Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement -- First International Conference on Race

First International Conference on Race
October 1-4, 2003
Sponsored by the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation
University of Mississippi

First International Conference on Race: Racial Reconciliation

October 1-4, 2003, the William Winter Institute hosts a four-day conference exploring racial reconciliation in international contexts. Presentations examine how local action-oriented initiatives resolve conflict around the globe.

The event marks the end of the Open Doors commemorative year at the University of Mississippi.

Begun Oct. 1, 2002, the Open Doors observance is devoted to recognizing the courage of Dr. James Meredith and all faculty, staff, students, and alumni who worked for inclusion and greater opportunity and access to higher education.

The conference begins Wednesday with a community dinner in the Circle, featuring an address by Nicholas Katzenbach, former deputy attorney general of the United States under John F. Kennedy. The event hearkens back to the Open Doors' first day dinner on the grounds attended by some 2,500 people of widely diverse backgrounds.

On Thursday, the conference hosts various panels and workshops especially for educators, showcasing methods for teaching about race. Friday's events include presentations by practitioners and academics from across the globe who reflect on local methods of conflict resolution and share insights on reconciliation from a variety of perspectives.

Saturday, Oct. 3, features a plenary session and keynote address by the Rev. James Lawson, a noted proponent of reconciliation and prominent civil rights activist. Among other highlights of the conference are presentations by University of Mississippi students on the overall theme.

The conference is intended to help galvanize the goals of the year of Open Doors, which began by noting our own unique history and concludes by considering our commonalities with communities around the world, attempting to build inclusive, successful societies.

The conference places the University at the forefront of international dialogue on racial reconciliation.

For more information and to pre-register, please see:
www.olemiss.edu/winterinstitute

For more information on Open Doors, please see: www.olemiss.edu/opendoors

Schedule for International Conference on Race, University of Mississippi, October 1-4, 2003

TENTATIVE

Wednesday, October 1
3:00-5:00 p.m. Registration in Barnard Observatory
5:00 p.m. Community Dinner in the Circle
6:30 p.m. Keynote Address by Nicholas Katzenbach

Thursday, October 2
8:00-8:30 a.m. Registration Ford Center Rehearsal Hall
8:30-10:00 a.m. Teach-in Panel
10:15-12:30 p.m. Workshops:
    Shay Youngblood, "cultural mapping":
    Billy Barrios & Susannah Dakin, "The Way of the Heart"
1:30-5:30 p.m. Workshops:
    Rev. James Lawson, "nonviolence"
    Patricia Hall, "Afro-Caribbean dance"

Friday, October 3
8:30-10:00 a.m. Panel: Defining Racism, Undoing Racism:
    Michael Levine, University of Western Australia
    Mrunalini Thyagarajan, Alliant International University
10:15-11:30 a.m. Panel Reconciliation and Community Coalitions
    Meredith Gould, STAR (Southern Truth and Reconciliation)
    Luz Borrero, Southern Regional Council
1:00-2:30 p.m. Keynote Address: Rev. James Lawson
2:45-4:15 p.m. Music and Images as Tools for Raising and Advancing Reconciliation: Dr. George Dor and Dr. Michael Cheers, University of Mississippi
5:30-7:00 p.m. Reception

Saturday, October 4
9:00-10:30 a.m. Panel: Reconciliation and Health Care
    Dr. Rob Rockhold, University of Mississippi Medical Center
    Dr. Gerald Yutrzenka, University of South Dakota School of Medicine
10:45-12:00 p.m. Panel: Religion, Race, and Reconciliation
    Rev. Michele Ellison, Good News Unlimited Faith Links
    Okolo Rashid, International Museum of Muslim Cultures
1:00-2:00 p.m. Panel: UM Student Panel
2:00-3:30 p.m. Panel: Reconciliation in Australia and Southern Africa
    Sarah Asplin, University of Denver
    Busani Mpofu, University of Zimbabwe
    Heidi Norman, Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

3:30-4:30 p.m. Final Plenary Session: "Toward an international network to support reconciliation"

First International Conference on Race October 1-4, 2003 Sponsored by the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation University of Mississippi

First International Conference on Race
October 1-4, 2003
Sponsored by the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation
University of Mississippi