New England and Afghanistan: Building Paths of Understanding and Collaboration Across Borders

January 27-28, 2007
Rockefeller Hall
Free and Open to the Public
Saturday, January 27, 2007
10:30-12:30 Film Screening Kabul Transit by David Edwards
Followed by Discussion with David Edwards and Sally and Don Goodrich
Rockefeller Center Room 3
10:30-11:30 First They Came for the Judges: The Afghan Women Judges Education Project The Vermont Experience
Patricia Whalen, Connie Woodberry, Julie Peterson, and Ann Fielder
Rockefeller Center Room 1
12:30-2:30 Lunch Break (information and materials on display in Rockefeller Center)
2:30-3:30 The Welfare Association for the Development of Afghanistan (WADAN)
Jean Kissel, Mohammad Nasib, Mohammad Alam, and Ahmad Javid
Rockefeller Center, Room 1
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45-5:00 Education and Educators in Afghanistan
  • Ted Achilles, Educational Experiences in Kabul
  • Jeff Symanski, Teaching in Kabul (Afghans 4 Tomorrow)
Rockefeller Center, Room 1
5:00-5:15 Break
5:15-6:00 Creating Compassionate, Empathetic Learning Environments, which Foster Healthy Relationships between Global Citizens
Fred Goldberg and Paul Richmond (The Loft Foundation)
Rockefeller Center Room 1
8:00-9:30 Performance - Richard "Dobbs" Hartshorne
Bach with Verse
Location TBA
Sunday, January 28, 2007
10:30-11:30 International Development Work, Workers and NGOs in Afghanistan: Roundtable Discussion and workshop
Rachel Lehr (Rubia)
Jonathan Hoffman (Direct Aid International)
Rockefeller Center Room 1
11:30-11:45 Break
11:45-12:30 The Aftermath of 9/11
Sally and Don Goodrich (Peter M. Goodrich Memorial Foundation)
Matiullah Amin and Soraya Hazrati
Dr. David Edwards, Williams College
Rockefeller Center Room 1
12:45-2:00 Lunch Break
2:00-3:30 Mobile Mini Circus for Children (MMCC) in Kabul
Ted Lawrence
An American's, private citizen's view of Afghanistan
Mary Kerr Rockefeller Center Room 1
3:30-4:00 Closing Remarks & Departure
Jennifer Fluri, Dartmouth College

Sponsored by:
Dickey Center for International Understanding, Legal Studies Program and Rockefeller Center, Office of the Provost, Fannie and Alan Leslie Center for the Humanities, Geography Department, Women's and Gender Studies Program, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program (AMES), Film and Television Studies Department, Building Bridges Middle East-U.S.