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Jan Passion, M.A. Jan
works for the Nonviolent
Peaceforce (NP) as a Programme Officer. Previously Jan worked
as the Deputy Director and Team Manager with NP in Sri Lanka. 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) and the
Karuna
Center for Peacebuilding and as guest faculty with Lesley College in
Israel. Jan has been a 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, refugee
host, and emergency medical technician. His hobbies include sailing,
racket ball, frisbee and yoga. Jan's peacebuilding experience includes
work in the USA, Macedonia, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Palestine, Thailand, Israel,
Kenya, Sierra Leone, India, Ecuador, the former USSR, Guinea, Ghana, South
Africa and Cyprus. He earned a bachelors degree at the University
of Massachusetts with a self-designed degree on gender and power.
He earned a masters degree in International and Intercultural Management
from the School for International Training and wrote his thesis on building
nonviolent intercultural peaceteams. Jan resides at Pleasant
Hill CoHousing in California with his partner, Ellen.
Resume
Thesis:
"Building Nonviolent Intercultural Peace Teams"
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