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The Power of Nonviolent Action - Beverly Woodward
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Dr. Woodward worked as Coordinator of the International Conference of Peace Researchers and Peace Activists. Part of the World Affairs Series: Prospects For Peace

Citizen Participation as a Force for Peace - Chadwich F. Alger
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Dr. Alger is the Mershon Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Ohio State and past president of the International Studies Association. He is studying ways in which local communities are linked to the world. Part of the World Affairs Series: Prospects For Peace

Citizen Action as a Force for Peace - Edward S. Allen, Dan Clark, Jan Drumm, Dorothy Schramm, Elsie G. Vega
3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Edward S. Allen: Iowa State University mathematics Professor since 1921 and founder of the Iowa Civil Liberties Union in 1935, Dr. Allen has worked for peace and human justice throughout the twentieth century. Dan Clark: Program Director of the Consortium on International Peace and Reconciliation: A Partnership of Ten Iowa Denominations, Des Moines, Iowa. Jan Drumm: Coordinator of the project Enrichment program to encourage international education sponsored by The Stanley Foundation of Muscatine, Iowa. Dorothy Schramm: General Chairman of the Iowa Division of the United Nations Association, Burlington, Iowa. Elsie G. Vega: A former high school teacher in the Panama Canal Zone and producer of educational TV programs on peace and conservation issues, Coralville, Iowa. Part of the World Affairs Series: Prospects For Peace

Strength Through Peace - Richard J Barnet
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Richard Barnet is a Senior Fellow of the Institute For Policy Studies, an independent center devoted to research on public policy questions. Besides founding the Institute in 1963, he has written several books, including Global Reach: The Power of the Multi-National Corporations which he co-authored with Ronald Muller. During the Kennedy Administration he was an official of the State Department and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. he was also a consultant to the Department of Defense. Part of the World Affairs Series: Prospects For Peace

Explaining Global Misunderstanding - Joseph Ascroft
3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - The story takes place during World War I. There are no "good guys" or "bad guys", only scared human beings. Part of the World Affairs Series: Prospects For Peace

Peace Through Equitable Development - Irene Tinker
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Irene Tinker is the founder and director of the Equity Policy Center, a non-profit public interest organization working toward a more equitable world. Dr. Tinker has worked as Director, Office of Policy and Planning for ACTION and as Director of Office of International Science for AAAS. Part of the World Affairs Series: Prospects For Peace

Making Peaceful Decisions on Food and Equity - Glenn Johnson
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Glenn Johnson is internationally known for his extensive research in farm management, national agricultural policy, and economic development in developing countries, as well as for his contributions to the theory of fixed assets. Dr. Johnson was the first director of the Economic Development Institute at the University of Nigeria. He has served as a consultant to the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, the Agency for International Development, and other public and private organizations. He i currently the President-elect of the International Association of Agricultural Economics. Part of the World Affairs Series: Prospects For Peace

Peace through Economic Development-Film and Discussion: Sharing Global Resources
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - The slide show depicts the problems associated with resource distribution, involving multinational corporations and the US government, and focuses on Chile, the Philippines, and Appalachia. Part of the World Affairs Series.

Peace Through Arms Control - Randall Forsberg
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Ms. randall Forsberg is the president and Executive Director of the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies, a research organization which studies the nature and purposes of military forces and the obstacles to opportunities for disarmament. She has worked at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and contributes regularly on such topics as U.S. and Soviet nuclear weapons and world military researcha nd development. As a member of Boston Study Group, Ms. Forsberg co-authored The Price of Defense which describes present U.S. defense policy, forces and budget. Part of the World Affairs Series: Prospects For Peace

The Common Defense - Charles Burton Marshall
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - He has been a consultant to the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. He has served on the Policy Planning Staff of the U.S. Department of State and as a research associate with the Washington Center of Foreign Policy Research. Dr. Marshall has held academic positions at Harvar, Radcliffe, Texas A&M and has been the Paul H. Nitze Professor of International Politics at the John Hopkins University. He is a contributing editor to The National Review and a member of the executive panel of the Committee on the Present Danger. Part of the World Affairs Series: Prospects For Peace