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Summer Nobel Peace Institute; September 21 & 23; Concordia University; September 22nd, VIP Reception & Fund Raising Dinner at the Hilton Hotel, Portland

• Joint Mission of the WPI and CU for Peace Work: To engage and prepare students to become leaders in the prevention of war and the ending of war.
• SPI Theme: Finding New Solutions to Prevent War on the Korean Peninsula and to Bring the Korean War to an End
• Keynoters: Madame Lee Hee-ho, former First Lady of South Korea and current Chief, Kim Dae Jung Peace Center & former school teacher; and President James Kim, Ph.D., President of Pyongyang University in North Korea and also Yanbian University in Yanji, China; also invited Susan Castillo, Oregon Superintendent of Education and Senator Jeff Merkeley and/or Rep. David Wu.
• Location of the SPI: Concordia University
• Duration of the SPI: Tuesday, September 21st (the UN International Day of Peace); through Thursday, September 23rd.

Tuesday, September 21st, Summer Nobel Peace Institute to be Held on the United Nations International Day of Peace: FREE FOR FULL TIME STUDENTS AND WPI MEMBERS
• 8-9am Registration; Gym; 9-10am, Madame Lee, KDJ Peace Center will speak on “Why the Sunshine Policy is Needed more than ever in Korea”; 10-11am, President Kim will speak on “Developing a Nobel Peace Laureate Program in North Korea”; 11:30am to 1:00pm, Luncheon on campus with Madame Lee and President Kim, facilitated by Gary Spanovich on conference theme. 1-5pm, other speakers to present papers on the Conference theme; Professor Dick Hill and CU Peace Club to present a paper; also to organize other events that week at CU, making it a week of peace because of the UN Day, films, concerts, other talks at other times, etc.

PEACE YOUTH SUMMIT AT CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
Thursday, September 23, 2010; 8-9am-Arrival; 9am to 2pm-Program
TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS THIS EVENT IS FREE!
RSVP to Anna Young, WPI Assistant at jayoung106@gmail.com; Phone: 503-505-9050
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Mrs. Kim Dae Jung; Former First Lady of South Korea
Purpose: To engage students in learning about Nobel Peace Laureates and studying the work of world peacemakers; to teach skills of conflict resolution so they learn how to settle differences through dialogue and not violence; to recognize ten middle and high school peace initiatives which can serve as models for the school system. To introduce to teachers who bring their classes a Draft Nobel Peace Laureate Peace Education Curriculum that can be taught in grades 7 through 12 classes. The event is organized by the WPI in association with the Department of Education, Concordia University.

REQUEST FOR NOMINATIONS FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL PEACE PROGRAMS
OPEN NOMINATIONS; ANYONE CAN NOMINATE! July 1, 2010

HAROLD SCHNITZER SPIRIT OF UNITY STUDENT PEACE AWARDS TO BE GIVEN
The Wholistic Peace Institute (WPI) located at Concordia University in North Portland is seeking nominations for the Harold Schnitzer Spirit of Unity Award. This award will recognize ten outstanding middle and high school peace programs or related programs orientated towards achieving peace; with a $500 award at the Thursday, September 23, 2010 Student Peace Summit in order to further school peace initiatives in 2010-2011.


SPIRIT OF UNITY QUALIFICATIONS FOR STUDENT PEACE CLUB/INITIATIVES
To be considered the programs must meet the following qualifications: Program has been active for one or more years; Members are students in middle and/or high school
• Program is a peace club or initiative or arts/dance club with an orientation towards peace and has impacted the school and/or community in a positive, quantifiable way

To nominate a program, please submit the following information:

• Title of program; name of school or school association

• How old the program is and the number and ages of students involved

Contact information, including phone number, e-mail address, and FAX number and mailing address for principal or teacher in charge of or advocating the program

• 100-200 word description including purpose and goals of the program

• 2 examples of the program’s impact on school and community—if possible, quantify impact (e.g. Number in attendance at a children’s carnival for the community or number of students who utilized/benefitted from a conflict resolution program)

• Photos of the program in action, and release to use photos in WPI publications

Please send nominations before August 15, 2010 to Gary Alan Spanovich, Executive Director of the Wholistic Peace Institute and Anna Young, Assistant

Email: garyspanovich@wholisticpeaceinstitute.com; jayoung106@gmail.com

By mail: Concordia University; Wholistic Peace Institute; Attn: Gary Alan Spanovich
2811 NE Holman Street; Portland, Oregon 97211
Office Phone: 503-493-6294


SOLICITATION OF ACADEMIC PAPERS BY EXPERTS IN PEACE STUDIES; KOREAN STUDIES; ASIAN STUDIES
The Wholistic Peace Institute Invites Peace, Korean, Asian Scholars to submit a paper on: “NEW SOLUTIONS TO DE-ESCALATE THE TENSION ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA”

For Their: Tuesday, September 21, 2010; 8am to 5pm; UN International Day of Peace Conference
(The United Nations International Day of Peace When All Armies are to lay down their weapons for a 24 hour period)

The Hagen Center; Concordia University
Free to Students with Valid ID & WPI Members; RSVP below required
All others $75

Conference Presenters:
1. Please prepare a title to your paper and a 100 word abstract by July 15th on your “new solution” and submit to garyspanovich@wholisticpeaceinstitute.com
2. Be prepared to submit, by August 15th a 3-5 page paper on your “new solution” to garyspanovich@wholisticpeaceinstitute.com
3. Your paper will be bound into a book to be shared with North Korean, South Korean, Chinese, and United States officials.
4. You may also be given a chance to present your paper on September 21st and some will be on a panel with our keynote speakers.

The History

The Korean War (1950–53) was a military conflict between the Republic of Korea , supported by the United Nations , and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and People's Republic of China (PRC), with air support from the Soviet Union . The war began on 25 June 1950 and an armistice was signed on 27 July 1953. During the war, both North and South Korea were sponsored by external powers, thus facilitating the war's metamorphosis from a civil war to a proxy war between powers involved in the larger Cold War.

Tension Is High On the Korean Peninsula

Today there is constant tension on the Korean Peninsula and a “state of war” still exists between North and South Korea, with a “truce” only in place. Incidents such as the recent sinking of a South Korean naval vessel and make it all the more imperative that the “door of dialogue” be kept open between these two countries. Under previously Presidents’ Kim Dae Jung and President Roh; a ten year period of peace and stability was in place that effectively took war off the table. With the inauguration of President Lee two years ago; who promised a “get tough on North Korea approach”; tensions have simmered for two years over a number of small but violent incidents. The current sinking of the South Korean ship (North Korea denies it had anything to do with it) has brought the two countries closer to war than anytime since 1953.

The Wholistic Peace Institute Has a Strategy That Can Reduce Tensions

This year the Institute’s Summer Peace Institute will be held on September 21st (the official United Nations day of Peace; when the armies of the world are asked to put down their arms and stop the killing for 24 hours) on the Concordia University campus and will ask Peace, Asian, Korean scholars from all over the world to offer papers and presentation on: “New Solutions to De-escalate the tension on the Korean Peninsula”. Keynote speakers: Madame Lee, the Former First Lady of South Korea and Chief of the Kim Dae Jung Peace Center in Seoul; and President James Kim of Pyongyang University. The Wholistic Peace Institute’s (WPI) strategies are:
1. The WPI will take the best and the brightest ideas offered at the September 21st conference and compile them into a book and then spend the next year in New York at the United Nations, where the South Korean and North Korean UN Ambassadors reside dialoging on the respective countries following some of the ideas. The WPI will also spend that year in Seoul, talking to government officials and in Pyongyang, North Korea talking to government officials as well at Pyongyang University.
2. Will convene a large Nobel Peace Laureate Conference at Yanbian University in Yanji, China inviting Chinese, North Korean, and South Korean officials to listen to, participate in and discuss the Nobel Peace Laureate ideas for resolving the Korean Conflict and exchanging ambassadors with a formal peace treaty.
3. The Executive Director will continue to act as a mediator of the conflict in his multiple roles as: Board of Trustees of Pyongyang University, North Korea; Board of Trustees of Yanbian University, China.

PEACE

Gary Alan Spanovich, Executive Director
Wholistic Peace Institute-Nobel Peace Laureate Program
An Independent Center At Concordia University
2811 NE Holman Street; Portland, Oregon 97211
Office Phone: 503-493-6294; Office Fax: 503-280-8522
Gary’s Cell: 503-314-5955
Located in Luther Hall; Outside Entrance On North Side
garyspanovich@wholisticpeaceinstitute.com
www.wholisticpeaceinstitute.com



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