“Use your words” – Language and positive peace – Dr. Tiffani Betts Razavi

There are certain words one simply does not expect to use when reflecting on violence and atrocity. Encouraging is one of them.

And yet, from the personal stories of reentry and reintegration of people convicted of genocide in Rwanda, the efforts to structure society to rebuild after traumatic rupture, and the learning generated by communities actively seeking to promote healing shared through the research of Dr. Hollie Nyseth Brehm in her recent lecture, emerged an encouraging narrative of overcoming adversity. Continue reading