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of conflict resolution who themselves embody the unity of research and
practice.</font><span style="font-size:12pt; mso-spacerun: yes" Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:
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institute for research and scholarship with a practice-oriented focus that
seeks to identify and meet the needs of people of color and others who are
conventionally overlooked both as practitioners and users of conflict
resolution, and in doing so to enhance the field as a whole.</span></span></font></span></p>
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<p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:100%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-size:11pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><font face="Arial"><b>The
Practitioner Scholars Writing Project</b></font></span><span style="font-size:11pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><font face="Arial"> seeks to provide writing skills enhancement;
structured timelines, goals, and settings; motivation; mentoring; and access to
publishing for non-academic practitioners of color in the fields of peacemaking
and conflict resolution.</font><span style="font-size:11pt; mso-spacerun: yes"><font face="Arial"> </font><span style="font-size:11pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><font face="Arial">A key
component of this project is the establishment of writing retreats, offering
participants the �space,� mentoring, and opportunity for being in community
with other writers, all of which will serve to advance their writing
goals.</font><span style="font-size:11pt; mso-spacerun: yes"><font face="Arial"> Selected
</font><span style="font-size:11pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><font face="Arial">participants
have an interest in writing and a desire to publish on conflict
resolution issues uniquely relevant to communities of color.</font><span style="font-size:11pt; mso-spacerun: yes"><font face="Arial"> </font><span style="font-size:11pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><font face="Arial">This project re-defines the term scholarship
to include indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing, community knowledge, oral
communications, personal, volunteer and work experiences as viable and worthy
information.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></p>
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<p align="justify" style="line-height:100%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;"> <BR><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;">If you are
interested in applying for the PRASI Writing Scholars Project please do
the following:<BR><BR>Submit a letter of interest by email, fax or mail by June
9, 2003.<BR><BR>Complete the application process no later than June 16, 2003.
<BR><BR>Please tell us about you and your work in the following ways.
<BR><BR>1. How and where do you practice the art conflict resolution and/or
peacemaking? Please describing a particular work experience about which you
feel proud.<BR><BR>2. What are some of the written contributions you'd like to
make to field of conflict resolution? And why? Please tell us about your
research or interests in research?<BR><BR>3. What are some of the obstacles that
have gotten in the way of your making those written contributions? What is
your preferred style of gathering and sharing information?<BR><BR>4. Tell us
anything more about yourself and/or your work that would help us evaluate your
application.<BR><BR>5. Please provide three references. <BR><BR>6. Can you plan
to join a conference call to discuss your application and the application
process during the week of June 23, 2003?</span></font>
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<p align="justify" style="line-height:100%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Review of the applications will begin on June 23, 2003<BR><BR>Applicants
should be notified by July 7, 2003. <BR>PRASI WRITING SCHOLARS APPLICATION
2003</span></font><BR><BR></td>
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<p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:100%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial; font-size:11pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;"><font face="Arial">An anthology of writings by, about, and
for peacemakers
working in communities of color</font></span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:Arial; font-size:11pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;"><font face="Arial">,</font></span></i><span
style="font-family:Arial; font-size:11pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;"><font face="Arial"> is being
compiled through a process of on-going dialogues and seminars focused on
individuals practicing in a variety of places and way. The anthology will
include archival materials, narratives produced through meetings of �Talking-Writing Circles� organized by PRASI in several cities across the
nation, existing literature, and new literature stimulated by PRASI.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<td width="337"> <p align="justify" style="line-height:100%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;">The Anthology seeks to identify, publish, and inspire contributions, both
written and oral in the field of Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution by
Practitioners, Researchers and Scholars that: <BR></span></font>
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<li style="line-height:100%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b>A.</b> Provide new learning
opportunities.<BR></span></font></li>
<li style="line-height:100%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b>B.</b> Offer information about multicultural resources and
approaches.<BR></span></font></li>
<li style="line-height:100%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b>C. </b>Stimulate dialogue, draw from personal experiences, offer
information about cultures of conflict and its resolution, diverse ways of
knowing, peacemaking, information gathering and sharing. </span></font></li>
<li style="line-height:100%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b>D. </b>Offer
theory or skill development for addressing conflicts in the course of building
inclusive social structures and relationships. <BR></span></font></li>
<li style="line-height:100%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b>E.</b> Share resources and
knowledge of work on social change and social justice. <BR></span></font></li>
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<li style="line-height:100%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b>F. </b> Address
intercultural communication and conflicts,<BR><BR>If your work involves conflict
resolution, social justice, peacemaking, human relations or mediation, whether
you work from a perspective based in sociology, African studies, Asian studies,
Native American studies, Latin studies, anthropology, political science,
violence prevention, education, law, social work, health, spirituality, labor,
grass roots, peace studies, community, family, or other, feel free to offer a
submission. If you have a concept paper or an essay and want to develop it,
contact PRASI to explore your desire to make a contribution.
<BR><BR>Submissions that place previously marginalized voices or
experiences at the center of the discussion are of particular importance to this
anthology. </span></font></li>
<li style="line-height:100%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Requirments are as followse<BR><BR>� Submissions
are on a rolling basis and should include a profile of the author(s). <BR>�
Papers should be between 2,500 and 7,500 words.<BR>� Audiocassette tapes of
up to 20 minutes are welcomed.<BR>� Please advise PRASI of any
previous submissions or publications of<BR> the work you send in.
<BR>� A one page abstract or summary must accompany all submissions.
<BR>� Papers will be considered that are submitted in hard copy and
<BR> on a PC compatible disk in Microsoft Word or WordPerfect.
<BR>� Please do not send original or only copies of audiocassettes tapes.
If this <BR> submission requirement is a hardship for you, please
contact <a href="mailto:[email protected]">PRASI.</a> </span></font><BR></li>
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color="black" FAMILY="SCRIPT"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;">PRASI Anthology
Discussions</span></b></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Arial"
color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SCRIPT"><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Arial"
color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B>PRASI Anthology Discussions</B></FONT><FONT lang=0
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR>Another way to participate with PRASI is to join
the network of practitioners in a conference call discussion. PRASI has a
network of practitioners who research, write, talk and collaborate with one
another. Do you write or think about writing, sharing your story, your
experience, your knowledge, your narrative?<BR><BR>Please contact PRASI know if
you would like to join, facilitate or lead a PRASI anthology discussion. This
can happen by sending S.Y. an email expressing your interest, indicating a
topic/question for discussion and include a few dates/times that work for you.
I will contact you, learn more about your interests and see how we can make your
participation possible. Arrangements will be made to notify the network
including those you want to invite to the discussion. <BR><BR>I will work to set
the call up and the announcement goes out, the day comes, we join the call at
the designated time and we have a great learning experience with a wonderful
group of people. This is one way PRASI works to build relationships and
literature in the field.<BR><BR>Do you wonder who is out there thinking,
wondering, researching, collecting data and writing? This method has been one
way we have helped to develop research questions and areas of interest that are
not often taught, addressed or explored in many Conflict Resolution training
situations and/or education classes. So when you ask the question who is
writing about...... sometimes these calls offer answers. <BR><BR>If you have
material such as an interesting article or resource to share with PRASI, please
let me know.<BR></FONT></FONT>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Thank you for considering this opportunity. We look forward
to hearing from you.<BR><BR>PRASI discussions in the future include:</FONT></FONT></p>
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center for the encouragement and sustenance of activists in the field of
peacemaking, so that those doing the work may also capture learnings and in the
process of sharing them with others generate a new definition of �research.�
Specific projects in planning stages are dissertation completion support for
conflict resolution practitioners of color, on-line writing support circles and
training, continuing mentorship for selected groups of writer-scholars,
symposia for researchers and practitioners, and more.</font></span></td>
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William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the contributions of mentorship by many
writers.</span></font></p>
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