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We look forward to seeing you in Boston!\u00a0 Please find the conference line-up below.\u00a0 \u00a0We are working hard to create opportunities for discussion and relationship building.\u00a0 We hope that by prioritizing “conversations” versus “panels” & participants rather than <\/em>“panelists.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day One | Tuesday, 10 October 2023 4:00PM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Welcome Remarks 4:30PM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Keynote Address 5:00PM\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Roundtable Discussion 5:45PM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Closing remarks <\/p>\n Day Two | Wednesday, 11 October 2023 8:00AM\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Registration 9:00AM\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Welcome from Conference Organizers Sandra McEvoy and Debbie Watters<\/strong><\/p>\n 9:15AM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201912 Feminist Lessons of War\u2019 10:30AM\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Conversation I Trauma and Healing: Grassroots Solutions 12:00PM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Lunch 1:15PM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Conversation II: Social Justice and Policing: Who is Serving Whom? 3:30PM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Conversation III: Restorative Justice and Conflict Transformation 5:00PM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Closing Thoughts for the Day – Looking to Tomorrow<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day Three | Thursday, 12 October\u00a0 2023 8:00AM\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Registration 9:00AM\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Opening Conversation IV:<\/strong> Gender, Civic Society and Peacebuilding: Dispatches from the Ground<\/span><\/b><\/span> 10:45AM\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Conversation V: In conflict, who suffers most? 12:00PM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Lunch 1:15PM\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Conversation VI: Framing Narratives: Sectarianism, Racism and Displacement<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>Tsai Performance Center
\n<\/strong>First Floor, BU College of Arts and Sciences
\n<\/strong>685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong>Remarks by Joe Kennedy III,\u00a0 U.S. Special Envoy to Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs
\n“Why Grassroots and Gendered?” a welcome from Conference Organizers, Sandra McEvoy, Clinical Associate Professor of Political Science & Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies and Debbie Watters, O.B.E., Co-Director, Northern Ireland Alternatives.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>“The impact of conflict and the role of women in peace building in Northern Ireland and beyond.”
\n<\/span>Monica McWilliams, Professor Emerita, Ulster University and Co-Founder of The Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/b>Monica McWilliams joined by Avila Kilmurray, Debbie Watters, Anne Pendleton (CRJ), Julie Davidson (ACT), M\u00e1ir\u00edn Martin, Ballinamore Area Community Council and facilitated by Prof Sandra McEvoy\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Andrew Elliot, Director\/Counsellor, Northern Ireland Bureau<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong>Metcalf Ballroom
\n<\/strong>Second Floor, George Sherman Union
\n<\/strong>775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong>Coffee, Tea and Pastries will be available.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Cynthia Enloe, Clark University <\/span>
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\n<\/strong>In any conflict, the need to address ongoing issues of legacy, trauma and healing is central to reconciliation. This Panel will explore these issues from a human perspective including methodologies and approaches that work at the grassroots.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Grab-and-go lunch is available for registered attendees.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>As part of the GFA, Northern Ireland underwent a strategic programme of policing reform. This Programme changed the policing architecture and placed a focus on accountability; human rights, representation and a change in style of policing. This Panel will explore the successes, challenges and lessons for other regions including international models of good practice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Restorative Justice\/Practice has been used extensively in Northern Ireland and globally to address issues of violence in contested spaces. This Panel will explore the role of restorative justice and how this approach can help address issues of legacy, conflict, fragmented relationships and build civic society.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong>Metcalf Ballroom
\n<\/strong>Second Floor, George Sherman Union
\n<\/strong>775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong>Coffee, Tea and Pastries will be available.<\/p>\n
\nIt is widely accepted that the role of women in any process of peace-building is very important but often undervalued and underrepresented. This Conversation\u00a0 explorea in detail the role of women, both in the Northern Ireland context and beyond – in developing and nurturing civic society processes that underpins the development and growth of peace-building.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>It is globally accepted that in countries dealing with the ongoing legacy of conflict, socially economically deprived communities are disproportionately impacted. This Conversation explores how conflict in contested spaces plays out in poorer communities with a specific focus on educational under attainment, health, housing and the disconnect between policy and lived experience.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Grab-and-go lunch is available for registered attendees.<\/p>\n
\nThis Conversation will explore identity through an intersectional lens and how the impact of these key themes disproportionately affects socially disadvantaged communities. The speakers come from a range of backgrounds and will reflect predominately on the grassroots Northern Ireland but include contexts outside of Western Europe and the U.S.<\/p>\n