220: Rick Barton and Kit Lunney—Can We Bring Peace To The World Today?

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style= "font-size: 24px;"><strong>Hear how real peace can be accomplished in the world</strong></span></p> <p>I had the pleasure of meeting Ambassador Rick Barton when he was Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He joins us on the podcast today to share with you his perspective on how to bring peace to the world — not a simple subject. Joining him is his very successful wife, Kathryn (Kit) Lunney. Together they share their perspectives on their journeys throughout the world trying to understand conflicts and find ways to bring people together to end them. This is truly one you do not want to miss.<img class= "mce-hs-more" style="height: 20px !important;" src= "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-mce-placeholder="" /></p> <p><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Peace starts with a willingness to understand both sides of a conflict</strong></span></p> <p>As Ambassador Barton tells us, the only way you will really know about conflict is to be there and see it with your own eyes, listen to people tell you their stories, and try to help them craft new stories that might reduce their pain, eleviate their hatred for others, and meliorate the horrifying results that come from the failure of peace. The work he describes in our podcast will help you realize how important it is for us all to work toward peace and find ways to stop the pain that separates us.</p> <p><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Peace-Works-Americas-Unifying-Turbulent/dp/1538113007#:~:text=In%20Peace%20Works%3A%20America's%20Unifying,attainable%20solutions%20for%20the%20future." target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img style= "width: 120px; float: right; margin: 6px 0px 0px 5px;" src= "https://f.hubspotusercontent10.net/hubfs/398462/rick%20barton%20book.jpg" alt="rick barton book" width="120" /></a>In his book, <em>"<a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Peace-Works-Americas-Unifying-Turbulent/dp/1538