TEACHING ABOUT GLOBAL CONFLICT AND PEACEBUILDING

A Seminar for Community Colleges

Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), Alexandria

5000 Dawes Avenue, Alexandria, VA

October 20-23, 2017

AGENDA

Friday, October 20, 2017

Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA)

(8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.; NOVA, Bisdorf Building 158; U.S. Department of State)

TimeActivity/PresentationPresenter/Organization

8:00 a.m.Breakfast at NOVA

9:00 a.m.WelcomeDavid J. Smith

Program OverviewEducational Consultant

Introductions Linda M. Campos

NOVA Institute for

Public Service

M. Annette Haggray

Northern Virginia

Community College

10:00 a.m.“Peace, Pedagogy, and Daryn Cambridge

the Power of Today’s U.S. Institute of Peace

Global Conflicts”

11:30 a.m.Lunch (provided by NOVA)Open Forum Discussion

1:00 p.m.Leave for State Department via Metro

2:30 p.m.U.S. Department of StateLauren Krizner Fischer

U.S. Diplomacy CenterU.S. Diplomacy Center

21st Street Entrance

Marti Estell

U.S. Department of State

Jennie Gromoll

U.S. Department of State

4:30 p.m.Leave for NOVA via Metro

5:30 p.m.Welcome Dinner

NOVA/Alexandria

7:30 p.m.Dinner Ends/End of Day

Saturday, October 21, 2017

(8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.; NOVA, Bisdorf Building 158)

TimeActivity/PresentationPresenter/Organization

8:00 a.m.Breakfast at NOVA

9:00 a.m.DebriefSmith, Campos

9:30 a.m.“It’s High Time for Peace Education”Colman McCarthy, Center for

Teaching Peace

10:45 a.m.Break Sponsor: The Democracy

Commitment

11:00 a.m.“Teaching Peace Ecology”Randall Amster

Georgetown University

12:15 p.m.Lunch at NOVAAlumni Panel

“A Silent Conflict: Peacebuilding and Peter Kent Family Reconstruction, One Blanket at a Time” Northern Virginia Community College

"Infusing Holocaust Education as a Azi Aalai Pathway to Peace" City University of New York/QCC

1:30p.m.“Peace Pedagogy: How We TeachTony Jenkins

Matters as Much as What We Teach”Global Campaign for Peace Education

2:45 p.m.Break

3:00 p.m.“Understanding Trends in Global Peacefulness”Michelle Breslauer

Institute for Economics and Peace

4:15 p.m.“Palestine: Ultimate Peace/ Endless Conflict”Greg Rabb

Jamestown Community College

5:15 p.m.Dinner at NOVAColby Jeffers

"Peacebuilding through the Arts”Musician/Performer/Composer

6:45 p.m.Pulitzer CenterAnn Peters

Short Film: Afghanistan By ChoicePulitzer Center on

Trailer: Finding HomeCrisis Reporting

8:00 p.m.End of day

Sunday, October 22, 2017

(8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., NOVA, Bisdorf Building 158)

TimeActivity/PresentationPresenter/Organization

8:00 a.m.Breakfast at NOVA

9:00 a.m.DebriefSmith, Campos

9:20 a.m. “Peacebuilding in Community Colleges:Smith

The Road Traveled, The Road Ahead”

“Careers, Peacebuilding and Community Colleges”

10:30 a.m.Break

11:00 a.m."Experiential Peacebuilding: Ana Patel

Learning Peace by Doing Peace"Outward Bound Peacebuilding

12:30p.m.Lunch at NOVAOpen Forum

1:00 p.m.“21stCentury Classrooms: Mohit Mukherjee

Incorporating Global Education into University for Peace

Your Curriculum”

2:30 p.m.Free time (visit the Mall or Alexandria)

Monday, October 23, 2017

(8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.; DC site visits)

TimeOrganization/Location/Hosts

8:00 a.m.Leave for DC destinations

Breakfast on your own

9:00 a.m.U.S. Institute of PeaceJeff Helsing

2301 Constitution Ave., NWU.S. Institute of Peace

Aubrey Cox

U.S. Institute of Peace

11:30 a.m.Tour of Lincoln and MLK Memorials with National Park Service

1:00 p.m.Lunch onyourown

2:30 p.m.U.S. Holocaust Christina Chavarria

Memorial MuseumUSHMM

100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW

5:00 p.m.Closing and Debriefing

5:30 p.m.End of Day; End of Program

PROGRAM CONTACT INFORMATION

Linda M. Campos

786-427-7626 (cell)

David J.

240-855-4556 (cell)

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