United Nations
Commission For Status of Women
Parallel Symposium
Transforming trauma of political violence: Lessons from Africa,
Middle East & Caribbean
transforming violence through Mind=Body=Eco=Spirit
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Thursday, 19 March 2015
10:30 AM – 12 Noon
United Nations, Church Center Chapel
1st Ave, at corner of 44th street, NYC
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Musical Performance:
Perspectives Ensemble
Sato Moughalian on Flute
Panelists:
The Rev. James Kowalski, Dean, Cathedral St. John the Divine
“Empowering Conscientious Leaders”
Ms. Eugenie Mukeshimana, Genocide Survivors Support Network, Rwanda
“Empowering Survivors from Rwanda”
Dr. Ani Kalayjian, TC, Columbia University.”Mind-Body-Eco-Spirit:
Empowering people in the Middle East, Africa, EU, & Caribbean”
Prof. Svetlana Aslanya, Inst of Linguistics, National Academy of
Sciences of Armenia “Empowerment in Armenia”
Mr. Lorne Schussel, PhD Candidate, Teachers College, Columbia
University “Co-creating Our Best Self” Meditation
Chairpersons:
Dr. Ani Kalayjian,UN Rep for ATOP Meaningfulworld
Dr. Tara Pir,UN Rep for Institute for Multicultural Counseling and
Educational Services
Closing Ceremony:
Collective Healing & Heart- to-Heart Circle of Love and Gratitude.
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RSVP by 8 March, Suyeon
[email protected]
In observance of
International Day for Women
8 March
Cosponsors: Association for Trauma Outreach & Prevention (ATOP) of
Meaningfulworld, Voices for Freedom, Armenian Constitutional Rights
Protective Centre, and Armenian American Society for Studies on Stress
& Genocide, Institute for Multicultural Counseling and Educational
Services, and World Wide network for Gender Empowerment of Fielding
Graduate University.
Our Motto:
When one helps another,
BOTH become stronger
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Founded in 1990
ATOP has achieved National and International Recognition as a leader
in training humanitarian outreach professionals, responding to global
& local disasters, empowering, educating, leading, transforming
trauma into lessons and spreading peace
Meaningfulworld is dedicated to fostering a meaningful, peaceful, and
just world in which every individual enjoys physical, mental, social,
economic, and spiritual health.
Conference Goals
+ To present perspectives of political violence from vulnerable
groups, including: children, women, older women, and refugees; * + To
identify and list the most pressing issues faced by survivors in
Africa, the Middle East, & the Caribbean;
+ To develop remedies and solutions focusing on the collective as well
as the individual needs;
+ To reinforce the value of integrative, mind-body-eco-spirit health
for empowerment, unity, and peace.
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