Kappa Delta Pi

Presented by the Committee on Teaching about the United Nations (CTAUN), in collaboration with Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education.

This conference provides a unique opportunity for national and local facilitators to explore how educators can take responsibility for transforming the world community. The speakers and workshops will offer strategies and resources for middle school through collegiate level students, educators, and organization representatives to integrate peace and conflict reconciliation in their classroom practices, in outreach activities, and in their lives.

Through keynote presentations by speakers well acquainted with conflict and man’s inhumanity to man, attendees will examine the cultural and political context of peace and reconciliation. Through the informative workshops, participants will discover practical methods for addressing and resolving conflict within their personal spheres of influence. Awareness and application are essential to create peaceful resolutions.

In addition to informing and equipping participants with valuable approaches to apply in their personal and professional realms, the goal of this conference is to be a catalyst for conflict resolution that creates changes with lasting power within communities across the Central Indiana region. Using the strategies learned and analytical tools developed during the conference, attendees can teach a deeper understanding of international issues in a manner that critically informs their students’ worldview. Student attendees will gain exposure to a universal perspective and obtain conflict resolution tools that they can employ in their daily lives. If even one attendee prevents a fight in a school hallway, avoids aggression toward a coworker, or diffuses a potentially violent situation, this forum will have directly impacted our community.

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Advanced registration is now closed.
Please contact Anne Boley, anne@kdp.org, for onsite registration information.

Keynote Speakers:

	Cora Weiss President, Hague Appeal for Peace Cora Weiss has devoted most of her life to the peace movement, the advancement of women, and to civil, as well as human rights. She has received many accolades and awards for her efforts. As President of the Hague Appeal for Peace, she is leading a campaign dedicated to the abolition of war. It seeks to refocus our minds on the vision of a world in which violent conflict is publicly acknowledged as illegitimate, illegal, and fundamentally unjust.
	James Morris former head of the UN World Food Programme James Morris served as the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme from 2002 to 2008. In 2002 he was appointed UN Special Envoy for Humanitarian Needs in Southern Africa. Both Mr. Morris’ career and his voluntary activities have reflected a commitment to improving the lives of others with a special interest in young people at risk and giving something back to his city (Indianapolis), his country, and the international community.
	Mariatu Kamara survivor of the Sierra Leone civil war Mariatu Kamara is an inspirational young woman who is always concerned about the well-being of others. Despite the atrocities she suffered at the hands of the Sierra Leone rebels (both hands were amputated as part of her torture) and her lack of ability to get an education, she now tells a story of hope that inspires her listeners to overcome their worst fears, find their talents, and seek to live a purposeful life. She will have copies of her book available.

Breakout Sessions:

Morning Breakout Sessions: Building Awareness

The Power of Children: Making a Difference
Melissa Trumpey, School Programmer at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
Explore the stories of Anne Frank, Ruby Bridges, and Ryan White and the ways they made a difference despite the extraordinary circumstances they faced.

Child Soldiers & Youth Peacemakers
Siobhan McEvoy Levy, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science and Peace Studies, Butler University
Learn how to be a peacebuilder in your school, community, or country after hearing the stories of youth involved in conflict and in peacebuilding around the world.

High School Model UN – It’s Fun! (Yes, really it is!)
Mary Scifres Grabinowski (teacher) and students from Zionsville High School Model United Nations
Witness students using the correct format to speak and address one another as they debate a topic as members of the UN Security Council.

Anne Frank in Rwanda
Sarah Powley, English Dept. Chair, McCutcheon High School
Identify the stages of genocide by examining the Holocaust and the 1994 genocide in Rwanda; then discover how to actively fight the forces of hatred and discrimination.

Civil Society – Essential for Social Change
Cora Weiss, President, Hague Appeal for Peace
Learn how your civil society organization (CSO) or non-governmental organization (NGO) can be instrumental in drafting international laws and policies.

Collegiate Poster Session
Indiana Reading Association, College professors, Pre-service teachers
Find the right book for your students to learn about world situations or understand conflict resolution by visiting the displays and talking with pre-service teachers.

Uplifting Impoverished Communities
Kelly Campbell, The Village Experience
Empower villages around the world to become self-sustaining through the implementation of handicraft projects, micro-financing enterprises, small business development, and vocational skills training. Fair trade products will be available for purchase.

Afternoon Breakout Sessions: Getting Involved

We’re Building Tomorrow, Wanna Help?
George Srour, Executive Director, Building Tomorrow, Inc.
Witness the ways you can be involved in building the future by investing time, effort, or money in children and education around the world. You have the power…start today!

Using Martial Arts to Help Troubled Youth
Sheri Anderson, Ph. D., Faculty in Dept. of Teacher Education, University of Indianapolis
Use a specific type of martial arts which effected a positive change in the lives of at-risk students when used in a research study; take tranquility to your corner of the world.

Be Connected: YouTube, U.N., and URWorld
Kathryn De Lawter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pace University School of Education
Travel through YouTube, comic.life, wordle.com, and xtranormal.com to build global understandings through achievement, fun, and assessment.

Peaceful Classroom Communities: Building Learning Environments that Embrace Everyone
Kirsten Eamon-Shine, Youth Services Director, Peace Learning Center
Explore and learn to apply three core aspects of a peaceful community: emotional literacy, healthy communication, and collaborative problem-solving.

Teaching Nonviolence
David Witherspoon, Franklin College Campus Minister
Diana Hadley, Pulliam School of Journalism, Franklin College
Gain methods, ideas and resources for teaching nonviolence in your school or organization as you listen, watch, and interact.

Shortridge Court Room
Brandon Crosby, Shortridge Magnet School
Sit in the court room used by students to decide actual student discipline while learning how the school uses the principles of democracy, justice, respect, and service to others to prepare students for their role as citizens and to help them explore legal and social justice careers.