Students and community activists will meet for a workshop this weekend to discuss peaceful ways to resolve conflicts in Colombia, Indonesia and Sudan, said Karla Schneider, assistant director of Southeast Asian studies at Ohio University.
The United States Institute of Peace and OU's Center for International Studies are hosting the event, titled Beyond Violence: Transforming Intractable Conflict
at 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday and from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday at Grover Center.
The purpose of the workshop is to bring together scholars students and the community and develop peaceful resolutions for the three countries
and to understand that these methods can be applied to other issues of conflict
Schneider said.
Directors of OU's international studies program invited five educators to speak at the workshop, she said.
The issues discussed will be quite contemporary
she said. Take the country Sudan
for example. The very recent political and military conflict such as Darfur and the country's famine will be addressed.
After the presentations, students will divide into three breakout sessions where they can discuss media and military roles in the countries as well as regional and international dimensions of conflict.
The intent is to keep the theme consistent between the breakout sessions
she said. Because after that
there will be a 'lesson-learned' session where students can regroup and compare the similarities between the three developed strategies.
Brad Jokisch, director of Latin American studies at OU, said he is looking forward to the weekend's events.
The first two speakers I asked (to attend) said yes quickly
he said. However
one of our speakers
