1. Global Peace Builders International Summit The Journey from Conflict to Peace Billy Hutchinson Sean Murray

2. Overview 1. Why we are here? 1. Why we are here? Personal Journey Personal Journey Community Journey Community Journey 2. Challenges of Transition 2. Challenges of Transition Delivering Peace at the Grassroots Delivering Peace at the Grassroots 3. Interventions: Creating New Options 3. Interventions: Creating New Options Building Community Capacity Building Community Capacity Building Strong Partners Building Strong Partners Difficult Choices Difficult Choices 4. Transformation from Within 4. Transformation from Within Convincing and Supporting Change Convincing and Supporting Change

3. Personal Journey Personal Journey Personal Journey Broadening Perspectives Broadening Perspectives Unilateral Conflict Transformation Unilateral Conflict Transformation Communication Communication Understanding Others Understanding Others War to peace War to peace Leadership in Transition Leadership in Transition Engaging Others Engaging Others Creating New Partners Creating New Partners Consolidating Peace Building Consolidating Peace Building

4. Challenges of Transition Script for conflict transformation Script for conflict transformation Hard Sell Hard Sell Nature of Compromise Nature of Compromise Implementation difficulties Implementation difficulties Impact on grassroots: from the macro to micro Impact on grassroots: from the macro to micro

5. Interventions Creating and shaping processes to build up community Creating and shaping processes to build up community ‘Politics too important to be left to politicians’ ‘Politics too important to be left to politicians’ The World is a changed place: New realities The World is a changed place: New realities Develop, shape and legitimise processes that overcome division Develop, shape and legitimise processes that overcome division Influence by doing: No place for spectators Influence by doing: No place for spectators Must go against grain Must go against grain Economic justice? (redistribution?) Economic justice? (redistribution?)

6. The Future Together Initiative

7. Demonstrating Positive Leadership

8. Transformation From Within Cultivate Agents of Change from within Benefitted from/ created changes Change presents difficulties Must build allies: Grow new way of thinking and acting

9. Concluding Remarks Journey with an uncertain future: Remains work in Progress Need strong partners to build peace to sustain peace building Need to create New Partners Must confront negative voices