In the Field

	Religious Peacemaking and Interfaith Dialogue Workshop for Iraqi Religious Leaders April 2009 From March 31st to April 4th 2009, USIP’s Religion and Peacemaking program, working in partnership with the Council of Representatives’ Religious Affairs Committee, brought together twenty-five religious leaders, civil society activists, and academics from throughout Iraq to discuss religious violence in conflict and how to leverage religious resources in peacemaking. The participants were representative of Iraq’s pluralistic society: hailing from all eighteen provinces, they included both Shia and Suni Muslim, Christian, Yazidi, and Sabean Mandean faiths, Kurdish and Arab ethnic identity, male and female. Countries: Iraq \| Issue Areas: Religion
	Iraq: Role of Youth and Media in Peacebuilding February 2009 On February 15, I traveled to Baghdad with Julie Montgomery in order to meet with civil society organizations, media and government officials involved in youth and/or media sectors. Countries: Iraq \| Issue Areas: Communications and Media, Peacekeeping, Post-Conflict Activities, Youth
	Promoting Rule of Law in Liberia July 2008 To assist Liberia's recovery after a 14 year civil war, USIP has led an unique program based on both formal institutions and local practices of justice. Countries: Liberia \| Issue Areas: Rule of Law
	Experts on Peace Media for Iraqi Youth Set Goals for New Project USIP’s Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict and Peacebuilding organized an expert working group on April 26-27 in Erbil, Iraq to discuss how to create a multimedia program that will provide Iraqi teenagers the tools to help them grow into independent, empowered citizens within a complex society. USIP brought together 25 experts for the working group, consisting of educators, media, youth NGO representatives, government officials and USIP-trained conflict resolution facilitators. Countries: Iraq \| Issue Areas: Youth

	Religious Peacemaking and Interfaith Dialogue Workshop for Iraqi Religious Leaders April 2009 From March 31st to April 4th 2009, USIP’s Religion and Peacemaking program, working in partnership with the Council of Representatives’ Religious Affairs Committee, brought together twenty-five religious leaders, civil society activists, and academics from throughout Iraq to discuss religious violence in conflict and how to leverage religious resources in peacemaking. The participants were representative of Iraq’s pluralistic society: hailing from all eighteen provinces, they included both Shia and Suni Muslim, Christian, Yazidi, and Sabean Mandean faiths, Kurdish and Arab ethnic identity, male and female. Countries: Iraq \| Issue Areas: Religion
	Iraq: Role of Youth and Media in Peacebuilding February 2009 On February 15, I traveled to Baghdad with Julie Montgomery in order to meet with civil society organizations, media and government officials involved in youth and/or media sectors. Countries: Iraq \| Issue Areas: Communications and Media, Peacekeeping, Post-Conflict Activities, Youth
	Promoting Rule of Law in Liberia July 2008 To assist Liberia's recovery after a 14 year civil war, USIP has led an unique program based on both formal institutions and local practices of justice. Countries: Liberia \| Issue Areas: Rule of Law
	Experts on Peace Media for Iraqi Youth Set Goals for New Project USIP’s Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict and Peacebuilding organized an expert working group on April 26-27 in Erbil, Iraq to discuss how to create a multimedia program that will provide Iraqi teenagers the tools to help them grow into independent, empowered citizens within a complex society. USIP brought together 25 experts for the working group, consisting of educators, media, youth NGO representatives, government officials and USIP-trained conflict resolution facilitators. Countries: Iraq \| Issue Areas: Youth

In the Field

Centers of Innovation