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Today, how conflicts end peacefully.

Michael Schipler is Vice President for Strategy at Search for Common Ground, an organization devoted to peacebuilding.

Let's listen.

Michael Schipler, thank you so much for joining me on public health on call to talk about peace building.

And this is a field that you've worked in for a long time.

And it would be great if you could explain that to our listeners.

Great. Thank you so much for having me here, Josh.

Peace building is indeed a field. There are tens of thousands of people around the world who have dedicated their lives to seeking to end violence,

to create societies that are healthy and just, where differences is handled without using coercive adversarial means,

without using violence, where people are able to stitch relationships together from

across dividing lines and envision a society where violence isn't at the heart of what's

happening around them, but rather there are channels and pathways to solve conflicts using

nonviolent means.

And where can you find these builders?

Are they at a particular type of agency? Are they in a

particular type of industry? Who's involved? We talk about it in two different ways. On one hand,

there are peace builders who are professionals or practitioners of a sector. People who are

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