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The Advisory Board of the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
cordially invites you to a lecture by
Senator George J. Mitchell
‘The Importance of Place in Peacemaking’
April 17th 2013
7pm
Founders Auditorium, Arlington Campus
3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington VA 22201
This event is hosted in honor S-CAR’s peace-building retreat- ‘Point of View’ and
30 Years at S-CAR: Learning from the Past, Imagining the Future
Former Senator Mitchell (D- Maine) is renowned for his international peace-building efforts in Northern Ireland (architect of the Good Friday Agreement, Special Envoy to Northern Ireland) and in the Middle East (Special Envoy to the Middle East, the “Mitchell Reports”). He has also been influential in domestic issues, leading national drug-abuse investigations for the Commission of Major League Baseball and as the sanctions monitor of Penn State’s sex abuse case. Currently co-chair of the Housing Commission for the Bipartisan Policy Center, he is a former Chancellor of Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, former chairman of Walt Disney and current Chair Emeritus and former chairman of the international law firm LDP Piper.
‘Point of View’ is S-CAR’s retreat and study center for conflict resolution practice, teaching, and research. The only such venue in the Washington area, the Point of View complex is about to undergo reconstruction, expanding its capacity to advance the knowledge of scholars and practitioners in the field. This event celebrates the history and the vision of a new ‘Point of View’.
Registration starts at 6:30pm.
Space is limited!!- Please RSVP to: [email protected].