Gandhi-King Youth Conference presents PeaceJam Slam

The Gandhi-King Conference is partnering with PeaceJam, a BRIDGES youth program, to deliver high school youth an innovative, community building experience which will occur on Friday of the conference weekend. Friday morning will begin with a plenary address by Rudy Balles, PeaceJam Foundation organizer and Chicano activist, followed by a fun-filled day of relationship building and learning.

Workshop sessions will focus on teambuilding, tolerance, and peaceful dialogue while students address issues that are important to them, such as educational equity in the Mid South.

Students are welcome to join us for the duration of the conference weekend, providing a unique opportunity for intergenerational learning and sharing.

To register for the 2009 Gandhi-King PeaceJam Slam Conference please follow this registration link. If you are a student, teacher, guidance counselor, or group leader please contact Dana Wilson by email at dwilson@bridgesusa.org or by phone, 901.260.3790. Scholarships are available on a limited basis, contact us now to reserve your space.

Please check back here often as we will be posting conference details in the very near future.

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Youth Conference Schedule:

8:00a - 8:15a Welcome and disperse from auditorium
8:15a - 8:45a Family Group Intros
8:50a - 9:40a *Speaker: Rudy Balles
9:45a - 10:30a Debrief in family groups
10:45-11:45a Workshops
12:00-12:45p Lunch
1:00-2:00p Speaker: Mubarak Awad
2:15- 3:15p Debriefing in family groups
3:30 – 4:00p Closing (auditorium)

Workshop sessions include:

“Keeping It Real” by The Living Legacy, Memphis

“Naming, Unpacking, & Responding to WORDS & ACTIONS that HURT!” by Daryl Miller, The Matrix Center, CO

“Stepping Out Past Your Border” by Theodore Timpson,Young Spirit Foundation, CA

“Essential Tools to Achieve Peace” by Brigitte Benchimol, author, Los Angeles, CA

“Peace Recruiters Want YOU!” by Emily Aver, Molly Wallace, Iris Mercado, Kayla Brooks, and Carlisia McCord, Alternatives to the Military Project; George Grider and Joey King, Veterans for Peace

“So You Think You Know What's in Hot Cheetos: Race, Poverty and Food Justice” by Josephine Williams, Grow Memphis

“Stand UP↑ Stand OUT→ Tog=th=r Gay + Straight!” by Mikkel Quam and Zach Nahmias, AmeriCorps V.I.S.T.A.

“Creative Force: Cultivating the Moral Imagination through Art” by Rachel Valentine, Scene and Heard Theatre Collective, NC

“Ending Racism and Creating Peace:  A Workshop for Young People” by United to End Racism, offered in two sessions by Dorothy Marcy and Russ Vernon-Jones, Maxine Birdsong and Alma Burt

“Get A Job!” by Kathy Kelly and Ceylon Mooney, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Chicago

“Civil vs. Human Rights” by Kira Duke and Clara Scruggs, National Civil Rights Museum

“Vinyasa Yoga: The Art of Movement” by Caroline Schmidt, Midtown Yoga, Memphis

“Student Lunch Counter Sit-Ins in Nashville - The Power of Organized Nonviolence” by Michele Phillips and Susan Snodgrass, Facing History and Ourselves, Memphis

“Peace, Power and Poetry…” by Temika “Sinse” Thomas and Angela “Angelic” Beverly, BRIDGES, Memphis

BRIDGES PeaceJam - change starts here

BRIDGES PeaceJam provides opportunities for students from first grade through high school to study the art of peace and develop their own skills as peacemakers.

PeaceJam is an international education program focused on the lives and work of 12 Nobel Peace Laureates. PeaceJam's programs are built on a pyramid of three simple ideas: Education, Inspiration, and Action. Check out the PeaceJam Foundation site!

BRIDGES sponsors the program's Mid-South gatherings in partnership with Rhodes College, providing youth from Memphis and Shelby County as well as across Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas and Kentucky with invaluable insights on making peace in the world. BRIDGES is also working to implement the PeaceJam Juniors and Leaders curriculum in an increasing number of elementary and middle schools in Memphis.