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Conference Dinner – Pigalle Restaurant – Tuesday, 21 June – 7:00 PM

Pigalle was named after the area in Paris renowned for its exuberant surroundings. Pigalle restaurant masterfully captures the same sense of joie de vivre and was created to offer a completely stunning sensory experience. The resulting attention to detail is impressive – from the music, the acoustics, the aromas to the interior where deep ruby walls provide the backdrop for the large over sized paintings, while others are painted on simple white, chairs are upholstered in a dramatic red or black – resting on thick carpeting. Custom made art noveau chandeliers light the vast dining area which together with the décor exudes character, richness and movement.

Transportation will be provided to and from the conference hotels.

Dinner will include salad, main course, dessert, coffee, tea and a red or white wine.

Conference Dinner – Pigalle Restaurant – Tuesday, 21 June – 7:00 PM
$80.00USD

For more information visit the conference website here.

We are pleased to welcome Carole Frampton to the 2011 Diversity Conference as one of our plenary speakers.

Carole Frampton is a conflict resolution trainer and facilitator. Her first role was in South Africa at the Centre for Conflict Resolution where she worked for two years. She then joined Search for Common Ground, one of the pioneers in the field of conflict resolution and peacebuilding (www.sfcg.org). Search for Common Ground implements comprehensive programs to address social issues while strengthening society’s capacity to deal with conflicts constructively. Over nearly thirty years the organization has developed a wide range of innovative tools, including radio soap operas; tv series; training; community organizing; and interactive theatre. The intention is to help adversarial groups at every level of society better understand their differences and act on their commonalities. Working with local partners the organization operates in 17 countries including Lebanon, Zimbabwe, Pakistan and the United States. Carole joined SFCG as the Director of their women’s project in Burundi, Central Africa. Significantly, she facilitated a transition to local leadership and thereafter moved to the organization’s Washington DC headquarters in 2002 where she developed their outreach and training programs. She joined the Senior Management team in 2007, as Director of Institutional Learning. In this role she helped develop and articulate the organization’s methodology and was responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of its work around the world. She promoted a culture of reflection and learning both within the organization and in the field. Carole recently stepped down to have more time for her family but continues to develop training manuals, facilitate meetings and represent the organization when needed. She has a BA in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva and a Masters in Gender Studies; she was ordained as an inter-faith minister in 2009.

For more information about our plenary speakers, please visit our website.

We are pleased to announce that Professor Michalinos Zembylas will be joining us for the 2011 Diversity Conference in Cape Town from 20-22 June.

Michalinos Zembylas is Assistant Professor of Education at the Open University of Cyprus. His research interests are in the areas educational philosophy and curriculum theory, and his work focuses on exploring the role of emotion and affect in curriculum and pedagogy. He is particularly interested in how affective politics intersect with issues of social justice pedagogies, intercultural and peace education, and citizenship education. Zembylas is the author of the books, Teaching With Emotion: A Postmodern Enactment (Information Age Publishing, 2005), Five Pedagogies, A Thousand Possibilities: Struggling for Hope and Transformation (Rotterdam, The Netherlands: SensePublishers, 2007), and The Politics of Trauma in Education (New York, Macmillan Palgrave, 2008). He is also co-editor of Peace Education in Conflict and Post-Conflict Societies: Comparative Perspectives (with C. McGlynn, Z. Bekerman, & T. Gallagher, New York: Palgrave, MacMillan, 2009), ICT for Education, Development, and Social Justice (with C. Vrasidas and G. Glass, Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2009), and Advances in Teacher Emotion Research (with Paul Schutz, Springer, 2009).

To find out more about our plenary speakers and the Diversity Conference, please visit our website.