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Authenticity in Relationships Increases Chance of Peace-Building

This video is presented as part of Mediate.com’s 25th Anniversary Conference.

John Paul Lederach speaks of the importance of authenticity when building relationships with parties. In his book, he poses a challenge to those who respond “we don’t have a voice” in answering the question of why the peace process has been inauthentic.

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John Paul Lederach

John Paul Lederach is Professor of Practice for International Peacebuilding with the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame.  He works as a practitioner-scholar, providing facilitation, mediation and training/education, with extensive experience at national and community levels in North and Latin America, Africa,… MORE >

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