Creating an Infrastructure for Peace

Dorothy Maver

Monday, 12 Sep 2011 at 7:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union

Dorothy Maver is an international educator and peacebuilder. She is the president of the National Peace Academy, a founding member of the Leadership Council of the Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace, and coauthor of the book Conscious Education: The Bridge to Freedom. The lecture will cover peace building; catalyzing a movement for peace activism; and personal, social, political and ecological peace learning. Maver will also address the questions Is peace a human right? Is it possible in our world? Part of the World Affairs Series

Cosponsored By:
  • 11Days of Global Unity – Central Iowa
  • Alliance for Global Justice
  • Ames Human Relations Commission
  • Axiom Foundation
  • Bethesda Lutheran Church
  • Boone DMACC Campus
  • Corry and Roger Bertelsen
  • Darul Arqum Islamic Center - PR Committee
  • ELCA
  • Mary Sawyer
  • Msgr. James A. Supple Memorial Lectures Series
  • Niagara Foundation
  • St. Cecilia Social Concerns Committee
  • St. Thomas Aquinas Church and Catholic Student Ctr
  • Touch of Enchantment Network
  • Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames
  • United Church of Christ - Congregational of Ames
  • World Affairs
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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