Students to Learn about Courage and Change
Contact: Kay Hyatt (207) 581-2761
ORONO, Maine — Students from 11 Maine
high schools will sharpen their leadership and mediation skills during The
Courage to Create Change Conference, taking place Friday, Nov. 4 at the
University of Maine.
One hundred students and 20 advisors will attend the daylong conference to
learn how to deal with tough dilemmas that call for ethical decision
making, to resolve conflicts, and how to be inclusive leaders who can
bring about change at their schools. The conference is co-sponsored by the
National Center for Student Aspirations (NCSA) and the Peace Studies
Program at UMaine. Both the NCSA and Peace Studies work with Maine school
leadership and peer mediation teams.
Brooksville artist Robert Shetterly will set the tone for the conference
with a presentation of his Americans Who Tell the Truth