21st Annual Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center Spring Conference

Please join us on Saturday, April 6th for the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center's 21st Annual Spring Conference. Our theme this year will be "From Self to Society: Envisioning Our Relationship to Peace". Class 21 Rotary Peace Fellows will present their research, exploring new ways of thinking about peacebuilding, international development, and conflict transformation in many regions of the world.

The conference will take place at the FedEx Global Education Center on UNC-Chapel Hill's campus from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Doors will open at 8:00am for those who wish to check-in early or enjoy coffee and a muffin. Lunch and other refreshments will be provided throughout the day. 

Can't attend in person? We offer a livestream and Zoom webinar for those who would like to participate in our conference remotely. Those that register here to attend virtually will receive a link and instructions on how to attend in advance of the conference. 

Want to know more? Class 21 Fellow Gibson Zulu (UNC, Global Studies MA), who is this year's conference co-chair, previews our conference theme - be sure to check it out!

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE - FINAL

8:00-9:00 Registration

9:00-9:20   Welcome and Introductions

                                    Randy Lickey, Rotary Host Area Coordinator

                                    Bryn Styles, Past Rotary International Director

                                    Susan Carroll, Rotary Peace Center Managing Director

9:20-9:25          Alumni Testimonial Video – Negaya Chorley (Class 11, 2012-2014)

9:25-9:50          Mai Nguyen:  Pensions for All: Social Insurance in Vietnam and Implications for Peace

                          Moderator:  Edmund Malesky

9:50-10:40        Panel   Community Health as a Building Block towards More Peaceful Societies

                                    Estefania Rodriguez:  Latinos Health Journey: Community-Informed Policy in North Carolina

                                    Alexis Mwanza Kabongo:  Community Health Workers for Peacebuilding: The Asiphephe Project

                                    Moderator:  Suzanne Maman

10:40-11:10      Coffee Break

11:10-11:15      Alumni Testimonial Video – Manish Kumar (Class 12, 2013-2015)

11:15-12:30      Panel   In Search of Sustainable Development and Peace

                                    Christian Menin:  Peace for Whom? Broken Promises in Colombia

                                    Mustafa Rezaie:  From Humanitarian Aid to Sustainable Communities in Northern Afghanistan

                                    Jorge Delgado Golusda:  At the Border of Change: Humanizing Chile's Migration Policy

                                    Moderator: Kerilyn Schewel

12:30-1:40      Lunch

1:40-1:45        Alumni Testimonial Video – Beccah Bartlett (Class 13, 2014-2016)

1:45-2:35        Panel   Towards Remedying the Costs of War

                                   Sara Solomon Teklewold:  The Role of Transitional Justice in Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: The Case of Northern Ethiopia 

                                   Gibson Zulu:  Investing in Refugee Education: Implications for Peace in Ethiopia

                                   Moderator:  Erica Johnson

2:35-3:25        Panel   From Self to Society

                                     Chone Chaowai: From the Beauty of Pristine Forests to the Beauty of Justice

                                     Alexandra Rose:  The Lantern Approach to Peacebuilding

                                     Moderator:  Catherine Admay

3:25-4:00          Presentation of Certificates and Closing Remarks

REGISTRATION FEES

Our early bird registration fee this year for in-person attendance is $40.00 (USD) and will run until 11:59pm (EST), Saturday, March 9. Those registering after this date as well as at the door will pay a $50.00 registration fee. There is no fee for those who would like to attend virtually. 

TICKETING AND NAME TAGS (IN-PERSON ATTENDEES ONLY)

We request that everyone register for this event. Please note that you will NOT need to present a copy of your registration to gain access to the event. We will have pre-printed name tags at registration for all registered, in-person attendees.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For those of you coming from out of town to attend our conference, we have blocked out rooms at two area hotels. More information about the hotels can be found here.

Parking will be available for free in the McCauley Parking Deck, located underneath the FedEx Global Education Center. The entrance to the deck is on Pharmacy Lane – you can take the elevator from parking straight to registration on the first floor.

Online registration closes on Friday, March 29 at 5:00pm EST. 

If you would like to support the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center and the Rotary Peace Centers Program, go to https://my.rotary.org/en/donat... and select the Rotary Peace Centers Endowment under the "Endowments" tab. Thank you!