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Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice December 2001 Dedication of the Institute A Global Think Tank (San Diego Union-Tribune) Institute for Peace & Justice opens amid a world in conflict (San Diego Daily Transcript) Dignitaries gather for dedication of institute for peace (San Diego Union-Tribune) A step to peace (San Diego Union-Tribune) Joan Kroc peace institute opens; hundreds attend (San Diego Union-Tribune) Building peace in war-tom countries (USD Vista) Trend spotting (San Diego Daily Transcript) Bits & Bites (San Diego Union-Tribune) Peace Institute opens in San Diego (Associated Press wire story) Former President Carter speaks at Peace & Justice conference in San Diego (San Diego Daily Transcript) In Pursuit of Peace (Los Angeles Times) Courting Conflict (Washington Times) Military tribunals a mistake, Carter says at USD meeting (San Diego Union-Tribune) Carter calls tribunals a mistake (San Diego Union-Tribune) Institute for Peace, Justice opens amid a world in conflict (San Diego Daily Transcript) Former President speaks at peace, justice conference (San Diego Daily Transcript) New Kroc Institute gives city opportunity (San Diego Union-Tribune) New Institute for Peace and Justice opens at University of San Diego (Southern Cross) New peace institute at University of San Diego (Catholic News Service wire story) But how do we get peace and justice? (Southern Cross) USD doctor crafts peace from debris of war (San Diego Daily Transcript) Institute explores justice as part of peace process (National Catholic Reporter) Rotary Peace Program USD to host U.S.-Mexico Rotary Peace Program (La Prensa San Diego) USD to host U.S.-Mexico Peace Program (Southern Cross) Art Exhibit Rare collection of Goya prints given to USD (San Diego Metropolitan) FYI San Diego: "Disasters and Miseries of War" (San Diego Union-Tribune) Rare collection of Goya prints given to USD (La Prensa San Diego) War art goes public at Institute for Peace (San Diego Union-Tribune) Goya at USD (San Diego Daily Transcript) Good Morning: Art (San Diego Union-Tribune) Night & Day (San Diego Union-Tribune) Kyoto Laureate Symposium Upcoming Events (San Diego Metropolitan) Peter Rowe (San Diego Union-Tribune) TV/Radio Coverage Dedication of the Institute: KNSD (December 2) XETV, KGTV (December 4) KPBS Radio "These Days" (December 5) KNSD, KUSI, KGTV (December 5) KPBS Radio, KOGO Radio (December 6) KNSD, KGTV, XETV, KFMB, KBNT, KUSI, KSWB (December 6) KCRA (Sacramento) (December 6) WHBQ (Memphis), W AGA (Atlanta) (December 7) ( Dedication of the Institute The San Diego Union-Tribune • Monday, December 3, 2001 AGIDBAL TANK peace around the world. tice," and will feature international dignitar­ Kroc Institute to open "We didn't want to just sit around and ies. They include former President Jimmy talk about peace," said Hayes. "We really Carter; l.Jubica Acevska, a former Macedo­ Wednesday at USD wanted to make a practical impact." nian ambassador; Corazon Aquino, former • To ensure the institute's international president of the Philippines; Rodrigo Cara­ By Samuel Autman focus, USD hired Joyce Neu, a former · zo Odio, former president of Costa Rica; STAF'F" WRITER executive with The Carter Center in Atlan­ William Cohen, former U.S. secretary o1 ta. She is an academic with a track record defense and Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, for­ San Diego's newest think tank, The Joan for brokering peace between nations. mer U.N. special representative for Burun­ B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, has This week's dedication mark's the insti­ di. global aspirations. tute's official opening. The institute's multi­ The conference foreshadows the type o1 The institute on the campus of the Uni­ million-dollar building has a large auditori­ services the institute will provide. Those in versity of San Diego will be dedicated on um, conference rooms, classrooms and attendance will hear speakers from around Wednesday. USD President Alice Hayes office space and overlooks Mission Bay. the world. They will divide into groups and and philanthropist Joan Kroc hope the in­ The opening will be followed by a two­ stitute will teach peace and help broker day conference, "Peacemaking With Jus- SEE Peace, B4 This room at the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice looks out onto a pond and beyond to the coast. John Gibbins I Union-Tribune ( Dignitaries from around the world are expected to be present Wednesday when the Kroc Institute of Peace and Justice (pictured here) Is dedicated In ceremonies on the University of San Diego campus. John Gibbins/ Union-Tribune photos ► PEACE CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1 Officials a·im to make facility a global force learn about conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kroc, the widow of Mc­ the Republic of Guatemala, the Donald's founder Ray Kroc, do­ former Yugoslav Republic of nated $25 million to USD for Macedonia and the Kingdom of the institute. Nepal. "We want to contribute to the Peace and conflict resolution West Coast of this country be­ groups such as the Br<?okings_ coming more active in ~elp_ing Institution in W ashmgton, shape policy on peace, JUStice, George Mason University's In­ conflict resolution and human stitute for Conflict Analysis and rights" Neu said. "We don't Resolution in Fairfax, Va, and want the West Coast left out" The Carter ·center in Atlanta During her eight years in At­ are strong in research, teach­ facilitate dis­ ing or mediating conflicts. lanta Neu helped cussions between conflicting The mission of USD's Kroc parties in Bosnia. Congo-Braz­ Institute will be similar. But it zaville, Ethiopia, Mali, Sudan will also offer a masters' degree and Uganda. in peace and justice studies. Hayes said the curriculum will Some of her crowning pull together courses from achievements took place with 1994 USD's law school, business, po­ former President Carterin litical science and history when they obtained a four­ fire in Bosnia courses with the first students month cease had captured being admitted next fall. On Croatia's Serbs six­ any given day, Neu's staff could one-third of Croatia in a be mediating conflicts any­ month war in 1991, and it end­ where in the world. The insti­ ed with an U.N.-brokered truce tute, she hopes, will teach in January 1992, although war peace and make peace. later erupted anew. · • Knowing of Kroc's $6 million In 1999, Neu, Carter and a donation to The Joan B. Kroc team helped broker a peace Institute for International Peace agreement between Su~anese Studies at the University of President Omar Bashir and Notre Dame, Hayes began dis­ Ugandan President Yoweri Mu­ countries had cussions with the philan~ seveni, whose pist about establishing a similar institute in San Diego. speakers. We are hoping to build a community of people interested in peace and justice." Earlier this year, the institute hosted a screening of 'The Sell­ ing of Innocents," a 50-minute documentary about the traffick­ ing of women and girls in India for prostitution. Events for the public will be updated regularly on the insti­ tute' s Web site at http:/ /peace.sandiego.edu/in­ dex.shtml. · Beyond the region, Neu wants the institute to become a third-party mediator. For exam­ ple, she has been in contact with people in Irian Jaya, where violence erupted when the body of independence leader Theys Eluay was found in his wrecked car. Irian Jaya is a for­ mer Dutch colony that was an­ nexed by Indonesia in 1969 and is one of several provinces that wants freedom. One of the problems in bro­ kering peace deals is finding a common language, Neu said. While government official~ Joyce Neu, director of the may view an independence Institute, has served for leader as a terrorist or rebel, several years as an executive 'many citizens may view that with The Carter Center In leader as a hero. Atlanta. She brln9s vast "Labeling someone experience to her new post. a terror­ ist is tricky and difficult to know," Neu said. "Your terror­ been at war for 16 years. ist today may be your freedom Both Hayes and Neu want fighter tomorrow. Take Nelson the institute to become an inter­ Mandela The South African government would not sit and An artistic mosaic of a compass has been designed on the floor national player in stimulating In the entry area of the multlmllllon-dollar Kroc Institute. dialogue and helping to resolve talk to the African National conflict in the world. · Congress because they consid­ ered them terrorists. It seems "It will bring a lot of people to very ludicrous looking back." San Diego," Neu said. "It will also offer San Diegans some Sanue1 Autman: (619) 542-4557; interesting ~s. programs and [email protected] If there was ever a need..