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.

The deadline to register is Friday, October 22, 2010. 
This program has been made possible through a matching grant from the Indiana Humanities Council in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities.