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>Please let us hear from you by March 25
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>2nd International Conference
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>on
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>Children’s Rights & Education for the 21st Century
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>May 30 - <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
>"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />June 2, 2006
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>At Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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>2020: A VISION OF EDUCATION & RIGHTS FOR YOUTH
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>Our
>website:
><http://21stcenturyconference.tamucc.edu/>http://21stcenturyconference.tamucc.edu
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>Contact us: <mailto:21stcentury@stx.rr.com>21stcentury@stx.rr.com
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>Dear Friends & Colleagues,
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>It is with great pleasure that we announce the 2nd INTERNATIONAL
>CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN’S RIGHTS & EDUCATION FOR THE 21st CENTURY to be
>held in Corpus Christi, Texas from May 30 - June 2, 2006. With the
>success of the first conference fresh in our minds, we look toward the
>future. Together we want to develop a clear, focused agenda for 21st
>century youth!
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>Central to our mission is the belief that the best way to secure world
>peace and promote democratic nation building is to create an educated,
>open-minded leadership class among the next generation of youth.
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>We are calling people together to design an intelligent, caring future for
>youth. Our aim is to use our collective expertise, energy, and creativity
>to imagine that future.
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>We are asking you to participate by projecting forward to 2020.
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>How will young people’s lives be affected by education, politics, economic
>disparity, culture, race, gender, technology, religion, media, energy,
>science, stem cell research, Supreme Court decisions, environmental and
>ecological conditions, war, drugs, crime, availability of healthy food and
>clean water? Will young people enjoy the right to privacy, voice, and
>other democratic freedoms?
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>Toward what goals could we and should be aim? What stands in the way of
>achieving success? How might we intervene in the projected possibilities
>to change outcomes? What are our individual, collective, and professional
>responsibilities in planning the future?
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>At subsequent conferences, we will assess our progress toward our
>goals. Each year new participants will add their voices and dreams to our
>discussions.
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>Please see our list of internationally renowned keynote speakers below.
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>PUBLICATIONS
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>REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS will be published. Details are available
>at our website.
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>2005 CONFERENCE RECAP
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>At our first conference we succeeded in building the base for an
>international network of caring professionals, children, parents,
>teachers, young people, humanitarian organizations, government officials,
>politicians and NGOs.
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>Our participants from 14 countries and many cities across the United
>States represented a wide variety of disciplines and professions. They
>gave inspiring keynote addresses, presentations and workshops in a
>collegial atmosphere that encouraged interchange and new ideas. We
>wandered our tropical island campus footpaths together. We swam, ate,
>conversed, danced, and enjoyed musical performances.
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>Dressed in beautiful red t-shirts, the participants of our youth camp
>enjoyed a drum circle with performances by Silver Fox, a marine biology
>field trip to Padre Island aboard a research vessel, and kayaking in the
>Gulf of Mexico.
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>Our evening with Russian Cosmonaut Sergei Avdeev at the Performing Arts
>Center was extraordinary. The Mayor of Corpus Christi presented Dr.
>Avdeev with a key to the city and honorary citizenship. We delighted in
>cultural performances of Odycee! West African Dance Troupe, Ballet
>Folklorico Nacional, Mariachi Clasico, Silver Fox Native American
>Ensemble, and a Chinese harpist.
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>OUR 2006 CONFERENCE WILL CONTINUE THE TRADITION OF CONTEMPLATING,
>COLLABORATING & CELEBRATING. We will offer keynote addresses by
>internationally renowned speakers, paper presentations, roundtable
>discussions and workshops.
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>CONFERENCE THEME
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>2020: A VISION OF EDUCATION & RIGHTS FOR YOUTH
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>One Family: Relations between Children – Parents – Teachers – Society
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>The Earth & Me: Relations between Humans and the Planet
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>What I Want To Be: The Individual & the World of Work
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> (emotional, economic and environmental stability)
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>Invention & Innovation
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>Children’s Rights in a Global World
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>DISCIPLINES: psychology, sociology, education, social work, information
>technology, the arts, media studies, environmental sciences, gender
>studies, medicine, public health, sports, ecology, law, political science,
>religion, business, economics, criminal justice, communications,
>linguistics, literature, journalism, pedagogy (+emotional intelligence),
>marine science, history, geography, music, dance, film, ethnic studies,
>futuristics, peace studies, military science, anthropology and archeology.
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>OBJECTIVES
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>1. To develop global consciousness about the importance of building
>communication and relationships between children – family – social
>institutions.
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>2. To build awareness of the importance of developing a healthy
>relationship between humans and the planet.
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>3. To establish Islands of World Youth, World Youth Leadership Camps, a
>World Youth Democracy Movement, and a world youth magazine and internet TV
>station - Globe Zoom.
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>4. To enhance innovations in education, proposing new teaching methods,
>transfer of knowledge, and so on.
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>5. To cooperate with organizations, schools, higher education
>institutions, NGOs and individuals around the world to promote children’s
>rights and duties, democratic expression and understanding. Our
>collective work focuses on establishing children’s place in the world
>based on principles of freedom, mutual love and truth. We aim for the
>qualitative advancement of the children themselves and also of the lives
>of all people in the community in mutual harmony with nature and all
>living things.
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>6. To enhance the development of extra-institutional activities (ethical,
>moral, ecological, democratic, creative, humanitarian).
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>PROPOSALS FOR PRESENTATIONS
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>Please submit your presentation/workshop proposal/abstract to
><mailto:dorothy.mcclellan@tamucc.edu>dorothy.mcclellan@tamucc.edu
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>2006 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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>Dr. Vladimir Sokolov, Director of the Cyber Security Institute, Moscow
>State University, Russia.
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> “Cyber Security & Counter-Terrorism: Protecting the Future for Youth”
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>Jan Edmonson, Chief Spokesperson for Western Hemisphere, US State Department.
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> “Committing Oneself to Public Service”
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>Liping Huang, Dean, Confucian Institute, a joint project of the Chinese
>Government & the US, New York. Former Director of International Programs,
>East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
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> “Chinese Language & Culture:
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> What Youth Need to Know in the Emerging Global World”
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>Dr. Hyun-Wook Jung and Dr. Kim Hyun-Wook, South Korea. Mrs. Jung is a
>television personality known for her shows on youth and women. Dr. Jung
>is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Korean Ministry of Education.
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> “Teaching Democracy: Youth Leadership Programs in South Korea”
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>Dr. David Empey, Research Coordinator for Good Samaritan Hospital,
>Children’s Therapy Unit, University of Washington, Seattle.
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> “Assuring Recovery for a Lost Generation of Child Soldiers in
> Africa”
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>Marko Orsolic, Franciscan Monk, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Founder &
>Director,
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>Project for Inter-Faith Dialogue.
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> “Multi-Religions as a Global Problem”
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>Peg Thatcher, Founder & Director of the Project to End Rape International
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> "2005-2006 Successes in the International Initiative to End Rape"
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>Lupe Rangel, President, Rangel Associates
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> “Revelations about the Efficiency of Higher Educational
> Institutions”
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>Mira Mdivani, 2004 & 2005 Best of the Bar Award in Business Immigration
>Law -the <http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity>Kansas City Business
>Journal. Her pro bono work on behalf of immigrant survivors of domestic
>violence was recognized by <http://www.ksbar.org/>The Kansas Bar
>Association's Pro Bono Certificate of Appreciation Award. The Mdivani Law
>Firm received the Firm of the Year Award from the
><http://www.awl-kc.org/>Association of Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City.
>
> “US Immigration Laws: Their Effect on the Lives & Education of
> Youth”
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>
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>Joseph Rodriguez, award winning photographer and author of Juvenile, Gang
>Stories in East LA, Flesh Life Sex in Mexico City
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> “Children of Katrina Rebuilding Their Lives: A Photographic Essay”
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>Jenifer Gregory, Vice President World Change for Children
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> “Recovering from Profound Catastrophic Trauma: Child Soldiers in
> Liberia,
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> West Africa”
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>Barbara Gilles, Teacher of the Year 1999, Teacher of the World 2004.
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> “Educating Humanity with Hope and Imagination for 20/20”
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>Bishop Edmund Carmody, Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi
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> “Parenting in a Complex World”
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>Mayor Henry Garrett, City of Corpus Christi
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> “State of the City’s Children”
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>Charles Doraine, First Vice President, Merrill Lynch, Corpus Christi,
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> “To the Top”
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>Ruben Bonilla, Port Commissioner, Port of Corpus Christi
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> "International Trade & Global Business Prospects in the 21st
> Century”
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>Sam L. Susser, President & CEO, SSP Partners
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> “Energy Needs for the 21st Century: What Youth Need to Know”
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>Nell Bernstein, award winning journalist, California youth radio show
>host, and author of All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated
>(2005).
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> “Children of the Incarcerated: Alone in the World”
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>Stephanie Elizondo Griest, born in Corpus Christi, Texas, currently a
>student at Princeton University. This young author of Around the Bloc: My
>Life in Moscow, Beijing & Havana is writing a second book on youth culture.
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> “Living and Working in a Global World: A Young Person’s
> Perspective”
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>CONFERENCE HOSTS
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>CONFERENCE HOSTS TO DATE
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>The New York Times
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>The American Democracy Project
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>The Alliance of Universities for Democracy
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>Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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>US Department of Education Title V Project – Texas A&M University-CC
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>Charles & Patsy Winn, Winn Exploration
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>Charles Doraine
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>Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi
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>City of Corpus Christi
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>The Port of Corpus Christi
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>China Normal University
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>Moscow State University
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>The French Academy of Sciences
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>Croatian Society for Children’s Human Rights
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>HEB
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>Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce
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>Corpus Christi Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
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>Sam L. Susser, SSP Partners
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>Ruben Bonilla
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>In Focus – International Eye Care Organization
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>American Association of State Colleges & Universities
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>Citgo Refining & Chemicals
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>Valero Refinery
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>American Bank
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>Phi Delta Kappa – Coastal Bend
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>MEALS
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>Meals will be included in the price of registration.
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>REGISTRATION
>
>
>
>Please see our website for
>details:
><http://21stcenturyconference.tamucc.edu>http://21stcenturyconference.tamucc.edu
>
>
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>SPECIAL ACTIVITIES & TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES
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>Meals and cultural events have been planned around Native American,
>Mexican, Texas, cowboy and classical themes.
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>Best regards,
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>Dorothy S. McClellan,
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>Regents Professor of Criminal Justice, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
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>Nikola Knez,
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>Filmmaker & President, Croatian Society for Children’s Human Rights
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>Conference Conveners
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>The conference is organized by the 21st Century for Children’s Rights &
>Education (501c3)
>
>
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