Wednesday, October 1

3:00-5:00 p.m. Registration - Barnard Observatory
5:00 p.m. Community Dinner - Lyceum Circle  ($3 per person)
*6:30 p.m. Opening Address by Nicholas Katzenbach (free & open to public)*

Thursday, October 2

8:00-8:30 a.m. Registration - Ford Center Rehearsal Hall
8:30-10:00 a.m. Teach-in Panel - Ford Center Rehearsal Hall
     Moderator: Charles K. Ross, UM African American Studies Program
10:15-12:30 p.m. Workshops - Ford Center:
     Billy Barrios & Dean Worsham: “The Way of the Heart” -
     University Ave. Lobby
     Lisa Moore Willis: “BRIDGES: Bridgebuilders” - Rehearsal Hall
12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own
1:30-5:30 p.m. Workshops - Ford Center:
     Rev. James Lawson: “nonviolence” - Rehearsal Hall
     Jennifer Nelson and Kirsten Dellinger: “Cultural Mapping” -
     Main Hall Stage

Friday, October 3

8:30-10:00 a.m. Panel: "Defining Racism, Undoing Racism"
     Ford Center Rehearsal Hall
     Moderator: Adetayo Alabi, UM Department of English
     Michael Levine, University of Western Australia: “Racial Reconciliation and the Nature of Racism”
     Mrunalini Thyagarajan, Alliant International University: “Understanding Ahimsa as an Attitude Orientation That Empowers Diverse Leaders in Organizations”
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:30 a.m. Panel: "Reconciliation and Community Coalitions"
     Ford Center Rehearsal Hall
     Moderator: Michael Johansson, UM Office of International Programs
     Meredith Gould, STAR (Southern Truth And Reconciliation):
     “Stories in Black and White: What a Community Needs to Heal from a Protracted Racial/Ethnic Conflict/Incident”
     Luz Borrero, Southern Regional Council: “The New Latino South”
11:30-12:30 p.m. Lunch on your own
*1:00-2:30 p.m. Keynote Address - Ford Center Main Hall
     Rev. James Lawson (free & open to public)*
2:45-4:15 p.m. Presentation: "Music and Images as Tools for Raising and Advancing Reconciliation" - Ford Center Rehearsal Hall
     Moderator: Charles Wilson, UM Center for the Study of Southern Culture
     Dr. George Dor and Dr. Michael Cheers, University of Mississippi
5:30-7:00 p.m. Reception
    Croft Institute for International Studies porch

Saturday, October 4

9:00-10:30 a.m. Panel: "Reconciliation and Health Care"
     Ford Center Rehearsal Hall
     Moderator: Don Cole, UM Office of the Provost
     Dr. Rob Rockhold, University of Mississippi Medical Center: “Base Pair: A Collaborative Tool to Resolve Inequities in Biomedical and Health Care Careers”
     Dr. Gerald Yutrzenka, University of South Dakota School of Medicine: “South Dakota Science Educational Enhancement Program”
10:30-10:45 a.m. Break
10:45-12:00 p.m. Panel: "Religion, Race, and Reconciliation"
     Ford Center Rehearsal Hall
     Moderator: Adam Gussow, UM Department of English & Southern Studies
     Rev. Michele Ellison, Good News Unlimited Faith Links: “A Proto-type for Achieving Ethnic Understanding: Toward a Multicultural Community”
     Okolo Rashid, International Museum of Muslim Cultures: "Beyond Civil Rights to Embrace Human Rights as a Philosophy for Change: The African-American Islamic Community”
12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch on your own
1:00-2:00 p.m. Panel: UM Students - Ford Center Rehearsal Hall
2:00-3:30 p.m. Panel: "Reconciliation in Australia and Southern Africa"
     Ford Center Rehearsal Hall
     Moderator: Jennifer Nelson, UM Sarah Isom Center for Women
     Sarah Asplin, University of Denver: “Juggling Disputed Truths: The TRC and the Inkatha Freedom Party”
     Busani Mpofu, University of Zimbabwe: “Brainstorming Racial Reconciliation in Southern Africa”
     Heidi Norman, Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia: “Indigenous Peoples in Australia: The Different Frameworks for Achieving Reconciliation”
3:30-4:30 p.m. Final Plenary Session: “Toward an international network to support reconciliation” - Ford Center Rehearsal Hall
     Moderator: Michael Metcalf, UM Croft Institute for International Studies