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In July 2023, School of Peace and Conflict Studies faculty and students, as well as other members of the Kent State community and local educators, traveled to Kigali, Rwanda to participate in the “Peace Education in an Era of Crisis” conference.  The event, which ran from July 11 through July 13, was attended by delegates from 14 countries and nine U.S. states.

This global conference, focused on promoting peace through education, was organized and sponsored by ������’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies and the Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, the University of Rwanda’s Centre for Conflict Management, and Aegis Trust.

 

Photo by Neil Cooper

 

Highlights from the conference were featured online and in the media:

KENT STATE RESEARCH ON FULL DISPLAY AT PEACE CONFERENCE IN RWANDA

Faculty and students share their findings to help advance the cause of global peace

Photo by Hannah Park

 

 

TELLING THE STORY: CONVERSATIONS BECOME A POWERFUL PEACE EDUCATION TOOL

Kent State students share lessons from Colombia in Rwanda

 

 

 

 

Dr. Neil Cooper, director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, and Dr. Amanda Johnson, Director of the Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, were guests on WKSU’s “The Sound of Ideas” on Thursday, July 27, where they discussed the recent global peace conference in Rwanda. 

You can listen to the interview with Dr. Cooper and Dr. Johnson at 

 

 

 

TAKING IN THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND TASTES OF RWANDA

Kent State students, faculty and staff explore this diverse region, getting to know more about the people, the history and the landscape

 

 

KENT STATE-SPONSORED PEACE CONFERENCE OPENS IN RWANDA

Delegates from across the globe gather in Kigali to learn how to make peace and teach peace

Photos by Hannah Park

 

 

VISIT TO KIGALI GENOCIDE MEMORIAL SETS STAGE FOR KENT STATE-SPONSORED PEACE CONFERENCE

Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, global peace conference begins Tuesday in Rwanda

 

PEACE ON THE HORIZON

Group heads to Rwanda for education-abroad course and university-sponsored peace conference

 

 

OHIO EDUCATORS HEADING TO KENT STATE PEACE CONFERENCE IN RWANDA

Stow group hopes to gain knowledge for navigating changing social climate at home

 

 

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: LESSONS OF PEACE

Features photos from the three-week Kigali Summer Institute class.  (Students attended the peace conference as part of their experience.)

 

 

KENT STATE AND UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA BUILD ON TRAGIC PASTS TO FORGE GLOBAL PEACE

Conference will bring together peace and conflict experts and educators from around the world.

 

 

 

To get some of the experience of being there, video of the International Conference on #Peace Education can be viewed at

 

 

Daily highlights from the conference were shared on the SPCS social media pages .

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In April 2023, the upcoming conference was discussed in this article:

SCHOOL OF PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES IS LIVING MEMORIAL TO MAY 4

Many from University to Attend Peace Conference in Rwanda in July