21st Annual Peace Studies Conference
November 14, 2009, Saturday
Directions to Le Moyne Click Here.
Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY
Program Theme:
Youth, Drugs, Violence, and Gangs: Global, National and Local Challenges
_____________________________________
Everyone has to register even students, but STUDENTS FREE. It helps us figure out how much food to order 
REGISTRATION ONLINE IS CLOSED.PLEASE NOW REGISTER IN PERSON ON SATURDAY.
$15.00 for everyone including presenters.
_____________________________________
Sponsored by:
Peace and Global Studies Program
and
Center for Urban and Regional Applied Research
_____________________________________
Conference will be held on the 4th floor of Reilly Hall
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Lodging in Syracuse
DISCOUNTS AT THE FOLLOWING HOTELS:
_____________________________________
· food is vegan friendly
· all rooms wheelchair accessible
· daycare provided on request
_____________________________________
From Martin L. King Jr. to Mahatma Gandhi, peacemakers have recognized the importance of teaching our young people how to live in peace. Thousands of youth are murdered and tens of thousands of them are arrested each year in the United States alone. The challenge of protecting our children is complicated when some of them are involved in generating the violence. Younger and younger children are carrying guns and selling drugs, and the attraction of “gangs” and thug culture is strong in many communities. Around the world, organized illegal trafficking (in drugs, arms, human beings etc.) poses an international threat to peace and global security. A peaceful future depends on meeting the challenges of violence at all levels, including developing alternatives for youth in our own communities.
This conference hopes to provide a venue for discussion of the global problem of youth and gang violence and to share peacemaking tools and alternatives to violence. In this interdisciplinary conference we hope to promote a wide-ranging conversation including diverse fields and experiences. For example, connections to education, ethics, crime, punishment, social welfare/work, justice, corporate gangs, race, class, gender, ability, religion, popular culture, internet communities, policy, media, economics, and international development and affairs.
_____________________________________
2009 Conference Committee:
Nancy Piscitell, Barron Boyd, Caroline Tauxe, Anthony J. Nocella, II, Christina Michaelson, everyone with Save the Kids, and the Peace and Global Studies class
_____________________________________
SCHEDULE
_____________________________________
8:00
_____________________________________
Registration & Booths (Reilly Hall breezeway)
_____________________________________
8:30
_____________________________________
Welcoming (RH 446)
Barron Boyd, Director of Peace and Global Studies, Le Moyne College
_____________________________________
9:00
_____________________________________
SESSION I.(RH 440)
Youth in the 21st Century
Facilitated by: Kate Rose Brondum and Zach Edwards, Le Moyne College
1. Gabriel Colella, SUNY Cortland – Peace, Values, Personal Responsibility
2. Maurice McFarlin, Northeastern Illinois University – Black Youth and Black Gang Violence
3. Elizabeth Murray, George Mason University – Virtual Gangs: MS-13 on Social Networking
Sites
4. Christina Michaelson, Le Moyne College – Nonviolent Communication Techniques in Youth
_____________________________________
SESSION II.(RH 438)
Building Peaceful Schools
Facilitated by: April Stec and Tara Haggerty, Le Moyne College
1. Hakim M. A. Williams, Teacher’s College, Columbia University – The Role of Structural Violence in Postcolonial Schools
2. Anya Stanger, Syracuse University – Education and the Prevention of Youth Violence: A Program Response for Schools
3. Olek Netzer, Tel Aviv, Israel – Concerning A Democratic Structural Change of Regimen and Life’s Experience In Schools
4. Brian J. Trautman, Berkshire Community College – Peace Curriculum: Cultivating Informed and Active Global Citizens for Change and Justice
_____________________________________
10:30
_____________________________________
SESSION I.(RH 440)
Teaching Behind the Wall
Facilitated by: Katherine Marinari and Brittany Harvey, Le Moyne College
1. Lynn Olcott, SUNY Cortland
2. Jim DeChick, Hillbrook Youth Detention Center
3. Jim Garvey, Hillbrook Youth Detention Center
4. Mechthild E. Nagel, SUNY Cortland
_____________________________________
SESSION II.(RH 438)
Building a Peaceful Community
Facilitated by: Elizabeth Vanasdale and Sarah Bolognino, Le Moyne College
1. Terrance Byrd-El, LTPFJ Movement – Boys to Men
2. Doug Merritt, Hillside
3. David Connelly, Osborne Center for Social Justice
4. Renee Emerson, George Junior Republic – Youth, Sexuality, and Disability
_____________________________________
12:00
_____________________________________
Keynote Speaker (RH 446)
Facilitated by: Barron Boyd, Le Moyne College
Julius Edwards, Human Rights Commissioner Onondaga County
_____________________________________
12:30
_____________________________________
Lunch (RH 446)
_____________________________________
1:00
_____________________________________
Awards Ceremony (RH 446)
_____________________________________
2009 Peace Studies Award Recipients
Facilitated by: Christina Michaelson, Le Moyne College and Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, SUNY Cortland
Peace Studies Book of the Year
“Social Justice, Peace, and Environmental Education: Transformative Standards”
Julie Andrzejewski, St. Cloud State University, Marta P. Baltodano, Loyola Marymount University, and Linda Symcox, California State University, Long Beach
Peace Studies Media of the Year
“The Jena 6”
Big Noise Films
Peace Studies Undergraduate Project of the Year
“Political Media Review”
Sarat Colling, Brock University
Peace Studies Graduate Paper of the Year
“Articulating a Contemporary Anarcha-Feminism”
Deric Shannon, University of Connecticut
Peace Studies Faculty Paper the Year
“Understanding Evil from the Perspective of Nonviolence”
Robert Holmes, University of Rochester
_____________________________________
1:30
_____________________________________
SESSION I. (RH 440)
Evidence-Based Practice
Facilitated by: Mechthild E. Nagel, SUNY Cortland
Edward Hayes, CEO, Cayuga Home for Children – A Proven Approach to Reducing Youth Violence and Achieving Reductions in Youth Out-of-Home Placements and Arrests
_____________________________________
SESSION II.(RH 438)
Group Building with Youth
Facilitated by: Dan Warner, Le Moyne College
1. Joshua Calkins, Le Moyne College – Save the Kids
2. Brittani Mannix, SUNY Cortland – Save the Kids
3. Jackie Riehle, SUNY Cortland – Save the Kids
4. Wally Foley, Le Moyne College – Save the Kids
5. Zachary Dodge, Le Moyne College – Save the Kids
6. Bob Mattucci, Plumbing Instructor – Austin MacCormick’s Book education of a Adult Prisoner
7. Jena 6, Big Noise Films
_____________________________________
3:00
_____________________________________
SESSION I. (RH 440)
Community Practitioners on Youth Violence
Facilitated by: April Stec, Le Moyne College
1. Cherylene Billue, Youth for Peace – Empowering Youth to Deal with Conflict and Trauma
2. Marsha Weissman, Center for Community Alternatives – Student Perspectives on School Suspension and the School to Prison Pipeline
3. Jim Dessauer, Compass and Caroline Tauxe, Le Moyne College – Addressing Youth Problems Through Engaged Community Development
_____________________________________
SESSION II. (RH 438)
Reintegrating into the Community
Facilitated by: Judy K. C. Bentley, SUNY Cortland
1. Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, SUNY Cortland – Caring Nonviolently for the Childhood Victims of Violence
2. Andrew Benson Green Jr., Freetown, Sierra Leone – Child Soldier Project in Sierra Leone
3. Jim Czarniak, Hillbrook Youth Detention Center – The New Role of the Non-Profit in Working With Youth Surrounded By Violence
4. John W. McCullough, New Justice Conflict Resolution Services, Inc. – RESTORE
_____________________________________
4:30
_____________________________________
PLENARY – From the Inside Out (RH 446)
Facilitated by: Anthony J. Nocella, II Le Moyne College and SUNY Cortland
1. Jackie DeNero, Hillbrook Youth Detention Center
2. Ray Barnes, Center for Community Alternatives
_____________________________________
5:40
_____________________________________
CLOSING (RH 446)
Robert Rubinstein, Syracuse University
_____________________________________
7:00
_____________________________________
Film Premiere on the “Lost Boys” of Sudan
“Rebuilding Hope “
Performing Arts Center
Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY
___________________________________________________________
Shuttle transportation can be arranged from the airport by calling 800-365-HOME (4663) or using the courtesy phone near baggage claim that direct dials the hotel. A return trip to the airport or trips to/from campus should be scheduled with our front desk team upon arrival at the hotel.
