[WSIS CS-Plenary] Peace Building and the Media Event - Wed, 7 Sept

[Elizabeth Carll, PhD]

> For those who will be attending the DPI/NGO Conference in New York on
> Wednesday, Sept 7th, you are invited to attend
> 
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>  
> 
> Peace Building and Community Well-Being:
> The Importance of Media Collaboration and Strategies
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>  
> Traditional media and newer information and communication technologies
> (ICT), such 
> as the Internet, provide unprecedented opportunities to promote social
> change and a safe 
> and secure world.  Media/ICT as public information and advocacy for peace
> building, 
> reducing trauma and poverty, promoting physical and mental health, as well
> as practical 
> "how to" strategies will be discussed to help organizations maximize their
> goals.
>  
> Wednesday, September 7, 2005, 1:15- 2:45 PM
> United Nations Secretariat Building
> Conference Room 4,  Level 1B
> 46th Street and First Ave., New York, NY
>  
> Moderators:                                                      
>  
> Dr. Elizabeth Carll
> United Nations Representative for International Society for Traumatic
> Stress Studies; 
> Vice-President, Communications Coordination Committee for the United
> Nations.
>  
> Dr. Joseph DeMeyer 
> Main Representative to the UN for Society for the Psychological Study of
> Social Issues; 
> Executive Committee member, NGO Committee on Mental Health.
>  
> Participants:
>  
> Amy Goodman -  Host/Executive Producer of Democracy Now! award-winning
> daily news 
> program airing on over 350 stations on TV, radio, Internet in North
> America; Best selling author.
>  
> Abderrahim Foukara -  Al-Jazeera TV, United Nations Bureau Chief, New
> York.
>  
> Dhiman Deb Chowdhury -  Founder & President, Human Rights Congress for
> Bangladesh 
> Minorities (HRCBM) and Shahjahan Siraj - Chief Executive, UnnayanNet
> Bangladesh 
> News Network, provides support for the rural poor.
>  
> Benjamin Quinto -  Executive Director, Global Youth Action Network,
> participants in nearly 
> 200 countries through use of Internet and a website with over one million
> hits per day.
>  
> Co-Sponsoring Organizations:
> International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS);
> Communications Coordination 
> Committee for the United Nations (CCCUN);  Society for the Psychological
> Study of Social 
> Issues (SPSSI);  NGO Committee on Mental Health
>  
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