2008 Summer Institute Peace and Conflict Studies

An intensive learning experience that offers participants an opportunity to better understand world conflicts and to practice possible resolutions. For those wishing to create positive change, here is a chance to get involved!

Teachers, students, parents, and concerned citizens: Everyone is welcome!

MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2008
Opening Remarks, Sunil Chand, President, College of DuPage
9 a.m., Student Resource Center (SRC), Room 1450

Causes of War, Conditions for Peace: What Stands in the Way of a More Peaceful World?
Chris Goergen, College of DuPage
9:15 to 10:30 a.m., SRC 1450

Deterrence and Peace in Today's World?
Nuno Monteiro, University of Chicago
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., SRC 1450

Can International Law Bring Us Peace?
David Scheffer, Northwestern University
2 to 3:30 p.m., SRC 1450

TUESDAY, JUNE 3
Israel and Palestine: 60 Years of Conflict
Jennifer Bing-Canaar, director of the Middle East program at AFSC,
and Lynn Pollack, Jewish Voice for Peace
9 to 10:15 a.m., SRC 2800

Simulation: Israel and Palestine
Ken Gray, John Frazier
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., SRC 2800

How Do I Get Involved?
Short presentations by groups who work for Peace
(e.g., Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, etc.)
2 to 4 p.m., SRC 2800

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4
The United Nations: A Force for Peace?
Brian Endless, North Central College
9 to 10:15 a.m., SRC 2800

How the United States Works for Peace
David Smith, United States Institute for Peace
10:30 a.m. to noon, SRC 2800

Compassionate Listening (Brownbag Presentation)
Frida Furman, DePaul University
1 to 2 p.m., SRC 1450

Peace and the Environment
Deborah Adelman, C.O.D., Shamili Sandiford, C.O.D.
2 to 3:30 p.m., SRC 2800

Teaching About Peace and Conflict
David Smith, USIP
4 to 5 p.m., SRC 2800

THURSDAY, JUNE 5
Violence and Conflict at the U.S. – Mexican Border
Delle McCormick, Border Links
9 to 10:15 a.m., SRC 1544

Simulation: Crisis at the Mexican Border
David Goldberg, Marcella Nowak, C.O.D.
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., SRC 1544

How Do I Get Involved?
Short Presentations by Activists (Border Links and others)
2 to 4 p.m., SRC 1544

THURSDAY NIGHT: LEILA BUCK: “In the Crossing”
$10, students $5*
7:30 p.m., McAninch Arts Center, Mainstage
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FRIDAY, JUNE 6
Service Learning Projects and Volunteer Shadowing All Day
Scavenger Hunt for Peace

*Tickets may be purchased at the MAC Ticket Office in person or by phone (630) 942-4000.
Sorry, no Internet orders will be accepted.

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