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.

*Class 21 Rotary Peace Fellows at Duke-UNC*

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!