speakers sought for 3rd Intl Women's Peace Conference July 10-15,2007 Dallas

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MORE INFO AT: http://www.womenspeaceconference.org/

 

3rd Intl Women's Peace Conference

July 10-15, 2007

Dallas, Texas

 

Registration/Opening Ceremony : Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Workshops/Plenary Sessions : Wednesday - Saturday, July 11-14, 2007

Celebration: Saturday night, July 14, 2007

Interfaith Service : Sunday, July 15, 2007

 

 

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Confirmed Speakers

 

Jody Williams

Nobel Peace Laureate, 1997

Awarded for her work in achieving an international treaty banning landmines as

Founding Coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines;

Distinguished Visiting Professor of Social Work and Global Justice in the

Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Houston

 

Betty Williams

Nobel Peace Laureate, 1976

Awarded for her work in bringing peace in her native Northern Ireland; Founder

of the Global Children's Studies Center; Founder of the World Centers of

Compassion for Children

 

Sharon D. Welch

Professor and Chair, Department of Religious Studies, University of

Missouri--Columbia

 

Ruth- Gaby Vermot Mangold

Co-President of Peace Women Across the Globe, an international network of women

working in different fields of human security, joining forces to bring the

knowledge and leadership of peacewomen to official decision making arenas

 

Rigoberta Menchú Tum

Nobel Peace Laureate, 1992

Awarded for her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based

on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples in her native Guatemala .

Established a foundation to promote the rights of indigenous people around the

world.

 

Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

Professor, University of Cape Town; award winning author of A Human Being Died

That Night; former committee member of The Truth and Rconcilliation Commission

 

Noeleen Heyzer

Executive Director of UNIFEM, the leading operational agency within the US

promoting women's empowerment and gender equality

 

Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD

Millionth Circle Initiative, 5WWC; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University

of California Medical Center; prolific author, latest book: Urgent Message From

Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World.

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International persons with expertise on the essentials of peace will speak at

plenary sessions and at workshops at the Peace Conference.

Persons with expertise on the essentials of peace will present workshops at the

Peace Conference.

 

Delegations from each country will be invited to sponsor an exhibit table in the

Conference Exhibit Hall with information regarding their respective country. A

list of exhibits will be posted.

 

The conference will be held at the Adams Mark Convention Center in Dallas,

Texas, USA . Plenary sessions and workshops for delegates and registered

participants during the day, and special evening programs open to the general

public are planned. Accommodations are available at the Adams Mark Hotel at a

special discount rate.

 

 

 

CO-SPONSORS:

 

The Dallas Peace center

Dallas Public Library

DFW International Community Alliance

The Foundation for Pluralism

Islamic Association of North Texas (IANT)

The Southern Methodist University Women's Center

Texas Muslim Women's Foundation

Women's Communities Association

 

To add your organization as a Co-sponsor, complete the Co-Sponsorship Agreement

Form and mail or fax to the address on the application

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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