Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution Dinner

GREAT DECISIONS DISCUSSION

Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution

Saturday, March 27, 2010

12:45-1:00 pm: Transport on Peaks Island ferry to hosts' home

1:00-2:00 pm: Luncheon

2:00-3:30 pm: Topic Discussion

Hosts: Julie Fisher Melton and Ed Melton

“U.S. campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan have shown that military force alone cannot ensure peace in all conflicts. How can the U.S. successfully integrate the tools of peace building into its statecraft? At what point do poverty, disease and climate change threaten national security? What role can non-governmental actors play in supporting government led efforts?"

This special Saturday program on Peaks Island is an opportunity for Council members and their guests to get together for an in-depth discussion of a "Great Decisions" topic, based on background material prepared by the Foreign Policy Association AND have a Peaks Island experience at the same time. The Saturday selection allows you to make a day of it if you’d like.   Luncheon will be provided at the Host's home.

 Attendees should plan to take the 12:15pm ferry, at the latest, from Portland to Peaks Island, where they will be shuttled to the host home, or they may walk (about 1 mile) if they prefer. The 12:15pm ferry is also a car ferry, so if you would rather have your own transportation, you can reserve a spot for your car on the ferry.

Moderator Biography: Julie Fisher Melton

Julie Fisher Melton was a Program Officer at the Kettering Foundation for eight years, in charge of the international fellows program. She is currently completing a book under contract with the foundation, entitled From Within: Democratization NGOs in South Africa, Tajikistan and Argentina. She is the author of two other books on NGOs, The Road from Rio : Sustainable Development and the Nongovernmental Movement in the Third World  (Praeger:1993) and Nongovernments: NGOs and the Political Development of the Third World  (Kumarian: 1997).

Before joining the Kettering Foundation in 1997, she was a Scholar in Residence at the Program on Non-Profit Organizations at Yale University, and a lecturer in the Biology Department for a course on World Population. She previously taught comparative politics and a course called The Politics of Third World Development at Connecticut College. As a specialist on nongovernmental organizations and microenterprise development, Julie has been a consultant to numerous international agencies, including CIVICUS, Technoserve, CARE, Trickle Up, Lutheran World Relief and Save the Children. She is a Consulting Editor for the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly and a member of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) as well as the International Society for Third Sector Research.

Julie received her B.A. in international studies at Pomona College, in Claremont, California. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC.

Space for this event is limited to 12 guests.

Following your registration, reading material for the selected topic will be mailed to you as will travel instructions to the Melton home.

Reservations are on a space-available basis, and payment must be received prior to the event.

Click here to register online, or call (207) 221-4386 to register by phone.