UWM Peacebuilding

Thank you, Mary Triggiano, for sharing about restorative justice practices with our group of peacebuilders today!

Congratulations to students in our MSP 770 class for fantastic presentations at the annual School of Nursing Eta Nu Poster Symposium. Each group left with an award and made us proud!

MSP welcomed Colonel, former diplomat, and peace activist Ann Wright to campus yesterday! Thank you, Ann, for chatting with our students.

Our MSP team did a great job facilitating an Overcome Conflict event today at UWM! Thanks to our partners for hosting.

Our MSPers enjoyed MKE Data Day today! Thank you for another awesome program this year!

Today we enjoyed a talk by Jon Ward, retired from the US State Department and current member of the MKE Rotary Club. We are excited and inspired by his peacebuilding efforts around the world!

Today we celebrated at UWM with special guests! 12 African journalists joined us to share about their work as it relates to Cultivating a Culture of Peace. A special thank you to , , and for making meaningful conversations like this possible!

Fieldwork spotlight! MSP student, Zarifa, is working with Turning Rivers this summer to facilitate transformative programming that empowers and inspires young people who have faced adversity. Each week she helps a new group of students build their leadership skills and grow!

MSP student Marissa is spending the summer conducting social research on the freshwater shore of Laguna Bacalar in Mexico! Marissa shares, “Each week, our research team takes to the water and runs experiments to gain insight to the health and sustainability of Laguna Bacalar. My fieldwork purpose is to collect feedback from the Bacalar community through 1-1 interviews and a digital survey in order to understand the impact tourism and new infrastructure developments have on the community in the region. I’ve really enjoyed getting to know the community here, improving my Spanish, and applying MSP evaluation techniques to this NSF research project.”

Earlier this month, MSP student Cynthia (third from the right) planned and facilitated a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the doors of the Umoja Community Center through her work with Nia Imani Family in MKE. This summer she is launching their Young Men’s Transformational Leadership Program!

Stop by the Youth Empowerment & Change Panel on Monday, June 24 at 11am-12:15pm to hear from international MSPers & students. All are welcome!

Where are MSP alums doing peacebuilding work with communities? Across MKE and beyond! Our most recent grads are working with , , , , and more!