Commentary on Ari's work with
practical peacebuilding and
the PAR Model can be found
on his blog —

Ending the epidemic of savagery, sorrow, and suffering...

For more than 10,000 years, the punitive model" has guided humanity's view of and response to violence.

In his new book, Violence and the Alchemy of Being, author Ari Cowan introduces the radical new
"Violence Integrative Prevention and Restoration (PAR) Model" — a dramatic and liberating departure from the way we have traditionally viewed and responded to violence.