Throughout the Spring, starting April 14th until the end of June the Alliance for Peacebuilding and the U.S. Peace, Justice and Democracy Working Group is hosting a series of weekly webinars, Preventing and Reducing Conflict and Instability in the United States: Shaping What Comes Next, with leading peacebuilding and conflict prevention experts, donors, and policymakers from across the country. The series focuses on the conflict dynamics driving instability, extremism, and toxic polarization, and more importantly, the political and policy changes needed to build a society that is just, secure, and fair for all Americans.  Register here.

The series will kick off on April 14th from 1:00 to 3:30 pm Eastern with two sessions:

Session 1: Bringing a Conflict Analysis Lens to the U.S. (1:00 PM – 2:15 PM)
Liz Hume, Acting CEO and President, Alliance for Peacebuilding (Moderator)
Nealin Parker, Co-Director, Bridging Divides Initiatives at Princeton University
Nate Haken, Program Director, Fund for Peace
Tim Phillips, Founder and CEO, Beyond Conflict
Shailly Gupta-Barnes, Policy Director, Poor People's Campaign
Monica Hummerick, Ohio Poor People’s Campaign

Session 2:  How Corporations and Businesses Can Be Agents of Peace (2:15 PM – 3:30 PM)
Jenny Vaughan, Human Rights Director, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
Alan Fitts, Executive Director of International Government Relations at JP Morgan Chase & CO
Angela Baker, Head of Corporate Responsibility, Qualcomm