Peacemaking Conference 2024 Agenda

DAY ONE: Wednesday. (8/14/24)

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.               Registration and Breakfast

9:10 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.             Opening ceremony and Welcomes. 

10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.           First Session

     Room 1 Main Event Center - Pre and Post COVID Peacemaking and

          Restorative Practices, Belinda Dulin

                  Room 2 Odawa - Indigenous Peacemaking Initiative, Brett Shelton

                  Room 3 Ojibwe - Walking With Your Students, Juan (Chico) Dimas

11:45 a.m.                                       Lunch on your own

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.               Second Session 

                  Room 1 Main Event Center - Be Yourself; Everyone Else is Already

                  Taken, Brandy Hill

                  Room 2 Odawa - Implementing Peacemaking ways within

                  Indigenous Communities, Natasha Gourd

                  Room 3 Ojibwe – TBD, Paul Raphael

15 minute break

2:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.            Third Session

                  Room 1 Main Event Center - Integrating the 7 Grandfather

                  Teachings into the Peacemaking Process, JoAnne Cook

                  Room 2 Odawa - Helping the Helpers: Reducing Burnout and

                  Keeping the Hope, Jackie Hallberg

                  Room 3 Ojibwe - Peacemaking: Nurturing the Next Generation,

                  Timothy & Margaret Connors

5:30 p.m. (OPTIONAL)          Room 3 Ojibwe - Talking Circle with Tim Connors and Brandy Hill

DAY TWO: Thursday. (8/15/24)

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.             Breakfast

9:10 a.m. to 10:10 a.m.                  Events of the day an Announcements with Pat Wilson

10:15 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.               Fourth Session

                  Room 1 Main Event Center - NARF’s Indigenous Peacemaking

                  Initiative, Brett Shelton

                 Room 2 Odawa - Walking With Your Students, Juan (Chico) Dimas

                 Room 3 Ojibwe - Integrating the 7 Grandfather Teachings into the

                 Peacemaking Process, JoAnne Cook

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.               Lunch on your own

1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.                   Fifth session

                Room 1 Main Event Center - Helping the Helpers: Reducing

                Burnout and Keeping the Hope, Jackie Hallberg

                Room 2 Odawa - Pre- and Post COVID Peacemaking and

                Restorative Practices, Belinda Dulin

                Room 3 Ojibwe - Be Yourself; Everyone Else is Already Taken,

                Brandy Hill

15 minute break

2:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.                  Sixth session

               Room 1 Main Event Center – TBD, Paul Raphael

               Room 2 Odawa - Peacemaking: Nurturing the Next Generation,

               Timothy & Margaret Connors

               Room 3 Ojibwe - Implementing Peacemaking ways within

               Indigenous Communities, Natasha Gourd

4:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.                 Evening Announcements and a story with Pat Wilson

5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.                   Main Event Center – Dinner and Entertainment  

                                                     Marc Yaffee and Homer Shadowheart,

DAY THREE: Friday. (8/16/24)

8:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.                  Breakfast

9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.                  Events of the Day & Announcements with Pat Wilson

9:30 a.m. to 10:00 am.               Conference Review and Discussions

10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.           Presenter Gifts and Thank You.

10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.           Closing Ceremony
                                                    Closing Speeches, Chief Judge Angela Sherigan & Pat Wilson
                                                    Closing Prayer
                                                    Drum Traveling Song

  Flag Ceremony