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

I am active in the intercultural human rights movement, locally and globally, as an attorney, as a pastor, as a human being. My sense of calling is entirely related to social justice and mercy. I have an LL.M. in Intercultural Human Rights from St. Thomas University Law School in Miami (2005). A particular interest of mine is restorative justice and its application to various reparations movements. I also have training and experience as a practicing mediator, and have a special research and advocacy interest in support of the GBLT marriage rights.

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

Born in Topeka, Kansas, 1954. Educated at Kansas State University, Washburn Law School, North Park Seminary, and St. Thomas University (FL) Law School. Practiced law for over ten years, then ten years of social-justice pastoral ministry, now (temporarily) directing a history museum and working on a book manuscript.

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

Have post graduate studies in all major regional and international Human Rights legal systems.

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?

Intercultural Human Rights; Restorative Justice; Law and Religion

What is your personal or organizational website?

http://www.facebook.com/mike.blevins

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

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Society, Conflict Resolution, Education, Gender, Peacebuilding, Youth

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

Advocacy, Evaluation, Fundraising, Training

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

Reparations to Trans-Africa for Slavery.
Law and Religion.
Intercultural Human Rights.
Law and Sexuality.

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications

"Restorative Justice, Slavery, and the American Soul", Thurgood Marshall Law Review, Volume 31, No. 2, pp 253-322, Spring 2006.