Jan Passion's Page

What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

A desire to put into practice that idea that war, as a method of working out our differences, is obsolete. And a firm belief that this is a better way.

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)

Jan Passion M.A. Currently residing in California, Jan worked in Sri Lanka for 3 years as the Deputy Director and Team Manager with the Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP). Prior to his work in Sri Lanka, Jan worked with NP conducting field research and outreach in West Africa and Palestine/Israel and also helping develop NP’s infrastructure. He has worked as a peacebuilding trainer with the Conflict Transformation Across Cultures Program, (CONTACT), the Karuna Center for Peacebuilding and with Lesley College in Israel. Jan has been peace activist and war tax resister for over twenty years. For ten years he worked as a psychotherapist working with perpetrators and victims of various forms of violence and trauma. Jan has worked as a bus driver, mediator, self-defense instructor, massage therapist, refugee host, and emergency medical technician. His hobbies include sailing, racket ball, frisbee and yoga. Jan's peacebuilding experience includes work in USA, Macedonia, Sri Lanka, Palestine, Thailand, Israel, Sierra Leone, India, Ecuador, the former USSR, Guinea, Ghana, South Africa and Cyprus. He earned his BA at the University of Massachusetts with a self-designed degree on gender and power and he earned a MA in International and Intercultural Management from the School for International Training and wrote his thesis on building nonviolent intercultural peaceteams.

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

Sri Lanka
Palestine/Israel

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

USA

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

Stratetgic Liason

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

http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/
-The Karuna Center for Peacebuilding
http://www.karunacenter.org/
-Jan Passion
http://www.janpassion.org/
-NV IC Peace Team Paper written for Graduate School:
http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/research/building_nonviolent_in...">http://-The Nonviolent Peaceforce
http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/
-The Karuna Center for Peacebuilding
http://www.karunacenter.org/
-Jan Passion
http://www.janpassion.org/
-NV IC Peace Team Paper written for Graduate School:
http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/research/building_nonviolent_in...

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Conflict Resolution

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Training, Program Administration