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21st Annual Peace Studies Conference a project of the Central New York Peace Studies Consortium
 _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Program Theme: Youth, Drugs, Violence, and Gangs: Global, national and local challenges Saturday Sponsored by: _____________________________________ · food is vegan friendly
· all rooms wheelchair accessible
· daycare provided on request
_____________________________________ From Martin L. King Jr. to Mahatma Gandhi, peacemakers have recognized the importance of teaching our young people how to live in peace. Thousands of youth are murdered and tens of thousands of them are arrested each year in the United States alone. The challenge of protecting our children is complicated when some of them are involved in generating the violence. Younger and younger children are carrying guns and selling drugs, and the attraction of “gangs” and thug culture is strong in many communities. Around the world, organized illegal trafficking (in drugs, arms, human beings etc.) poses an international threat to peace and global security. A peaceful future depends on meeting the challenges of violence at all levels, including developing alternatives for youth in our own communities. This conference hopes to provide a venue for discussion of the global problem of youth and gang violence and to share peacemaking tools and alternatives to violence. In this interdisciplinary conference we hope to promote a wide-ranging conversation including diverse fields and experiences. For example, connections to education, ethics, crime, punishment, social welfare/work, justice, corporate gangs, race, class, gender, ability, religion, popular culture, internet communities, policy, media, economics, and international development and affairs. _____________________________________ 2009 Conference Committee: _____________________________________ 8:00 _____________________________________ Registration & Booths (Reilly Hall breezeway) _____________________________________ 8:30 _____________________________________ Welcoming (RH 446) _____________________________________ 9:00 _____________________________________ SESSION I.(RH 440) Youth in the 21st Century 1. Gabriel Colella, SUNY Cortland – Peace, Values, Personal Responsibility 2. Maurice McFarlin, Northeastern Illinois University – Black Youth and Black Gang Violence 3. Elizabeth Murray, George Mason University – Virtual Gangs: MS-13 on Social Networking Sites 4. Christina Michaelson, Le Moyne College – Nonviolent Communication Techniques in Youth _____________________________________ SESSION II.(RH 438) Building Peaceful Schools 1. Hakim M. A. Williams, Teacher’s College, Columbia University – The Role of Structural Violence in Postcolonial Schools 2. Anya Stanger, Syracuse University – Education and the Prevention of Youth Violence: A Program Response for Schools 3. Olek Netzer, Tel Aviv, Israel – Concerning A Democratic Structural Change of Regimen and Life’s Experience In Schools 4. Brian J. Trautman, Berkshire Community College – Peace Curriculum: Cultivating Informed and Active Global Citizens for Change and Justice _____________________________________ 10:30 _____________________________________ SESSION I.(RH 440) 1. Lynn Olcott, SUNY Cortland 2. Jim DeChick, Hillbrook Youth Detention Center 3. Jim Garvey, Hillbrook Youth Detention Center 4. Mechthild E. Nagel, SUNY Cortland _____________________________________ SESSION II.(RH 438) Building a Peaceful Community 1. Terrance Byrd-El, LTPFJ Movement – Boys to Men 2. TBA, Hillside, NY 3. David Connelly, Osborne Center for Social Justice 4. Renee Emerson, George Junior Republic – Youth, Sexuality, and Disability _____________________________________ 12:00 _____________________________________ Keynote Speaker (RH 446) Julius Edwards, Human Rights Commissioner Onondaga County _____________________________________ 12:30 _____________________________________ Lunch (RH 446) _____________________________________ 1:00 _____________________________________ Awards Ceremony (RH 446) _____________________________________ 2009 Peace Studies Award Recipients Peace Studies Book of the Year Peace Studies Media of the Year Peace Studies Undergraduate Project of the Year Peace Studies Graduate Paper of the Year Peace Studies Faculty Paper the Year _____________________________________ 1:30 _____________________________________ SESSION I. (RH 440) Evidence-Based Practice Edward Hayes, CEO, Cayuga Home for Children – A Proven Approach to Reducing Youth Violence and Achieving Reductions in Youth Out-of-Home Placements and Arrests _____________________________________ SESSION II.(RH 438) Group Building with Youth 1. Joshua Calkins, Le Moyne College – Save the Kids 2. Brittani Mannix, SUNY Cortland – Save the Kids 3. Jackie Riehle, SUNY Cortland – Save the Kids 4. Wally Foley, Le Moyne College – Save the Kids 5. Zachary Dodge, Le Moyne College – Save the Kids _____________________________________ 3:00 _____________________________________ SESSION I. (RH 440) 1. Cherylene Billue, Youth for Peace – Empowering Youth to Deal with Conflict and Trauma 2. Marsha Weissman. Center for Community Alternatives – Student Perspectives on School Suspension and the School to Prison Pipeline 3. Jim Dessauer, Compass and Caroline Tauxe, Le Moyne College – Addressing Youth Problems Through Engaged Community Development _____________________________________ SESSION II. (RH 438) Reintegrating into the Community 1. Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, SUNY Cortland – Caring Nonviolently for the Childhood Victims of Violence 2. Andrew Benson Green Jr,, Freetown, Sierra Leone – Child Soldier Project in Sierra Leone 3. Jim Czarniak, Hillbrook Youth Detention Center – The New Role of the Non-Profit in Working With Youth Surrounded By Violence 4. John W. McCullough, New Justice Conflict Resolution Services, Inc. – RESTORE _____________________________________ 4:30 _____________________________________ PLENARY – From the Inside Out (RH 446) 1. Jackie DeNero, Hillbrook Youth Detention Center 2. Ray Barnes, Center for Community Alternatives _____________________________________ 5:40 _____________________________________ CLOSING (RH 446) Robert Rubinstein, Syracuse University ___________________________________________________________ Past Conferences
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Peace Studies Conference
