Peace in the Persian Gulf
Khalil Dokhanchi, University of Wisconsin, Superior
This workshop will explore a new vision for the Persian Gulf region that emphasizes human rights, democratization, and peace. These values are not alien to the people of the region and efforts need to be fostered in such a way that they are viewed as legitimate and desirable by the local population. Part of this project is a proposal for a new, stronger regional organization that can facilitate these changes.

Art of Memory: Understanding Shared Rights
David Feinberg, University of Minnesota Art Department
David Feinberg will discuss the suppression of an individual's most basic human right-to live without fear of discrimination for one's ethnic and religious beliefs. Over the past three years, David has been working on a project titled "Voice to Vision," where he has used various sensory techniques to elicit memories of the past from five Holocaust survivors who have never before told their stories. In the first part of the seminar David will describe his project and the processes used in eliciting memory. After watching short video clips of the sessions with the Holocaust survivors, David will use the same techniques with the audience. The hands-on, memory-eliciting activities will include asking participants to react to certain smells, to reconfigure a memory of something from an indoor space to an outdoor space and vice versa, and to focus on particular objects from a certain time period.

Has International Human Rights Law Played a Significant Role in the Promotion of World Peace Since 1948?
Alice Kloker, Center for Global Education, Augsburg College
A moderated debate between University of Minnesota Political Science Professor Raymond Duvall and Jennifer Prestholdt, Deputy Director, Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, on whether or not international human rights law has successfully promoted the cause of world peace since the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Rebuilding Diverse and Changing Communities: Case Studies of Ten Urban Neighborhoods with Widely Varying Traditions and Cultures
Student panel # 1: Garry Hesser, Krista Dahlke, and Riley Conway; Augsburg College
The seminar will introduce participants to the five low-income neighborhoods from around the U.S. and five Minneapolis neighborhoods, utilizing a wide of presentation methods, such as video, interviews, demographic profiles. The seminar will also showcase ongoing student-faculty research, as two Augsburg students present their findings and assessment of these urban neighborhoods.

The demographics of each of these neighborhoods is extremely varied in race, class, ethnicity and sexual orientation. Each community has created interesting and effective ways in which to create highly participatory and inclusive mechanisms to address social change that promotes and practices ""justice and peace."" Each neighborhood has and continues to deal with conflict and struggles over scarce resources and on-going racial, ethnic and social class division. The focus of the seminar will be to highlight the ""local knowledge"" and unique practices of the different neighborhoods, as well as the two models for rebuilding communities and ""neighborhood revitalization."" The seminar presentation builds upon ongoing
student-faculty research that emphasizes human agency and the capacity for community building.

Intelligence Community Reform
Michael Andregg, University of St. Thomas

This is a 45 minute briefing on Intelligence Reform issues with an American focus but international breadth. It has two parts, the first dealing with issues before the public today. The second half deals with issues so difficult they are almost never discussed in public. You cannot fix something if you do not know how broken it is. This material describes how and why.