Languages For Peace : Respect, Dialogue, Understanding, Tolerance

Conference Goals

• Recognize respect for the person as the foundation for dialogue and mutual understanding among cultures and religions.
• Reflect on and envision language, verbal and non-verbal, as a bridge to interpersonal, as well as intercultural understanding and tolerance.
• Highlight the need for communication and agreement on a global ethic based in solidarity, development and peace.
• Promote reflection and encourage research on the impact of languages in advancing social justice, development and peace.
• Create a campus environment (physical, intellectual and psychological) that will stimulate informal discussion of respect, dialogue, understanding and tolerance.