| Purpose of the organization: |
The International Center for Ethno-Religious Mediation identifies ethnic and religious conflict prevention and resolution needs, and brings together a wealth of resources and mediation programs and services for community leaders, religious leaders, ethnic group representatives, political parties, public officers, lawyers, security officers, physicians, health-care workers, activists, artists, business leaders, women associations, students, teachers, etc., and their various communities and countries to support sustainable peace in countries around the world. ICERM adopts as its mandate the following: 1. To conduct technical, multidisciplinary and result-oriented research on ethno-religious conflicts in countries around the world; 2. To develop alternative methods of resolving inter-ethnic and inter-religious conflicts through research, education and training, expert consultation, dialogue and mediation, and rapidly implementable projects; 3. To nurture and promote a dynamic synergy within and among diaspora associations and organizations in New York State and in the United States in general, for a proactive ethno-religious conflict resolution in countries around the world; 4. To organize peace education programs for Youth & students in order to strengthen peaceful co-existence amidst cultural, ethnic and religious differences; 5. To create forums for communication, dialogue, inter-ethnic and inter-religious exchanges through the use of modern technology, social media, conferences, seminars, workshops, lectures, arts, publications, sports, etc.; 6. To organize ethno-religious mediation training programs for community leaders, religious leaders, ethnic group representatives, political parties, public officers, lawyers, security officers, physicians, health-care workers, activists, artists, business leaders, women associations, students, teachers, etc.; 7. To promote and provide inter-community, inter-ethnic, and inter-religious mediation services in countries around the world, through unbiased, culturally sensitive, confidential, regionally costed and expeditious processes; 8. To act as a resource center for mediation practitioners, scholars and policy makers in the area of inter-ethnic, inter-religious, and inter-cultural conflict resolution; 9. To co-ordinate the activities of and assist existing institutions concerned with ethno-religious conflict resolution in countries around the world; 10. To provide professional consultation services, such as research, conflict assessment, projections, and mitigation through mediation to formal and informal leadership, local, regional and international organizations, as well as other interested agencies, in the area of inter-ethnic, inter-religious, inter-community and inter-cultural conflict resolution. |
| A list of members of the governing body of the organization, and their countries of nationality: |
Board of Directors 1. Dianna Wuagneux, Ph.D., United States. 2. Basil Ugorji, Nigeria. 3. David Silvera, Ph.D., Israel. 4. Ambassador Ozichi Alimole, Ph.D., Nigeria. 5. Ronny Williams, United States. 6. Mary Hope Schwoebel, Ph.D., United States. 7. Tziporah Pronman, United States. 8. Robert Nalbandov, Ph.D., Georgia. 9. Matilda Adedayo Oluyemi-Kusa, Ph.D., Nigeria. 10. Rick Abernathy, United States. 11. Ambassador Shola J. Omoregie, Nigeria. |
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