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Peace & Justice Studies Assoc.
Prescott College
220 Grove Ave.
Prescott, AZ 86301
Phone: (928)350-2008
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Building Cultures of Peace
September 11-13, 2008, Portland State University, Portland, OR

FINAL Program Announced!

~ Read the Call for Proposals ~

~ Info on pre-conference CANVAS training, Sept 9-10, 2008 ~

The Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) is pleased to announce that its annual conference will be hosted at Portland State University (and in collaboration with the Peace and Conflict Studies Consortium) from September 11-13, 2008 at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon.

The conference theme of “Building Cultures of Peace” will explore historical, current and potential future elements of the local, regional, national and transnational struggles toward peace and justice by peaceable means. PJSA is seeking presenters who are interested in examining these issues and sharing strategies and methods with which to address them in an increasingly globalized world. Read more about the conference theme....

Peace scholars, educators, activists, administrators and students interested in presenting at the conference should submit their proposals through the online form. Streams & Sessions: There will be twelve categories (streams) representing aspects of the Conference Theme, including a film section and authorial book reading section. Each stream will have sessions 90 minutes in length which focus upon a topic relevant to that stream. Proposals appropriate to a particular Conference Stream and Session may be made in the form of 1) research papers, 2) workshops, 3) roundtable discussions, or 4) other presentations (such as those associated with posters or film screenings). You will need to submit an abstract of no more than 300 words along with your contact details and the preferred format of your proposal.

The twelve streams for conference proposals include the following: Peace Education in Colleges and Universities; Peace Education from Birth through High School; Women, Gender and Sexuality; Race, Class and Intersectionality; Art, Media and Communications; Responding to Genocide and War; Theories of Nonviolence and Conflict Resolution; Grassroots Organizing, Coalitions and Movements; Environmental Sustainability and Alternative Futures; Faith and Peace; Film; Authorial Book Readings.

Undergraduates in particular are encouraged to submit proposals for the student poster session.

DEADLINE for submission of proposals is April 1, 2008.

For more information, please contact us at pjsa@usfca.edu, but do not submit proposals via this address. Proposals will only be accepted through the online form.

A downloadable registration form that can be mailed in is available here.

For more information, please contact us at info@peacejusticestudies.org.

Confirmed keynote speakers include...

Sami Rasouli, founder and director of Muslim Peacemaker Teams. Sami is coming from Iraq.

Two Hibakusha (survivors of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki), coming from Japan.

Betty Reardon, one of the great figures of Peace Education, emeritus from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Kathy Kelly, founder of Voice for Creative Nonviolence.

Col. Ann Wright, 30 years U.S. military and foreign service.

Kayse Jama, founder of Center for Intercultural Organizing.

Catherine Thomasson, M.D., president of the US Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Marjorie Cohn, president of the National Lawyers Guild.

Stella Ting-Toomey, a world expert on intercultural conflict resolution.

Stephen Zunes, University of San Francisco Politics professor and co-editor of two books on nonviolence.

Jo Ann Bowman, director of Oregon Action, specializing in political empowerment of the most disenfranchised.

"Bumpy" Pu'uhonua Kanahele, indigenous Hawaiian sovereignty leader sworn to Gandhian methods.