Resources
Articles by Paula Green
Paula Green, the dialogue facilitator and coordinator of HATH, founded the Karuna Center for Peacebuilding in 1994. Over the decades, she has led dialogues across divides in some of the world’s most intractable conflicts. These tools for practicing dialogue were developed for many different international contexts. They have been used successfully to bring concerned members of society together after mass violence has shattered their communities and destroyed their trust. Together, they rebuild what has been lost and find new meaning in building partnerships that offer hope for a better tomorrow.
Additional Articles
From the lab of Dr. Peter T. Coleman and his team at the Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution
Additional Resources
Paula Green's Acceptance Speech for the Alliance for Peacebuilding's Melanie Greenberg Award for Domestic Peacebuilding
Read it here.
Our Song: "Hands Across the Hills"
Famed singer and songwriter Sarah Pirtle, longtime Pioneer Valley resident, sings the song “Hands Across the Hills," which she expressly composed for the Leverett MA-Letcher County KY project.
Groups & Organizations
Better Angels is a national citizens' movement to reduce political polarization in the United States by bringing liberals and conservatives together to understand each other beyond stereotypes, forming red/blue community alliances, teaching practical skills for communicating across political differences, and making a strong public argument for depolarization.
Bridge4Unity is an interracial dialogue and cultural exchange project that brings together three distinct communities with diverse cultural, social, historical, and political profiles. The project features two exchange weekends. For the weekend of January 25-27, 2019, Beaufort SC and surrounding areas hosted participants from Western Massachusetts and Letcher County KY. On the weekend of June 28-30, Western MA hosted participants from SC and KY.
Essential Partners offers workshops, custom training, and dialogue facilitation, as well as consultation to foster constructive dialogue where conflicts are driven by differences in identity, beliefs, and values.
Narrative 4 builds a community of empathic global citizens who improve the world through the exchange of personal narratives.