Hartford Seminary International Peacemaking Program (ONGOING)

The International Peacemaking Program is a one-year program which brings students from countries in which there is inter religious conflict to study interfaith dialogue and leadership skills so that they can return home and be more effective peacemakers. Through the generous support of the Carpenter Foundation and local communities of faith, we are able to offer this experience free of charge to qualified applicants with demonstrated leadership potential.

The International Peacemaking Program (IPP) is a one-year program which brings
students from countries in which there is interreligious conflict to study
interfaith dialogue and leadership skills so that they can return home and be
more effective peacemakers.  Through the generous support of the Carpenter
Foundation and local communities of faith, we are able to offer this experience
free of charge to qualified applicants with demonstrated leadership
potential.

This year we have three IPP
students, Christians from Nigeria, Thailand and the Philippines.  In past years we have
had Muslim students as well, and our students have come from countries including
Iran, Lebanon, Indonesia, Pakistan and Ghana.
 Their experience in the program includes, in addition to graduate academic work
among Christians, Muslims and Jews here at the Seminary, immersion in a local
faith community, where they experience how issues of social justice are
addressed, and interfaith activities with our IPP partner, Intersections
International in New York, which also brings IPP students to the United
Nations.

Would you be so kind as to forward
information about this opportunity to both prospective IPP participants you may
know of, as well as to other colleagues who are themselves likely to know of
qualified candidates?  The application process is not complicated, but can be
time-consuming, so the sooner we can begin to receive materials, the better for
all involved.

The first step is for IPP candidates
to apply for academic acceptance into the Graduate Certificate program here at
the Seminary (IPP students work toward a Graduate Certificate in either
“Interfaith Dialogue” or “Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Dialogue.”  Once
accepted academically, a scholarship application for the IPP is submitted, and a
limited number of full scholarships awarded.  The applications can be completed
at the same time, but consideration by the IPP Scholarship Committee assumes
previous acceptance for academic study at the
Seminary.

Interested applicants should let me
know of their interest, and then be in contact with the Hartford Seminary
Admissions Manager, Vanessa Avery, at vaw@hartsem.edu, who will guide them through
the academic application process. 

 

International Peacemaking Program brochure