I like to think of myself as a social entrepreneur and aspiring scholar-practitioner. My interests are in social change and human development, and the roles violence and nonviolence play in their respect. My work includes peace, development, and nonviolent social change strategies.

 

MY MOTTO

Live well, be well and do the right thing.

 

My FAVORITE QUOTE

Nothing splended has ever been acheived except by those who dare believe that something inside themselves was superior to circumstances.

Bruce Barton, The Man Nobody Knows

 

my (s/heroes)

People who dare believe that something inside themselves is superior to circumstance, and who hold the simple principle that chosing the easy course is treason to the soul.

Barton, rearticulated.

The things that interest me and places I'VE workED

  • Nonviolence as a meta-logic of social change, including structural, cultural and dirct forms 
  • Social Change as human development and the historical values (whether violent or nonviolent) they reflect
  • Social Movements as the essential function of civil society and its fundamental role in building and maintaining the structures, systems, policies and processes of society (the social edifice)
  • The social edifice as the fundamental framework for mediating human action and order as the means of fostering freedom, justice and equality
  • Bosnia/Herzegovenia
  • Israel/Palestine
  • Kenya 
  • Nigeria
  • Nepal
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Turkey
  • United States
  • Zambia

MY professional expertise

My expertise includes serving as senior executive in healthcare, mortgage banking, community development, and nonprofit organizations. In addition to being a certified public account, I hold degrees in business and theology from Oakwood University, and the position of Henry Hart Rice Fellow at the School for Conflict Analysis & Resolution at George Mason University in Virginia, where I earned both the masters and doctorate degrees in Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Among the boards I serve is as a director of YouthBuild USA. I also serve as a senior advisor on domestic policy to Search for Common Ground.