Quaker Peace Roundtable --- April 6-8, 2001 --- Final Program

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About the Quaker Peace Roundtable

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FRIDAY – APRIL 6, 2001

(State College Friends School [SCFS] – Community Room)

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Registration, and DINNER

7:00-7:30 PM – Welcome by Chuck Fager, and Music by Aaron Fowler & Laura Dungan

7:30-9:30 – Plenary: Quaker Peace Activists Share Their Stories: Aaron & Laura; Max Carter; Val Liveoak; Joe Volk; and participants. Clerked by Chuck Fager.
        Summary Notes of the Opening Session & Panel
       A Paper on "Living the Peace Testimony" by Val Liveoak

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SATURDAY – APRIL 7, 2001

7:00 AM – 7:45 – BREAKFAST (SCFS Community Room)

8:00-8:30 AM – Worship (Community Room)

8:30-9:30 – Plenary: Joe Volk, FCNL – A New Congress, New President, New Challenges.
                    Summary Notes of this Presentation

 

 WORKSHOPS – ROUND ONE (9:45-10:45 AM) ---------------------------------------------

1. Alternatives to Violence Project: Steve Angell.
                    Summary Notes of this Session

2. AFSC Peace Mobilization teams: Judith McDaniel.
        Summary Notes of this Workshop

3. Let Our Classrooms Speak: an Exploration of Living Quaker Testimonies Through Teaching -- Cynthia Merriwether-deVries

4. Aaron & Laura: Music & Activism.
            Summary Notes of this Workshop

WORKSHOPS – ROUND TWO (11:00AM-12 Noon) ----------------------------------------

5. A New Campaign for the Peaceful Prevention of Armed Conflicts & Gross Violations of Human Rights: Mary Lord, FCNL
                Summary Notes of this workshop

6. Young Friends & Selective Service Registration: Rachel Zuses, NISBCO.

 

7. Peace Studies -- Connecting the Campus and the Activists: Ron Mock, George Fox University.
    (Note: This workshop had to be canceled due to Ron Mock's travel difficulties.)

8. Peace Teams, Quaker & Interfaith: Sallie King & Val Liveoak.
       Summary Notes of this Session
            A Paper by Sallie B. King

        12:15-1:15 PM – LUNCH (Community Room) & Announcements

WORKSHOPS – ROUND THREE (1:45-2:45 PM) ----------------------------------------------

9. The UN and Peacebuilding on Many Fronts: QUNO Staff.
        Staff Outline of this Workshop
        Summary Notes of this Session
        A QUNO Paper on Controlling Small Arms
        QUNO Charts on Preventing/Resolving Conflict

10. War crimes Trials vs. Truth Commissions: Justice or peace after massive violence and human rights abuse. Helena Cobban, an internationally-known scholar on the subject.
        Summary Notes of this Session
              Additional Notes from this Session

11. Young Friends and Peace Witness: Max Carter, Guilford College.

12. Activist Self-Care and Avoiding Burnout: John Calvi.
         Summary Notes of this Session
        Two papers by John Calvi

 

WORKSHOPS – ROUND FOUR (3:00-4:00 PM)----------------------------------------------

13.The Environment and Peace Witness: Kim Carlyle.
        A Paper by Kim Carlyle

14. Great Lakes Africa Peace Project: David Zarembka.
        Summary Notes of this Session
          Additional Notes from this Workshop
        A Paper by David Zarembka

15. Further Thoughts on Peacekeeping: Mark Walsh.
         A Paper by Mark Walsh
        Slides from this Workshop

16. The Biblical Basis for Peacemaking: Ron Mock.
        A Paper by Ron Mock

4:00 - 5:30 – Free Time, conversations with presenters, and Informal Interest Groups (Community room)

        5:45 - 7:00 – DINNER

7:15 - 8:45 – Plenary Panel On Peacekeeping: Experience, Issues & Prospects, with: David Jackman, QUNO staff; a UN Diplomat; & Mark Walsh (U.S. Army Peacekeeping Institute).

9:00 - 9:30 – Music & refreshments

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 SUNDAY – APRIL 8, 2001

7:45 AM 8:45 AM – BREAKFAST

9:00 - 10:00 – Worship

10:15 - 11:45 – Plenary Panel: What Keeps Us Going, with: Sallie King, Buddhist-Quaker peace scholar; John Calvi, Quaker healer; Mary Lord, FCNL; Ron Mock, George Fox University; Val Liveoak, Friends Peace Teams; Chuck Fager clerking.
                  A Paper by Sallie B. King

11:45-12:15 – Closing by Chuck Fager, and Music by Aaron & Laura.

12:15 – LUNCH and Departures

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