WHAT: The Center for Peace and Conflict Studies and the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne State University will host the 2016 Ralph Bunche Summer Institute for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors (10th, 11th and 12th graders only).
The institute is a one-week training program that provides Detroit-area youth with development services focused on civic engagement, conflict resolution intervention, violence prevention, bullying, diversity, civil rights, race relations, negotiation, leadership, international affairs, diplomacy, social justice and crucial life skills to individually and collectively foster peace within their schools and communities.
WHEN: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday, July 25 through Friday, July 29.
WHERE: Various locations on Wayne State University’s Detroit campus.
MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES: Video and photo opportunities are available throughout the five-day program. Students and program leaders will be available for interviews.
Contact Barbara Jones to arrange on-site interviews and video/photo ops at 313-577-3518, barbaraljones@wayne.edu.
MORE INFO: The Ralph Bunche Summer Institute was created in 2001 in honor of Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, a native Detroiter who personified the quest for education, communication, negotiation, understanding and peacemaking among the world’s people. These skills are sorely needed and are in demand with our youth during times of misunderstanding and violence in Detroit, across the United States and abroad.
After a career in higher education and a pioneering role in the U.S. civil rights struggle, Bunche went on to mediate the first Arab‐Israeli ceasefire accords in 1949 and then represented the United Nations as Under‐Secretary-General in the numerous crises arising from the de‐colonization process, including the Congo. For his Middle Eastern diplomacy, he became the first person of color to win the Nobel Peace Prize, which he accepted on behalf of the United Nations. His skills in diplomacy, conflict resolution and diversity are crucial to today’s youth.