Monday, April 20, 2009

Peace & Reconciliation Conference

GRCC Peace & Reconciliation Conference May 11-13, 2009

Grand Rapids Community College is hosting its first Peace and Reconciliation Conference, May 11-13, 2009. For a complete list of events, and speakers, please go to www.grcc.edu/peace.

John Hume, Nobel Peace Prize winner and an architect of the current peace process in Northern Ireland will deliver the keynote address on May 12. Other conference speakers include people who were active in Northern Ireland's civil rights movement, the Irish Republican Army, Sinn Féin, community reconciliation efforts, and people who went to prison for their beliefs and their commitment to Irish nationalism.

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