APCJ_1528_Win2010_00i_122_4 12/30/10 3:22 PM Page 59 Gaps in the Eastern Congo Peacebuilding Process 59 perhaps continue doing so. The government and the international community could organize regional or national music competitions revolving around themes of peace and nonviolence and entrepreneurship. The High Commission of Media could incorporate use of the music produced into media policy. Hotels and nightclubs and other businesses might also be encouraged to use and promote this music in their respective environments. Targeting youths and other members of society at home through movies, radio, television, and other media is crucial to countering the stereotyping used to abet conflict and violence. The process of reconnecting with the self and others by confronting traumatic and violent events and memories offers prospects for a hopeful future. Combining the two can deliver a powerful message and perhaps change attitudes and behaviors for the better. Remembering as well as mourning violence and traumatic events allows communities to share their stories and bond through them. The sharing of social resources, such as culture, family bonds, and traditions, and political and economic resources can only occur when people have connected with one another. In this respect, personal storytelling, peace meetings, exposure tours and conferences, traditional ceremonial rites, sensitization schemes, and trauma-healing sessions are crucial to ensuring that adults and youths everywhere are reached and encouraged to become agents of peace and conflict transformation. The challenge of increasing creative peace education programs is not simply a matter of how to respect and understand a certain cultural or ethnic group, but how to do that in a setting where multiple groups are present and have a sense of interdependence. To make this happen is the duty, not only of the government, but also of DR Congo’s civil society and the international community.