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2008 CONFERENCE: SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

"Building Cultures of Peace"
September 11-13, 2008
Portland State University -- Portland, Oregon

Welcome to the 2008 PJSA/PCSC Conference! You will find the overall conference schedule below, and for a detailed schedule, including presentations, click here. For the detailed schedule, please note that breakout sessions are organized within their time periods by track (theme), then by room number, rather than alphabetically by presenter.

Here's a great link to the Portland State University campus to familiarize yourself before you arrive: http://pdx.edu/campus.html. It includes helpful links to maps and other information.

THURSDAY, September 11, 2008

9:00am-3:00pm
 Smith 333
PJSA Board Meeting
3:00-8:00pm
 Smith 355
(Smith Ballroom)
Conference Registration Open
(Information area also here--open all conference hours)
3:00-5:30pm
Public RALLY in South Park Blocks (just outside Smith Student Union):
Take Back 9/11 for Nonviolence
5:30-7:00pm
Dinner on your own
7:00-9:00pm
 Smith 355
Welcome Plenary:
Hibakusha, Felice and Jack Cohen-Joppa, John LaForge, Kathy Kelly
9:00-11:00pm
 Smith 355
Entertainment:
Anne Feeney, Mic Crenshaw, Dave Rovics

FRIDAY, September 12, 2008

9:00am-5:00pm
 Smith 355
Conference Registration Open
9:00-10:20am
 Smith 355
Plenary Session: Localizing and Colorizing Peace and Justice
Jo Ann Bowman, Kayse Jama
10:30-11:50am
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Breakout Sessions I
12:00-1:00pm
Lunch (on your own)
12:00-1:00pm
 Lincoln Hall 175
Sami Rasouli Talks with You - Students of Peace
12:30-1:00pm
 Smith 355
Reception: United States Institute of Peace
1:00-2:50pm
 Smith 355
Plenary Session: Three Powerful Women:
Betty Reardon, Dr. Catherine Thomasson, Col. Ann Wright
3:00-3:50pm
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Breakout Sessions II
4:00-4:50pm
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Breakout Sessions III
5:00-7:00pm
Dinner (on your own)
7:00-9:00pm
 Smith 355
Human Rights Plenary Session:
Sovereignty - Bumpy Kanahele, Law - Marjorie Cohn
9:00-10:30pm
 Smith 355
Entertainment:
Dr. Atomic's Medicine Show

SATURDAY, September 13, 2008

9:00am-Noon
 Smith 355
Conference Registration Open
9:00-10:20am
 Smith 355
Plenary Session:
Intercultural Conflict - Stella Ting-Toomey, Refugee Rights - Zahra Al Kabi
10:30-11:50am
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Breakout Sessions IV
12:00-12:30pm
Lunch (on your own)
12:30-2:20pm
 Smith 355
Keynote Plenary Session: Strategic Nonviolence
Stephen Zunes, Kathy Kelly, Steve York, Jack DuVall, Bernard LaFayette, Jr., Sami Rasouli
2:30-3:50pm
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Breakout Sessions V
3:00-4:00pm
 Lincoln Hall 175
Elavie Ndura and Ilham Nasser:
Accepting Healing After War and Injustice
4:00-4:50pm
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Breakout Sessions VI
5:00-6:30pm
 Smith 228
PJSA General Membership Meeting
6:30-9:00pm
 Smith 355
Banquet, Awards and Keynote Speakers:
Sami Rasouli, Bernard LaFayette, Jr.
9:00-11:00pm
 Smith 355
Entertainment Option #1: Reggae Band "Nuborn Tribe"
9:00-11:00pm
 Whitsell Auditorium
Entertainment Option #2: World Premier of film "Orange Revolution" at NW Film Center, 1219 SW Park Ave