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Peace and Justice Education Conference

Friday, April 16, 2010 at 9:30 AM - Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 6:00 PM (ET)

New York, United States

Peace and Justice Education Conference

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Peace and Justice

Education Conference

Teachers College, Columbia University

April 16th and 17th, 2010

 

Calling all students, teachers, scholars, activists, and practitioners to join in an interdisciplinary conference exploring creative and innovative approaches to peace and justice education

 

Conference Description:

In a time marked by a widespread culture of violence, manifested in social inequalities, exclusion, armed conflict and increased militarization, it is imperative that educators create spaces for students to explore and generate new approaches to local, national, and global problems. Now, more than ever, educators must revitalize the tools of their trade to foster the difficult conversations that seek to confront and transform direct, cultural and structural violence. This conference will offer an opportunity to interact with students, academics and educators grappling with this challenge in their day-to-day practice. The goals for this conference are to engage educators in a process of critical reflection regarding the role of education in perpetuating or transforming structural, cultural and direct violence in society.

 

For More Information Contact: peace.education.network@gmail.com

 

Individuals with disabilities are invited to request reasonable accommodations through the Office of Access and Services for Individuals with Disabilities: (212) 678-3689, keller@tc.columbia.edu, or Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services at (212)678-3853 V/TTY, jaech@tc.columbia.edu.

 

Conference Supporters:  

The Teachers College Vice President's Diversity and Community Initiatives Grant Fund, The Teachers College President’s and Provost’s Student Event Fund, The Teachers College Student Senate, and Queer TC

 

 

Preliminary Conference Program


Friday, April 16th

 

9:30am - 11:30am                                    Registration

                   Horace Mann Hall 4th Floor                 

 

10:00am – 11:30am

 

Workshop                                    Horace Mann Hall 431

“Kids will be Kids” is No Excuse: Bullying of LGBT Students in Our Schools

AJ Stachelek, Teachers College, Columbia University

 

11:45 am – 1:15 pm                                                     

 

Panel                                                      Horace Mann Hall 438

Walking in the Other Sides’ Shoes: Teaching Understanding on Your College Campus

Discussant: Mark Rosenblum, Ethnic, Racial and Religious Understanding, Queens College, CUNY

Sophia McGee, Queens College, CUNY

Ari Moshkovski, Queens College, CUNY

Steven Appel, Center for Ethnic, Racial and Religious Understanding, Queens College, CUNY

 

Workshop                                     Horace Mann Hall 431

Artshare Community Mural Program

Ellen Lauter, Artshare

William Moakler, Artshare

 

Workshop                                     Horace Mann Hall 435

Experiential Peacebuilding: Peace Education in Conflict Settings

Jaime Lotter, International Peace Park Expeditions

 

1:15 pm – 2:15 pm                  Lunch

                                                      Zankel Building 109

                                                                                                           

2:15pm – 3:45 pm

 

Panel                                                      Horace Mann Hall 438

Complex Intersections between Education and Human Rights                  

Discussant: Monisha Bajaj, Teachers College, Columbia University

Cross-Cultural Human Rights Workshops, Advocacy and Action in Rwanda 
Jesse Hawkes, Global Youth Connect

Promoting Human Rights-based Approach to Programming for NGOs Working to Protect Street Children’s Rights in Vietnam

Izumi Tsurumi, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Katrina Deutsch, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Dominant Language: An Evaluative Study of Language Policy in the United States and Australia

Sarah LaRosa, George Washington University

Complex Intersections between Learning at the Community Level and a New Discourse about Human Rights

Shulamith Koenig, People’s Development for Human Rights Education

                                   

Workshop                                    Horace Mann Hall 431                 

Peace Education in the Classroom: Games, Stories, Community Service and the Development of Peacemakers

Richard Cardillo, Peace First Institute

Robert Pfeiffer, Peace First Institute

Workshop                                    Horace Mann Hall 432                                   

Grounding Our Community through Interactive Story-Telling

Mauricio Salgado, Artists Striving To End Poverty

 

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

 

Workshop                                    Horace Mann Hall 438                                   

The Taxi Takes: Using Media in Innovative Ways after a Terrorist Attack to Create Dialogue

Vandana Sood, Hunter College, CUNY

Jamia Millia Islamia

 

Workshop                                     Horace Mann Hall 431

Positive Stretch: Ways to Integrate Movement and Meditation into your Life and the Lives of your Students

HawaH, One Common Unity

 

Workshop                                    Horace Mann Hall 432

Claiming Voice: Taking Action in the World through Publication

Eric Gordon, Student Press Initiative

 

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm                   Refreshments

                                                      Zankel Building 109

 

6:30 pm – 7:00 pm                   Conference Welcome

                                                      Milbank Chapel

 

7:00 pm – 7:45 pm                  Emma’s Revolution

                                                      Milbank Chapel

 

8:00 pm – 9:30 pm                 

 

Performance                                                      Milbank Chapel                 

Mujeres de Arena / Women of Sand – A Staged Reading

Christina Marín, Art, Community, Education, and Solidarity

 

Saturday, April 17th

 

9:30am - 10:00am                  Registration                 

                                                      Grace Dodge Hall 177

 

10:00am – 11:30am                 

 

Panel                                                      Grace Dodge Hall 179

Transforming Violence                                   

Discussant:  TBA

Co-facilitation in Working with Groups of Palestinians and Israelis

Ahmad Amara, Havard University

Dror Post, Teachers College, Columbia University

Education against Dehumanization: Radical Change in Approach to Peace Education

Michael Britton on behalf of Olek Netzer

Against the Banality of Evil: Using the Political Theory of Hanna Arendt as a Teaching Tool

Martin Haber, John Dewey High School

A Qualitative Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Global Efforts to Use Communication to Teach Peace in Non-Formal Educational Settings

Yael Warshel, School of International Service, American University

 

Workshop                                     Zankel Building 109

“The World is Our Home:” A Literacy Exchange Between Schoolchildren in the U.S. and Rwanda

Beth Lewis Samuelson, Indiana University School of Education

Lauren Caldarera, Indiana University Global Village Living-Learning Center

Ali Nagle, TEAM Academy and Books & Beyond Project

Emily Neitzel, Indiana University, Books & Beyond Project

Andy Johns, Indiana University, Books & Beyond Project

Bethanie Johnson, Newark Collegiate Academy

Nayyirah Sabir, Newark Collegiate Academy

 

Workshop                                    Russell Hall 306

The Emotional, Social and Cultural Impact of Racial Inequity on Students, Educators and Administrators

Tami Farber, People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond

Rachael Ibrahim, People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond

Imani Boiling, People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond

 

11:45am - 1:15pm

                                                     

Panel                                                      Grace Dodge Hall 179                 

Addressing Violence: The Challenges and Possibilities for Peace Education                 

Discussant: Mary Mendenhall, Teachers College, Columbia University

Militants Target Education to Terrorize

Erum Burki, Save the Children Alliance

Montessori in Mindanao: Cultivating Communities of Sustainable Peace in a Region of Violence

Kristine Markatos-Soriano, Teachers College, Columbia University

Training Teachers to Teach Peace: A Survey of Challenges Facing Peace Education Programs

Megan Smith, Teachers College, Columbia University

Far-Sighted Funding: Extending Funding Horizons for Peace Education

Emily Bishop, Free Lance Consultant

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panel Zankel Building 109

Pedagogies for Social Justice

Discussant: Tammy Arnstein, Teachers College, Columbia University

New Beginnings Youth Detention Center

Matthew Johnson, New Beginnings Youth Detention Center

Preshona Ambrita Ghose, Oak Hill Youth Detention Center

Talking about Race and Racism:  Pedagogical Moves that Support Difficult Conversations

Jessica Lipschultz, City College, CUNY

Consensus in Large Groups: Mitigating “The Tyranny of Structurelessness” 

T.K. Dalton, LaGuardia Community College

 

Workshop                                    Russell Hall 306

“What do you Mean We Can Do This?”: Performance Art as a Tool for Generating Student Dialogue and Engagement in the Secondary and Post-Secondary Classroom

Adam Falkner, National Poetry Slam Teams

 

11:45am – 1:15pm

 

Workshop                                     Grace Dodge 545                 

Constructing Critical Conversations in a Justice Paradigm: Awareness as Action for Social Work Practice

Peggy O’Neil, Columbia University School of Social Work

Jen Scott, Columbia University School of Social Work

Kassandra Frederique, Columbia University School of Social Work

Jamie Lanphear, Columbia University School of Social Work

Sharon Jorday, Columbia University School of Social Work

 

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

 

Panel                                                      Grace Dodge Hall 179

Practicing Critical Pedagogy in Teacher Training and University Settings:  Challenges and Opportunities                                    

Discussant: Zeena Zakharia, Teachers College, Columbia University

An Experimental Approach to Encouraging the Emergence of Cross-Disciplinary Peace Studies and Peace Education at a Large University

John Grayzel, University of Maryland

Jing Lin, University of Maryland

Implementation of a Graduate-Level Course for Critical Peace Educators

Maria Jose Bermeo, Teachers College, Columbia University

Chris Shephard, Teachers College, Columbia University

Teacher Training through Peer Education and Support

Representatives from The Critical Educator Network

 

Panel                                                       Zankel Building 109

Environmental Justice Education                 

Discussant: Jason Mellen, Teachers College, Columbia University

Laura Dickinson, UNESCO
Mike Zamm, GrowNYC

Teaching the Environment/Teaching Justice: Listening to Urban Educators

Tammy Arnstein, Teachers College, Columbia University

Carissa Johnson, World Savvy

 

 

Workshop                                     Russell Hall 306

(2:15 – 4:15)                                    

Hip Hop Theater: Social Change and the Arts

Will Power

 

4:15 – 5:45 pm

 

Dialogue                                     Grace Dodge Hall 179                                   

Enriching the Soil: An Open Dialogue on Religion, Education, and Justice

Reverend Paul Block, Transfiguration Lutheran Church

Stephanie Hughes, The Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue

 

Panel                                                      Zankel Building 109

Art for Social Justice

Discussant: Sarah Bever, Mercy Corps

Art Education Programs: Empowering Social Change

Yolanda  Medina, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY

Solidly Social: Art as Integration, Participation, Disruption

Barbara Yontz, St. Thomas Aquinas College

 

Performance                                    Grace Dodge Hall 545                                   

Shalom Sahibity: Performance and Action

Simnia Singer-Sayada, Shalom Sahibity

Catherine Hanna, Shalom Sahibity

 

 

6:00pm – 8:45pm

 

Please join us for a social gathering at:

Amsterdam Café

1207 Amsterdam Avenue (just south of Teachers College)

Bring this program for drink specials, including non-alcoholic options!

 

 

When & Where



Teachers College, Columbia University
525 120th Street
New York, 10027

Friday, April 16, 2010 at 9:30 AM - Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 6:00 PM (ET)


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