PeaceVoice Conference

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PeaceVoice held a one-day conference at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon on August 1, 2009. The conference featured presentations throughout the day from peace academics from across the US. The event wrapped up with the keynote address from Barbara Wien, peace scholar and PeaceVoice Advisor. The conference closed with a rich performance by the Sartori Men’s Chorus, a local group that sings about peace.

Following are some photos from the conference showing presenters and their topics:

Michael Sonnleitner - Gandhi�s Use of Media‘Michael Sonnleitner – Gandhi’s Use of Media’

Ksenia Gorbenko - Violent Face of Nonviolence: Civil Disobedience in British Suffrage Movement ‘Ksenia Gorbenko – Violent Face of Nonviolence: Civil Disobedience in British Suffrage Movement’

David Smith-Ferri - Battlefield Without Borders and The Rivers, a film of Iraqi refugee interviews ‘David Smith-Ferri – Battlefield Without Borders and The Rivers, a film of Iraqi refugee interviews’

Thomas Pynn - Philosophy of War and Peace in Daodejing ‘Thomas Pynn – Philosophy of War and Peace in Daodejing’

Ako Yamakawa - Challenge to US military bases in Okinawa‘Ako Yamakawa – Challenge to US military bases in Okinawa’

Gina Ronning - Justice in the Eyes of Others plus Building Peace through Economic Bill of Rights ‘Gina Ronning – Justice in the Eyes of Others plus Building Peace through Economic Bill of Rights’