Newark Peace Education Summit

Welcome to Three Days of Peace

The Newark Peace Education Summit is a three day conference focusing on peacemaking practices from around the world. It featured panels and workshops with His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Somaly Mam, Nobel Laureates and peace advocates from a wide cross section of cultures, disciplines and perspectives.

The summit explored the programs, policies, and methods used by communities to establish peace, why and how they work, and how to replicate them in America and around the world. The event was held at the NJPAC (New Jersey Performing Arts Center) in Newark, New Jersey, May 13-15, 2011.

SCHEDULE

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3
Friday, May 13 9:00am – 10:40am Peace Within Panel 10:45am – 12:15pm Peace Workshops I 12:15pm – 1:30pm Lunch 1:30pm–3:30pm Peace in the Home Panel 3:30pm–5:00pm Peace Workshops II Details	Saturday, May 14 9:00 am – 10:30am Peace in Education Panel 10:35am – 12:05pm Peace Workshops III 12:05pm – 1:30pm Lunch 1:30pm – 3:00pm Peace in the Community Panel 3:00pm – 4:30pm Nobel Peace Laureates Keynote Presentation Details	Sunday, May 15 9:00am – 11:00am Peace in the World Panel 11:05am – 12:35pm Peace Workshops IV 12:35pm – 2:00pm Lunch 2:00pm – 4:00pm Peace With the Planet Panel Details

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Friday, May 13

9:00am – 10:40am
Peace Within Panel

10:45am – 12:15pm
Peace Workshops I

12:15pm – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm–3:30pm
Peace in the Home Panel

3:30pm–5:00pm
Peace Workshops II

Details

Saturday, May 14

9:00 am – 10:30am
Peace in Education Panel

10:35am – 12:05pm
Peace Workshops III

12:05pm – 1:30pm Lunch

1:30pm – 3:00pm
Peace in the Community Panel

3:00pm – 4:30pm
Nobel Peace Laureates Keynote Presentation

Details

Sunday, May 15

9:00am – 11:00am
Peace in the World Panel

11:05am – 12:35pm
Peace Workshops IV

12:35pm – 2:00pm Lunch

2:00pm – 4:00pm
Peace With the Planet Panel

Details

From Honorary Summit Host Mayor Cory Booker	From Robert A.F. Thurman Summit Co-Convener	From Drew A. Katz Summit Co-Convener
This moment in Newark holds a once in a generation opportunity for authentic education reform. Recognizing this, our residents are contributing their wisdom by taking part in the most comprehensive community outreach and engagement plan in this City’s history. We are in the midst of an education game-changer thanks to the generosity of several philanthropists and a community demanding change, and we’re pursuing the input of every single resident as we seek to transform our school system. All too often, school systems are mired in mediocrity thanks largely to contentious relationships - battles are waged between superintendents, school boards, unions, public schools, and charter schools. READ MORE	Welcome one and all to the Newark Peace Education Summit lead by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and fellow Nobel Peace Laureates Shirin Ebadi and Jody Williams. His Holiness is consistently ranked by international polls among the top ten most popular leaders in the world, even though he has lived in exile for over fifty years. His popularity may be due to the fact that, though he is a humble man without a country, he speaks the truth to the armed power of most world leaders that violence only begets violence. Force can never bring true peace, true peace is founded on justice and compassion, outer peace can only come from inner peace, inner peace can only come through understanding, and understanding can arise only from realistic, spiritual, and ethical education. READ MORE	I have spent a great deal of my life living, working and attending school in and around some of the largest cities in the country—New York, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Newark, East Palo Alto, California and Camden, New Jersey. They all share one common thread: urban violence. As a lawstudent, I worked for the Defender Association of Philadelphia and in the U.S. Attorney’s office in Newark; through our clients, I became acquainted with this violence on both sides of our criminal justice system. Whether they were a victim or alleged offender, the look in their eyes was the same—utter desperation. Although their circumstances could be depressing, frightening and demoralizing, not once did I sense a complete absence of hope. READ MORE

From Honorary Summit Host
Mayor Cory Booker

From Robert A.F. Thurman
Summit Co-Convener

From Drew A. Katz Summit
Co-Convener

booker This moment in Newark holds a once in a generation opportunity for authentic education reform. Recognizing this, our residents are contributing their wisdom by taking part in the most comprehensive community outreach and engagement plan in this City’s history. We are in the midst of an education game-changer thanks to the generosity of several philanthropists and a community demanding change, and we’re pursuing the input of every single resident as we seek to transform our school system. All too often, school systems are mired in mediocrity thanks largely to contentious relationships - battles are waged between superintendents, school boards, unions, public schools, and charter schools.

robert thurman Welcome one and all to the Newark Peace Education Summit lead by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and fellow Nobel Peace Laureates Shirin Ebadi and Jody Williams. His Holiness is consistently ranked by international polls among the top ten most popular leaders in the world, even though he has lived in exile for over fifty years. His popularity may be due to the fact that, though he is a humble man without a country, he speaks the truth to the armed power of most world leaders that violence only begets violence. Force can never bring true peace, true peace is founded on justice and compassion, outer peace can only come from inner peace, inner peace can only come through understanding, and understanding can arise only from realistic, spiritual, and ethical education.

Drew A. Katz I have spent a great deal of my life living, working and attending school in and around some of the largest cities in the country—New York, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Newark, East Palo Alto, California and Camden, New Jersey. They all share one common thread: urban violence. As a lawstudent, I worked for the Defender Association of Philadelphia and in the U.S. Attorney’s office in Newark; through our clients, I became acquainted with this violence on both sides of our criminal justice system. Whether they were a victim or alleged offender, the look in their eyes was the same—utter desperation. Although their circumstances could be depressing, frightening and demoralizing, not once did I sense a complete absence of hope.

panels and workshops topics

DAY 1 PANELS & WORKSHOP DAY 2 PANELS & WORKSHOP DAY 3 PANELS & WORKSHOP

PHOTOGRAPHS

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SPEAKERS & ORGANIZATIONS - bio & information

EXPLORE PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE

Definition of Peacemaking & Nonviolence | History of Peacemaking & Nonviolence

Nobel Peace Prize | Peace Symbol | Resources for further reference

VIDEOS

ABOUT THE CO-CONVENERS

TIBET HOUSE US MISSION

TIBET HOUSE US is dedicated to preserving Tibet's unique culture at a time when it is confronted with extinction on its own soil. By presenting Tibetan civilization and its profound wisdom, beauty, and special art of freedom to the people of the world, we hope to inspire others to join the effort to protect and save it. Tibet House US is part of a worldwide network of Tibetan institutions committed to ensuring that the light of the Tibetan spirit never disappears from the face of this earth.

Patron's Vision

Tibet House US was founded at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who at the inauguration in 1987 stated his wish for a long-term cultural institution to ensure the survival of Tibetan civilization and culture, whatever the political destiny of the six million people of Tibet itself.

"I feel that Tibetan culture with its unique heritage born of the efforts of many human beings of good spirit, of its contacts with Mongolian, Chinese, Indian, Nepalese and Persian culture, and of its natural environment has developed a kind of energy which is very helpful for cultivating peace of mind and a joyful life.

I feel that there is a potential for Tibet to help humanity, and particularly our Eastern neighbor, where millions of young Chinese have lost their spiritual values. In this way, I feel very strongly that Tibetan culture will have a role to play in the future of humanity."

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama

THE DREW A. KATZ FOUNDATION

Drew Katz created his Foundation as a vehicle to support causes near to his heart. The Drew A. Katz Foundation is dedicated to supporting programs and organizations that provide a direct and measurable benefit in many challenging areas including but not limited to organizations addressing medical, educational, social, emotional, and cultural needs of those less fortunate. Since its inception in 2003, the foundation has contributed in excess of $1,000,000 to over 225 non-profit organizations. Drew A. Katz, founder of The Drew A. Katz Foundation, began the groundwork to bring together Tibet House US, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and the Honorable Mayor Cory Booker to replicate The Peacemaking Summit in the City of Newark, New Jersey.