Practicing Peace on University Campuses: A Proposed Application of the Lederach Model of Conflict Transformation at the University of the Free State Mr. W Ellis 28 January 2009 EED Africa Alumni Conference Stellenbosch

Conflict Management - outcome oriented strategies for achieving sustainable win-win solutions and/or putting an end to direct violence, without necessarily addressing the underlying conflict causes Conflict Resolution - all process oriented activities that aim to address the underlying causes of direct, cultural and structural violence Conflict Transformation - outcome, process and structure oriented long-term peace building efforts which aim to truly overcome revealed forms of direct, cultural and structural violence.

Top Leadership Political Military Religious Middle Range Leadership Sector Leaders Academics Humanitarians Grassroots Leadership Local Communities High Level Negotiations (Track I) Problem-solving w/shops Conflict training Peace Commissions (Track II) Prejudice reduction Peace committees Grassroots training (Track III) Lederach’s Triangular Spatial Model

? Horizontal Capacity Moving across the conflict divides such as race, culture, language, gender etc. Vertical Capacity Moving and connecting the highest levels with the grassroots communities Building Peace in Vertical and Horizontal Capacities

Top Leadership UFS Top Management National Education Actors Political Parties Middle Range Leadership Leading academics Student leadership Change agents Grassroots Leadership Students Staff High Level Negotiations Institute for Diversity Problem-solving w/shops Conflict training Peace Commissions Prejudice reduction Peace committees Grassroots training Lederach’s Triangular Spatial Model at the UFS

Institute for Diversity Horizontal Capacity Moving across the conflict divides such as race, culture, language, gender etc. Vertical Capacity Moving and connecting the highest levels with the grassroots communities Building Peace in Vertical and Horizontal Capacities at the UFS