{"id":27299,"date":"2016-03-13T13:33:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T17:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=27299"},"modified":"2016-06-29T14:43:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T18:43:56","slug":"peacebuilder-draws-attention-to-power-of-local-networks-to-respond-to-humanitarian-and-public-health-crises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/peacebuilder-draws-attention-to-power-of-local-networks-to-respond-to-humanitarian-and-public-health-crises\/","title":{"rendered":"Peacebuilder draws attention to power of local networks to respond to humanitarian and public health crises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Libby Hoffman returns to 黑料正能量 (黑料正能量), where she attended the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/cjp\/spi\/\">Summer Peacebuilding Institute<\/a> in 1996 and 2000, to talk about humanitarian aid and crisis response. Hoffman is co-founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fambultok.org\/\">Fambul Tok<\/a> (Family Talk) in Sierra Leone, the world\u2019s first large-scale community-owned and community-led reconciliation program. The title of her talk is \u201cThe Answers Are There: How Changing Our Lenses Opens Up Critical Resources for Peace, Development, and Community Health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She speaks at 4 p.m. on Monday, March 21, in Suter Science Center 106 as part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/science-seminars\/\">Suter Science Seminars<\/a>. Light refreshments are available at 3:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>In her nine years of co-creating Fambul Tok and helping it to grow, Hoffman has seen how inviting local ownership and leadership opens powerful new resources for peace and development. [Fambul Tok and Hoffman were featured in a 2011 Peacebuilder magazine <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/2014\/08\/fambul-tok-helps-heal-sierra-leone\/\">article<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<p>These resources proved to be a critical missing dimension of the national and international response to the Ebola crisis of 2014-2015. In this talk, Hoffman will discuss how Fambul Tok\u2019s unique approach to community reconciliation was adapted to respond to the Ebola crisis. She will share her lessons as a non-local peacebuilder, funder and storyteller, and outline the powerful new framework for peacebuilding and crisis response emerging from this experience.<\/p>\n<p>Hoffman is founder and president of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catalystforpeace.org\/\">Catalyst for Peace<\/a>, a private foundation building peace from the inside-out, creating space for those most impacted by war or violence to be the ones to lead in rebuilding after conflict. She produced the multiple-award-winning documentary, &#8220;Fambul Tok,&#8221; and is a lead author of the companion book, both released in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>A former political science professor at Principia College, Hoffman has an master&#8217;s in law and diplomacy (MALD) from Tufts Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a bachelor\u2019s degree in political science from Williams College. She lives in Maine, and is married with three children.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar is co-sponsored by 黑料正能量\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/graduate-and-professional-studies\/events\/leadership-conference\/\">School of Graduate and Professional Studies<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Libby Hoffman returns to 黑料正能量 (黑料正能量), where she attended the Summer Peacebuilding Institute in 1996 and 2000, to talk about humanitarian aid and crisis response. 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