UPEACE/US provides professional development trainings and other forms of support for DC public schools in conflict transformation and behavior managment. Teacher trainings are hands-on, participatory (that means no powerpoint) and focused on modeling activities and techiques to help reduce conflict and discipline issues in the classroom.

Meet Our Trainers

Daryn Cambridge: Daryn is an experiential education and training consultant, an advisor for educational initiatives at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, and an adjunct professor at American University where he teaches Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution and Education for International Development. Daryn has worked for several social justice and education organizations, facilitating trainings and workshops for learners of all ages and from all across the world.  For three years he served as Assistant Director of the Democracy Matters Institute and then Director for Youth Programs at Common Cause, designing and facilitating trainings for youth and young adults on how to do grassroots organizing around pro-democracy issues.  He has also been a Program Supervisor and Instructor with the Close Up Foundation – the nation’s largest civics education and engagement non-profit – where he taught civic engagement workshops for young people from all across the United States, the Middle East, North Africa, and Eurasia. Daryn has a B.A. from Middlebury College, a M.A. in International Training and Education from American University, and a professional certificate in International Peace and Conflict Resolution, also from American University.  He lives in Falls Church, VA with his wife Alyson and their dog, Reginald.

Monika Megyesi: Monika is an experienced mediator and facilitator specializing in family, workplace, school and community conflict. As a trainer, she uses interactive experiential learning approaches to teach groups about conflict management, decision making, communication, dynamic governance, mediation, leadership and organizational development. Monika has worked with Community Mediation Centers, Montgomery County Police Academy, Safe Takoma, Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office (MACRO), Choice Program, Casa de Maryland, Ombuds Association for Long Term Care Providers and others.

Tarek Maassarani: Tarek currently works as an adjunct professor at George Washington University.  He has worked for six years designing, coordinating, training facilitators for, and carrying out peace and conflict resolution education in DC public schools, both at the elementary and high school levels.  Most recently, in partnership with UPEACE/US, he assisted with a year-long comprehensive peace education pilot project at Malcolm X Elementary School in Southwest DC, which included classroom lessons, curriculum enhancement, virtual pen pals, teacher trainings, and a peace club.  He has also designed and carried out workshops for students and teachers on the subjects of HIV/AIDS, nutrition, ecology, hygiene, and budgeting in southern Africa, Nepal, and Lebanon.  Finally,  he is an AFSC-certified peace facilitator and an active community and family mediator for the Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County. Training Topics: Conflict Resolution and Cooperation (either basic adult or for parents/educators), Non-Violent Communication (NVC),  and Human Support Group.

Mohit Mukerjhee: Mohit Mukherjee is the Director of the UPEACE Centre for Executive Education as well as a faculty member at UPEACE. Prior to this position, he served for four years as Education Programme Manager of the Earth Charter Initiative, an international nonprofit organization. He also spent three years in the private sector, at A.T. Kearney, a top-tier international management consulting firm based in USA, and three years as an educator in Ecuador. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University, and did his Master’s at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, also taking courses at Harvard Business School on how to start up, manage, and grow social enterprises. Mohit is an avid tennis player, though is struggling to find the "win-win" scenario on the court.

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