Thank you to our Sponsors:

Peace in Connecticut Organizing Committee

Lily Bowen
Rev. Henry Brown, Mothers United Against Violence
Beth Bye, State Senator
Ayelet Chozick, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
Victoria Christgau, Connecticut Center for Nonviolence
Ann Colloton, Step Up, Step Out: End the Culture of Violence
Asylum Hill Congregational Church
Bishop Jim Curry, Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, Retired
Rev. Paul Fleck, New Milford United Methodist Church
Ilze Krisst, Ph.D., Greater Hartford League of Women Voters
Deborah Lewis, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
Deacon Arthur Miller, Archdiocese of Hartford

Office for Black Catholic Ministries
Iran Nazario, COMPASS Peacebuilders
Sarah Raskin, Ph.D., Connecticut Against Gun Violence

and Trinity College
Marge Swaye, Charter Oak Cultural Center
Andrew Woods, MSW, CADC, Hartford Communities that Care, Inc.
Laura Zimmerman, Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
Beverly Matthews, Brochure Design

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Time to
Get Real
Moving Communities
from Violence to Peace

Friday, June 19, 2015

8:30am to 4:00pm
Trinity College Hartford, Connecticut
Mather Hall

About the Peace in Connecticut Coalition:

The Peace in Connecticut Coalition was formed in October

2013 after a gathering convened by Senator Beth Bye. The
Coalition seeks to build partnerships and foster peace across
communities in Connecticut.
Our purpose is to connect across groups, support one anothers
interests and efforts, and explore the potential of working as a
coalition. We strive to improve communication among groups
with similar goals and move the varied groups toward a common
agenda aimed at a more peaceful, less violent Connecticut.

MORNING SESSIONS

GETTING REAL THROUGH ART AND EXCHANGE OF STORIES

(Mather Hall, Washington Room)

8:30 Registration and Breakfast

9:00 Welcome

Beth Bye, State Senator

Sonia Cardenas, PhD., Associate Academic Dean and

Professor of Political Science at Trinity College
9:00 Art - Lorraine Greenfield, MSAT, LPC, Iran Nazario and
Junior Peacebuilders
10:00 Narrative 4 Story Exchange Lee Keylock
12:00 Buffet Lunch (Mather Hall, Washington Room)

YOUTH SCHEDULE FOR AFTERNOON

12:00
1:00
2:00
3:30

Lunch (Assemble at Registration Table)

Campus Tour
Looking In Theatre Performance (Mather Hall, Rittenberg Lounge)
What Now? (Mather Hall, Washington Room)

AFTERNOON PANELS

1:00 2:00 Using the arts therapeutically to foster peace in our communities

(Mather Hall, Washington Room)
Jonathon Gillman, Looking In Theatre, Greater Hartford

Academy for the Arts
Dollie McLean, The Artists Collective
Douglas Johnson, Ph.D., MA-MT, MT-BC, Professor Emeritus,

Trinity College
Robin Cullen, Judy Dworin Performance Project
Moderator: Rabbi Donna Berman, Ph.D., Charter Oak Cultural Center
2:15 3:15 Engaging people in advocacy relating to peace and

community organizing

(Mather Hall, Terrace Rooms)

Cori Mackey, Christian Activities Council

Po Murray, Newtown Action Alliance and the Newtown Foundation
Cheryl Sharp, Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities
Andrew Woods, MSW, CADC, Hartford Communities that Care Inc.
Moderator: Beth Bye, State Senator

2:15 3:15 Strategies for mediation/conflict resolution/emotional intelligence

(Mather Hall, Washington Room)

Shauna Tominey, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

Pastor John Lewis, CT Center for Nonviolence and Life Center Ministries
Carolyn Vermont, Connecticut Against Gun Violence
Iran Nazario, COMPASS Peacebuilders
Moderator: Deborah Lewis, Moms Demand Action for

Gun Sense in America

3:30 4:00 What Now? Deacon Arthur Miller

(Mather Hall, Washington Room)

MOVING COMMUNITIES FROM VIOLENCE TO PEACE

1:00 2:00 Methodologies for breaking down divisions and

building bridges across community lines

(Mather Hall, Terrace Rooms)
Tiana Hercules, Project Longevity
Lee Keylock, Narrative 4
Stephanie Hertz, Anti-Defamation League
Rev. Henry Brown, Mothers United Against Violence
Moderator: Bishop Jim Curry, Episcopal Church in Connecticut, Retired

Thank you for joining with us today.

We would appreciate your feedback about this conference and your ideas for
future Peace in Connecticut initiatives. Please respond to the evaluation survey
you will receive by email and join us in our continuing work. We can be reached
at peaceinct@gmail.com.