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Second Annual Peace Studies Conference
Conflict Resolution: Challenges, Successes, and Failures of Supranational and International Organizations
September 27-29, 2010
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids Community College is pleased to announce its second annual Peace Studies Conference, September 27-29, 2010. Experts from around the country and throughout the world will come together to share their research and expertise related to international cooperation and crises, globalization, oppression, colonialism, violent and nonviolent resistance, human rights, and the creation of sustainable peace.
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Sources of funding for the conference include:
- Grand Rapids Community College
- Ferris State University
- Woodrick Diversity Learning Center
- West Michigan Campaign for Love and Forgiveness, a grant funded initiative of the Fetzer Institute
This conference is a special opportunity for the wider community to learn from diverse analyses of conflict and reconciliation. We hope you will join us.
Schedule of Events
All events will take place in the GRCC Wisner-Bottrall Applied Technology Center (ATC) unless otherwise noted.
Pre-Conference Events
These two events are free and open to the public, sponsored by the Woodrick Diversity Center in conjunction with the City of Grand Rapids' Rosa Parks Sculpture Project, which will be dedicated on September 30th at 12:00 pm in Rosa Parks Circle.
| Monday, September 27 | |
| 9:30 – 10:30 am | Film Viewing:
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| 10:45 am – 12:15 pm | Panel Discussion:
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Second Annual GRCC Peace Studies Conference
| Monday, September 27 | |
12:00 pm |
Registration opensATC First Floor Atrium |
1:30 – 1:45pm |
Welcoming RemarksGeorge Heartwell Dr. Steven Ender Dr. Robert M. Hendershot ATC Auditorium, Room 168 |
1:45 – 3:00pm |
Panel Presentation:
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3:15 – 4:45pm |
Principles and Motivations Underpinning the Development of the European Union's Security and Defense Policy: from Treaties to PracticeDr. Karen Devine ATC Auditorium, Room 168 |
8:00 – 9:00am |
RegistrationATC Banquet Rooms |
8:30 – 9:00am |
Continental BreakfastATC Banquet Rooms |
9:00 – 10:15am |
Local Narratives and Global Security: Youth and Conflict Resolution in the Middle EastDr. Siobhan McEvoy-Levy ATC Banquet Rooms |
10:30 – 11:45 am |
Panel Presentation:
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12:00 – 1:00 pm |
LunchATC Banquet Rooms |
1:00 – 2:15 pm |
US Support and Participation in UN and Regional Organization Peacekeeping OperationsCol. Bryan Groves ATC Banquet Rooms |
2:30 – 3:45 pm |
Panel Presentation:
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4:00 – 5:15 pm |
Panel Presentation:
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5:45 – 7:00 pm |
DinnerYour dinner this evening has been prepared as a student project of the Banquets and Catering class of the Secchia Institute for Culinary Education at Grand Rapids community College. The menu, recipes, planning, cooking and service have all been performed by GRCC students. ATC Banquet Rooms |
7:00 – 8:30 pm |
The Role of Women and Civil Society in Peaceful Democratic Development in the African ContextDr. Virginia Beard |
8:00 – 9:00 am |
RegistrationATC Banquet Rooms |
8:30 – 9:00 am |
Continental BreakfastATC Banquet Rooms |
9:15 – 10:30 am |
Panel Presentation:
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10:45 am – 12:00 pm |
Panel Presentation:
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12:15 – 1:15 pm |
LunchATC Banquet Rooms |
1:15 – 2:30 pm |
Peace: Nature, Nurture, Theology and Culture in the Conflicts of the Holy LandBrother Donald Mansir, FSC ATC Banquet Rooms |
2:45 – 4:00 pm |
Panel Presentation:
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4:15 pm |
Dedication of the Grand Rapids Community College Peace PoleDr. Steven Ender This event is free and open to the public Bostwick Commons |
After 4:30pm, conference guests are encouraged to explore the ArtPrize Competition being hosted by the City of Grand Rapids, and enjoy dinner at one of the city's many restaurants (dinner is not provided at the conference center on Wednesday evening) before joining us to hear Avraham Burg at Fountain Street Church at 7:00pm. |
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7:00 pm |
Finding Reconciliation in an Era of FearAvraham Burg Activist and political leader Avraham Burg has been a leading figure in Israeli politics for over 20 years. Burg has advocated for a more liberal reconciliatory approach to the Middle East conflict; "All of my life I've been an activist of the peace camp ... I'm ready to go a very long way to bring people together from dialogue to acceptance and than compromise." Burg's career in public service began with the founding of the protest movement against war in Lebanon and as an activist for Peace Now. In addition in his years as Executive Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel he oversaw the immigration to Israel of over half a million Jews. Burg has been an advocate for pluralism and tolerance in Israeli society. In his book, God is Back (2006, Hebrew), Burg explores the critical need for separation of religion and the state. He warns that an increasingly large sector of Israeli society disdains political democracy. In The Holocaust is Over; We Must Rise from Its Ashes, Burg argues that the Jewish nation has been traumatized by the Holocaust and has lost the ability to trust itself, its neighbors or the world around it. Burg has written for The Guardian and the International Herald Tribune and appeared on CNN's Crossfire. This event is free and open to the public Fountain Street Church Fountain Street Church is located at 24 Fountain Street NE |
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