PROGRAM

 

16TH ANNUAL STUDENT CONFERENCE ON PEACEMAKING, DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE

 

CAPTIAL AREA ASSOCIATION FOR PEACE STUDIES

 

TRINITY COLLEGE; Main Hall, Art Gallery

 

Saturday, April 12, 2003; 9:30 AM-3:30 PM

 

 

Welcome to the 16th Annual Student Conference on Peacemaking, Diversity and Social Change organized by the Capital Area Association for Peace Studies and hosted by Trinity College, 125 Michigan Ave., NE; Washington, DC.

 

DIRECTIONS AND EVENT LOCATIONS:  Trinity College is readily accessible by Metro’s Red Line from the Brookland/CUA stop.  The Trinity College shuttle bus runs from the station shuttle bus area at 10, 30 and 50 minutes after the hour; Trinity College is a 10 minute walk west on Michigan Avenue from the Metro stop.

For those driving, Trinity is located two blocks east of North Capitol Street on Michigan Ave.  Parking is available on Michigan Avenue.

 

ALL events of the conference will be located in Main Hall on the Trinity College campus.  Main Hall is the imposing limestone building with a red-roofed dome facing Michigan Avenue; enter through the main doors up the stone steps in the center of the building. (Those coming by shuttle from the Metro may want to enter by the lower-level doors on the side instead of walking to the front of the building.  If you enter on the lower level,  Trinity student volunteers will be there to direct you to the Art Gallery.)  The Art Gallery, where all plenary sessions, lunch and exhibits will take place, is located one-and one-half flight of stairs up toward the rear of the building.  Individual sessions will take place in classrooms on the second floor of Main Hall as indicated in this program.  An elevator is located down the main hall to the left of the building.  (Since the elevator does not reach the Art Gallery level, special arrangements will be provided for anyone needing access assistance.)

 

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:

 

9:00-9:30 AM:   Registration (coffee and doughnuts provided)                 Art Gallery

 

9:30-9:45 AM:   Introductory and welcoming remarks                               Art Gallery

                                    Sr. Mary Hayes and Dr. Ira Reed;

                                    Introducing Patricia A. McGuire, President of

                                    Trinity College

 

9:45-10:05 AM       Peace Studies:  Whence and Whither                          Art Gallery

                                    Dr. Harry Yeide, Chair, Religion Department, GWU

 

10:00 AM-3:00 PM  Table Exhibits of Peace and Justice Organizations  Archives

                                                                                                            (off the Art Gallery]

 

[1st sessions]                                                                                                   [Classrooms]

10:10-11:00 AM       Open Roundtable Discussion on the Iraq War          Room 240

 

                                    New Approaches to Peace                                         Room 235

                                       Michelle Toussaint, GMU grad student, Moderator

 

  Adventure-Based Conflict Resolution

            Shawn Dunning, GMU grad student

   Pax Visio – A New Genesis of Peace

            Tim Kortenkamp. AU grad student

 

                                    Women, Human Rights and Peacemaking               Room 236

                                       Allison Lee, TC Moderator

                                   

Double Militancy:  Utilizing the Strength of

Developing Countries’ Governments and NGOs

to Overcome Barriers in the Fight for Women’s Rights

            Luis Boyarski, GU

                                       Human Rights and Violence against Women

            Genae George, TC

 

Roundtable Discussion:  The Civil War in Congo     Room 248

            Mayuko Shinakge, GWU grad student       

 

 

                                    Conflicts, Resolutions, and  Aftermaths                   Room. 232

                                       Stephanie Roza, GWU, moderator

                                   

                                    Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk

                                                Allison DiMenna, CUA

                                    OFW of the Philippines

                                                Ria Baldevia, TC

                                    Prospects for Democracy in Iraq

                                                Chris Flores, CUA

 

                       

                                   

[2nd sessions]

11:10 AM-Noon         Open Roundtable Discussion on the Iraq War        Room 240

 

 

Conflict and Peace in Asia and Latin America         Room 232

                                       Jayelynn Martin, TC Moderater

                                      

Conflict Analysis – The War in Colombia:

                                        A Generation of Bloodshed. 

Daniel Raisbeck, GWU

                                       Human Rights in Guatemala:  Rigoberta Menchu.

                                                Eileen Cahill, CUA

                                       Cambodia: The Past and the Present.

                                                Adssa Baker, TC

                                   

                                    Roundtable Discussion:  Nonviolence as a Method   Room 248

                                    and the Practical Application of Human Rights

                                                Alison Trapp, GWU

                                                Stephanie Gottschalk, GWU

           

Environment and Ethnicity in Conflict Resolution   Room 235

Malaika Walton, AU grad, Moderator

 

The Explanation of Environment Regime Formation: 

   the Protection of the Ozone Layer

   Sezei Ozcelik, GMU, grad student

Conflict Resolution:  Asbestos Litigation

   Andrea Boggio, Stanford Law School

The Impact of Repatriation on the Identity Transformation

   of Crimean Tatars in Crimea

   Idil P. Izmirli, GMU grad student

                                    Discussant:  Karla Zellos, AU grad student

 

                                    Justice and the Roman Catholic Liturgy                  Room 236

                                    Megan Bail, CUA, Moderator

 

                                    Laura Collins and Sarah Yaklic, CUA                                                         

 

                                     

 

12 Noon – 1:15 PM           LUNCH                                                               Art Gallery

                                    (Light food and soft drinks provided)

           

12:30-PM – 1:15 PM                   Luncheon Keynote Speaker                   Art Gallery

                                    Andy Shallal, Iraqi-American Peace Activist

 

[3rd sessions]                                                                                                  [Classrooms]

1:30-3:00 PM

                                   

 Joint Panel Presentation: Revolution and War:     Room 234

                                    A Historical Perspective.  Prof. Michael Boylan,

Marymount University and Rebecca Warburton Boylan,  Co-Conveners:  Sara Rhodin, Kelsey Mohr, Alex Drossler and Daniel Raisbeck, GWU;Roxie Caruso, Ron Andeola, Ryan Stohlman, Marymount

                                                                                                             

                                   

 

 

                                    Roundtable Discussion: Regional Impacts              Room 232

of the U.S.- Iraq War:  GMU grad students

 Sezei Ozcelik:  Turkey, Iraq and Iran

Idil P Izmirli:  Crimea, Ukraine, Azerbaijan

  and the Black Sea Region

                                   

Workshop:  The Washington Peace Center:            Room 235 

                                    Meeting Recruitment  

 

 

                                    Workshop:  Christianity and Domestic Abuse         Room 236

                                    Women as Crucified Victims and the Need to

                                    Resurrect an Ethic of Non-Violence

Gerri Noble-Martocci, CUA Grad student and TC Faculty

 

 

3:00-3:30                    Closing Plenary Session                                            Art Gallery

An open-mike opportunity, led by conference organizers to reflect on the conference, and suggest the next steps to take.

 

 

The organizers thank Trinity College’s Office of Student Affairs, Meechie Bowie, Acting Dean of Student Services, for generous financial support;  Pamela Reichers,  Trinity College Webmaster, for excellent technical support; and the many student and faculty volunteers from several participating campuses who made this conference possible.  Your concern and efforts for peace and justice do make a difference.