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The Center for Peace, Justice & Human Rights Research Symposium

10 - 2 pm,ÌýFriday, October 9, 2026
S.E. Wimberly Library, Boca Raton (Taco Bar will be served for lunch)

Schedule:

  • 10 am, Angela D. Nichols: Intro and Participatory Research Methods in Rural Colombia

  • 10:30 am, Marquese McFerguson: The Story of U.S.

  • 11 am, Gabriel Cesar: Warrior in Gardens & Gardeners in War: Who Shoots, Who Doesn’t, & Who Can Do Both

  • 11:30 am, Jaqueline H. Fewkes: Justice and K-Pop in Indian Himalayan Borderlands: Inter-Asian Media Consumption as Social Protest

  • 12 pm, Andrés Ramírez: English for Memory and Peace

  • 12 pm, Lunch Taco bar

  • 2:30 pm, Douglas T. McGetchin: Mutiny in History

  • 1 pm, Kaila Witowski: Resiliency in Action: A PhotoVoice Project with Students Attending College While Homeless

  • 1:30 pm, Rina Bousalis: Culture, Citizenship, and Community Connections

  • 2 pm, Acknowledgements

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Please check back for updates regarding this event. For more information, email pjhr@fau.edu or call 561-297-4801

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EVENT ARCHIVE

Last year, PJHR’s 77th Celebration: Women's Human RightsÌý brought together practitioners, academics, diplomats, politicians, teachers and others to raise awareness about and learn how to better advance the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The celebration included art, keynote, breakout sessions, and will conclude with an hors d’oeuvres banquet and awards ceremony. View the Archive from Last year's 77th Celebration: Women's Human Rights here

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