Building Bridges 2012

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Documentary, art will be featured
The Last Survivor Poster

Conference participants will have the opportunity to screen the film "The Last Survivor" during one of the breakout sessions. The Last Survivor is a character-based, feature-length documentary that explores the idea of genocide in the 21st Century. Following the lives of survivors of four different genocides and mass atrocities—The Holocaust, Rwanda, Darfur, and Congo—the film presents the stories of survivors and their struggle to make sense of the tragedy by working to educate, motivate and promulgate a civic response to mass atrocity crimes.

Asante Network will bring to the conference all of their wonderful items made in Tanzania. Please check out their website at www.asantenetwork.org/thewomen.php for a sample of the work Mary-Ann Sheets will bring. Other vendors will also be available, as will displays from area service providers and programs.

Featured speakers
Jamie C Chambers, Ed.D., will present workshops during the conference on Tuesday and Wednesday. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Reclaiming Youth International, an organization trains therapists and educators across the US, Canada and Australia who work with children and youth that have experienced diverse forms of trauma, J C is a licensed psychologist, licensed marriage and family thereapist, certified chemical dependency counselor, and senior trainer for Response Ability Pathways, Developmental Audit; Deep Brain learning; and LSCI Master Trainer.

Keynote speaker for Tuesday's opening plenary is Cheryl Hamilton, communications officer of RefugePoint, formerly Mapendo International. RefugePoint was founded to protect and care for at-risk refugees in Africa. RefugePoint's rescue resettlement efforts, health clinic and advocacy campaigns address the needs of the most vulnerable refugees in Africa, ensuring that forgotten victims of persecution, massacre and atrocities are brought from danger to safety. Learn more about RefugePoint at www.refugepoint.org .

Registration
Registration fee for the two-day event is $80.00. Register now!

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