Saturday, April 6, 2024
9:00AM – 4:00PM
FedEx Global Education Center
UNC-Chapel Hill
To view the full program for this event, please click here!
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Please join us on Saturday, April 6th for the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center’s 21st Annual Spring Conference. Our theme this year will be “From Self to Society: Envisioning Our Relationship to Peace”. Class 21 Rotary Peace Fellows will present their research, exploring new ways of thinking about peacebuilding, international development, and conflict transformation in many regions of the world.
The conference will take place at the FedEx Global Education Center on UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Doors will open at 8:00am for those who wish to check-in early or enjoy coffee and a muffin. Lunch and other refreshments will be provided throughout the day.
If you are traveling from out of town and need to book a hotel room, for your convenience, we have reserved blocks of hotel rooms at discounted rates. Click here to learn more!
Can’t attend in person? We offer a livestream and Zoom webinar for those who would like to participate in our conference remotely. Those that register here to attend virtually will receive a link and instructions on how to attend in advance of the conference.
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INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS
- Mai Nguyen, “Pensions for All: Social Insurance in Vietnam and Implications for Peace“
- Estefania Rodriguez, “Latinos Health Journey: Community-Informed Policy in North Carolina“
- Alexis Mwanza Kabongo, “Community Health Workers for Peacebuilding: The Asiphephe Project“
- Christian Menin, “Peace for Whom? Broken Promises in Colombia“
- Mustafa Rezaie, “From Humanitarian Aid to Sustainable Communities in Northern Afghanistan“
- Jorge Delgado Golusda, “At the Border of Change: Humanizing Chile’s Migration Policy“
- Sara Solomon Teklewold, “The Role of Transitional Justice in Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: The Case of Northern Ethiopia“
- Gibson Zulu, “Investing in Refugee Education: Implications for Peace in Ethiopia“
- Chone Chaowai, “From the Beauty of Pristine Forests to the Beauty of Justice“
- Alexandra Rose, “The Lantern Approach to Peacebuilding“
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
- Panel 1: “Community Health as a Building Block towards More Peaceful Societies“
- Panel 2: “In Search of Sustainable Development and Peace“
- Panel 3: “Towards Remedying the Costs of War“
- Panel 4: “From Self to Society“
Graduating Fellows – Class 21 (2022-2024)
 THAILAND Duke University – Master in International Development Policy |  CHILE Duke University – Master in International Development Policy |
 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – School of Global Public Health |  BRAZIL Duke University – Master in International Development Policy |
 VIETNAM Duke University – Master in International Development Policy |  AFGHANISTAN Duke University – Master in International Development Policy |
 MEXICO Duke University – Master in International Development Policy |  AUSTRALIA Duke University – Master in International Development Policy |
 ETHIOPIA University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Global Studies |  ZAMBIA University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Global Studies |
8:00-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:20 Welcome and Introductions
Randy Lickey, Rotary Host Area Coordinator
Bryn Styles, Past Rotary International Director
Susan Carroll, Rotary Peace Center Managing Director
9:25-9:30 Alumni Testimonial Video – Negaya Chorley (Class 11, 2012-2014)
9:25-9:50 Mai Nguyen, Vietnam (Moderated by Edmund Malesky)
9:50-10:40 Panel I (Moderated by Suzanne Maman)
Estefania Rodriguez, Mexico
Alexis Mwanza Kabongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
10:40-11:10 Coffee Break
11:10-11:15 Alumni Testimonial Video – Manish Kumar (Class 12, 2013-2015)
11:15-12:30 Panel II (Moderated by Kerilyn Schewel)
Christian Menin, Brazil
Mustafa Rezaie, Afghanistan
Jorge Delgado Golusda, Chile
12:30-1:40 Lunch
1:40-1:45 Alumni Testimonial Video – Beccah Bartlett (Class 13, 2014-2016)
1:45-2:35 Panel III (Moderated by Erica Johnson)
Sara Solomon Teklewold, Ethiopia
Gibson Zulu, Zambia
2:35-3:25 Panel IV (Moderated by Catherine Admay)
Chone Chaowai, Thailand
Alexandra Rose, Australia
3:25-4:00 Presentation of Certificates and Closing Remarks
Karen Wentz and Ron Appuhn
The Quick Family Gift to The Rotary Foundation, in support of the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Conference