September 2010

 Saint John's University and College of Saint Benedict

23rd Annual Peace Studies Conference

"Justice, Peace and Environmental Sustainability"

September 26 & 27, 2010

CONFERENCE VIDEOS:

Sunday, September 26th

7:00 pm

"Gandhi in the 21st Century"
Dr. Rajmohan Gandhi
Gorecki Dining Conference Center 204,CSB

 

Monday, September 27th

1:00-2:10pm

"Justice, Peace & Environmental Sustainability"
Dr. Patricia Mische
Alum Hall, HCC, CSB 

2:40-3:50:  Breakout Sessions:

Session A: "A Theology of Development, Women's Empowerment and the Environment in Ethiopia: the Gudina Tumsa Foundation."  
Dr. Steven Thomas, Department of English, CSB/SJU 
Gorecki 204A, CSB

      Session B: "Peace and the Environment: Exploring the Connections"

Dr. Julie Andrzejewski, Co-Coordinator, Social Responsibility Master's Program, St. Cloud State University; co-editor, Social Justice, Peace and Environmental Education: Transformative Standards. 
Gorecki 204B, CSB

4:15-5:30pm:

      "Environmental Sustainability in Higher Education"
      Dr. Derek Larson, Departments of History and Environmental Studies and
      Mr. Theo Eggermont, Sustainability Fellow, CSB/SJU  
      Gorecki 204A, CSB

7:30pm:

      "Fr. John Kaiser & the Struggle for Human Rights in Kenya, 2000-2010"  
      Panel discussion. Mr. Dean Urdahl, Fr. William Vos, Mr. Cyprian K' Oywa (invited)  
      Gorecki 204AB, CSB 

Conference is free and open to all, no registration necessary. For more info contact Ron Pagnucco at rpagnucco@csbsju.edu.
Co-Sponsored by: CSB/SJU Peace Studies Department; the Environmental Studies Department; and the Asian Studies Program; Amnesty International; the Peace Studies Club; the African Studies Learning Community; and the Master's Program in Social Responsibility, St. Cloud State University.