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Dear Arthur,

In this newsletter, we provide updated information on Campaign 2004, our Revenge & Reconciliation Conference, our "Movie-fest," and the Global Solutions conference in Washington, DC.

We have a new survey on President Bush's idea to "investigate the intelligence community." We also have the results of our previous poll on the Missouri presidential primary race with some most interesting comments included.

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CAMPAIGN 2004 Continues

Seemingly, MASSACHUSETTS Senator John Kerry took a commanding lead over the six other Democratic candidates for the party's presidential nomination with a resounding victory a week ago today in NEW HAMPSHIRE. Today the candidates contend with one another in seven states. Many pundits consider SOUTH CAROLINA the most important state because it is the first southern state to be contested. But the state with the largest number of delegates at stake is MISSOURI. If you are old enough to vote and you think that politics may bear some relationship to the future of humanity, please consider voting!
Link to CNN election coverage






Outstanding Seminar on Negotiation, Mediation, & Arbitration Last Week


We are moving further into our 2004 Conference on Revenge/Reconciliation: Breaking the Cycle of Conflict.

Our second prep session was lasts Sat., Jan. 31, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM) at Crossroads. Gloria put together a wonderful PowerPoint presentation on "hot spots" in the world. Then we were given a wonderful seminar and simulation by Ms. C.J. Larkin, J.D., M.A., Administrative Director of Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs and Lecturer of Law at Washington University. She described the many processes of solving disputes, ranging from quite amicable to quite contentious.

Four students volunteered to role play a dispute in which neighborhood residents were upset by teenagers play loud and late-night basketball on a church playground. Both the disputants and the mediators did supurbly, with timely help from C.J. and her assistant Christine.

We are moving right along towards the final conference session at the Doubletree Hotel on Feb. 20-21.

In our next and final prep session on (Sat., Feb. 14, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM), our speaker will be Dr. Cecil Abrahams, professor of African and African-American Studies at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. He is from South Africa and worked with both Nelson Mandela and Bishop Desmund Tutu as the "Truth and Reconciliation" commission began its work.

The culmination of the conference will be on Fri. - Sat., Feb. 20-21. At that time, we will look at long-standing international conflicts, such as those in the Middle East, Northern Ireland, South Africa, and the Balkans; the death penalty; war-crimes tribunals; the mafia; and much more.

The real headliner will be our outstanding keynote speaker on Friday evening: Ms. Laura Blumenfeld; author of the 2002 best-seller Revenge, the story of her personal feelings on revenge following the shooting of her father in Jerusalem. We have copies of the book for all participants and distributed most of them last Saturday. If you have not received a copy of the book and our planning on participating in the conference (including the remaining prep sessions), e-mail us by clicking here.

By now, all students should have their "knowledge area" assignments." Please let us know if you do not yet have them.

Enrollment for the conference is now closed.

We will have a link to photos from last Saturday's session posted by the end of the day, Tuesday, Feb. 3..

Conference on Revenge and Reconciliation
Friday, February 20 3:00 PM - Saturday, February 21 3:30 PM at the Doubletree Club Hotel.

Click here for a Conference Description, or to Sign Up Online!

Click here for the application form!

Prep Session 1 Photos from Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004.

Link to Laura Blumenfeld's book: Revenge

Map & Directions to Crossroads School

Revenge & Reconciliation Movie-fest Success!



Eleven participants from the Revenge & Reconciliation conference came to our movie-fest last Saturday afternoon at the Civitas office.

We had time to watch only one movie: Amandl -- a documentary account of the role the music and dance playing in minimizing violence in the South African transition from Apartheid to democracy.

Music, poetry, dance, narrative, and video were woven together to present a stirring picture of how hope and tenacity can overcome military and historical power.

We will have more on South Africa with Dr. Cecil Abrahams from South Africa and now professor at the University of Missouri -- St. Louis will address students in our final preparatory session on Saturday, February 14.


U.S. Support for Global Solutions to Global Problems on June 9 - 11


College students, & high-school seniors and juniors--
We invite you to enter a contest to participate in a
national conference in Washington D.C.

THE CONFERENCE WILL BE GREAT -- ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE HAVE THE DATES FINALIZED: JUNE 9 - 11, 2004

"GETTING U.S. SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL PROBLEMS"
FINAL DATE CHANGE: June 9 - 11
at the Capitol Hill Club & the Capitol Hill Suites Hotel
______________________________________________________________________________________

ATTEND PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ON:

IMPLEMENTING THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
HOW TO MAKE THE U.N. MORE EFFECTIVE
ENERGIZING GLOBAL ACTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ADDRESSING ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION & ITS EFFECTS __________________________________________________________________________

Citizens for Global Solutions of Greater St. Louis will provide transportation, registration, meals, & lodging at the Capitol Hill Suites Hotel for a college student or a high-school junior or senior to attend this national Global Solutions convention.
The conference begins at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 9, so you should be able to leave St. Louis that afternoon. It ends before noon Friday, June 113, so you should be back by that night. Getting to & from the St. Louis airport is your responsibility.
If you want to be a contestant for this subsidized trip, write a 3-5 page typed essay (double-spaced) consisting of two parts. In the first part tell us about your background and why you would be a good person for us to send to this meeting. In the second part share with us your thinking about the problems our world community faces and how we might deal with them more effectively.
____________________________________________________________________

In exchange for this subsidy CfGS of St. Louis expects you to give us a brief written report about the conference & what you learned from it. (This helps us raise money for next time.)

Send your essay to:
Ronald J. Glossop, 8894 Berkay Avenue, Jennings, MO 63136-5004
or by e-mail to:
Be sure to include your home address and telephone number.

For more information, call (314) 869-2303.

Deadline: March 20, 2004. Winner will be notified by March 23, 2004.
Human Rights Conference for Teachers
We just received the following note from Katherine Cochrane, Special Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for International Affairs at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. Please excuse the fact that we don't have all the attachments present and that only the link at the bottom works, but this could be a wonderful opportunity for high school and middle school techers who are interested in human rights issues.

Dear Arthur,
It was good to speak with you again, today. I have taken great pleasure in reading about the terrific things you and Gloria are doing. You came to mind when Joel asked for suggestions for an informal gathering of teachers with the speaker for our annual lecture, Human Rights in Global Perspective. Metzl would be available before the dinner (6-7 pm) that precedes his talk on Tuesday, February 24, 7 pm, at the Millennium Student Center on our campus.

Here are two good links for Metzyl info, and I attach the flyer for his talk. Let me know if you'd like us to host an informal gathering. After you know more about him, we can fashion the agenda/focus of the discussion.

Look forward to hearing from you,
Kathy


http://www.cfr.org/bio.php?id=1786 - Council on Foreign Relations web page

Georgetown faculty web pages:
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/curriculum/tab_faculty.cfm?Status=Faculty&Detail=1439 - bio

http://www.law.georgetown.edu/curriculum/tab_courses.cfm?Status=Course&Detail=704 - syllabus

Katherine Cochrane
Special Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for International Affairs

Center for International Studies * University of Missouri-St. Louis

8001 Natural Bridge Rd. * SSB Bldg. * St. Louis, MO 63121-4499

Tel 314-516-5801 * FAX 3134-516-6757 * [email protected]
Information on Human Rights Conference



Intelligence Investigation and George W. Bush!


President George W. Bush is expected to appoint a committee to investigate what went wrong with information that the president, Defense Department, and State Department received regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction prior to invading Iraq.

Our question is: "Should the investigation be limited to what the
"intelligence community" (C.I.A., etc.) "did wrong" or should it also include what the White House, Defense Department, and State Department did with the information?"
Link to Survey on Who and What Should President Bush be Investigating?

Link to Poll on Civitas Intranet Site







Previous Survey Results (New)


Last week's question was:


With Missouri congressman Richard Gephardt having dropped out of the Democratic presidential sweepstakes, the Missouri primary next Tuesday will be contested by all candidates. Please take the survey below to indicate for whom you would vote. (If you vote in the newsletter survey, you'll have two pages of candidates from which to choose; the Civitas intranets site can fit them on one page.)
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Responses:

1. Former General Wesley Clark (Arkansas)0% (0)

2. Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean30% (3)

3. North Carolina Senator John Edwards10% (1)

4. Massachusetts Senator John Kerry 20% (2)

5. Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich 0% (0)

6. Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman 0% (0)

7. Reverend Al Sharpton (New York) 0% (0)

8. None of the above 10% (1)

9. Not Sure 30% (3)

Total: 10
Laura Casey; Rosati Kain, 2004

John Edwards is doing nicely. I'm very attracted to his approach of no "cat-calls" and such, and I feel it gives him credibility. Wesley Clark, while I feel he has extreme experience in the war aspect of the presidency makes him a viable candidate (especially with needing to mediate peace in Iraq soon), it does say something when none of his friends from NATO, etc (other generals and such) are endorsing him. Something about Kerry just rubs me the wrong way, Lieberman is rather...conservative and Sharpton...well. If I were not a Deaniac as of right now, I would definitely be an Edwardsian. But who's to say that my being a Deaniac won't change. *Grin.*

Raquel Rodriguez; Home School, 2007


Once I learned the bad stuff about Mosley Braun, I've resorted back to Bush. I think he's a good president and a good leader. Maybe not a great president, but better than I think any of those democrats could do. I mean it's not like we'll all be able to find a guy or girl that would be a great president and that we loved so much we wouldn't complain about anything they're doing. Plus I really like what Bush has done with the taxes, and I agree with a lot of the decisions he's made.


Abbey Hatcher; Civitas Associates, Office Monkey Victim

Along with millions of other [ahem, intelligent] Americans, I'm of the "anyone but Bush" voting strategy. After watching the polls in Iowa and New Hampshire, seeing Kerry at FoPark, and hearing Edwards at BlueHill...I'm going to give my primary vote to Senator Kerry. I like the policies of both senators who visited St Louis (they are in many regards indistinguishable from one another), but I like the poise, experience, and *key word* electability of Kerry.






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