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Member Spotlights

MBBI calls its members Peace Builders. Our members contribute their time utilizing their skills and experiences to participate in Working and Regional Groups, and Capacity-Building & Advocacy Initiatives. We hope that through our Spotlights, our members, individually and collectively, will inspire you as much as they inspire us to continue the important work.

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A growing number of international requests reach MBBI for partnerships, services, and projects. Help us build our capacity to say “yes” to these requests; consider joining us as a Peace Builder. For more information on how to become involved and for internship and volunteer opportunities, please visit our Join Us page or contact us at info@mediatorsbeyondborders.org.

Our Peace Builders

Meet the Board: Dana Moldovan

Mediators Beyond Borders International is a nonprofit organization governed by a Board of Directors, comprised of 17 remarkable individuals. This article is part of the Meet the Board series—putting faces…
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MBBI Supports and Trains New Network of Women Mediators Across the Commonwealth 

Women are critical to peace. Women bring a perspective often lacking in the peace negotiations and governance agreements crafted between armed factions, factions whose male-dominated narratives vary greatly from those…
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A Rotarian Creating Pathways to Peace. Member Spotlight: Michael Bardin

Michael Bardin is long-time member and leader with Rotary International, who has been developing and leading peacebuilding projects around the world for decades now. After retiring several years ago as…
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Member Spotlight: Ian E. Lancaster; End-of-Life Care

Ian Lancaster is a third-generation Rotarian who has contributed significantly to Rotary International’s Disease Prevention and Treatment Area of Focus.  He considers himself a “small ‘m’ mediator,” because he does not…
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Connecting Ethics and Peacebuilding Throughout Oceania. Member Spotlight: Susan Hayes

Susan Hayes is an experienced peacebuilder, mediator, and conflict management coach, with a career that has ranged across teaching, community education, public sector administration, and international development. She has been…
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COVID-19 Prevention Projects in Yemen. Member Spotlight: Hussam Bazara’a

Hussam Bazara’a is a brand-new member of MBBI, based in the city of Ibb in his home country of Yemen. He is 22 and a student in the department of…
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Spreading Awareness of Peacebuilding. Member Spotlight: Dorcas Arorote

Dorcas Arorote is a highly trained and experienced lawyer and mediator, with a passion for engaging the people around her and spreading awareness of the peacebuilding properties of mediation. She…
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The Vision and Willpower of a Young Change-Maker. Member Spotlight: Dr. Sarah Babaian

Sometimes, what it takes to lay the foundations for a major change in the state of things is forward-thinking, vision, and willpower in the face of obstacles. All these three…
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Weaving Between Worlds. Member Spotlight: Lorelei Higgins

As a Métis Canadian, Lorelei Higgins comes by her peacebuilding roots naturally. Lorelei’s Métis heritage can be traced from the Red River in Winnipeg, Manitoba where her great-grandfather came across…
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From Energy Law to Mediation. Member Spotlight: Gaëlle Ezan

The issue of Climate Change is getting every year more pending and severe, affecting many communities around the globe. On the bright side, the urgency of the matter is moving…
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