{"id":8884,"date":"2018-09-06T11:12:44","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T15:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/?p=8884"},"modified":"2020-04-23T16:40:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T20:40:26","slug":"peacebuilder-of-the-year-annette-lantz-simmons-ma-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/2018\/09\/peacebuilder-of-the-year-annette-lantz-simmons-ma-09\/","title":{"rendered":"Peacebuilder of the Year: Annette Lantz-Simmons MA ’09"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Annette Lantz-Simmons (right) and Academic Programs Director Jayne Docherty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bringing a new sense of justice to multiple city venues \u2013 neighborhoods, courts and prisons, schools and more \u2013 is a challenge that requires focus, patience and an empowering spirit.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne bite at a time. That\u2019s all you can do,\u201d said 2018 Peacebuilder of the Year Annette Lantz-Simmons<\/strong> at the June 13 luncheon ceremony in her honor during the Summer Peacebuilding Institute.<\/p>\n

The executive director of the Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR) in Kansas City, Missouri, is the fourth recipient of the annual recognition of a CJP graduate. She first attended SPI in 2005 and earned a master\u2019s degree in conflict transformation in 2009.<\/p>\n

Lantz-Simmons \u201chas led CCR\u2019s commitment to a workplace environment that is reflective of its mission in the community and expanded the traditional work of a mediation center by promoting a holistic mission that focuses on prevention, education and restoration,\u201d said CJP Executive Director Daryl Byler in an announcement of the honoree in spring 2018.<\/p>\n

In her acceptance speech, Lantz-Simmons highlighted CCR\u2019s programs. The organization offers neighborhoods and families group facilitation, conflict resolution and mediation training, and trauma and circle workshops; has assisted the city in implementing \u2013 and anticipates expanding \u2013 restorative justice practices in schools; offered restorative processes and trauma and conflict resolution trainings in prisons, reentry facilities, and courts; and provided various organizations with group facilitation, trainings, trauma awareness and mediation.<\/p>\n

Trainings and programs such as these are \u201cplanting seeds,\u201d Lantz-Simmons said in an earlier interview. \u201cPeople often do what they know, even if it doesn\u2019t work or is very uncomfortable for them. We offer a different mindset and practical skills to do conflict in a new way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCCR is an example of what it takes to do real peacebuilding and effect significant change, beyond the boundaries of mediation,\u201d said CJP academic programs director Jayne Docherty<\/strong>, in her presentation of the award to Lantz-Simmons. \u201cIt takes long-term vision and teamwork to actually make significant transformation in systems, and not just resolve conflicts. The vision that you have held is a big vision for a less violent and more just city, and that is what we love to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a video made by CCR staff for the occasion, founder Diane Kyser MA \u201806<\/strong> praised Lantz-Simmons as having \u201cbrought this agency to incredible places because of the vision that she has had and then dedicated [herself] to pursue.\u201d<\/p>\n

CCR has strong ties to CJP, as CCR founder Kyser and staffers Gregory Winship MA \u201917<\/strong> and Debbie Bayless \u201818<\/strong> have completed graduate degrees. Additionally, former CCR education strategist (and Annette\u2019s daughter) Mikhala Lantz-Simmons<\/strong> is a 2015 graduate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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