2012 Annual Peace Conference
Golden West College
A Forum for Students, Educators, Researchers, Artists, and Community Leaders
Peace Renaissance
Creating Peace through Sustainability, Education, Nonviolence, Conscious Democracy, Health, and Artistic Creativity
The 2012 Peace Conference provides a unique forum for building a culture of peace through intellectual and experiential workshops and dialogues. Attendees will engage in conversations that ignite a shift in consciousness for creating a just, compassionate, and sustainable world:
- Cultivating a culture of giving & corporate social responsibility to end global poverty
- Transforming communities by building new relationships based on partnerships
- Re-envisioning architectural design and transportation for sustainable living
- Conscious living with food and local farming for ecological health
- Expanding human capabilities and inventiveness through education
- Awakening human dignity and preserving human rights through nonviolence
- Creating artistic expressions in service of peace through the visual arts and music
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
-Martin Luther King
This is a zero-waste event.
The 2012 Peace Conference is presented by the Golden West College Peace Studies Program, Honors Program, Recycling and Resource Management Program, Peace, Mind, and Body Club, Sustainability Club, Associated Students, and in partnership with UCI, CSU Fullerton, CSU Dominguez Hills, City of Huntington Beach, and OC Human Relations
For more information, please contact:
Fran Faraz, Peace Studies Director, ffarazdaghi@gwc.cccd.edu,
Dr. Paul Tayyar, Co Coordinator ptayyar@gwc.cccd.edu or call (714) 892-7711 ext. 55117
Golden West College (Student Center)
15744 Goldenwest Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Parking: No Charge in Lot “B”
Education Breeds Confidence, Confidence Breeds Hope, Hope Breeds Peace
Type |
Pre-registration |
At the Door |
College Student |
$15 |
$20 |
Faculty/Administration |
$25 |
$30 |
Other |
$45 |
$50 |
* Includes complimentary breakfast, lunch, and free parking in Lot B
Note: Must provide current college/university school ID at registration
Welcome to the Peace Studies Program @ GWC
Think Possibilities. Choose Action and make commitment to the world
The Peace Studies Liberal Arts degree at Golden West College offers students an opportunity to understand the value of Peace. This program teaches tomorrow’s leaders how to utilize peacemaking and conflict management skills in their daily lives, whether across the ocean, across the living room, or within oneself. This requires an awareness that allows people to respond proactively and creatively, rather than thoughtlessly or defensively, to conflict and violence at various levels.
The program has been developed to provide an interdisciplinary perspective to the study of conflict, violence, war, and peace. Such an approach is essential in view of the highly complex, interconnected, and interdependent world in which we live. This interdisciplinary program is open to all students.
A major in Peace Studies is a preparation for those seeking to pursue careers in international affairs, whether through the Foreign Service, Peace Corps, the United Nations, or international Non-Governmental Organizations. Areas of involvement might include human rights, social and economic development, disarmament, conflict analysis, and general peacemaking. The student seeking a domestic career may find work as a mediator or conflict resolution specialist, a human relations specialist, or an educator.
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” - Albert Einstein
Be a leader towards a peaceful future
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