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Drew University’s Center on Religion, Culture and Conflict will host its first Summer Institute on Religion and Conflict Transformation in June 2013 thanks to a $300,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The Carnegie Corporation grant provides partial support for a three-year pilot of the Drew Summer Institutes.
This unique program will train young religious leaders in the theory and praxis of religious conflict transformation and peacemaking through a series of seminars, workshops, and other activities led by scholars and senior religious leaders with expertise in the field. During each of the three grant years, the Summer Institute will bring 30 promising young leaders from religious communities around the world to live and study together for three weeks on Drew’s campus. CRCC Director, Chris Taylor explains that “through the intensive training they receive, these emerging leaders will be better equipped both to challenge radical religious leaders and manifest a positive alternative influence on their congregations, constituencies, and communities with regard to building positive relationships with other communities.”
The Center currently seeks to secure an additional $150,000 from other foundations to fully fund this initiative for the initial three-year pilot phase of this innovative project.