MARCH Lebanon

March is a non-profit organization established in 2011, dealing with conflict resolution, countering radicalization and promoting cultural diversity and inter-cultural dialogue in Lebanese marginalized areas using art and culture as catalysts for tolerance, reconciliation, and peace-building. MARCH uses art, cultural and development projects to reconcile communities in conflict or at war. As an example, our first pilot project in the northern city of Lebanon, Tripoli, has successfully turned young fighters into theater actors and friends, that performed on stage their struggles, hopes and dreams. You can see the trailer of the documentary of the project here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZHz1NyuB1o

We have shared our successful experience in peacebuilding and conflict resolution through art, culture and development in several international conferences such as:

• FriEnt Peacebuilding Forum 2018 : Enhancing Peacebuilding Together (13-14 June 2018, Berlin) : https://www.frient-peacebuilding-forum.de/programme-and-speakers-2018/speakers/lea-baroudi/
• TEDxSciencesPo: Deradicalization and Conflict Resolution through art - SciencesPO University, Menton, France ( April 2018) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oog4RmSJxks&index=8&list=PLsRNoUx8w3rMrFQ0jPip8eT3wMe57SZwi
• Rome Mediterranean dialogues:  Rome Med 2017 (November 2017) : https://2017.med.ispionline.it/speakers/lea-baroudi/
• Ville de Nice- Face au Defi du Terrorisme (September 2017) : http://www.nice.fr/fr/l-agenda/les-maires-des-grandes-villes-d-europe-et-de-la-mediterranee-face-au-defi-du-terrorisme/decouvrir?type=events

In addition, MARCH has created peacebuilding cultural cafes on the front lines between divided areas in Lebanon, to unite youth from different backgrounds around art, culture and learning.