Preventing Violence During Elections: Lessons from Burundi and North Minneapolis (Panel discussion on May 10, 2023)

Parfaite Ntahuba is a Quaker minister in Burundi who leads an extraordinary inter-ethnic peacekeeping team. Will Wallace, well-known for his work with violence prevention in North Minneapolis, is now Director of Community Peacebuilding for the Nonviolent Peaceforce.  Both Parfaite and Will have played significant roles in preventing violence around elections, using unarmed civilian protection. Mel Duncan, co-founder of the international Nonviolent Peaceforce, facilitated dialogue and discussion. The presentation was co-sponsored by the Minneapolis Friends Meeting Peace and Social Concerns Committee and the Nonviolent Peaceforce.

Audio recording (95 minutes, mp3)