The Mary Hoch Center for Reconciliation collaborates with a variety of stakeholders and organizations including the following:
The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution (Carter School)
The Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution is the oldest and the largest school for conflict resolution in the world. It offers undergraduate through doctoral degrees. The independence of its program allows it to take an interdisciplinary, multi-perspectival approach to conflict resolution. As part of George Mason University, the Carter School has access to a wealth of resources, and provides easy access to the large international peacebuilding community in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP)
The United States Institute of Peace is a national, nonpartisan, independent institute, founded by Congress and dedicated to the proposition that a world without violent conflict is possible, practical, and essential for U.S. and global security. In conflict zones abroad, the Institute works with local partners to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict. To reduce future crises and the need for costly interventions, USIP works with governments and civil societies to help their countries solve their own problems peacefully. The Institute provides expertise, training, analysis, and support to those who are working to build a more peaceful, inclusive world.
Al Amana International enables transformative reconciliation by making best practices available, training new leaders and supporting ongoing reconciliation processes world-wide. AAI has established itself as a leader in the sphere of reconciliation, with a deep and longstanding network of professionals and practitioners working in conflict resolution and reconciliation.
As collaborative partners, AAI and the Carter School have a larger platform to share the learnings and experience gathered from insider reconciliation work. Through their partnership at MHCR, these two organizations will create a unique institution that fills a gap in the understanding of reconciliation, and facilitates insider reconciliation processes internationally.
The Al Amana Centre is an academy for the study of global Muslim-Christian Relations, a secretariat for Gulf ecumenism and an institute providing trainings in the field of religion and diplomacy based in the Muscat, Oman. Its educational programs include interfaith dialogues, interfaith tours, study abroad programs hosted in Oman, seminary programs, a visiting scholars program, publications, and annual interfaith conferences.
InclusivePeace is a Swiss association, registered in Geneva. It is the successor of IPTI at the Graduate Institute. InclusivePeace aims to inspire, support, and connect local people and organizations and their supporters at critical junctures on their pathways towards building inclusive societies, in order to increase collective impact, highlight opportunities, remove obstacles, and counter resistance, both globally and locally. To this end, InclusivePeace focuses on two interconnected work-streams: (1) in-country peace process support; and (2) a global knowledge hub that connects different constituencies, tracks and spaces (both in international Geneva and other gravitational hubs of the multilateral system, as well as in project-countries).
Rose Castle Foundation
The Rose Castle Foundation is the leading center for training in reconciliation in the United Kingdom. The foundation creates hospitable spaces where those in profound conflict can meet face-to-face. Based in the north of England near the border of Scotland, Rose Castle was once was a place of conflict, but is now a symbol of peace and hospitality.
The Foundation exists to equip a new generation of faith leaders to be reconcilers in their communities. Training through practical peace-making and mediation strategies, Rose Castle prepares leaders to transform conflicts within and between faith communities, institutions and nations.
The Helsinki Deaconess Institute is a non-profit organization boldly working for human dignity. The Institute helps people at risk of social exclusion. It specializes in providing services for groups in society faced with severe problems, and produces these jointly with our clients and partners.
Winchester University Center for Religion, Reconciliation and Peace
The Winchester Centre of Religion, Reconciliation and Peace is dedicated to helping to create a free, just and peaceful world. It aims to do this by sharing excellence in knowledge, understanding, skills, relationships, and best practice in reconciliation and peace, with people of all religions and none. The Centre offers MA's in Reconciliation and Reconciliation and Peacebuilding.
Humanity United is a foundation dedicated to cultivating the conditions for enduring freedom and peace. We support and build efforts to transform the systems that contribute to human exploitation and violent conflict. HU was founded by The Omidyar Group, a diverse collection of independent organizations and initiatives that pursue different ways to improve the lives of people and societies.
Unconventional is a growing network that exists to support the wellbeing and leadership of young women working for peace. Unconventional connects young women peacebuilders with a community of peers and with the spaces and tools necessary to foster their growth and wellbeing. They do this by providing peer-to-peer support, mentoring, and leadership development resources.
Reconciling Conflict and Intergroup Divisions
Led by Carter School Professor Karina Korostelina, the Reconciling Conflicts and Intergroup Divisions (RCID) lab works to empower conflict resolution and reconciliation practitioners with evidence-based tools and approaches for reconciling societal divisions.
The Parachute People has been traveling to events across the country with the hope of sharing moments of fun with as many people as possible while emphasizing the importance of addressing mental health in daily life. Each one of The Parachute People has a story to share about the importance and effects of mental health on their lives. They recognize the stigma that prevents open and honest discussions about these issues. They believe that the power of cooperative play can break down those barriers between strangers and allow for meaningful conversations about this crucial aspect of our overall health.