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A DAY OF PEACEBUILDING
Friends of PASOS: A Museum and Center for Peacebuilding, sponsored its inaugural event on February 22, 2009 at
the
Schomburg Center, the New York Public Library on 135th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard in Manhattan.
The day’s
activities, all of which were free to the public, included a lecture and discussion, an art exhibition, peacebuilding activities
for children and their families, and a dance performance.
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PROGRAM
Presentation
Topic: STEPS TOWARDS BUILDING PEACE
Location: The Langston Hughes
Auditorium
Speakers
Joyce A. Apsel, Board
Member of The International Network of Museums for Peace, Professor - New York University
Betty Readon,
Author, Founding Director of the Peace Education Center at Teachers College Columbia University, UN consultant
and recipient of the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education 2001.
Dance
Performance: SUITE 9 / 11 – TOGETHER
Dance Performance by DanceWorks
The Dance Company
of Westchester Community College Choreographed by Company Director Mollyann Franzblau
Art Exhibit:
MUSES ON THE PEACE PROCESS
Artists: Tobi Khan and Mary DeVincentis Family Activities: BECAUSE CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
Peace Through Play / PEACE Unlimited,
Inc.
Video Interviews of Event Participants: REFLECTIONS ON PEACE
Visitor Interviews conducted by Jose Luis Colon & Associates
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Tobi Khan, Exhibited Artist (Painting from his Sky and Water Series)
Mary DeVincentis, Exhibted Artist (The Seeker, from her Tea
Series)
DanceWorks The Dance Company of Westchester
Community College
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