Date: Thursday, March 27, 2008
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Chatham University, PCW Room - Anderson Dinig Hall

Speaker: Prabha Sanakaranarayan, MS

The US Foreign Service's actions towards empowering women across the globe. This is a periclean series event that counts for COR203 credit. The Periclean Series addresses the central issues of citizen participation in democracy. Presenters will discuss how to be involved in and influence government; as well as the major issues affecting women’s civic status and public leadership. Additionally, some programs offer current perspectives on research or public affairs, applied skill workshops, or the opportunity to participate in community events. These seminars are a part of our Project Pericles initiative to facilitate civic engagement, social responsibility, and spirited dialogue on the meaning of citizenship, democracy, and public participation. They are designed as a complement to the general education courses COR 203 Citizenship and Civic Engagement, but welcome the participation of all campus community members. Chatham students attending as part of the COR 203 courses may receive credit in their courses by signing in at the event and fulfilling the follow-up assignments as defined by their professors.

Sponsor: Center for the Study of Conflict and Pennsylvania Center for Women, Politics, and Public Policy (www.pcwppp.org)

Poster

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Date: Monday, Jan. 21, 2008
Time: 10 a.m. –12 p.m.
Location: Chatham University

Sponsors: Global Focus: Year of Germany (www.chatham.edu/GlobalFocus) and Center for the Study of Conflict

Event was a part of the Project Pericles Series for academic year 2007-2008.

Read "'Pathways to Reconciliation' honor Martin Luther King," a story on the event from
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Date: Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007
Time: 12-1 p.m.
Location: Falk 117, Chatham University

Ms. Bissett has recently traveled to the Buduburam Camp in Ghana, where she worked with a group of former child soldiers through the Veteran Child Soldier Association of Liberia (VECSAOL). She will speak about her experiences in a presentation  titled "Vicious Cycle of Violence: The Consequences of Ignoring Child Soldiers."

Sponsor: Center for the Study of Conflict

Poster

Event was a part of the Project Pericles Series for academic year 2007-2008.

Date: Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Time: 12-1 p.m.
Location: Mellon Living Room, Chatham University

Speaker: Mary Beth Buchanan,
                Director, President’s Commission on Awareness of Violence Against Women

Sponsors: Pennsylvania Center for Women, Politics, and Public Policy (www.pcwppp.org) and Center for the Study of Conflict

Poster

Event was a part of the Project Pericles Series for academic year 2007-2008.

Date: Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Time: 7-9 p.m.
Location: Sanger Hall, Chatham University

Chatham joins with members of the Pittsburgh community for a showing of the documentary, Rain in a Dry Land.  Following the film we will have a facilitated conversation about the impact of refugees on Pittsburgh neighborhoods.  Conversation will be facilitated by students from the Global Focus Action League.

Sponsors: Center for the Study of Conflict and the Global Focus Action League

Event was a part of the Project Pericles Series for academic year 2007-2008.