Women's International Peace Conference Set for July
The third annual Women’s International Peace Conference (www.womenspeaceconference.org) will be held in Dallas, Texas, July 10-15, 2007. The conference, sponsored by Peacemakers Incorporated, was first held in August 1988 on the campus of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. Over 2,000 delegates from 57 countries attended the conference. Peacemakers’ Second International Women’s Peace Conference was held in September 1999 with the theme “Healing as a Prelude to Peace.” This year’s conference will focus on the “Essentials of Peace” and includes keynote speakers such as Nobel Laureates Rigoberta Menchu Tum and Jody Williams. For more information, visit the conference website.
Sandy Heierbacher co-founded the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) with Andy Fluke in 2002, with the 60 volunteers and 50 organizations who worked together to plan NCDD’s first national conference. She served as NCDD's Executive Director between 2002 and 2018. Click here for a list of articles and resources authored by Sandy.
