{"id":10258,"date":"2026-04-23T22:02:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T02:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/?post_type=cjp_podcast&#038;p=10258"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:02:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T02:02:49","slug":"26-paula-ditzel-facci-joe-cole-inside-the-peacebuilding-classroom","status":"publish","type":"cjp_podcast","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/podcast\/26-paula-ditzel-facci-joe-cole-inside-the-peacebuilding-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"26. Paula Ditzel Facci &amp; Joe Cole: Inside the Peacebuilding Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EP. 26 Paula Ditzel Facci &amp; Joe Cole: Inside the Peacebuilding Classroom\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YymWY6oluXc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode of the Peacebuilder Podcast, host Diego Crespo sits down with Paula Ditzel Facci and Joe Cole, faculty members at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) at Eastern Mennonite University, to reflect on their journeys into peacebuilding and their experiences teaching at EMU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe shares how his background in philosophy and early involvement in social justice movements led him to restorative justice work, eventually connecting him to CJP through the <em>Little Book<\/em> series and his facilitation work in North Carolina. Paula reflects on growing up in Brazil, where witnessing both cultural richness and inequality shaped her path into international relations and later peacebuilding, including her research on dance as a tool for conflict transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, they discuss what it means to teach peacebuilding, highlighting participatory, relational classrooms where students\u2019 lived experiences are central, and where difficult topics like injustice, harm, and healing are engaged openly. Both emphasize that teaching is a shared process of learning, with Joe describing himself as a \u201clearner-practitioner\u201d and Paula stressing the balance between preparation and adaptability in the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conversation also explores the responsibility of holding space for transformation, the importance of self-awareness and positionality, and the unique intensity of CJP\u2019s Summer Peacebuilding Institute, where learning, community, and reflection are compressed into immersive, short-term experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guest(s)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-peacebuilder-online-profiles-block wp-block-profiles col-2\"><div class=\"profile profile-0\"><div class=\"profile-media\"><div class=\"no-profile-image\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"profile-content\"><h3 class=\"profile-name\">PAULA DITZEL FACCI<\/h3><p class=\"profile-bio\"><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"profile profile-1\"><div class=\"profile-media\"><div class=\"no-profile-image\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"profile-content\"><h3 class=\"profile-name\">JOE COLE<\/h3><p class=\"profile-bio\"><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transcript<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":312,"featured_media":10259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","season":[1734],"class_list":["post-10258","cjp_podcast","type-cjp_podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","season-season-four"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cjp_podcast\/10258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cjp_podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cjp_podcast"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/312"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/season?post=10258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}