GPC-3 Closing Plenary
Global Peace Conference Closing Plenary
Join us for the closing plenary!
Featuring:
Scott Martin is a Rotary Peace Fellow (2017 Chulalongkorn University) and a landscape architect-turned peacebuilder. He is the Global Partnerships Manager at Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI), a former chapter president of MBBI-LA and former co-leader of MBBI’s Rwanda project. Martin has been engaged with MBBI for about a decade as a founding member.
Shirley-Pat Chamberlain is an energetic passionate literacy advocate with infectionious good cheer who is committed to service above self in the pursuit of Aristotelian real good. Driven by an insatiable curiosity and passion for changing the world around her, Shirley-Pat has been committed to social action literacy initiatives and community development innovation in rural and remote British Columbia in both indigenous and non-indigenous communities. She has a doctorate from the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Canadian Studies exploring the role of civil society organizations in indigenous social citizenship in Canada.
Alexandra Plummer is a Rotary Peace Fellow (2016-2018, International Christian University) and visual storyteller. She is passionate about creative & disruptive approaches to systems change. She built her career in the non-profit development sector working in project management and communication roles in the areas of education, sustainability and more recently, food-systems. She has experience working with different community groups and international organisations. She has lived and worked globally but most prominently in Southeast Asia & Europe. She holds a BA in Comparative Media from Leeds University, UK and an MA in Peace & Conflict Resolution. With great enthusiasm for finding creative ways to learn and exchange knowledge, she started taking visual notes during workshop sessions and soon realised the great benefit these had for not just retaining information but sparking ideas. She started to take this out into the world and now freelances as graphic recorder for peace and social impact conferences and events. Alex loves to connect with like minded individuals, organisations and purpose driven businesses and is open to discussing ways to collaborate. Just drop her a line: alexandra.m.plummer@gmail.com.
2023 GLOBAL PEACE CONFERENCE (GPC-3): Over 24 hours of peace talks, skills-based workshops and networking
Do you care deeply about your community and looking for ideas to bring about positive change?
Join us on 4 March 2023 for the third 24-hour online Global Peace Conference: an exciting, interactive convergence of thought-provokers, peacebuilders and everyday people building peace in their spheres of influence.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL AGENDA
The theme of this year’s conference is “Strengthening Our Peacebuilding Community”. This theme is an extension of our desire to connect our planet with people power, towards a peaceful and just existence for all. This year’s 24-hour conference has programming in four global geographical regions, with plenaries and skill-building sessions, covering all time zones across the globe and enabling anyone, anywhere, to participate.
This volunteer-led initiative of Rotary Peace Fellows and other members of the broader Rotary peace ecosystem is based on the premise that everyone has the power to change the world. We work in civil society, academia, and government. We work in conflict resolution, sustainable development, and business. We are change makers in our community wherever we are based across the globe, and have a passion to transform conflict into growth and potential.
This 24-hour Global Peace Conference is not a typical academic conference or business networking opportunity. Our value is in dialogue and in collaboration, so everyone—YOU included—has a part to play in making our conference meaningful.
The event will feature:
Local peacebuilders from all over the world
Interactive sessions at all time zones
Ample opportunity for training and networking
Join us by registering above! The conference is free of charge thanks to the generosity of volunteers and donors from the Rotary peace community, including Carol Fellows and Tim Bewley.
If you would like to make a donation to help keep future conferences free and inclusive, please click here. Thank you for your support!
WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS AFTER THE CONFERENCE?
During the inclusive, open planning meetings to prepare for the conference, it was decided to develop a conference declaration setting out positive peace as a unifying concept to unite Rotary Peace Fellows, other peacebuilders, and the Rotary family. The goal is also to articulate a vision for the conference as a vehicle to strengthen the Rotary peace ecosystem and to build relationships with and elevate grassroots peaceubilders. Please provide feedback on the draft conference declaration:
COMMENT ON THE DRAFT HERE
Thank you for your constructive input!