Live Broadcasting Schedule:
Friday :: Oct 21
8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Welcoming Ceremony
11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Plenary Session :: A Conversation with Nipun Mehta & Pancho Ramos-Stierle
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Plenary Session :: A Conversation with Clayborne Carson
Saturday :: Oct 22
10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Plenary Session :: A Conversation with David Bacon
4:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Plenary Session :: A Conversation with Dolores Huerta
Simultaneous interpreting between English and Spanish by
(Interpretación simultánea entre inglés y español a cargo del): Dr. Pablo Julián Davis, Interfluency Translation + Culture www.interfluency.com
Please join us this weekend for the Gandhi-King Conference, co-sponsored by the Peace and Justice Studies Association. Register now to be a part of this national gathering on Peace, Solidarity, and Justice.
Can't make it for the whole weekend? One day-only rates of $20 are available this year!
There are also several events associated with the conference that are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:
Friday 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Film Screening: Little Town of Bethlehem in the University Theater at Christian Brothers University. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the Director, Jim Hanon, Grammy award winning artist Kirk Whalum, who did the film's score, and Robin Salant of Indie Memphis.
We are under one month away from conference time, and we want to be sure that you put GKC on your calendar now so you don’t miss any of the great events we have in store this year.
Register online here to reserve your space today!
We are very excited to begin the conference weekend Thursday evening, October 20th, with a concert with political singer/songwriter David Rovics at 7pm at Otherlands Cafe. Rovics has been called "the musical version of Democracy Now!"
The 2011 Gandhi-King Conference will occur at Christian Brothers University on October 21-23. This year's conference is being co-presented with the Peace and Justice Studies Association, which will draw an even larger national audience.
The 2011 Gandhi-King Conference is quickly approaching and we are going to have our biggest conference yet. But we need your help!
We have partnered with the Peace and Justice Studies Association this year and are expecting a record turnout this year. Volunteers are needed to do everything from staffing tables to clearing plates and helping attendees.
All registration for the 2
011 Gandhi-King Conference, “A Living Movement: Toward a World of Peace, Solidarity and Justice,” is being submitted through the Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) website. To register, click here.
Are you looking to make positive change in your community?
Do you like meeting new people?
Do you like to have a good time on a school day?
If your answer is ‘yes’ to any of these questions, you should be a part of the 2011 Gandhi-King Youth Conference in coordination with the Gandhi-King Conference on Peacemaking! If you attend the Gandhi-King Youth Conference, you will learn great ways advocate for peace and justice in your community, city, state, region, and even country. Be the change!
We are pleased to announce that our keynote speakers this year will include Dolores Huerta, David Bacon, Clayborne Carson, and Pancho Ramos-Stierle and Nipun Mehta of ServiceSpace, plus musical guest David Rovics (see below for speaker bios).
Dolores Huerta is the co-founder and First Vice President Emeritus of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO (UFW), and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. She first worked with Cesar Chavez as a community organizer in Mexican-American areas of southern California
in the mid-1950s. In 1965, Huerta directed the UFW’s national grape boycott, taking the plight of the farm workers to the consumers; the boycott resulted in the entire California table grape industry signing a three-year collective bargaining agreement with
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