Promoting Justice and Peace: University/Community Collaborative Initiatives
June 18-21, 2013 Nairobi, Kenya
This unique interactive conference, with 100 to 150 invited participants, brings together representatives from universities, community organizations, NGOs, nonprofits, business and government. The conference provides a platform for participants to network, share information and ideas and begin developing innovative collaborative solutions to critical issues and needs related to social justice and peace.
Conference activities are designed for mutual learning and establishing ongoing collaboration in applied research and creative initiatives to improve community health, education, environment, technology access, and economic status. Prominent keynote speakers, targeted panel presentations, applied skill workshops, and focused roundtable discussions will provide opportunities for dialogue to work toward collaborative grassroots research, grant proposals and action plans for community projects.
Conference tracks focus on these targeted issues: Education, Environment, Health/Medicine, Entrepreneurship, Technology/Media, and Interfaith Initiatives. Edited video packages with digital documentation of sessions will be produced as educational resources.
The Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) is a dynamic and growing university with a commitment to quality research, education and community service. CUEA was founded in 1984 by the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) and received its charter as a private educational institution from the Commission for Higher Education in 1992. Current AMECAE members are Vatican, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. CUEA has students from all these countries and other African nations. Four constituent colleges are affiliated with CUEA: Tangaza, Hekima, Marist International and Regina Pacis.
CUEA offers certificates, diploma, bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees. The Faculties include Theology, Arts & Social Science, Commerce, Science, Education, Law, Institute of Canon Law, School of Continuing Professional Development and the Centre for Social Justice and Ethics(CSJE). CUEA has three locations: the main Lang’ata Campus in Nairobi, the Gaba Campus in Eldoret and the Kisumu Campus.
The newly opened Pope Paul VI Learning Resource Centre features a fully automated library, an international conference centre, video conferencing, ICT center, multimedia curriculum centre, and CUEA Press, which publishes academic books and journals. An electronic museum, radio station, integrated television studio and editing labs are being developed. The Learning Resource Centre operates 24 hours and is open to faculty, students, researchers and the community. This is a state-of-the-art facility and a major resource in East Africa.
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