Building Peace in Post-Conflict Societies: Looking Back in Order to Look Forward

In honor of Ambassador and Professor Joseph Melrose, a distinguished panel will discuss Peace-Building in Post-Conflict Societies – Lessons from Africa. This will be the inaugural conference of the Joseph H. Melrose Center for Global Civic Engagement. 

Schedule of Events – Free and Open to the Public

1:15-3:00 PM: Panel Discussion: Peace-Building in Post-Conflict Societies – Lessons from Africa, Musser Auditorium, Pfahler Hall

• Mrs. Maria Brewer, U.S. Department of State with posts in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan
• Mr. Edward Kawa, Counsellor, Embassy of Sierra Leone
• Mr. Sasha Lezhnev, Associate Director of Policy at the Enough Project to End Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity and Founding Director, Grassroots Reconciliation Group
• Dr. Chris Mahony, Visiting Research Fellow at Georgetown University Law Center and Advisor to World Bank and UN Development Program
• Moderator: Dr. Ann Karreth, Assistant Professor of Politics & International Relations, Ursinus College

3:30-5:00 PM: Screening of award-winning documentary Sierra Leone: Journey from War to Peace and discussion with director, Terry Leary, Musser Auditorium, Pfahler Hall

Ms. Leary was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Sierra Leone from 1986-1988 and worked as the Representative for the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of Transition Initiatives from 1999-2001 during the conflict in Sierra Leone. Ms. Leary has over 30 years of experience in development work in crisis zones all over the world.

To find out more infomation, visit 

https://www.ursinus.edu/live/news/1930-melrose-center-to-host-conference-on-building.