Annette Schiffmann · TFF - The Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research

What motivated you to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

The never-ending fighting of my parents throughout our whole childhood. Alexander S. Neill and his incredibly lovable view on children and people.
The horrors of the Vietnam War. Bob Dylan. Gandhi. Martin Luther King and Malcom X.
The Weather Underground in the USA. The RAF in Germany. Fritz Teufel and the Kommune II in Berlin.
Rudi Dutschke. US Imperialism. Alice Walker.
The grace of having an artistic view of the world's beauty.
The luck to like so many people. My siblings. My girlfriends.
Jan Oberg's sense of humor and his passionate work with TFF.
Meeting many war veterans and admiring their courage to change their lives.
The struggle against the death penalty. Mumia Abu-Jamal.
The ever evolving awareness that violence is destroying your inner best.
Be you the victim or the perpetrator. Hope. Sunsets. My garden.

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself (no more than 3 paragraphs)

Born in Southern Germany in 1954, trained kindergardener, university studies in psychology, politics and sociology, public relation counsel, graphic designer, fundraiser, organizer. Working as board member at TFF in Sweden, for a women's emergency line in Heidelberg, for the freedom of 26-year-long death row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal on Pennsylvania's deathrow in the US.
MORE: www.transnational.org/SAJT/tff/people/a_schiffmann.html

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you have direct and significant expertise

Germany, USA

What is your current country of residence?

Germany

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

Board member at TFF, co-organizer of the German Network Against the Death Penalty, co-organizer of Heidelberg's Forum Against War

What is your personal or organizational website?

www.thinkqueer.de

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

www.transnational.org

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

www.codepink4peace.org/g

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise?

Peacebuilding, Democratization, Humanitarian Relief, Organizational Development, Psychosocial

Which are your primary skills areas?

Program Design, Fundraising, Research

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?

Alternatives to War and Occupation in Iraq.
The Death Penalty System in the United States.

If appropriate feel free to list several of your publications

free mumia - background, analysis and information