April 2019

►Paving a Road to Hope for Refugee & Migrant Children | Maria Mignatti, NGO Cmte Migration (ECPC member)

Saturday, April 13, 2019

“We need to work together in a coordinated manner to build a common strategy in a rule of society approach. ECD we know is a right choice, also in a migration context, because if we change the beginning of the story, we change the full story.”

Description

Forced migration is an increasing global challenge: children and families are obliged to leave their homes for many reasons. Many of these children are under the age of five. In countries of origin, transit and in host countries they encounter traumatic circumstances with a daily violation of their rights. They represent one of the most pressing humanitarian challenges of our time, but their needs are neglected.
 
In this presentation, Dr. Mignatti calls attention to scientific evidence that highlights the importance of early interventions for young children living under adverse conditions and a new commitment is growing, at international level, to support early childhood development (ECD) for migrant and refugee children. Now it is time to turn these commitments into reality, working together in a coordinated manner, paving a road to hope for millions of young children and their families living in crisis and in conflicts.
 
19:18 ENG / Subtitles

ABOUT MARIA PIA BELLONI MIGNATI

Maria Pia Belloni Mignati holds a Master’s degree in Political Science, cum laude, from the University of Pavia (Italy) and a Diploma of Advanced European Studies from the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium. She is a retired Professor of European Union Law, Faculty of Political Science, at the University of Pavia (Italy).

Positions held by Dr. Mignatti include: Chair, UN NGO Committee on Migration; UN Representative, World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP); Member of the Steering Committee “Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts”, Geneva, Switzerland; and Member of the Advisory Group of the Early Childhood Development Peace Consortium (ECPC).

Dr. Mignatti has published books and articles on different aspects of the European Union integration, mainly about migration policy.

ABOUT THE ECPC CONFERENCE SPEAKER VIDEO SERIES

Watch 14 compelling talks by 25 world champions in evidence-based science and practice, education, human migration, web technology and media. Learn why they join together in expertise to pave a road to hope and build pathways to peace through the transformative power of children and families. Hear them sound the global call to action as they launch the ECPC Pledge to Action for Peace. 
  • Be informed. Meet the conference presenters who share with you their knowledge, generated from the front lines of this burgeoning field of peacebuilding through early childhood development (ECD). Read their biographies and access additional learning materials.
  • Get involved. Help us pave the road to hope and The Culture of Peace by sharing these series videos with your friends and colleagues.
  • Build peace! Take the ECPC Pledge of Action for Peace, launched by conference speaker, Miss Lames Abdelrahman, IRIS Refugee Ambassador from The Sudan.
 

EVENT SPONSORS

This ECPC event was organized by and made possible with support from Queen’s University Belfast LINKS, Yale University, UNICEF and the ECPC.
 

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Distinguished ECPC affiliated presenters join us from the halls of Yale University (Child Study Center, the MacMillan Center for Area Studies, Web Services) Queen’s University Belfast, the United Nations, The Global Movement for The Culture of Peace, UNICEF, Sesame Workshop, ACEV-Mother Child Education Foundation, IRIS-Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, and the NGO Committee on Migration.
 

ABOUT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PEACE CONSORTIUM (ECPC)

The ECPC was established to grow a global movement for peace, social justice and prevention of violence through using evidence-informed strategies to enable the world community to advance peace, security and sustainable development. We must address root causes of violence and conflict, and we must empower children and families to be agents of change to advance social cohesion and peace. 
 

JOIN the ECPC!

- Subscribe to the ECPC eNewsletter
- Follow us on Facebook
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MUSIC

- “Euphoria” by Crutchfield
- “Cinematic Motivation Trailer” by StudioKoloma
- Audio remastery by Audio Visual 7

►Helping Children Flourish, From Generation to Generation | Linda Mayes, Dir. Yale Child Study

Monday, April 15, 2019

“The Yale Child Study Center in New Haven has been around since 1911, and our deepest devotion is to help young children lead not only healthy lives, but lives that flourish and carry generation to generation.” 

Description

In this presentation, Dr. Linda Mayes makes a conference special appearance to underscore the mission of the Yale Child Study Center to which she is Chair, and to show support for the ECPC.
 

ABOUT LINDA MAYES, MD, PhD

Dr. Linda Mayes is the Arnold Gesell Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology and Director of the Yale Child Study Center.  She is also Special Advisor to the Dean in the Yale School of Medicine.  Trained as a pediatrician, Dr. Mayes’s research focuses on stress-response and regulatory mechanisms in young children at both biological and psychosocial risk. She has especially focused on the impact of prenatal substance use on children’s long-term outcome. She has made contributions to understanding the mechanisms of effect of prenatal stimulant exposure on the ontogeny of arousal regulatory systems and the relation between dysfunctional emotional regulation and impaired prefrontal cortical function in young children.  She has published widely in the developmental psychology, pediatrics, and child psychiatry literature. 
 
Given the nature of her work with children at significantly high-risk for developmental impairments from both biological and psychosocial etiologies, Dr. Mayes also focuses on the impact of parenting on the development of arousal and attention regulatory mechanisms in their children and specifically on how substance abuse impacts reward and stress regulatory systems in new parents. With other colleagues in the Center, she studies how adults transition to parenthood especially when substance abuse is involved and the basic neural circuitry of early parent-infant attachment using both neuroimaging and electroencephalographic techniques. She and her colleagues have developed a series of interventions for parents including an intensive home-based program called Minding the Baby.
 
Her research programs are multidisciplinary not only in their blending basic science with clinical interventions but also in the disciplines required including adult and child psychiatry, behavioral neuroscience, obstetrics, pediatrics, and neuropsychology. She is also a Distinguished Visiting Professor in psychology at Sewanee: The University of the South where she is working on intervention programs to enhance child and family resilience.
 
5:59 ENG / Subtitles

ABOUT THE ECPC CONFERENCE SPEAKER VIDEO SERIES

Watch 14 compelling talks by 25 world champions in evidence-based science and practice, education, human migration, web technology and media. Learn why they join together in expertise to pave a road to hope and build pathways to peace through the transformative power of children and families. Hear them sound the global call to action as they launch the ECPC Pledge to Action for Peace. 
  • Be informed. Meet the conference presenters who share with you their knowledge, generated from the front lines of this burgeoning field of peacebuilding through early childhood development (ECD). Read their biographies and access additional learning materials.
  • Get involved. Help us pave the road to hope and The Culture of Peace by sharing these series videos with your friends and colleagues.
  • Build peace! Take the ECPC Pledge of Action for Peace, launched by conference speaker, Miss Lames Abdelrahman, IRIS Refugee Ambassador from The Sudan.

EVENT SPONSORS

This ECPC event was organized by and made possible with support from Queen’s University Belfast LINKS, Yale University, UNICEF and the ECPC.
 

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Distinguished ECPC affiliated presenters join us from the halls of Yale University (Child Study Center, the MacMillan Center for Area Studies, Web Services) Queen’s University Belfast, the United Nations, The Global Movement for The Culture of Peace, UNICEF, Sesame Workshop, ACEV-Mother Child Education Foundation, IRIS-Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, and the NGO Committee on Migration.
 

ABOUT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PEACE CONSORTIUM (ECPC)

The ECPC was established to grow a global movement for peace, social justice and prevention of violence through using evidence-informed strategies to enable the world community to advance peace, security and sustainable development. We must address root causes of violence and conflict, and we must empower children and families to be agents of change to advance social cohesion and peace. 
 

JOIN the ECPC!

- Subscribe to the ECPC eNewsletter
- Follow us on Facebook
- Follow us on Twitter
- Follow us on iTunes
- Follow us on YouTube
 

MUSIC

- “Euphoria” by Crutchfield
- “Cinematic Motivation Trailer” by StudioKoloma
- Audio remastery by Audio Visual 7

►Part I: ECD Programming for Peacebuilding - Overview | Paul Connolly & Sarah Miller, Queen's Univ Belfast (ECPC members)

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

“We are developing early childhood programs that are evidence-based, which are informed by our best understanding and expertise about what is likely to be effective and work.  And, we have belief that many of the programs that we are piloting and testing, will lead, right now, to positive change.” 

Description

Presenting Part I “Overview: Supporting the Development of ECD Programs for Peacebuilding: Experience from the NIHR Global Health Research Group on ECD for Peacebuilding” by Professors Paul Connolly and Sarah Miller, Queen’s University Belfast. This research study at Queen’s University Belfast, funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) of the United Kingdom, supports an international research group on early childhood development for peacebuilding (See Queen’s University Belfast - LINKS). 
 
► Watch Part II of this presentation in which the NIHR research team provide updates from the field where its program is being tested in countries affected by conflict (Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste and Vietnam). 
 

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

  1. Learn more about ECPC Executive Cmte member, Paul Connolly, PhD, Professor of Education and Dean of Research for the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast, and his research on issues of diversity, inclusion and young children.
  2. Learn more about ECPC affiliate, Sarah Miller, PhD, Associate Professor of Education at Queen’s University Belfast and her expertise and work in program evaluation and evidence synthesis.
20:32 ENG / Subtitles

ABOUT THE ECPC CONFERENCE SPEAKER VIDEO SERIES

Watch 14 compelling talks by 25 world champions in evidence-based science and practice, education, human migration, web technology and media. Learn why they join together in expertise to pave a road to hope and build pathways to peace through the transformative power of children and families. Hear them sound the global call to action as they launch the ECPC Pledge to Action for Peace. 
  • Be informed. Meet the conference presenters who share with you their knowledge, generated from the front lines of this burgeoning field of peacebuilding through early childhood development (ECD). Read their biographies and access additional learning materials.
  • Get involved. Help us pave the road to hope and The Culture of Peace by sharing these series videos with your friends and colleagues.
  • Build peace! Take the ECPC Pledge of Action for Peace, launched by conference speaker, Miss Lames Abdelrahman, IRIS Refugee Ambassador from The Sudan.
 

EVENT SPONSORS

This ECPC event was organized by and made possible with support from Queen’s University Belfast LINKS, Yale University, UNICEF and the ECPC.
 

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Distinguished ECPC affiliated presenters join us from the halls of Yale University (Child Study Center, the MacMillan Center for Area Studies, Web Services) Queen’s University Belfast, the United Nations, The Global Movement for The Culture of Peace, UNICEF, Sesame Workshop, ACEV-Mother Child Education Foundation, IRIS-Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, and the NGO Committee on Migration.
 

ABOUT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PEACE CONSORTIUM (ECPC)

The ECPC was established to grow a global movement for peace, social justice and prevention of violence through using evidence-informed strategies to enable the world community to advance peace, security and sustainable development. We must address root causes of violence and conflict, and we must empower children and families to be agents of change to advance social cohesion and peace. 
 

JOIN the ECPC!

- Subscribe to the ECPC eNewsletter
- Follow us on Facebook
- Follow us on Twitter
- Follow us on iTunes
- Follow us on YouTube
 

MUSIC

- “Euphoria” by Crutchfield
- “Cinematic Motivation Trailer” by StudioKoloma
- Audio remastery by Audio Visual 7

►KEYNOTE Building Brains, Building Futures | Pia Rebello Britto, UNICEF (ECPC Emeritus member)

Thursday, April 18, 2019

“This is a movement that requires all of us, because you are science, you are practitioners, you are parents, you have the skill set, you represent the geographies of the world, you have the networks… and, because you believe and have the ability to make change.”

Description

It takes a child to raise a village – yes, you read that right. Join Dr. Pia Britto to learn about young children’s brain development, and how the right interventions in the early years of life build stronger individuals, stronger communities, sustainable development and peace.

Early childhood is a critical time for individual growth. This short period is unique because of the unparalleled speed at which brain architecture develops. This development is the continuous acquisition of skills and abilities across the domains of cognition, language, motor, social and emotional development—in short, what we need to think, solve problems, communicate, express our emotions, build resilience, and form relationships. A child’s development results from interactions with the environment, therefore the experiences in the first few years of life have serious, long-lasting effects. The brain is like a sponge that soaks up positive and negative experiences, which in turn influence the blueprint of its architecture.

In this video, Dr. Britto explains the outcomes of both positive and negative experiences in early childhood. She dives into the neuroscience of how a nurturing environment can effectuate healthy brain development, and what ‘nurturing’ means; how this environment can be enabled by early childhood services; and how this contributes to sustainable development and social cohesion. Conversely, Dr. Britto expounds the potentially lifelong impacts of negative experiences on social-emotional wellbeing, memory, and learning, which can later manifest as a reduced ability to earn and form positive interpersonal relationships, and exacerbated distrust. For society, this can mean higher unemployment rates, thus higher public expenditure; intergenerational poverty; and a perpetuation of inequity and ultimately, violence and conflict.

Watch this video to understand how giving every child the best start in life can make a world of difference for them, and a difference in the world for us. NOW is the time for all of us to act to build brains, and build futures.

22:18 ENG / Subtitles

ABOUT PIA REBELLO BRITTO, PhD

Pia Rebello Britto, Ph.D., is Global Chief and Senior Advisor for Early Childhood Development at UNICEF, New York Headquarters. She was formerly Assistant Professor at Yale University. Dr. Britto is known for her work on developing, implementing and evaluating early childhood programs and policies around the world. In particular, she has strengthened the application of evidence for programming, promoted the role of governance and finance of national systems in achieving equity, access and quality, developed and evaluated models for implementation of quality early childhood services, supported the role of parents and caregivers, including women’s economic empowerment and the association to peace building and social cohesion. Dr. Britto has been instrumental in the global movement towards establishing the transformative role of Early Childhood Development in the Sustainable Development Agenda. Dr. Britto is the recipient of several national and international grants and awards in recognition for her work and has published extensively.

Recommended Reading
pia r britto, PhD

Links:

  1. UNICEF Early Childhood Development
  2. Learning for Peace - Côte d’Ivoire, Women’s Group and ECD, Video.

Recommended reading:

  1. L.Angelica Ponguta; C. Donaldson; F. Affolter; P. Connolly; L. Dunne; S. Miller; P. Britto; R. Salah; J. Leckman. (2018). Early childhood development programs, peacebuilding, and the Sustainable Development Goals: Opportunities for interdisciplinary research and multisectoral partnerships. In: Verma S., Petersen A. (eds) Developmental Science and Sustainable Development Goals for Children and Youth. Social Indicators Research Series, vol 74. Springer, Cham.
  2. Britto, P. R., S. J. Lye, K. Proulx, A. K. Yousafzai, S. G. Matthews, et al. (2017). Nurturing care: promoting early childhood development. Lancet 389, no. 10064 : 91-102.
  3. UNICEF. (2017). Early moments matter for every child. New York: UNICEF.
  4. UNICEF. (2015). Starting early to build stronger and more peaceful societies (Eng). New York: UNICEF.
  5. UNICEF. (2014). Building better brains, UNICEF brief.  New York : UNICEF.
  6. Britto, Pia R., Rima Salah, Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Jacqueline Bhabha, Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Gary R. Gunderson, Cigdem Kagitcibasi, Lucy Nusseibeh, Olayinka Omigbodun, Mikiko Otani et al. (2014). Creating effective programs and policies to reduce violence and promote peace. In Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families, edited by James F. Leckman, Catherine Panter-Brick and Rima Salah, 361-384. The MIT Press.

ABOUT THE ECPC CONFERENCE SPEAKER VIDEO SERIES

Watch 14 compelling talks by 25 world champions in evidence-based science and practice, education, human migration, web technology and media. Learn why they join together in expertise to pave a road to hope and build pathways to peace through the transformative power of children and families. Hear them sound the global call to action as they launch the ECPC Pledge to Action for Peace. 
  • Be informed. Meet the conference presenters who share with you their knowledge, generated from the front lines of this burgeoning field of peacebuilding through early childhood development (ECD). Read their biographies and access additional learning materials.
  • Get involved. Help us pave the road to hope and The Culture of Peace by sharing these series videos with your friends and colleagues.
  • Build peace! Take the ECPC Pledge of Action for Peace, launched by conference speaker, Miss Lames Abdelrahman, IRIS Refugee Ambassador from The Sudan.
 

EVENT SPONSORS

This ECPC event was organized by and made possible with support from Queen’s University Belfast LINKS, Yale University, UNICEF and the ECPC.
 

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Distinguished ECPC affiliated presenters join us from the halls of Yale University (Child Study Center, the MacMillan Center for Area Studies, Web Services) Queen’s University Belfast, the United Nations, The Global Movement for The Culture of Peace, UNICEF, Sesame Workshop, ACEV-Mother Child Education Foundation, IRIS-Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, and the NGO Committee on Migration.
 

ABOUT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PEACE CONSORTIUM (ECPC)

The ECPC was established to grow a global movement for peace, social justice and prevention of violence through using evidence-informed strategies to enable the world community to advance peace, security and sustainable development. We must address root causes of violence and conflict, and we must empower children and families to be agents of change to advance social cohesion and peace. 
 

JOIN the ECPC!

- Subscribe to the ECPC eNewsletter
- Follow us on Facebook
- Follow us on Twitter
- Follow us on iTunes
- Follow us on YouTube
 

MUSIC

- “Euphoria” by Crutchfield
- “Cinematic Motivation Trailer” by StudioKoloma
- Audio remastery by Audio Visual 7

►Building a World of Peace: The Promise of the ECPC | Rima Salah (Chair ECPC)

Friday, April 19, 2019

“There is no better time than now for all of us to unite to erect the building blocks of peaceful futures for all children.”

Description

Today more than ever before millions of children and their families are trapped in situations of war, conflict, violence and displacement. Science shows that violence has a detrimental effect on the development of young children. In this presentation, Dr. Rima Salah shows that we have every opportunity to make a transformative shift, and raise the voice of science to join with the voice of “we the peoples” to stop war and violence in the world, promoting a “Culture of Peace”. 
 
Dr. Salah gives a brief history of the Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC), from conception to official launch to present day. She underscores its pioneering vision to create an inclusive movement for peace and social justice, through using evidence informed early childhood  development strategies, founded on the idea that children and families can be agents of change for peace.
 
17:49 ENG / Subtitles

ABOUT RIMA SALAH, PHD

Rima Salah, PhD / Chair and founding member, ECPC; Assistant Clinical Professor in the Yale Child Study Center; Former Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF. Dr. Salah has served as a Member of the United Nations High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (2014-15), and as the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, U.N. Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT). In addition, Dr. Salah has had a distinguished career with UNICEF. Her service includes: Deputy Executive Director for UNICEF (2004-2007, 2011-2012), Regional Director for West and Central Africa (1999-2004), and UNICEF representative in several countries including Vietnam, Burkina Faso as well as head of office in Queta, Pakistan. 
Recommended Reading
By Rima Salah, PhD
  1. Donaldson, C., F. Affolter, L. A. Ponguta, R. Salah, P. R. Britto, J. F. Leckman, P. Connolly, S. Fitzpatrick, and P. Walmsley. (2018). Contributions of early childhood development programming to sustainable peace and development. New York City: Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC).
  2. Salah, R. (2018). Global citizenship and the role of the United Nations: The promise of the Early Childhood Peace Consortium. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development 2018, no. 159: 99-105.
  3. Leckman, J., C. Panter-Brick, and R. Salah. (2014). Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families. Vol. 15. Cambridge MA US / London UK: MIT Press.
  4. Leckman, J., C. Panter-Brick, and R. Salah. (2014). Peace is a lifelong process: The importance of partnerships. In Pathways to Peace: The Transformative Power of Children and Families, edited by J. Leckman, C. Panter-Brick and R. Salah, 3-17. Vol. 15. MIT Press.
ABOUT THE ECPC CONFERENCE SPEAKER VIDEO SERIES
Watch 14 compelling talks by 25 world champions in evidence-based science and practice, education, human migration, web technology and media. Learn why they join together in expertise to pave a road to hope and build pathways to peace through the transformative power of children and families. Hear them sound the global call to action as they launch the ECPC Pledge to Action for Peace. 
  • Be informed. Meet the conference presenters who share with you their knowledge, generated from the front lines of this burgeoning field of peacebuilding through early childhood development (ECD). Read their biographies and access additional learning materials.
  • Get involved. Help us pave the road to hope and The Culture of Peace by sharing these series videos with your friends and colleagues.
  • Build peace! Take the ECPC Pledge of Action for Peace, launched by conference speaker, Miss Lames Abdelrahman, IRIS Refugee Ambassador from The Sudan.
 

EVENT SPONSORS

This ECPC event was organized by and made possible with support from Queen’s University Belfast LINKS, Yale University, UNICEF and the ECPC.
 

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Distinguished ECPC affiliated presenters join us from the halls of Yale University (Child Study Center, the MacMillan Center for Area Studies, Web Services) Queen’s University Belfast, the United Nations, The Global Movement for The Culture of Peace, UNICEF, Sesame Workshop, ACEV-Mother Child Education Foundation, IRIS-Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, and the NGO Committee on Migration.
 

ABOUT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PEACE CONSORTIUM (ECPC)

The ECPC was established to grow a global movement for peace, social justice and prevention of violence through using evidence-informed strategies to enable the world community to advance peace, security and sustainable development. We must address root causes of violence and conflict, and we must empower children and families to be agents of change to advance social cohesion and peace. 
 

JOIN the ECPC!

- Subscribe to the ECPC eNewsletter
- Follow us on Facebook
- Follow us on Twitter
- Follow us on iTunes
- Follow us on YouTube
 

MUSIC

- “Euphoria” by Crutchfield
- “Cinematic Motivation Trailer” by StudioKoloma
- Audio remastery by Audio Visual 7

►ECPC Pledge to Action for Peace | Lames Abdelrahman, IRIS Refugee Ambassador from Sudan

Saturday, April 20, 2019

“I pledge to be a global citizen and help bring peace for one and all by treating all children with love, hope and kindness.”

Description

Miss Lames Abdelrahman, 11-year old IRIS Refugee Ambassador from Sudan, shares with us her long journey to the US, her wishes and future dreams. She has been honored to launch the ECPC Pledge to Action for Peace, with the help of her mentor, Will Kneerim, Director of Education IRIS, and friend, Dr. James F. Leckman, professor at the Yale Child Study Center. 
 
 

5:55  ENG / Subtitles

Photo: Melanie Stengel

ABOUT THE ECPC CONFERENCE SPEAKER VIDEO SERIES

Watch 14 compelling talks by 25 world champions in evidence-based science and practice, education, human migration, web technology and media. Learn why they join together in expertise to pave a road to hope and build pathways to peace through the transformative power of children and families. Hear them sound the global call to action as they launch the ECPC Pledge to Action for Peace. 
  • Be informed. Meet the conference presenters who share with you their knowledge, generated from the front lines of this burgeoning field of peacebuilding through early childhood development (ECD). Read their biographies and access additional learning materials.
  • Get involved. Help us pave the road to hope and The Culture of Peace by sharing these series videos with your friends and colleagues.
  • Build peace! Take the ECPC Pledge of Action for Peace, launched by conference speaker, Miss Lames Abdelrahman, IRIS Refugee Ambassador from The Sudan.

EVENT SPONSORS

This ECPC event was organized by and made possible with support from Queen’s University Belfast LINKS, Yale University, UNICEF and the ECPC.
 

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Distinguished ECPC affiliated presenters join us from the halls of Yale University (Child Study Center, the MacMillan Center for Area Studies, Web Services) Queen’s University Belfast, the United Nations, The Global Movement for The Culture of Peace, UNICEF, Sesame Workshop, ACEV-Mother Child Education Foundation, IRIS-Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, and the NGO Committee on Migration.
 

ABOUT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PEACE CONSORTIUM (ECPC)

The ECPC was established to grow a global movement for peace, social justice and prevention of violence through using evidence-informed strategies to enable the world community to advance peace, security and sustainable development. We must address root causes of violence and conflict, and we must empower children and families to be agents of change to advance social cohesion and peace. 
 

JOIN the ECPC!

- Subscribe to the ECPC eNewsletter
- Follow us on Facebook
- Follow us on Twitter
- Follow us on iTunes
- Follow us on YouTube
 

MUSIC

- “Euphoria” by Crutchfield
- “Cinematic Motivation Trailer” by StudioKoloma
- Audio remastery by Audio Visual 7

►Message of Unity: How Children Can Lead Us Towards Peace | Will Kneerim, IRIS

Sunday, April 21, 2019

“I am thrilled that all of you are here, focusing on the issues of early childhood education. And, there is no doubt, we see it every day at ground level, that this is what builds peace, not only in the future generations, as these (refugee) children grow up and raise their own children, but in the adults, the teachers, the parents and their friends.”

Description

In this presentation, Will Kneerim shares heartfelt heroic and hopeful stories from the front lines of his work with refugee children and their families who have resettled in the Connecticut from conflict zones in Africa and the Middle East.  Despite high levels of post traumatic stress (PTSD) experienced by 60-70% of the resettling refugees, the impact of their receiving early learning and academic tutoring, healthcare and life long support is both empowering and awe inspiring in building social cohesion among groups and paving a road to peace.

ABOUT WILL B. KNEERIM, IRIS

Will Kneerim lived and worked in Asia, Latin America, Europe, and both coasts of North America during his career in global logistics.  He pursued a transition to the non-profit sector where for the last five years he’s directed programs at IRIS- Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services in New Haven, CT.  IRIS responded to the global refugee crisis in 2015 by more than doubling its clientele from Africa and the Middle East, helping UN designated refugees from Afghanistan, Congo, Syria and elsewhere begin new lives.  Will has been a presenter, panelist and moderator at universities and conferences around the U.S., and has served in board leadership positions for philanthropic and arts organizations.

9:19 ENG / Subtitles

ABOUT THE ECPC CONFERENCE SPEAKER VIDEO SERIES

Watch 14 compelling talks by 25 world champions in evidence-based science and practice, education, human migration, web technology and media. Learn why they join together in expertise to pave a road to hope and build pathways to peace through the transformative power of children and families. Hear them sound the global call to action as they launch the ECPC Pledge to Action for Peace. 
  • Be informed. Meet the conference presenters who share with you their knowledge, generated from the front lines of this burgeoning field of peacebuilding through early childhood development (ECD). Read their biographies and access additional learning materials.
  • Get involved. Help us pave the road to hope and The Culture of Peace by sharing these series videos with your friends and colleagues.
  • Build peace! Take the ECPC Pledge of Action for Peace, launched by conference speaker, Miss Lames Abdelrahman, IRIS Refugee Ambassador from The Sudan.
 

EVENT SPONSORS

This ECPC event was organized by and made possible with support from Queen’s University Belfast LINKS, Yale University, UNICEF and the ECPC.
 

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Distinguished ECPC affiliated presenters join us from the halls of Yale University (Child Study Center, the MacMillan Center for Area Studies, Web Services) Queen’s University Belfast, the United Nations, The Global Movement for The Culture of Peace, UNICEF, Sesame Workshop, ACEV-Mother Child Education Foundation, IRIS-Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, and the NGO Committee on Migration.
 

ABOUT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PEACE CONSORTIUM (ECPC)

The ECPC was established to grow a global movement for peace, social justice and prevention of violence through using evidence-informed strategies to enable the world community to advance peace, security and sustainable development. We must address root causes of violence and conflict, and we must empower children and families to be agents of change to advance social cohesion and peace. 
 

JOIN the ECPC!

- Subscribe to the ECPC eNewsletter
- Follow us on Facebook
- Follow us on Twitter
- Follow us on iTunes
- Follow us on YouTube
 

MUSIC

- “Euphoria” by Crutchfield
- “Cinematic Motivation Trailer” by StudioKoloma
- Audio remastery by Audio Visual 7

►Pathways to Peace: The Transformative Power of Children & Families | James Leckman, Yale (ECPC member)

Monday, April 22, 2019

“The need is great. We need to make a difference. We need to become agents of change.”

Description

Host, Dr. James F. Leckman, professor in the Yale Child Study Center, extends a warm welcome to conference colleagues and friends. He underscores why the need is great for each of us to become agents of change. Evidence-based science and practice show that peace is possible using early childhood development strategies. This proven pathway to peace provides children and families with the transformative power of change that can lead to a more peaceful world.

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ABOUT JAMES F. LECKMAN, MD, PHD

James F. Leckman, M.D., Ph.D., is the Neison Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology at Yale. For more than 20 years he served as the Director of Research for the Yale Child Study Center. His peers have regularly selected him as one of the Best Doctors in America. Dr. Leckman is the author or co-author of over 450 original scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals. 

In October 2013, he chaired with Rima Salah and Catherine Panter-Brick the 15th Ernst Strüngmann Forum in Frankfurt, Germany. More than 40 international scholars across diverse fields—from child development to neuroscience and cultural anthropology explored the relevance of early child development to the pursuit of peace. Their deliberations highlighting directions for future research, and proposing novel approaches to translate knowledge into concrete action are summarized in volume entitled, Pathways to Peace: The Transformative Power of Children and Families, published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press in 2014. He currently serves as a member of the Steering Committee of the Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC). 

Recommended Reading 
by james f. leckman, md, phD
  1. Leckman, J. F., and P. R. Britto. (2018). Steps toward peace and violence prevention across generations: The potential of early child development in the context of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.” New Dir Child Adolesc Dev, 2018: 5-12.
  2. Leckman, James F., Pia Rebello Britto, Yvette Efevbera, Dana C. McCoy, Alice J. Wuermli, and Theresa S. Betancourt. (2018). Integrating early child development and violence prevention programs: A systematic review In New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. Vol. 2018.
  3. Leckman, J. F., and P. R. Britto. (2018). Towards a More Peaceful World: The Promise of Early Child Development Programmes. In New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. Vol. 2018.
  4. Leckman, J. F., C. Panter-Brick, and R. Salah. (2014). Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families. Vol. 15. Cambridge MA US / London UK: MIT Press.
  5. Morgan, B., D. Sunar, S. Carter, J. Leckman, D.P. Fry, E.B. Keverne, I. Kolassa, R. Kumsta, and D. Olds. (2014). Human biological development and peace: Genes, brains, safety, and justice. In Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families, edited by J. Leckman, C. Panter-Brick and R. Salah, 95-128. Vol. 15. MIT Press.
  6. Sunar, D., Ç. Kâğıtçıbaşı, J. F. Leckman, P. Britto, C. Panter-Brick, K. Pruett, M. Reyes, W. Hodges, A. Zonderman, Y. Yazgan et al. (2013). Is early childhood relevant to peacebuilding? J Peacebuilding Develop, 8: 81-85.

ABOUT THE ECPC CONFERENCE SPEAKER VIDEO SERIES

Watch 14 compelling talks by 25 world champions in evidence-based science and practice, education, human migration, web technology and media. Learn why they join together in expertise to pave a road to hope and build pathways to peace through the transformative power of children and families. Hear them sound the global call to action as they launch the ECPC Pledge to Action for Peace. 
  • Be informed. Meet the conference presenters who share with you their knowledge, generated from the front lines of this burgeoning field of peacebuilding through early childhood development (ECD). Read their biographies and access additional learning materials.
  • Get involved. Help us pave the road to hope and The Culture of Peace by sharing these series videos with your friends and colleagues.
  • Build peace! Take the ECPC Pledge of Action for Peace, launched by conference speaker, Miss Lames Abdelrahman, IRIS Refugee Ambassador from The Sudan.

EVENT SPONSORS

This ECPC event was organized by and made possible with support from Queen’s University Belfast LINKS, Yale University, UNICEF and the ECPC.
 

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Distinguished ECPC affiliated presenters join us from the halls of Yale University (Child Study Center, the MacMillan Center for Area Studies, Web Services) Queen’s University Belfast, the United Nations, The Global Movement for The Culture of Peace, UNICEF, Sesame Workshop, ACEV-Mother Child Education Foundation, IRIS-Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, and the NGO Committee on Migration.
 

ABOUT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PEACE CONSORTIUM (ECPC)

The ECPC was established to grow a global movement for peace, social justice and prevention of violence through using evidence-informed strategies to enable the world community to advance peace, security and sustainable development. We must address root causes of violence and conflict, and we must empower children and families to be agents of change to advance social cohesion and peace. 
 

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