Session A: Expression, Rights, and the Roots of Conflict

Jennifer Oswald, IWU (Voices of Gaza)

Calvin Waller, Luther College (Origins of Terrorism in India: Homeland or Borderland)

鈥淗ate Speech and the Limits of Free Expression鈥�

John K. Wilson (Co-editor, AAUP AcademeBlog, Editor, Illinois Academe)

IWU Multifaith Ambassadors

鈥淲am! Bam! Islam!鈥� Film and discussion

8:00-8:10 am

Greeting by IWU Provost Jonathan Green

8:10-8:50 am

Session B: Freedom of Expression and the Clash of Cultures

Betsey Fawcett, Luther (Islamist Recruitment)

Kemi Adeleye, IWU (The Clash between Freedom of Expression and Culture)

9:00-10:00 am

Session C: Expression, Engagement, and Collective Action

Nicole Jovicevic, IWU (Youth Engagement and Human Rights Through Case Studies) 

Sara Saltman, Macalester (No Title: Marriage and reconciliation after the Rwandan genocide)

Sarah Menke, IWU ( Your Story Matters: An Adaptation Theatre 鈥撯�揚iece with the Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington-Normal )

10:15-11:15 am

Session D: Resources, Exploitation, and Expression

Mike Dickinson, IWU (On the Global Water Crisis)

Emily Sena, Luther (No title: Conflict Diamonds)

11:30 am

Lunch

12:45-1:40 pm 

Keynote Address, Professor Semahagn Gashu Abebe, Visiting Assistant Professor, Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut and Scholar at Risk,鈥� The Implications of Anti-terrorism Laws on Freedom of Expression in sub-Saharan Africa.鈥�

1:50-2:45 pm 

Session F:  Free Expression and the Media 

Joe Ruskey, IWU (No Title: Media)

Fabian Pop, Luther (Independent Media: Indigenous People in  Guatemala)

3:00-3:45 pm

鈥淛e Suis Charlie鈥�: A Roundtable Discussion

Dr. Irv Epstein (IWU), Dr. Mark Criley (IWU), Chaplain Elyse Nelson Winger (IWU), Dr. Chuck Springwood (IWU), Dr. John K. Wilson (AAUP), Dr. Victoria Christman (Luther)

3:45-4:15 pm

Closing Discussion: Moving Forward