Register Now: 2023 5th Benjamin V. Cohen Peace Conference: Places & Spaces for Peace

April 03, 2023

Register Now!

2023 Benjamin V. Cohen Peace Conference: Places & Spaces for Peace

April 7 & 8

Hosted on Zoom

Registration ends April 5

·      Students/Community Members: $25

·      Professionals/Faculty: $40

 

FEATURING

More than 80 presentations from individuals residing in, for instance, the USA, Canada, India, Austria, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Australia, and Zimbabwe.

 

Keynote Speech entitled, “Community, Economy and Mutual Delight”

De'Amon Harges

Asset Based Community Development Institute

The Learning Tree

Grassroots Grantmakers Association Board

Indianapolis, Indiana

 

Keynote Speech entitled, “Technology and Conflict”

Martin Gurri 

Visiting Research Fellow

Mercatus Center

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

 

Symposia Panels

·      Peace-Making Is Work: Moving through conflict with connection, emotional resilience, & bravery

·      Increasing Awareness and Advocacy about Social Class Trauma

·      Educating for Peace: Activating civic agency, overcoming censorship, and decolonizing institutions  

·      Journeying Toward Racial Reconciliation: Sites of black excellence and resistance

·      COVID-19 Halts International Progress on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

·      Promoting Peace through Mindfulness Practices and Meditation in Teaching Spaces

·      Write for Change: Composing in Partner Spaces

 

Lightning Round Topics (each round features 3-5 presentations)
·       Education

·       Environment

·       Economy

·       Discrimination

·       Media

·       Mental Health

·       Ethics & Unity

·       Crime & Justice

·       Religion

·       Politics & Activism

·       COVID & Health

·       Peace & History

·       Safe Spaces

  
Hosted by:

Ball State University

Center for Peace & Conflict Studies

Muncie, Indiana

 

Sponsored by:

Benjamin V. Cohen Peace Fund

 

Further information:

Cohen Peace Conference

peacecenter@bsu.edu

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