Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson held her 12th annual “A World of Women for World Peace” peace conference on Saturday, April 28th , at the Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art. Congresswomen Corrine Brown of Florida, Donna Edwards of Maryland and Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston were in attendance to support the conference.
“I began my initiative, “A World of Women for World Peace,” after I learned about the plight of child soldiers. No mother who took pains to give birth and raise her child, would want to see that child destroyed in fruitless violence,” stated Congresswoman Johnson. “I hope to make peaceful conflict resolution a central part of our dialogue on foreign policy.”
This year’s theme was Women, Technology, & Peacebuilding and the dialogue centered on how technology can be used to lift a collective voice in support of peace and empowerment of women around the world.
The conference included over 100 activists from the peace community and political arena. The distinguished panelists explored how women in conflict and post-conflict zones have used social media as a tool of empowerment for political and social change.
Panelists included: Ana Cristina Reymundo, American Airlines Nexos (Moderator); Vivienne O’Connor, United States Institute of Peace; Dahlia Scheindlin, Huffington Post (Via Skype); Linda Higdon, Founder of the Global Room for Women; Libby Lenkinski , Association for Civil Rights in Israel (Via Skype); Farzaneh Milani, University of Virginia; Mitra Razavi, Peace Activist.
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