Cosponsored by ManUp Campaign and by the International Center for Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma
Thursday, 18 March 2021 , 11:30 AM -1:30 PM
This event will explore the roles of sports and the arts in the prevention of violence and the promotion of peace. Participants will propose alternatives to conventional patriarchal constructs embedded in societies and cultures around the world. These constructs perpetuate traditional gender identities and promote both overt and covert abuse of power. The arts and sports can interrupt abusive patterns and boredom, a trigger for violence. Creativity and collaboration do not tolerate conventions. Instead, they may help engage community members of all ages, transform rigid beliefs, help heal the legacies of multi-generational trauma, and build and nurture a peaceful and inclusive society.
Moderator:
Dr. Yael Danieli, Founder and Acting Director, International Center for the Study, Prevention and Treatment of Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma (ICMGLT); UN Representative, International Organization for Victim Assistance (IOVA), (USA)
Speakers:
Fikiri Nzoyisenga, Founder and Executive Director, Youth Coalition Against Gender-based Violence – SEMERERA (Burundi)
Abbas Mancey, Founding member of Caribbean Male Action Network (CariMAN) and Alberta Men’s Network. ManUp Campaign (Guyana; Canada)
Doris Sommer, Ira and Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, and African and African American Studies, Harvard University; Founder of Cultural Agents, Inc. (USA)
Anat Rstzabi, Visual Artist/Sculptor, awarded significant private and public commissions in cooperation with the municipality of The Hague (The Netherlands)
Peter Campbell, Designer/Singer/Songwriter. Wrote/performed the song Waited too long adopted as the anthem of the International Summit on Domestic/Family Violence during the COVID-19 Era. http://AllianceEventHub.org (Australia)
Chris Storm and Cornelia Elbrecht, Art therapists, Institute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy (Australia)
