Betty Williams comes to Missouri
1976 Nobel Peace laureate, Betty Williams, will make a stop in Missouri for the
2009 PeaceJam Heartland Region Youth Conference to talk about Community-Based Solutions to Violence.
When: Sat. Nov. 14 to Sun. Nov. 15
Where: William Woods University in Fulton, MO
Cost: $100 per registrant
Youth (ages 14-19) from across Missouri and Kansas are invited to attend this two day conference to meet and converse with Betty Williams. Highlights include a Q&A with the laureate, interactive workshops, family group interactions with college-aged mentors, Saturday night Irish dancing, and a service project where students will build a mock refugee camp to spread awareness of the conditions children suffer in such camps.
Betty Williams won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her efforts to help find a peaceful solution to the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Her actions were spurred on by the deaths of three inncoent children caught in the crossfire of the violence between the IRA and Nationalists. She continues to work tirelessly today on behalf of all children around the world, and is currently involved with the creation of a CIty of Peace in Italy to house children from refugee camps.
Don't miss your chance to meet Betty before she leaves for Italy to begin her work on a City of Peace!
For more information, go to www.williamwoods.edu/peacejam or e-mail peacejam@williamwoods.edu.
Can't attend the youth conference? You can still hear Betty speak at the Public Talk
hosted by the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO.
When: Friday, Nov. 13 at 6 p.m.
Where: Elks Auditorium at MU
PeaceJam is an on-going, international education program built around leading Nobel Peace Prize winners who work personally with youth to pass on the spirit, skills and wisdom they embody. Through learning about and meeting these master-peacemakers, our youth come to realize the truth of "one person making a difference."