CONFERENCE: Education and the State of our Future: Critical issues facing our children @Georgetown University

Rumi Forum Social Issues Conference Series 2014

Education and the State of our Future: Critical issues facing our children

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DATE:

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

TIME:
10:00 – 15:45

VENUE:
Copley Formal Lounge, Georgetown University
37th and O St., N.W.
, Washington, DC 20007


SYNOPSIS: This conference aims to highlight critical social, pedagogical and civic issues as they relate to the pre-K to 12 U.S. educational systems in the 21st century. Early education and K-12 areas in America will be discussed, in light of causes, effects and, in particular, solutions, at a local and national level.

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PROGRAM
10.00 - 10.15 - Welcoming and Opening/Keynote Remarks
10.15 - 11.45 - Panel 1:  Addressing Some of the Basic Challenges of the U.S. Education System
11.45 - 12.00 - Coffee Break
12.00 - 13.30 - Panel 2:  Education Reform Efforts and the Path to Educational Success
13.30 - 14.15 - Lunch Break
14.15 - 15.45 - Panel 3: School Environment & Teacher Training and Effectiveness

Moderators and Panelists
Panel 1: Addressing the Basic Challenges of U.S. Education System
Melissa Foy (Moderator) – Executive Director, Georgetown Scholarship Program, Georgetown University
Elizabeth Schultz – Springfield District Representative, Fairfax County School Board
Patrick Murphy – Superintendent, Arlington Public Schools
William Brozo – Professor, Graduate School of Education, George Mason University
Rosa Aronson – Executive Director, TESOL International Association

Panel 2: Education Reform Efforts and the Path to Educational Success
Michael McShane (Moderator) – Education Policy Studies Fellow, American Enterprises Institute
Lindsay Torrico – Director of Policy and Advocacy, United Way Worldwide
Kara Kerwin – President, The Center for Education Reform
Mary Ann Stinson – Principal, Truesdell Education Campus, DC Public Schools
Tom Gage – Professor Emeritus, Humboldt State University

Panel 3: School Environment & Teacher Training and Effectiveness
Eileen Kugler (Moderator) – Executive Editor, Embrace Diverse Schools
Sharon Robinson – President and CEO, The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Julia Gelatt – Research Associate, Urban Institute
Agnes Cave – Associate Professor of Education, The Catholic University of America
Harold Barber – Principal, The Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary School, Baltimore City Public Schools, MD

Biographies
Abstracts
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CONFERENCE CONTACT:
Mehmet Saracoglu, Ph.D.
Director for Government, Media and Community Affairs

Rumi Forum
1150 17th St. NW #408 Washington, D.C. 20036
TEL: (202) 429-1690 EMAIL:  mehmets@rumiforum.org
WEBSITE: www.rumiforum.org BLOG: rumiforum.blogspot.com

SOURCE:  http://www.rumiforum.org/upcoming-events/conference-education-and-the-state-of-our-future-critical-issues-facing-our-children.html

CALL FOR PAPER: International Symposium on Peace-building and Hizmet/Gulen Movement

http://peacebuilding2013.org

International Symposium – Call for Paper

Rumi Forum and major academic centers in Washington area will hold an international symposium on the Hizmet Movement and peacebuilding, in Washington, DC, on October 24-26, 2013.  

DESCRIPTION

The symposium will address the peacebuilding efforts/impact of the Hizmet (Gülen) Movement institutions worldwide. Peacebuilding, broadly defined, include activities like education, inter-faith and intra-faith dialogue, advocacy, conflict resolution, and peace education which can create trust and cooperation over ethnic, religious and other divisions. The Hizmet Movement established hundreds of educational and communal organizations and institutions in over 140 countries, most of which suffer from internal conflicts and communal divisions, such as Sudan, Philippines, Kosovo, Northern Iraq, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Tajikistan, South Africa, and Nigeria. These organizations and institutions engage in various peacebuilding initiatives that foster inclusiveness, build capacity, and create shared spaces. The symposium will assess the societal impact of these initiatives under thematic and regional categories.

CALL FOR PAPER

The symposium seeks to engage the societal impact of the Hizmet Movement and invites contributions from across the social sciences, humanities, and fields of professional and community practice that critically explore the intersection of the movement and peacebuilding. We encourage paper proposals in these two broad topic areas:

(1)  Regional focus: Peacebuilding initiatives of Hizmet organizations and institutions in different parts of the world such as Turkey, the Balkans, Central Asia, Middle East, Africa, North America, Australiasia, and  comparison of such initiatives across regions

(2) Thematic focus: The Hizmet movement’s approach to peacebuilding as it compares and contrasts with other secular and faith-based, ethnic and non-ethnic, global and regional, and governmental and non-governmental initiatives around the world

PROPOSAL GUIDELINES

Proposals should include the title of the paper, biographies of the authors, and an abstract not to exceed 300 words in length, which describes the substance of the paper and relation to symposium theme. All proposals should be sent to the program committee (info@peacebuilding2013.org) by March 1, 2013. Accepted authors should submit complete papers by September 1, 2013. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

ADVISORY BOARD

Muhammad Abu-Nimer (Professor and Director of Peacebuilding and Development Institute, American University); Gertrude Conway (Professor of Philosophy, Mount St. Mary’s University); Rev. Ian S. Markham (Dean and President, Virginia Theological Seminary); Thomas Michel, S. J. (Research Fellow, Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University); Wilhelmus Valkenberg (Ordinary Professor of Religion and Culture, The Catholic University of America); Qamar-ul Huda (United States Institute of Peace ); Emre Celik (President, Rumi Forum)

EVENT PARTNERS

  

For more information contact the program committee at info@peacebuilding2013.org

Rumi Forum was founded in 1999 with the mission to foster interfaith and intercultural dialogue, stimulate thinking and exchange of opinions on supporting and fostering democracy and peace all over the world and to provide a common platform for education and information exchange.

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NEWSLETTER - May 2011

http://www.rumiforum.org/newsletter/2011/may/newsletter.html

In this issue - May 2011

THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN PEACEBUILDING, CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND DEMOCRATIZATION

CONFERENCE: THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN PEACEBUILDING, CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND DEMOCRATIZATION
Below you will find the full length videos of the conference panels and all the presentations from MAY 26. Some excerpts are also reproduced/

CONFERENCE: The Role of Civil Society in Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution and Democratization

The Rumi Forum in collaboration with the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, & World Affairs at Georgetown University, cordially invites you to the conference:  "The Role of Civil Society in Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution, and Democratization"

ACADEMIC - Indonesian 'Fethullah Gulen conference' papers go online

The conference papers recently published from the Fethullah Gulen conference in Indonesia have gone online. These studies reflect the research that is necessary to better understand this global social and civic movement and its inspiring Fethullah Gulen

1	Hisako Nakamura, " An Observation on the Gülen-Inspired Informal Education among Newly Converted Japanese Muslims"
2	Prof. Dr. Mitsuo Nakamura, "Rationality and Enlightenment: A Comparison of Educational Reforms Promoted by Gülen Movement and Muhammadiyah"
3	Dr. Ali Ünsal, "Gülen’s Perspective on Education: Foundations of His Ideas and Actions"
4	Dr. Margaret A. Johnson, "Glocalization of the Gülen Education Model: An Analysis of the Gülen-Inspired Schools in Indonesia"
5	Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman, "Gülen’s Educational Philosophy: Striving for the Golden Generation of Muslims"
6	Dr. Salih Yücel, "Spiritual Role Models in Gülen’s Educational Philosophy"
7	Dr. Qamar Agha, "Fethullah Gülen’s Ideas on the Relationship between Science and Religion"
8	Dr. Zeki Saritoprak, "How Do Gülen’s Educational efforts contribute to Global Peace"
9	Dr. Suchart Setthamalinee, "The Role of Education in Raising New Generations: A Case study of Chinese Muslim in Northern Thailand"
10	Dr. Muhammed Çetin, "The Contribution of Islamic Scholarship to Democracy"
11	Prof. Dr.Maniruzzaman, "Gülen’s Idea of Education for Peace"
12	Prof. Dr.Leonid R.Sykiainen, "Purposes of Education in the Light of Fethullah Gülen’s Teachings"
13	David Tittensor, "An Alternative Pilgrimage: Teachers Doing Hizmet Abroad"
14	Prof. Dr. Choi Woo-Won, "Transformation of Philosophy and New Education for the Global Age"
15	Mahsheed Ansari, "The concept of mani ism (meaning by name) and mani harf (meaning by letter) as a comprehensive theoretical tool for educational philosophy and method and the importance and impact of the Risale i Nur in Fethullah Gulen’s educational out"
16	Prof. Dr. Ismail Albayrak, "Main characteristics of the Gulen movement and the importance of education in globalising world'"
17	Dr. Masayuki Akutsu, "Social Revitalization through Promotion of Education : Socio-Historical Analysis of Islamic Education and Muslim Society in Pre-Modern Islamic World"
18	Prof. Dr. Gumilar R. Somantri, "Keynote speech for the International Conference on Fethullah Güllen at UI"
19	Prof. Dr. Adama Diop, "Fetullah Gülen's Idea on the Relationship Between Science and Religion"
20	Fr. Thomas Michel, "The Thinking Behind the Gülen-Inspired Schools"
21	Prof. Dr. M. Amin Abdullah, "Fethullah Gülen and Character Education in Indonesia"
22	Çemen Polat, "The Functions of Gülen-Inspired Educational Initiatives As Business Enterprises in the Philanthropic Fashion"
23	Ahmet Orhan Polat, "The Key Factors Behind the Success of Gülen-Inspired Schools"

ORIGINAL WEB SITE :
http://www.fethullahgulenchair.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=75:conference-papers&Itemid=255&layout=default&lang=en

OTHER CONFERENCES:
http://rumiforum.blogspot.com/2010/09/rumi-forum-suggested-links-has-been.html

As one Gulen Conference continues another one from Holland updates its videos and proceedings

As the 'International Conference on the Gulen Movement Chicago 2010' continues between November 12-13, you may be interested in reviewing the proceedings and videos presented at the European conference in Holland (Netherlands).


Mapping the Gulen Movement  (all videos at link below)
http://www.gulenconference.nl/gc2010/

Check out our new PHOTO ALBUM on PICASA !

If you haven't already visited our photo album please do so. New photos of our Honorary President Fethullah Gulen as well as President Bill Clinton, UN General Secretary Ban Ki Moon, Head of the OIC Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, numerous members of US Congress, academics like Reza Aslan and Tariq Ramadan amongst numerous other photos...

http://picasaweb.google.com/110222538312634006729/RUMIFORUM#

 Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (OIC) , Ban Ki Moon (UN)

President Bill Clinton

Fethullah Gulen during New York Times interview

John Esposito - Georgetown University