The 15th Annual Rotary Spring Conference took place on Saturday, April 7th, 2018, at UNC (FedEx Global Education Center in the Nelson Mandela auditorium).
We face diverse realities but we all share a common humanity. In Pieces of Peace, Class 15 Peace Fellows presented different development challenges that people face around the world and stories of resilience, as well as individual and collective commitments to peacebuilding.
Links to all presentations can be viewed here.
Welcome and Introductions
Bart Cleary, Rotary Host Area Coordinator
Kenneth Schuppert Jr., Trustee Vice Chair, The Rotary Foundation
Susan Carroll, Rotary Center Managing Director
Chenai Kadungure, Rotary Peace Fellow 2016-18, Conference Narrator
Presentations
Food Love and Waste in the Age of Climate Change: Peacebuilding Through Policy and Practice
Presenter: Linda Low
Moderator: Catherine Admay
Presenter: Daniela Schermerhorn
Moderator: Rosemary Fernholz
Cash Transfer in Humanitarian Settings
Presenter: Gabriele Gardenal
Moderator: Niklaus Steiner
Leading Change: A Case for Zimbabwe
Presenter: Chenai Kadungure
Moderator: Eunice Sahle
Can we Make Peace, If We Forget the Rights of Nature Along the Way?
Presenter: Francesca Sorbara
Moderator: Catherine Admay
Refugee Mental Health: an Underestimated Challenge
Presenter: Johanna Schubert
Moderator: Lori Evarts
Leaders for Political Dialogue Video
Introduction: Linda Low and Patrick Bwire
I’m Fully Empowered: A Community-Based Approach to HIV Prevention
Presenter: Hayley Welgus
Moderator: Suzanne Maman
Improving Energy Access to Boost Development and Positive Peace in Chiapas, Mexico
Presenter: Odette Rouvet
Moderator: Natalia Mirovitskaya
Addressing Community Land Conflicts in Uganda
Presenter: Patrick Bwire
Moderator: Natalia Mirovitskaya
Ethiopia at a Crossroads Between Peace & Conflict
Presenter: Gada Roba
Moderator: Francis Lethem
Beyond Fairtrade: Widening the Horizon of Opportunity for Indigenous Women Artisans in Peru
Presenter: Techa Beaumont
Moderator: Catherine Admay
Presentation of Certificates
Closing Remarks