Newark Peace Education Summit

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Welcome to Three Days of Peace

The Newark Peace Education Summit is a three day conference focusing on peacemaking practices from around the world. It features panels and workshops with His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Somaly Mam, Nobel Laureates and peace advocates from a wide cross section of cultures, disciplines and perspectives. The summit will explore the programs, policies, and methods used by communities to establish peace, why and how they work, and how to replicate them in America and around the world. The event will be held at the NJPAC (New Jersey Performing Arts Center) in Newark, New Jersey, May 13-15, 2011. Do not miss this precious opportunity to cultivate peace. EXPLORE THE PROGRAM

Day Two

Saturday, May 14

9:00 am – 10:30am

Peace in Education Panel

10:35am – 12:05pm

Peace Workshops III

12:05pm – 1:30pm Lunch

1:30pm – 3:00pm

Peace in the Community Panel

3:00pm – 4:30pm

Nobel Peace Laureates Keynote Presentation

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Three Questions To Think About Before The Newark Peace Education Summit

In December of 2007, at the 8th Nobel Peace Laureate Summit the following statement was generated and endorsed by many Nobel Laureates including His Holiness the Dalai Lama. With the Newark Peace Education Summit coming in just a few days, we thought it would be meaningful to revisit them here. We urge you to think about the three provocative questions asked in this statement as well as your own answers to them.

Peace Hero of the week

Kathy Eldon

Our Peace Hero of the Week is Kathy Eldon- journalist, author, film producer and founder of the Creative Visions Foundation, a global organization created in honor of her son that supports "creative activists" to use their talent to change the world around them.

The...

PEACE QUOTES

"NEVER GIVE UP

No matter what is going on

Never give up

Develop the heart

Too much energy in your country

Is spent developing the mind

Instead of the heart

Be compassionate

Not just to your friends

But to everyone

Be compassionate

Work for peace

In your heart and in the world

Work for peace

And I say again

Never give up

No matter what is going on around you

Never give up"

Dalai Lama XIV

Day One

Friday, May 13

9:00am – 10:40am
Peace Within Panel

10:45am – 12:15pm
Peace Workshops I

12:15pm – 1:30pm Lunch

1:30pm–3:30pm
Peace in the Home Panel

3:30pm–5:00pm
Peace Workshops II

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Welcome

From Honorary Summit Host Mayor Cory Booker

This moment in Newark holds a once in a generation opportunity for authentic education reform. Recognizing this, our residents are contributing their wisdom by taking part in the most comprehensive community outreach and engagement plan in this City’s history...

From Robert A.F. Thurman
Summit Co-Convener

Welcome one and all to the Newark Peace Education Summit lead by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and fellow Nobel Peace Laureates Shirin Ebadi and Jody Williams. His Holiness is consistently ranked by international polls among the top ten most popular leaders...

From Drew A. Katz Summit
Co-Convener

I have spent a great deal of my life living, working and attending school in and around some of the largest cities in the country—New York, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Newark, East Palo Alto, California and Camden, New Jersey...