Brown Bag: “Conflict, Violence, and Peacebuilding in the Coal Fields: Confronting Mountaintop Removal”

Frank Dukes has been affiliated with George Mason's Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution and Department of Environmental Science and Policy since fall of 2008. He have also been privileged to work for the Institute for Environmental Negotiation (IEN) since 1990, and as Director since 2000. As a mediator and facilitator, he seeks ways to address public conflict and complex public problems that strengthen communities rather than tear them apart. He has worked on projects involving environment and land use, community development, education, and health. Much of his recent work has involved helping communities determine how to make use of controversial contaminated sites. He has also facilitated community conversations on topics ranging from faith and homosexuality to reparations for slavery, and assisted the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission with community dialogue.