They’re Not Addressed
It was supposed to have been a one-off deal – just a single, week-long STAR I training in Minneapolis, Minnesota, back in the summer of… Read more about Spreading STAR in Minnesota and Beyond
With a history of violence linked to colonization, intense poverty and vulnerable geographic location, Haiti has long suffered from natural disasters, social conflict, and other traumatic… Read more about Haitians Embrace Trauma-Resilience
The people who gravitate towards the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, especially towards its courses and workshops on psychosocial trauma, often have experienced traumatizing situations.… Read more about On Caring for Self: A Critical Part of Peacebuilding
During the recent civil war in Nepal, the staff of a vocational training project reported that the young trainees were displaying behaviors probably related to… Read more about Being Sensitive to Trauma in Humanitarian and Development Aid
“There’s been a lot of documentation that interventions from the outside can do more harm than good,” says Lisa Schirch, the director of 3P Human… Read more about ‘Good Intentions Aren’t Enough’ in International Aid
Jean Claude Nkundwa came to the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding with a desire to help his country address its history of violence. Most people in… Read more about Genocide Survivor Prepares for Reconciliation Work
During the recent civil war in Nepal, the staff of a vocational training project reported that the young trainees were displaying behaviors probably related to… Read more about Trauma-Sensitive Development and Humanitarian Aid
This essay represents an excellent follow-up to the fall/winter 2012 issue of Peacebuilder magazine (both print and online), containing articles on the work of Fadi… Read more about All Are Staying in the Holy Land: On Moving From Victimhood to Mutual Dignity
In 2001, I took a life-altering journey. A cousin, Katrina Brown, had made the startling discovery that the DeWolf family was the largest slave-trading family… Read more about A personal encounter with the legacy of slavery