This call is hosted by the Christian Peacebuilding Network (CPN), a multi-org group we helped found, and is part of a series of monthly conversations to help connect Christian peacebuilders and discuss themes related to peacebuilding and the Christian faith.
Join us for a conversation with the team from the Five & Two Network to discuss the intersection between Peacebuilding and Asset-Based Community Development. We'll be tackling questions like:
What is Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) and what are the significant places of overlap with peacebuilding?
How can we apply the ABCD approach to our peacebuilding work?
How can ABCD help us build and incorporate sustainable and generative systems into our peacebuilding work?
Time:
3:00-4:15 pm Central Europe / West Africa (4:00-5:15 pm Central Africa / Jerusalem, 2:00-3:15pm UK, 9:00-10:15am USA Eastern, 7:30-8:45pm India Time)
Facilitators:
Jamie Munday
Executive Director | Five & Two Network
Jamie is a graduate of Regent College (MA Theology) and the University of Wales where he completed his Masters in Social Development Policy and Management. He has lived and worked around the World serving in various development capacities. His passion is to see the poor move from passive beneficiaries to active agents of change in their own lives and communities. He and his wife Leah live in North Vancouver with their three children.
Saji Oommen
Director for Global Engagement | Five & Two Network
Saji's roots come from Kerala, India and he was born in Dallas, grew up in California and attended college at Biola University. He moved to Philadelphia to do his MBA at Eastern University. He then worked in inner-city Philly for three years, during which time, he met his wife Bindu. They relocated to California in 1997 to work with Southeast Asian refugees. They were called to New Delhi, India with MB Mission (now Multiply) in 2005 where they worked with street kids and church planting. In 2010, Multiply invited them to Turkey where they worked with Syrian refugees and started Building Leaders 4 Peace (bl4p.com). Saji then worked as the executive director of Kidstown International where he worked with orphans and vulnerable children in India, Nepal and Romania. He now serves as the Director for Global Engagement with Five & Two Network. He is living in Lynden, WA with Bindu and they have four wonderful children Isaiah, Karis, Alexander, and JZ, and a crazy golden retriever named Cleo.
Kendra DeMicco-Lovins
Network Catalyst | Five & Two Network
Kendra is passionate about peacemaking & reconciliation, and has spent the last 8 years working in this field in the Middle East, South America, and North America. Her work focused on facilitating Peace Camps and coming alongside young leaders to support, equip, and build capacity to make holistic change in their local communities. She has her Master's degree in Secondary Education from the University of Delaware, and an undergraduate degree in Literature and Theatre form Eastern University. She is delighted to join the Five & Two team to work in the convergent space between Peacemaking and Reconciliation and Community Centered Development. She lives in the mountains of Colorado with her husband and two children.