From GFOI Brian Jarrett:
Hello Folks,
Our Seventh Annual International Cyber-conference will soon be here. Wednesday April 12 at Noon to 2:30 pm (Pacific time).
We expect a very large number of universities and community organizations participating in the conference. Here’s a flyer that you can post at your respective university and/or organization. We have left a space on the flyer for you to type in your own co-sponsoring university or organization. We welcome and encourage you to take full credit for co-sponsoring the event.
To participate in the conference go to our Cyber-Conference website. You will find a link to Zoom, our Conference web-chat platform, at this site. This is how you enter the conference. If you have any difficulties using Zoom, please email Ben Guerrero.
Our agenda for the Cyber-conference is as follows.
Noon – Welcome and Opening Ceremony
Opening Peace Ritual by Elder and Healer Jimi Castillo (Tongva Nation)
Brian Polkinghorn (Bosserman Center for Conflict Resolution, MD) – remarks
12:15- Keynote Speaker Michael Gallagher, Northern Ireland, Spokesman for the Omagh
Bombing Victims and their Families. Strength to Strength Organization and Young Ambassador Program.
12:45- Session 1 – Working Together to Reduce Terrorism
Facilitated by Brian Jarrett (Director, NCRP- CSUDH) and Reverend Brown (President, Compton Historical Society)
1:30 – Session 2 – Building Peaceful, Safe Communities and Improving Police-Community Relations
Facilitated by Polly Hyslop (U Alaska, Fairbanks), Brett Sheldon (Staff Counsel, Native American Rights Fund).
2:25 – Concluding Comments
2:30 pm – Conference Ends. (Each local audience is encouraged to continue its own wrap-up conversation following the internationally networked discussion).
Please encourage your students, friends, and colleagues to attend this interactive event. We are committed to providing a discussion that is truly global in reach. Come join colleagues and practitioners from around the world and learn what positive steps they are taking in their respective communities.
Best,
Brian
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Dr. Brian Jarrett, JD., LL.M., Ph.D.
Director
Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, & Peacebuilding Program
California State University Dominguez Hills
