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A South Africa Update:
A Festival, Our International Advisory Council, and a New Initiative
April 2005

In February 2005, members of Plowshares staff participated in the “Arts and Reconciliation 2005 Festival and Conference ” to mark the tenth anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.  Bob and Alice Evans conducted a three-day workshop on conflict transformation as preparation for reconciliation as one component of the Conference which was co-sponsored by the University of Pretoria and the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation. The course included participants from Ireland, Mozambique, the US, and South Africa.

This time in South Africa also provided an opportunity for personal consultation with Desmond Tutu, as the chair of Plowshares International Advisory Council, and with other South African Council members including Piet Meiring, Stanley Mogoba, Barney Pityana, Joe Seremane, Craig Arendse, and Alison Lazarus. 

While in Pretoria, Plowshares staff consolidated a new initiative with Alison Lazarus, the founding Executive Director of the Dennis Hurley Peace Institute. The Institute is connected to the Catholic Conference of Bishops of Southern Africa.  Alison was formerly director of the Senior Government Program at the Centre for Conflict Resolution at the University of Cape Town.  Plowshares will partner with the Institute in the development of case studies focused on community peace building and the use of case teaching for training and research in conflict transformation in Africa.