Monday, April 6th 
Screening of the film Disarm, HHS 2301, 8:00 - 9:15pm

About the Film:
Evocative, visually stunning, and utterly unforgettable, Disarm spans a dozen countries to look at how, despite a global ban, millions of antipersonnel mines continue to claim victims daily in countries around the world. Disarm presents a contemporary and provocative view of the forces challenging the achievement of a mine-free world. Beyond landmines, the film offers a contemporary, intelligent and critical investigation into how weapons systems, war, and the way it is waged are being redefined in the twenty-first century with devastating consequences.

Note from Director of the film, Brian Liu: "My secondary message for Disarm is one of sociological exploration. In this time and place, more now than ever, there is a sickening abundance of social separation. There should be no differentiation between, ‘here’ and ‘there&rsquo:, or ‘us’ and ‘them’. I wanted to show that we are all people, that we are all in ‘this’ together, trying to live our lives as best as we can."
Learn more about this film at: http://www.disarmfilm.org/
Tuesday, April 7th
Landmine clearance demonstration by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Humanitarian Demining Training Center (HDTC)

HDTC will conduct a landmine clearance demonstration on the Festival lawn. Representatives will be there during the hours of 12:00-4:00. Demining demonstrations will be at 12:30 and 2:00 About the Humanitarian Demining Training Center: The Humanitarian Deming Training Center is the U.S. government’s information and training center for Mine Action. They provide realistic training opportunities to advance the removal and eradication of landmines around the world. In addition to working with the U.S. government, HDTC partners with the United Nations and many non-governmental mine action organizations. They serve as a collector of mine action information for the U.S. government. HDTC’s goals are to: http://www.wood.army.mil/hdtc/default.htm

Film Screening of War Dance
 Miller 1101, 7:00 - 8:45pm
http://www.wardancethemovie.com/

About the Film:
Set in the war torn region of Northern Uganda, this Oscar nominated film follows the journey of 3 children as they help lead their school to become the first school from the North to participate in their country's national music and dance festival. It openly explores how the conflict in Northern Uganda has directly affected individuals through the powerful story of these three children.
Wednesday, April 8th Discussion: US Conventional Weapons Destruction Policy and Programs
led by Col. Yori Escalante, the Deputy Director of Programs from the U.S. Department of State Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement
The Office of Weapons Removal & Abatement (PM/WRA) works to create a local, regional and international environment for peace through curbing the illicit proliferation of conventional weapons of war such as light automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenades, and removing and destroying others, such as persistent landmines and abandoned stocks of munitions, that remain and pose hazards after the cessation of armed conflict. PM/WRA’s mission is to develop policy options, implement destruction and mitigation programs, and engage in civil society in order to reduce the harmful worldwide effects generated by indiscriminately used, illicit, and abandoned conventional weapons of war. PM/WRA works through three different programs; Humanitarian Mine Action, Small Arms and Light Weapons, and Public-Private Partnerships.

The Humanitarian Mine Action Program works to reduce the threat of landmines and unexploded ordnance to individuals around the world. This promotes stability, development, and reconstruction in mine-affected zones.

The Small Arms and Light Weapons program works to promote peace by promoting international efforts to control the trade and illegal trafficking of illicit conventional weapons.

Public-Private Sponsorships support the mission through working with foundations, civic and non-profit organizations, corporations, schools and other groups to raise awareness and resources for the removal of landmines and efforts to control or destroy illicit conventional arms.

http://www.state.gov/t/pm/wra/
Thursday, April 9th
Speech by Dr. Ken Rutherford, Festival Ballrooms B and C, 7:00 - 8:30pm

About Dr. Rutherford:
Kenneth R. Rutherford lost both his legs to a landmine in Somalia in 1993. He is currently an Associate Professor of Political Science at Missouri State University and travels worldwide to promote the economic and social rights for persons with disabilities. He is co-founder of Survivor Corps, formerly the Landmine Survivors Network, and is a renowned leader in the Nobel Peace Prize-winning coalition that spearheaded the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty and the 2008 Cluster Munitions Ban Treaty. He has worked for the Peace Corps (Mauritania), UN High Commissioner for Refugees (Senegal), International Rescue Committee (Kenya and Somalia), and as a Fulbright Professor (Jordan). He has testified before Congress and published articles in numerous academic and policy journals, including World Politics, Journal of International Politics, Journal of International Peace, Alternatives, Non-Proliferation Review, Harvard International Review and Security Dialogue. Dr. Rutherford has co-edited two books: Reframing the Agenda: The Impact of NGO and Middle Power Cooperation in International Security Policy (Greenwood Press 2002) and Landmines and Human Security: The International Movement to Ban Landmines (SUNY Press 2004). He is also the author of Humanitarianism Under Fire: The US and UN Intervention in Somalia (Kumarian Press 2008).

Monday, April 13th
Panel Discussion: Promoting Awareness about Landmines and UXO in Jordan. Taylor 306, 3:15pm.

Discussion led by JMU faculty and staff working on a Department of State-funded project to provide awareness to affected populations through a School-based Drama and Arts Program. Slide show starts at 3:15pm, with discussion following at 3:30. The panel will show clips from a DVD of the play followed by a replay of the slide show after the discussion.

Speech by Dr. Adam Kushner, Miller 1101, 7:00 – 8:30pm

About Dr. Kushner:
Adam L. Kushner, MD, MPH is a board certified general surgeon who practices exclusively in developing countries. He has worked as a general surgeon and educator in Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Malawi, Sierra Leone and Sudan, led landmine assessment missions to Azerbaijan and Kosovo, conducted human rights assessments in Iraq, taught trauma care and landmine injury management in Colombia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, and worked as a health specialist following the 2005 tsunami in Indonesia. Since 2003 he has participated in US military training exercises as a subject matter expert for human rights and humanitarian assistance issues and is a member of the planning committee of the World Health Organization’s Global Initiative on Emergency and Essential Surgical Care. Dr. Kushner completed his general surgery residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio, has an M.D. from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, an M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins, and a B.A. from Cornell University. Dr. Kushner’s website: www.adamkushnermd.com