Jonathan ‘Jon’ Rudy

Jon is a peace educator focusing on the topics of human security, peacebuilding, conflict transformation and nonviolence. He has facilitated at the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute (MPI) for 20+ years. In the past decade he has taught in higher education at Elizabethtown College as Peacemaker in Residence and short courses at the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Hargeisa, Somaliland. Jon was a Fulbright Specialist, supporting the peace studies program at the Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts in Pune, India. Before the global shut down he facilitated workshops at the Initiatives of Change, Caux Forum on Just Governance for Human Security in Switzerland. He has worked for Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in Africa and Asia since 1987. Jon’s education includes an MA in Religion with a Graduate Certificate in Conflict Transformation from Eastern Mennonite Seminary in Virginia, USA. Jon’s full CV is available online at www.PeaceBuildingGlobal.com.