Joe Bubman, Founder of Urban Rural Action, talks to us about positive peace and preventing violence in the US and abroad.Previously, Joseph Bubman waS a senior peacebuilding advisor on the Peace and Conflict team at Mercy Corps. He supported the development and implementation of conflict management programs in countries such as Mali, Uganda, Kenya, Iraq, Liberia, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Georgia, Guatemala, and Colombia. He led the development of a strategy to address the root causes of conflict in South Sudan. He also led Mercy Corps' efforts to enhance global capacity to negotiate for humanitarian access with state actors and non-state armed groups.