Ben Hoffman PhD. ran in the riding of Renfrew Pembrook. He’s rather quiet and understated, has a brush cut, wears glasses, listens intently. Casual conversation revealed he has spent most of his time working in the field of conflict resolution. One’s mind thinks of a little desk off to the side of family court somewhere or perhaps he dealt with union issues at the local factory. No, he was President Jimmy Carter’s negotiator for International Conflict Resolution an to this day spends a lot of time in Western Africa. He has spent over thirty years on the cutting edge of violence prevention, peace building and conflict resolution. He as been to Sudan and seen horrors that were a little off colour for dinner. He has walked into the midst of child soldiers and knows first hand the nature of war in these countries. He has met leaders and worked in the centre of issues we read about after the fact in our news.
Ben left me a little gift entitled The Peace Guerilla Handbook written by himself and published by www.newmathforhumanity.com.
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