Friday, March 20, 2009

Registration - Ballroom level foyer

Welcome Reception

• Join us in the lobby bar to meet and greet fellow conference participants (open to the public)

Conference opening

• Ringing of the World Harmony Foundation's Harmony Bell for Peace
• Participation of the Harmony Bell for Peace made possible by Mr. Frank Liu, founder and president of the World Harmony Foundation.
• Mr. Aaron Voldman, Ms. Lynn McMullen and The Peace Alliance Board of Directors. 
  
• Featuring the music of Peter Bolland

When Hope Takes A Stand: Living with Purpose and Passion in Challenging Times

• Mr. Ocean Robbins

The Global Peace Index and Soldiers of Peace: The Movie

• Mr. Steve Killelea

Welcome

• Ms. Lynn McMullen and Mr. Aaron Voldman

Be the Hero You’ve Been Waiting For

• Mr. and Mrs. Rich and Yvonne St. John-Dutra

From Domination to Partnership: Building Economic and Social Foundations for Peace

• Ms. Riane Eisler

Lunch

• On your own in meetings with your State Group, laying out the plan for the conference
• Book sales and signing with Riane Eisler and Rich and Yvonne St. John-Dutra

• Ms. Lynn McMullen and Ms. Julia Simon-Mishel

Programs that Work: Reducing and Preventing Violence in our Neighborhoods

• Barrios Unidos
• My Sister’s Place
• Peaceaholics

Introduction to Breakout Sessions

Break

Breakout Sessions

• Expose Yourself! Mastering the Media Interview
• Cultivating Human Generosity: Funding the Dream in Your Area and Beyond
• Grow Baby Grow: Building and Sustaining Your Local Group
• Mobilizing Youth for a Department of Peace: Campus and Community Organizing
• Nonviolent Peaceforce: How Does Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping Work?
• Overcoming the My Face Twitters: Using Social Networking for Grassroots Organizing
• Restorative Justice and Restorative Practices
• Speak Your Peace: Unleashing the Writer Within

Dinner (on your own with state/district groups)

The Economics of Peace: A Dialogue

• Former Congressman Mr. Wayne Gilchrest, Congressman Mr. Michael Honda (CA-15), Mr. Michael Shank

Partnering for our Common Security through Peace and Forgiveness

• Mr. Azim Khamisa
  Azim Khamisa is a Sufi Muslim and he invites us today to join him in celebrating Navroz Mubarak, the Muslim New Year. In Persian, “Nav” means “new,” “Roz” means “year,” and “Mubarak” means “celebration.”

• Book sales and signing with Azim Khamisa
• Student Peace Alliance Community Building Time (Youth and chaperones only)

Sunday, March 22, 2009

8:00 am - 8:30 am

9:00 am – 9:15 am

Optional silent mediation

Welcome

Grassroots success stories from around the country

• Ms. Kathy Kidd and Ms. Miranda Fisher
  

Making Peace with Money

• Ms. Lynn McMullen

Our Global Movement

• Ms. Anne Creter, Ms. Dot Maver and our friends from around the world

Costa Rica's Model of Peace: A Story of Hope for the World

• Ms. Rita Marie Johnson

Peacebuilding in the Federal Government

• Mr. Ondray Harris, Director of the Community Relations Service (CRS), U.S. Department of Justice (or his designee)
• Ms. Lorelei Kelly, National Security Program Director, American Progressive Caucus Policy Foundation
• Ms. Lisa Schirch, 3D Security and Eastern Mennonite University

Stretch Break

Wake Up Laughing: The Up-Wising Has Begun

• Swami Beyondananda

Advanced Lobbying Training

• Mr. Sam Daley-Harris, Ms. Lynn McMullen

Dinner with State Groups

State Meeting Breakouts

• Continued Lobbying Prep and District Planning

Monday, March 23, 2009

Pep Rally

• Mr. Sam Daley-Harris, Mr. Jan Hartke, Ms. Lynn McMullen

Meetings on the Hill

Dinner (on your own)

Grand Finale

• Mr. Mike Robbins
• Sharing Meeting Successes
• Congressional Host Congressman Dennis Kucinich and Cosponsors of HR 808   
• Musical Celebration of Peace
• Songs and Videos by Frances Rae Key, a descendent of Francis Scott Key and director of The International Peace Performers Chorus in Jacksonville, FL. 
  Arranged by international composer Cyrille Verdeaux Vocals by Claud Myers and Jasmine Peterson
  Check out these videos.
  

Conference Closing

• Letters of Appreciation to Conference Sponsors and Supporters
• Honored Guests Invited to Ring the Harmony Bell for Peace
• Final Reception--Join us in the lobby bar for final farewells (open to the public)