Dr. Donna Hicks at PeaceCon 2018.
Washington, D.C. The Alliance for Peacebuilding’s Annual Conference was held October 3-5th in Washington D.C.. Organized on the theme of “The Power of Collective Action” the conference featured keynotes and panels with Peace Appeal staff, board and adviers. Dr. Donna Hicks of Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and author of “Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict” gave a keynote talk as part of the The Future of Peace Lecture Series. PAF Board member Jayne Docherty and Co-Director, Derek Brown presented on a panel titled “Americans Cannot Dialogue Their Way Out of this Conflict, How Do We Address Structural Grievances?” While Co-Chair Jeff Seul spoke on a panel on religious peacemaking. The three day conference was held in conjunction with the United States Institute of Peace and attracts eminent members of the peacebuilding community, diplomats, scholars, business leaders, military strategists and other specialists gathered from hundreds of organizations across dozens of countries.