2004 Borah Foundation
Committee
Robert Caisley, Co-Chair
John Hasko, Co-Chair
Rula Awwad-Rafferty
Bob Bolin
Amaia Kirkland
Joe Lasuen
Ana Mamani
Sandy McCurdy
Joey McMillian
Matt Morra
Moran Rosenthal
Von P. Walden
Sharon Scott
Bill L. Smith,
Martin Institute Program Coordinator
"Strategic Nonviolent Conflict" Symposium 2004
March 1-3, 2004
The Borah Foundation will team with the International Center for Nonviolent Conflict to present the 2004 symposium, "Strategic Nonviolent Conflict". Participants will discuss ways in which organized nonviolence can topple dictatorial regimes or force changes in repressive social systems. Examples of the former include the student movement against Slobodan Milosevic (Yugoslavia 2000), and the Solidarity Workers Movement against the Soviet Union (Poland 1978-1980), and the latter include Martin Luther King and Cesar Chavez (USA).
Monday, March 1
7:00 p.m. SUB Ballroom
“Understanding Strategic Nonviolent Conflict”
International Center for Nonviolent Conflict
(ICNC – www.nonviolent-conflict.org)
This event will feature a half-hour highlight segment of the award winning documentary "A Force More Powerful, A Century of Nonviolent Conflict" followed by a presentation from Dr. Peter Ackerman.
(http://www.pbs.org/weta/forcemorepowerful)
View Archived Video
Tuesday, March 2
12:00 p.m. SUB Borah Theater
“Bringing Down A Dictator” -
Documentary screening
(http://www.pbs.org/weta/dictator/film)
The student-led Otpor! movement mobilized against Slobodan Milosevic in 2000, and is an excellent recent example of strategic nonviolence in action.
7:00 p.m. SUB Ballroom
“Making Nonviolent Liberation Work: A Panel Discussion on North Korea and Cuba”
Jack DuVall the President of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, Dr. Daniel Pinkston of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and Dr. Terry Karl (invited) of Stanford University.
This will include a panel discussion of the feasibility/practicality of applying nonviolent models to regimes in Cuba and North Korea.
View Archived Video
Wednesday, March 3
12:00 p.m. UI Commons
“Community Forum” - Shaazka Beyerle
This event will permit community members to discuss ways that ideas of nonviolence might be applied in our local community and/or by community members in support of other causes.
7:00 p.m. SUB Ballroom
"A Force More Powerful"
Berel Rodal will be introducing the Poland segment of "A Force More Powerful"
Keynote Address: “Poland vs. the USSR: Nonviolent Conflict in Practice”
Nobel Laureate Lech Walesa
Lech Walesa will offer his thoughts on the strategic decision to challenge the Soviet Union without resorting to violence.
View Archived Video
The Borah Foundation will team with the International Center for Nonviolent Conflict to present the 2004 symposium, "Strategic Nonviolent Conflict". Participants will discuss ways in which organized nonviolence can topple dictatorial regimes or force changes in repressive social systems. Examples of the former include the student movement against Slobodan Milosevic (Yugoslavia 2000), and the Solidarity Workers Movement against the Soviet Union (Poland 1978-1980), and the latter include Martin Luther King and Cesar Chavez (USA).
Monday, March 1
7:00 p.m. SUB Ballroom
“Understanding Strategic Nonviolent Conflict”
International Center for Nonviolent Conflict
(ICNC – www.nonviolent-conflict.org)
This event will feature a half-hour highlight segment of the award winning documentary "A Force More Powerful, A Century of Nonviolent Conflict" followed by a presentation from Dr. Peter Ackerman.
(http://www.pbs.org/weta/forcemorepowerful)
View Archived Video
Tuesday, March 2
12:00 p.m. SUB Borah Theater
“Bringing Down A Dictator” -
Documentary screening
(http://www.pbs.org/weta/dictator/film)
The student-led Otpor! movement mobilized against Slobodan Milosevic in 2000, and is an excellent recent example of strategic nonviolence in action.
7:00 p.m. SUB Ballroom
“Making Nonviolent Liberation Work: A Panel Discussion on North Korea and Cuba”
Jack DuVall the President of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, Dr. Daniel Pinkston of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and Dr. Terry Karl (invited) of Stanford University.
This will include a panel discussion of the feasibility/practicality of applying nonviolent models to regimes in Cuba and North Korea.
View Archived Video
Wednesday, March 3
12:00 p.m. UI Commons
“Community Forum” - Shaazka Beyerle
This event will permit community members to discuss ways that ideas of nonviolence might be applied in our local community and/or by community members in support of other causes.
7:00 p.m. SUB Ballroom
"A Force More Powerful"
Berel Rodal will be introducing the Poland segment of "A Force More Powerful"
Keynote Address: “Poland vs. the USSR: Nonviolent Conflict in Practice”
Nobel Laureate Lech Walesa
Lech Walesa will offer his thoughts on the strategic decision to challenge the Soviet Union without resorting to violence.
View Archived Video