Event Title: 3rd International Women's Peace Conference: Empowering Peacemakers
10-Jul-2007 to 15-Jul-2007
Organizer: Peacemakers Incorporated
Venue: Dallas, Texas, USA
Website: http://www.womenspeaceconference.org/
Description/Theme: The Third International Womens Peace Conference, to be held in Dallas, Texas, USA, is sponsored by Peacemakers Incorporated, a Texas non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization founded and incorporated in March, 1987 to sponsor international womens conferences on peace. The first such conference was held in August 1988 on the campus of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. Over 2,000 delegates from 57 countries attended the conference. Peacemakers Second International Womens Peace Conference, which was held in September 1999 with the theme "Healing as a Prelude to Peace."
The Third International Womens Peace Conference, scheduled for July 10-15, 2007, will focus on the "Essentials of Peace." Between conferences, Peacemakers Incorporated sponsors and/or supports a variety of peacemaking efforts, both locally and globally.
In 1991, Peacemakers Incorporated produced a recording of lullabies from around the world. Proceeds exceeding $13,000 from the Lullabies for Peace sales were distributed to women and children in conflict areas of former Yugoslavia, El Salvador, Haiti, Rwanda and Bosnia.
Through the years, Peacemakers has held PeaceMeals among its membership, including invited guests from many ethnicities, backgrounds and perspectives, to break bread together. Peacemakers Incorporated has remained grounded in its mission, values and perspectives on personal, local, national and international levels to explore and implement peaceful solutions to human conflict.
Source: Global Knowledge Partnership
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