Resources from the Wheaton College 2015 HNGR Symposium

Story submitted by ECHOCommunity member Laura S. Meitzner Yoder

The 2015 Symposium sponsored by the John Deere Foundation explored the complex linkages between conflict and hunger and underscored the fundamental importance of reconciliation work for regaining food security in post-conflict settings.

As the Symposium Plenary Speaker, Dr. Emmanuel Katongole addressed the role of reconciliation in the multiple dimensions of post-conflict recovery, with a focus on regional examples from East Africa that directly address agricultural initiatives as integral to the process of rebuilding peaceful communities that support healthy agrarian societies. 

Fr. Katongole is the co-founder and former co-director of the Center for Reconciliation at Duke University.  Presently he serves as Associate Professor of Theology and Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace.

Video presentations from the conference are available on the subjects of: 

• Regrounding the Church in Africa: A theological experiment
  Fr. Dr. Emmanuel Katongole
• Power and reconciliation at the table
  Dr. Andrew Abernethy, Dr. George Kalantzis, and Dr. Larycia Hawkins
  Moderated by Dr. Jamie Huff
• Making reconciliation work
  Dr. James Beitler, Dr. Darcie Delzell, Dr. Ezer Kang, Dr. Paul McNamara, and Kayla Slagter
  Moderated by Dr. Jamie Huff
• Integrative reflection and conversation
  Fr. Dr. Emmanuel Katongole and Dr. Paul Robinson