I am a social entrepreneur and scholar-practitioner. My interests are in social change and human development, and in the roles violence and nonviolence play in them. My work includes peace, development, and nonviolent social change strategies.

 

MY MOTTO

Only do what you can that must be done and won’t get done unless you do it.

 

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.

The things that interest me and places I'VE workED

  • Nonviolence as a metalogic 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

  • Democratic Republic of Congo

  • El Salvador

  • Hungary

  • Inda

  • Israel/Palestine

  • Italy

  • Kenya 

  • Malta

  • Nigeria

  • Nepal

  • Romania

  • South Africa

  • Sri Lanka

  • Togo

  • Turkey

  • Uganda

  • United States

  • Zambia

MY professional expertise

I earned degrees in business and theology from Oakwood University and master's and doctoral degrees from George Mason University's now Carter School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. My expertise includes serving as a senior executive in healthcare, mortgage banking, community development, and nonprofit organizations.