---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

61th DPI-NGO Conference New York

Midday Workshop Schedule
Friday, 7 September 2007

1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Hardin Room, 11th Floor, Church Centre

Culture of Peace – Education – the Arts

Sponsored by KIK Kulturel-Information-Koordination - accredited to United Nation  DPI, Dept. of Public Information

Cosponsored by The Ribbon International, Fundación Culture de Paz, Coalition for Peace Action, and Communication Coordination Committee for the UN

This workshop focuses on how education and the arts can foster movement toward a culture of peace and away from a culture of war by moulding lifestyles and mindsets to accommodate the facts of climate change. War is destruction of life. UN-NGO partnerships can create action plans to address climate change through cultural dialogue. In the past NGOs have contributed to innovative solutions that once seemed distant possibilities. Civil society should 
likewise foster a more democratic and culturally-enriched world to address the issues brought about by war and by climate change

Moderator:

Michele Peppers, The Ribbon International

Speakers:

           Annelse Jarvis Hansen, KIK/Fundacion Culture de Paz

Barbara Gathard, The Ribbon International

Jerry Spivack, CCC/UN

Judy Lerner, Coalition for Peace Action