Healing is What Makes Peace Work

Dr. Angi Yoder-Maina is the Executive Director of the non-profit organization, the Green String Network (GSN) based in Nairobi, Kenya. GSN’s programs create opportunities for people currently in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Sudan at the most local level to learn about the effects of trauma and begin to collectively heal. Formally, Angi worked for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Somalia, South Sudan, and Liberia on post-conflict community reconstruction. Angi has her Bachelor of Arts in Peace Studies and Political Science from Manchester College North Manchester, IN, USA (1994). She has a Master of Arts in Public and Social Policy with a concentration of Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies from Duquesne University (1998). Angi completed her Ph.D. in Applied Conflict Transformation Studies Doctoral at Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia (PUC) and the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

• 1 Collective Trauma is a Threat to Stability.- 2 Literature Review.- 3 Healing Is What Makes Peace Work.- 4 Healing-Centered Peacebuilding Practice.- 5 Recommendations.