Since the program began in 2002, the Rotary Peace Centers have trained more than 1,800 fellows who now work in over 140 countries. Peace Fellow Alumni from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and North America will share their Peace Fellowship experience and the life and career path that it has enabled. These career paths have included founding community health services in Kenya for women impacted by domestic and other forms of violence; service as senior advisor to the Fund for Peace and numerous UN organizations, and serving as a frontline field level peace worker for the UN International Office of Migration, and securing a position at a multilateral development bank. Panelists will discuss the elements of the Peace Fellowship that were most important. They will also explore the kinds of additional support and resources that could better enable Peace Fellows and other students of peace and conflict resolution to launch into meaningful peacebuilding careers after completing their studies. One such resource is the Carter School Global Peacebuilders Action Network which can help Peace Fellowship Alumni and other peace program graduates connect with other peacebuilders globally as well as with opportunities for meaningful careers, funding for projects, and a vast collection of Peace building case studies and tools.
Moderator: Mari Clark, President Rotary Club of Washington Global, Chair Rotary District 7620 Peace Committee, and Faculty Affiliate, Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Panelists:
- Kathleen Doherty, Peace Fellow Alumnus President of the Board of the Rotary Peace Fellowship Alumni Association
- Pushpi Weerakoon, Peace Fellow Alumnus recipient of the Rotary International Alumni Service Award, cochair, Peace Committee, Rotary Club of Washington Global
- Carlos Guiza, Peace Fellow Alumnus, Rotary Club of Washington Global
- Ignatius Emeka Onyekwere, Peace Fellow Alumnus Senior Advisor on Resilience, Fragility and Human Security Initiatives at the Fund for Peace, Washington, DC, but based in Abuja Nigeria
- Jeff Helsing Executive Director, Better Evidence Project, Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
