[Chicago] Fwd: Peacemaking Conference at Loyola University March 20-22, 2007

[Jo Marie]

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>Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:55:59 -0500
>From: "Roni Rivera" <rriver4 at luc.edu>
>Subject: Peacemaking Conference at Loyola University March 20-22, 2007
>
>** High Priority **
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>Peacemaking Conference March 20-22, 2007
>
>Loyola University of Chicago is holding a major conference "Peacemaking
>in an Age of Terror" on March 20-22, 2007.  We have a fine array of
>speakers.  Among them are Arun Gandhi, Helen Caldicott, Daniel Berrigan,
>Mark Juergensmeyer, James Carroll, Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Kennette
>Benedict, Yaacov Iram, Glen Stassen, Pamela Brubaker, Eugene Jareki,
>Abdul Rashied Omar, Eboo Patel, Janet Parker, John Haughey, S.J., and
>Michael Schuck. Our speakers and respondents will help us examine how we
>might best mitigate forces pushing extremist violence and militarism and
>push instead for stability, justice, and peace for a planetary community
>facing multiple challenges.  Conference registration is required--even
>for Loyola faculty and students-- because seating is limited.  Regular
>registration is free. Full registration with priority seating is $75.
>The conference is sponsored by Loyola's Center for Ethics and Social
>Justice and supported by the Morris Leibman Endowment Fund.
>
>For conference registration and further information, see the conference
>web-page at www.luc.edu/ethics.  Students, faculty, administrators and
>the general public will be admitted by ticket.  See the conference
>website about ticket pickup arrangements.   We are attaching to this
>email the conference program as well as a conference flyer.
>
>We hope that faculty will announce this conference in class and
>encourage your students to register and attend.  Any faculty who wish to
>bring your class to one or more sessions must call Andrew Kenealy at the
>Center for Ethics office at 773.508.3552 in order to complete a group
>registration.
>
>Conference Schedule
>All sessions at Mundelein Auditorium at Loyola’s Lake Shore Campus on
>Chicago's northside.
>
>Tuesday, March 20, 2007
>Evening Session
>7:00- 9:00 pm - Conference Opening
>Rev. Michael Garanzini, S.J., President, Opening remarks
>Kennette Benedict, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, “Five Minutes to
>Midnight”
>Keynote, Arun Gandhi,  “Lessons My Grandfather Taught Me”
>
>Wednesday, March 21, 2007
>Morning Session: Panel
>9:30-11:45 am -  Understanding Mideast Tensions and Hopes
>Mohammed Abu-Nimer, American University
>Abdul Rashied Omar, University of Notre Dame
>Yaacov Iram, Bar Ilan University, Israel
>
>Afternoon session I: Panel
>1:30-3:30 pm  "War on Terror" and Just Peacemaking
>Pamela K. Brubaker, California Lutheran University
>Janet L. Parker, World Council of Churches
>Glen Stassen, Fuller Theological Seminary
>
>Afternoon session II: Panel
>4:00-6:00pm     America and our Military-Industrial Complex
>James Carroll, Boston Globe journalist, author
>
>Eugene Jareki, director of "Why We Fight"
>
>Evening Session
>7:30 - 9:00   Religion and Violence
>Keynote:  Mark Juergensmeyer,  University of California at Santa Barbara
>
>Thursday, March 22, 2007
>Morning Session: Panel
>9:30-11:45    Peacemaking and  Just War
>Michael Schuck, Loyola University
>James Burke,  Lewis University
>John Haughey, S.J., Georgetown University
>
>Afternoon Session l: Panel
>1:30-3:00  Torture and Other Excesses
>Robert Weaver, Attorney
>John Neafsey, Clinician, Majorie Kovler Center for the Treatment of
>Survivors of Torture
>Donna Altimari Adler, Loyola University
>
>Afternoon Session II: Panel
>3:30-5:30   How Religion can reduce violence
>
>Eboo Patel, Interfaith Youth Core
>James Kenny, Common Ground; Interreligious Engagement Project
>Prosper Ndabishuriye, Burundi Peace Activist
>
>Evening session
>7:00-9:00  Nuclear Threats, Planetary Stakes:  Responsibility and Hope
>Keynote, Dr. Helen Caldicott, Physicians for Social Responsibility
>Rev. Daniel Berrigan, S.J., activist, priest, poet
>
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