Building Stronger Communities Through Peace, Justice, and Security
The workshop will present selected good practices and education tools that have been developed in Asia such as modules or learning activities, student outputs, as well as approaches that deal with affirming diversity and challenging intolerance and prejudice, among others. Because the US is also a very diverse society, this workshop may open avenues for mutually beneficial learning and future connections among the facilitators/presenters and the participants.
Presenters:
- Loreta Castrois is the program Director of the Center for Peace Education (CPE), a center which she founded in 1997 in Miriam College, Philippines, and of which she was Executive Director until March 2013. Among the CPE programs she currently manages are interfaith peace building, including a twinning project between Christian and Muslim youth; peace education mainstreaming, including workshops for colleges of education; and advocacy for a global treaty banning nuclear weapons. Loreta has been the President of the Philippine Council for Peace and Global Education since 2012 and a member of the Peace Education Working Group of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC-PEWG) since 2008. Kathy R. Matsui, Professor, Seisen University, Northeast Asia Regional Peacebuilding Institute.
- Kathy R. Matsui, Ph.D. is professor at the Department of Global Citizenship Studies, Seisen University in Tokyo, Japan where she teaches courses on conflict resolution and peace related subjects. She received her doctorate degree from the Leadership Studies Program at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Her research focuses on the development of conflict resolution and reconciliation capacities. She works with peace researchers and educators internationally in the International Institute on Peace Education and Global Partnership for Prevention of Armed Conflict. She is currently an advisory board member for the Hague Appeal for Peace, Global Campaign for Peace Education. She is also an active participant in inter-religious dialogue and cooperation for world peace as a member of the Women's Executive Committee, Peace Research Institute and the Peace Education Task Force of World Conference of Religions for Peace (WCRP).
- Eri Somoto, Graduate Student, Seisen University, Northeast Asia Regional Peacebuilding Institute. Eri Somoto is a graduate student in Global Citizenship Studies at Seisen University in Tokyo, Japan and studies peace education and conflict transformation. The focus of her research is how to transcend conflict in Northeast Asia through peace education and the training provided by the Northeast Asia Regional Peacebuiliding Institute (NARPI). She has participated in NARPI since 2012. Her current activity is a counselor (facilitator) and coordinator for peace camp, which gathers teenagers from Japan, Korea and China.
Parking and Accessibility
Please let us know if you have questions concerning access, or need to request accommodations for a disability. We will either direct you to the event organizers, or, if we are the organizer, make arrangements for any necessary accommodations. Early requests are encouraged, and a week will generally allow OSU units to provide seamless access.