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DESCRIPTION:"'People Are Suffering!' Noncombatant Mobilization for Peace in
  \nAfrica\," with Bertha Amisi\, Doctoral Candidate\, Political Science. D
 uring\nthe late 1990s and early 2000s\, religious leaders and women in a n
 umber of\nSub-Saharan countries organized to resist wars that escalated as
  a result of\nviolent political transitions. Bertha Amisis's dissertation 
 tells the little-known story of\nthese efforts to end war in politically a
 dverse conditions. This presentation will focus on why religious\nleaders 
 and women bothered to act against war despite the risk involved and\nwhat 
 made this possible. Amisi shows how through a combination of political\nde
 velopments and presence of groups able to see and seize the opportunities\
 npresented to demand an end to war. \n\nConversations in Conflict Studies 
 is a weekly speaker series\nsponsored by PARCC - Program for the Advanceme
 nt of Research\non Conflict and Collaboration. Follow us @PARCCatMaxwell\,
  tweet #ConvoInConflict \n\n.&nbsp\; 
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SUMMARY:Conversations in Conflict Studies presents: Bertha Amisi
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p><b>"'People Are Suffering!' Noncomba
 tant Mobilization for Peace in \nAfrica\," with Bertha Amisi\, Doctoral Ca
 ndidate\, Political Science.</b> During\nthe late 1990s and early 2000s\, 
 religious leaders and women in a number of\nSub-Saharan countries organize
 d to resist wars that escalated as a result of\nviolent political transiti
 ons. Bertha Amisis's dissertation tells the little-known story of\nthese e
 fforts to end war in politically adverse conditions. This presentation wil
 l focus on why religious\nleaders and women bothered to act against war de
 spite the risk involved and\nwhat made this possible. Amisi shows how thro
 ugh a combination of political\ndevelopments and presence of groups able t
 o see and seize the opportunities\npresented to demand an end to war. \n\n
 <a href="http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/parcc/news/Conversations/">Conversatio
 ns in Conflict Studies</a> is a weekly speaker series\nsponsored by <a hre
 f="http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/parcc" data-ektron-url="http://www.maxwell.s
 yr.edu/parcc">PARCC - Program for the Advancement of Research\non Conflict
  and Collaboration</a>. Follow us <a href="http://twitter.com/PARCCatMaxwe
 ll" data-ektron-url="http://twitter.com/PARCCatMaxwell">@PARCCatMaxwell</a
 >\, tweet #ConvoInConflict \n\n.&nbsp\; <br></p><p></p>
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