ACTION FOR PEACE
Saturday, April 6, 2019
This year’s theme, “Action for Peace”, highlights steps that individuals and communities need to take at local and global levels to address pressing challenges around the world. It is Class 16 Rotary Peace Fellows’ call for immediate action to tackle climate change, violence, human displacement, lack of education and livelihoods, planetary health and famine.
SPEAKERS AND SCHEDULE
Registration
Begins at 8:00 am
Welcome and Introductions
Begins at 9:00 am
Session I
9:20 am – 10:35 am
A Story of Reconciliation in a Narrative of War
Nigel Heywood – Australia
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Folklore
Labor Mobility and the Right to Work: Pathways Out of Limbo and Towards Peace for Refugees in Indonesia
Shannon Longhurst – Australia
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Global Studies
Investing in Adolescent Health and Development for Peace
Venera Urbaeva – The Kyrgyz Republic
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Maternal & Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Coffee Break
10:35 am – 11:00 am
Session II
11:00 am – 12:15 pm
Increasing the Resilience of Subsistence Farmers to Climate Variability in Northern Mali
Alhousseyni Maiga – Mali
Duke University, Master of International Development Policy
Artisanal Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon: Exploring the Science-Policy Nexus
Christian Lara – Colombia
Duke University, Master of International Development Policy
Bridging the Humanitarian Gap
Mohammed Eid – Palestine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Global Studies
Lunch
12:15 pm – 1:25 pm
Session III
1:30 pm – 2:20 pm
Zero Famine
Branka Panic – Serbia
Duke University, Master of International Development Policy
Designing Effective Training Programs For Refugees In Cameroon: Women & Girls
Natalie Emery – Italy
Duke University, Master of International Development Policy
Stretch Break
2:20 pm – 2:30 pm
Session IV
2:30 pm – 3:20 pm
Why is Pakistan’s Most Peaceful Religious Community Turning Violent? Case Study of Blasphemy Activism by the Barelvis
Sajjad Hussain – Pakistan
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Global Studies
Education in Emergencies: Rethinking Education for Rohingya Refugee Children in Cox’s Bazar Shelters
Sakun Gajurel – Nepal
Duke University, Master of International Development Policy
Closing Remarks
Conference concludes at 4:00 pm
Learn more about our Class 16 Rotary Peace Fellows