Pac Brochure

Calling…

all those who wish to be trained

like

Mahatma Gandhi…Martin Luther King… and Mother Theresa… And desire to go into the world… to nations suffering from strife… To help people achieve peace and progress...

Offering... a 3 week intensive intercultural and spiritual

Peace Architecture Course

at Chennai,

India. G20 (major economies): Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, European Union

S20 (strife prone nations): Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burundi, Chechnya, Colombia, Congo, Eritrea, Haiti, Iraq, Israel & Palestine, Jamaica, Lebanon, Liberia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Sudan, Venezuela, Zimbabwe

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world” Mahatma Gandhi Just as how globalization and liberalization have spread from the West for the betterment of the planet; spiritualization blossoms from the East to usher love>peace>progress for all. The inspiration and strength for the mission of Peace Architecture Academy is drawn from the ethos of Indian spirituality. India is the source of the twin fountains of the spirit of life that is of great demand in substaining civilizations. India is where “ahimsa” (nonviolence) – the spirit of caring for all creatures – was born in 500 BC; and from India also comes the ethos “Ahn-bay Sivam” (Love is God) dating from 1st century AD. Indian spirituality has the propensity to offer love with nonviolence... Love is the message of the ancient Tamil sage “Thirukural” by Thiru Valluvar which is close to 2000 years old. Further, non-violence and love are also the twin messages of the great masters of modern times such as Gandhi, Martin Luther King (an ardent follower of Gandhi) and Mother Theresa who have made the world a better place. Thus love and non-violent intervention have been incorporated by Propel Global in a number of programs & services and are made available for deployment in strife infested nations and communities. “Works of love are works of peace” Mother Theresa Propel Global represents a group of multi-faceted peace architects, who synergise peace-building initiatives in diverse sectors of environment, health, human resource development, and socio-spiritual research for engineering in societies. Propel Global offers a progressive range of pragmatic proactive peace-building products and services, much needed for the strife-infested nations of the world...and nations that are just recovering from conflict. Development and progress are ushered into these nations through specialized Human Resources Development programs, which are specialized in overcoming the regress cycle of hate>loss>regress and in activating the progress cycle of love>peace>progress. The Propel Global peace-building ethos, ideology, product range and services for promoting peace and progress are disseminated through Peace Architecture Academy, which is a knowledge process outsourcing institution for nations and organizations who intend to proactively promote peace. Peace Architecture Course is a 3 week intensive course – offered by the Peace Architecture Academy – that provides pragmatic, progressive, multidimensional strategies to counteract the root causes for conflicts and to alleviate the cruel effects of armed conflicts in strife prone nations. Therefore it is of prime importance to bring children into focus as the children of today that will be the leaders of tomorrow. Research scholars and peace activists from around the world can come to Chennai for this comprehensive teaching and training course to obtain customized solutions relevant for the respective situation and circumstances in their home country. Working together in an inter-cultural and inter-religious team, participants additionally adopt essential soft skills such as cross-cultural mediation, negotiation, diplomatic decision making and appreciative inquiry. Promotional events featuring celebrities are the best way to attract both public and media attention. Participants learn how to get in contact and how to deal with intellectual celebrities

like actors, musicians and writers in order to arrange a local supporting network promoting the message of love, peace and progress. The medium of culture is a powerful vehicle to deliver transformational messages to the people. The installation of Cultural Centres in major cities of the S20 nations builds a meeting place and an advertising platform for all intended projects. Depending on the audience, the cultural program varies from pro-active child puppetry and music concerts encouraging local youth to participate, to more intellectually demanding lectures and exhibitions. Participants learn how to find the right facility, how to initiate and launch innovative grass roots projects, how to deal with authorities and how to use various types of cultural media. Military operations only can at best maintain superficial law and order for a short term, whereas Peace Rangers are able to achieve sustainable transformation and pacification of the society. The Citizen Surveillance Network safeguards society peacefully, effectively and economically. Community being involved in fostering peace and participative area development programs, social transformation is catalysed. Participants gain the ability to initiate numerous Peace Ranger Cells in relevant public locations all over the major cities in their respective country of origin and to train surveillance vigilantes. For the launching of this project Propel Global offers promotional tools as well as a strong global network of governance and NGO connections. When participants return to their native country they will be able to immediately start building up their own NGO as an institutional basis so that they can effectively execute the projects. The Peace Architecture Course enables them to use all available capacity as efficiently as possible. The Art of Good Health concept is aimed at offering subconscious and proactive exercises with the potential to impact all three realms of an individual (spirit – mind – body). In strife prone nations this project helps to overcome chronic misunderstandings and to quench hatefulness and violence. With participants deriving from divers cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds, Art of Good Health is the ideal tool to neutralise interreligious energy and transform it into positive energy within communities. Jobs not only in multinational companies require a specific kind of skill sets which poor rural people cannot develop. Many youths in areas infested with violence remain without jobs. As a result they become very vulnerable to extremist groups that try to enlist them in their anti social activities. Basic People Skills Package seeks to set up facilities in areas where such vulnerable youth live in order to equip them for gainful employment. They will be trained for 4 months in the following components leading to holistic development of the individuals: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Basic computer skills Spoken English Soft skills and personality development Moral values of holistic development As people are not involved in the well-being of their city, there’s a sense of apathy amongst them that leads to the degradation of the environment. In order to overcome this problem, people need to get involved in a holistic development of their respective areas. Through the use of pro-active media such as music, arts and sports, people will develop a sense of comradeship and togetherness. The Neighbourhood Transformation Festival, a three day multidimensional event that combines constructive artistic participation with entertainment offers, creates an attitude of responsibility for the environment.

The solution of conflicts must be based on the identification and elimination of peculiar root causes. Therefore participants are given analytical tools to figure out what are the root causes for conflicts in their community, on which social levels they are located and how to approach them. PAC offers various made-to-measure programs facing malnutrition, trauma debriefing and many other major problems. These modules are customized to the respective conflict situation in strife prone nations, so that each participant can select the relevant ones.

Peace Architecture Course – Curriculum First week

Second week

Third week

Monday

Spirituality

Specific Culture Packages I + II

Tuesday

Social Movements & Religious Similarities

Capacity Building

Wednesda y

Cerebral Celebrity Conclave Interactions

Peace Rangers

Conflict Analysis

Thursday

Cultural Center

Peace Rangers

Solution Package I

Friday

Cultural Center

Art of Good Health

Solution Package II

Field trip (Cultural Center)

Field trip (Peace Rangers)

Field trip

Field trip

Field trip

Field trip

Saturday Sunday

Basic People Skills Package Neighbourhood Transformation Festival

The Peace Architecture Academy premises: The residential premises of the academy is under construction ( about 50% ready) and is located on the Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) at Koothavakkam village, about 7 Kms before Mahabalipuram. When completed, the Peace Architecture Academy will have 30 rooms for single and multiple occupancies furnished with modern amenities along with seminar hall, audio-visual studio facilities, library and other allied facilities. We solicit individuals and institutions committed to the advancement of peace to generously contribute towards the completion of the academy so that it can serve its cause better. At present the Peace Architecture Academy functions from NALAM Health Centre in Nungambakkam, Chennai.

For further information please contact: Peace Architecture Academy 10 Nawab Habibullah Avenue, 2nd Street Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 006 Tel: 044-42137815 E-mail: [email protected] www.propelglobal.com

YOU must be the change you wish to see in the world! Inviting students to enroll in our 3 week Peace Architecture Course…

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