Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.

2012 Symposium

Symposium Schedule

"Beyond Genocide: Learning to Help and Hope"
Sept. 11-12, 2012

Pre-Symposium Events

"Tents of Witness" Exhibits

Exhibits will be on display beginning Monday, Sept. 10, and throughout the 2012 Faith, Reason and World Affairs Symposium.
Atrium, Knutson Campus Center

World Without Genocide has created an exhibit called "Tents of Witness: Genocide and Conflict."
This multimedia, multicultural, multigenerational exhibit is designed to educate people about genocide; illustrate causes and consequences of genocide; present action steps to prevent genocide; and remember those who have fled from these atrocities and whose families and communities have been destroyed. The exhibit features tents like those used in refugee camps. Each of the tents depicts the story of a different group persecuted based on its race, religion, ethnicity or national origin. The four tents on display highlight Native Americans, Bosnia, Cambodia and Argentina.

King Center Tea House Conversation: "Silent Genocide: In the Shadow of the Media Spotlight"

4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10
Martin Luther King Intercultural Center, Park Region Hall

Join campus and community leaders for a conversation about how and why certain incidences of genocide get spotlighted while other horrific acts like the Hmong genocide or the al-Anfal Campaign against the Kurdish people go relatively unnoticed.

A Staged Reading and Talk Back of "Ruined," A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play by Lynn Nottage

7-9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10
Lab Theater, Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre

Join a group of Concordia students for a staged reading and talk back of "Ruined," the Pulitzer Prize-winning play written by Lynn Nottage. The drama is about the plight of those who are being negatively impacted by the violence against women that has occurred and is still occurring in the war-torn African country the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). There will be a discussion following the presentation.

Symposium Schedule

Tuesday, Sept. 11:

4-5:30 p.m. "Memory, Art and Unexpected Significance" Reception and Gallery Talk
                              Selected Pieces From the "Voice to Vision" Collaborative Project
                              David Feinberg, associate professor of art and director of "Voice
                              to Vision" project, University of Minnesota
                              Gallery Talk begins at 4:30 p.m. in the Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre


7:30 p.m.               Opening Plenary Session: "Peace and Reconciliation"
                              Rose Mapendo, genocide survivor and co-founder of Mapendo New Horizons
                              Memorial Auditorium
Live stream

9 p.m.                    Reflection of Hope
                              Centrum, Knutson Campus Center

Wednesday, Sept. 12:

8:30 a.m.    "Hate Speech as a Crime Against Humanity: Going Beyond Incitement to Genocide"
                             Gregory Gordon, director, Center for Human Rights and Genocide Studies,
                             University of North Dakota
                             Memorial Auditorium
Live stream

10:30 a.m.    "Survivors of War, Agents of Change"
                             Gretchen Steidle Wallace, founder and president, Global Grassroots
                             Memorial Auditorium
Live stream

1:15-2:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Various locations on campus

2:30-3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions repeated
Various locations on campus

3:45 p.m. Closing Session: "Talk Better Together: Beyond Genocide Discussion"
Centrum, Knutson Campus Center