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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Thank you for attending our 21st annual spring conference and supporting our Rotary Peace Fellows – we hope you can join us again next year on April 5, 2025 (save the date!).
Below is a list of presentations and panel discussions from this year’s conference – click on the title of each presentation to watch.
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