The Summer Peacebuilding Training is hosted in a different part of Northeast Asia each August. If you’re interested in joining, please read about the courses and facilitators. The application period is from May to June each year. Please apply! We welcome participants from all parts of Northeast Asia, and beyond.

NARPI 2019 Summer Peacebuilding Training

 

Nanjing, China
We will begin accepting applications for the 2019 NARPI training starting April 30th 2019.

Dates for NARPI 2019:
Registration: August 8
Week 1: August 9-13
Field trip: August 14-16
Week 2: August 17-21
Departures: August 22


2019 Courses

Week 1: August 9-13, 2019

1. English for Peacebuilding
Facilitators: Cheryl Woelk    Special Resource: Aya Kasai

Requirement: This course is for individuals at novice and low intermediate proficiency levels in English.

This content-based course is designed for participants at novice and low intermediate proficiency levels in English who wish to build their English language skills to interact in international peacebuilding settings, including at NARPI. The course will focus on English expressions, vocabulary and strategies for dialogue, building relationships, negotiating meaning, expressing opinions, discussing controversial topics, building intercultural understanding and other language skills essential for peacebuilding study and work. We will also explore ways in which English language learning and communication can contribute to peacebuilding work in Northeast Asia. The goal of the class is to empower participants as multilingual speakers in their English language skills to be able to engage fully in all aspects of the NARPI experience and to use their English skills to further peacebuilding efforts.

2. Conflict and Peace Framework
Facilitators: Hiro Katano    Special Resources: Gayeon Kim

This course will provide a framework knowledge of the peace and conflict studies to those who need introductory provision to the field. It will focus on three major terms of the field: conflict, peace, and violence. The participants will work on defining and understanding these terms, applying them to our local and regional contexts with specific issues and cases. Throughout the course, sessions are composed with various ways of active learning, such as group works, role plays, and communication skills exercises. Further inputs will be provided by the resource persons and in collaboration with other courses. Participants too are expected to contribute to the course as resources to each other by sharing their knowledge, experience, and reflection in class activities.

3. Theory and Practice of Peace Education
Facilitators: Kathy Matsui

The course seeks to introduce the participants to the fundamental knowledge base, skills and value orientations of peace education. It is intended for educators and trainers working in the formal, nonformal and informal sectors. The course will use a holistic framework aimed at cultivating peaceable mindsets, attitudes, behaviors, structures, and cultures in educational settings, which will include topics such as comprehensive views on addressing conflict, restorative justice approaches to discipline in schools, and creating cultures of peace with administration, teachers, students, parents, and community. It will also engage the participants in a learning process that is consistent with the principles of peace, valuing the culture and identity of participants, to demonstrate that content and pedagogy should form one integral whole. Both the course content and process can be easily adaptable to the local contexts of participants.

4. Trainer’s Training (for repeat participants)
Facilitators: Kyoko Okumoto and Jae Young Lee

Requirement: This course is for individuals who have: 1. basic knowledge of conflict transformation and peacebuilding, 2. experience as a trainer, or a desire to work as a trainer in the future, and 3. experience in participation of NARPI courses in the past.

The Trainer’s Training workshop will take the participant through the complete process of preparing and carrying out a peacebuilding workshop and provide the necessary tools for planning, designing, and conducting effective trainings. It will focus on the “how to” of designing, delivering, and evaluating peacebuilding training, as well as the development of a systematic approach to peacebuilding and conflict transformation education. Participants will have the opportunity to put their learning into practice by preparing an actual model for a peacebuilding training. The participatory workshop is going to be explored together with co-facilitators and participants by mutually sharing experiences and insights. In addition, participants would be asked to facilitate small groups for evening events or reflection sessions during NARPI training. The course will utilize a broad range of teaching methods from small groups, experiential activities, lectures, to video resources.


1. English for Peacebuilding


2. Conflict and Peace Framework


3. Theory and Practice of Peace Education

4. Trainer’s Training (for repeat participants)

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Week 2: August 17-21, 2019

5. Restorative Justice for Historical Harms
Facilitators: Hiro Katano    Special Resource: Jae Young Lee

Restorative justice (RJ) is a new paradigm on how to make things right when wrongdoings have happened. It sees justice as not merely punishing wrongdoers, but ensuring that the voice of victims, offenders, and communities are heard and their needs are met. This course first aims to provide a basic knowledge of RJ with some specific tools for its practice. Specific cases of implementation in Korea, Japan and other contexts will be introduced. The course will also make enough room for exploring the historical conflicts from restorative perspective. The participants will be encouraged to revisit the specific issues of peacebuilding in their contexts from restorative viewpoints, as we seek Asian models of RJ practice.

6. Optimizing Peacemaking by Ending Generational Trauma
Facilitators: Tommy Lee Woon    Special Resource: Aya Kasai

 

The purpose of this workshop is to examine the ways generational traumas live in the body, are passed on generationally, and can be healed to optimize peacemaking. Through guided meditations, expressive arts, and other active learning activities participants will explore how generational traumas consciously and unconsciously interfere with peacemaking even under the best conditions. The workshop will also review how a new understanding about the body can optimize other peacemaking efforts such as “truth and reconciliation,” restorative justice, and non-violent communication.

7. Space and Facilities for Peacebuilding: The Roles of the Arts, Education and Exhibition
Facilitators: Ryozo Teruoka     Special Resource: Kyoko Okumoto

This course will explore the paths to face and overcome painful collective memory together among Northeast Asians. It also explores how grassroots creativity can impact to make peace in spaces like museums. The course contents include understanding of diversified collective memory of pain and creation of structures of “history.” It also covers tools and modes of expression of creativity for peace and roles of the media such as the arts and communication to mobilize people to create culture of peace in the Northeast Asian community. How do we educate and exhibit painful history in order to fully understand and deepen the meanings of peace in the region? The course will be meaningful and fruitful by each participant bringing, sharing and exchanging creativity for peace and passion for peaceful coexistence of Northeast Asia. We are open to anyone who wishes to overcome historical peacelessness, who dreams to create peaceful coexistence of Asia and beyond, and who simply enjoys creativity for peace.

8. Community-Based Conflict Transformation
Facilitators: Hong Soek Kim

In this class, we will explore three different aspects of community. First, we will look at “group dynamics” as a foundational level. Every group forms their ‘group dynamic’ and creates their own rules, structures and patterns of their systems. Some dynamics are healthy, but some are not. In this session, participants will increase their understanding of group dynamics, and how to emphasize healthy dynamics and reduce unhealthy ones.
Second, we will learn about making healthy organizations by learning how to sense and analyze organizational dynamics and culture, followed by how to leverage healthy organizational culture. This will be focused on workplace or learning community (i.e. university) contexts, depending on participants. Third, we will learn about different approaches to build healthy community at local and global levels. We will then apply these approaches to our own community and make action plans for beyond the course timeline. We will explore different types of community forms and examples, and we will learn from their structure, communication and especially their way to solve conflicts.


5. Restorative Justice for Historical Harms


6. Optimizing Peacemaking by Ending Generational Trauma


7. Space and Facilities for Peacebuilding: the roles of the arts, education and exhibition

8. Community-Based Conflict Transformation

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Field Trip: August 14-16, 2019

NARPI provides a three-day field trip (usually between Sessions 1 and 2) where participants visit sites and meet people that have experienced historical, political, social and cultural conflict and peace. The field trip takes place in the country where NARPI is held.

During the first day of the field trip participants will visit a Private Ani-War Museum, and the Comfort Women Museum, followed by debriefing and Orientation on Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall.

On the second day participants will see the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall (which includes: the end of WWII ceremony, the museum tour, lunch at the museum and group dialogue with Nanjing citizens). Then move on to Confucius Temple Nanjing, followed by dinner and evening sightseeing & shopping.

Finally, during the third day participants will visit the Mei Yuan Community Center (which includes: Community service project in old downtown of Nanjing, Cultural reservation area from 1920-40s, and learning about the New urban development initiated by the young generation). Lastly, participants will have dinner and free time in downtown where you can see the Nanjing Museum, Nanjing Art Museum, Presidential Palace, or walk around Xuanwu Lake Park.


1. Comfort Women Museum


2. Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall


3. Mei Yuan Community Center

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Evening Events

At NARPI trainings, meaningful sharing and learning continues after classes have finished each day. Some evening events are planned by the hosting group, to introduce more about the historical, cultural or social issues of the hosting area. Most evening events, though, are planned by participants, as a way to share their interests or experiences with others, through presentations, videos and discussion.

In addition, there is a Culture and Talent Night in Week 2, during which time participants and facilitators present their cultures through song, dance, games, food, photos, etc.

2019 Facilitators

2019 Special Resource Persons

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2019 Schedule

Session 1
August 9-13 
(Registration August 8)		 Course #1
English for Peacebuilding
Cheryl Woelk		 Course #2
Conflict and Peace Framework
Hiro Katano		 Course #3
Theory and Practice of Peace Education
Kathy Matsui		 Course #4
Trainer’s Training Kyoko Okumoto and Jae Young Lee
Field Trip –
August 14-16		 Visit Anti-War Museum, Comfort Women Museum, Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, Confucius Temple, and the Mei Yuan Community Center. Opportunities for group dialogue with Nanjing citizens
Session 2
August 17-21
(Departures August 22)		 Course #5
Restorative Justice for Historical Harms
Hiro Katano		 Course #6
Optimizing Peacemaking by Ending Generational Trauma
Tommy Lee Woon		 Course #7
Space and Facilities for Peacebuilding: The Roles of the Arts, Education and Exhibition
Ryozo Teruoka		 Course #8
Community-Based Conflict Transformation
Hong Soek Kim

Follow these steps to apply!

  1. Read the 2019 Summer Training information package
  2. Complete the application form, along with all required documents
    (resume, recommendation letter, passport copy). If you are from mainland China and/or unable to open the link, please complete the application via this word document and email to apply@narpi.net. Submit by June 15.
  3. After receiving the acceptance letter and billing statement, transfer your payment to the NARPI bank account.
  4. Purchase direct flight ticket to Jeju, or make other plans for transportation.
  5. After receiving the pre-course readings and field trip readings by email, start studying to prepare for your courses and the trip.
  6. Join the Summer Training and enjoy two weeks of networking, sharing and learning.

Lodging and Food

The venue for the 2019 NARPI training is the Nanjing University Xianlin Campus. Courses will be held in the Nanjing University Make Place (canteen #11 building). Lunch and dinner will be offered on the 1st floor of the Make Place building with a selection of dishes for participants to choose from. Breakfast will be offered in the Nanjing University International Conference Center where facilitators and participants will be staying during the training.

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Cost2019 Fees

Lodging, Food and Transportation Tuition Total
Week 1 $275 $275 $550
Field Trip $200 $100 $300
Week 2 $275 $275 $550
Whole program $750 $650 $1400

*Note: Participants are welcome to join for one or both weeks. All participants are encouraged to join the field trip.

Scholarships

Recognizing the high cost of attending NARPI, a limited number of partial NARPI scholarships may be offered on a needs basis, to participants with a demonstrable commitment to peacework in the Northeast Asia region. Contact the administration team to request a scholarship application form: apply@narpi.net.

Early Payment discounts (full payment required. Not applicable to scholarship recipients)

If paid from May 15 – June 15: 15% discount of total due amount
If paid from June 16 – July 15: 7% discount of the total due amount
If paid after July 15: No discount

Withdrawal Policy

Participants may withdraw up to two weeks before the training begins with a full refund, minus a 10% non-refundable process fee (for administration costs). No refund will be issued for a cancellation two weeks or less before the beginning of the training.

Participants

NARPI welcomes people with a deep interest in peacebuilding in Northeast Asia to study and share life together for two weeks each summer. Basic criteria for participants include

  1. Some level of experience in peacebuilding work or study, or passion for peacebuilding.
  2. Commitment to share what you learn at NARPI with your organization or community.
  3. English ability sufficient to understand and participate in workshops conducted in English.

NARPI participants usually come from the following groups

NGO/NPO staff and interns

Peace educators and activists

Teachers and professors

Students (high school graduates, university, graduate school)

Government officials, military and police

Community leaders

Religious leaders

Anyone interested in peacebuilding in NEA