Thank you for attending the 2025 International Peace Symposium on September 20th, 2025, at Elizabethtown College! We were astonished and beyond grateful for the outcome and support this year, with a record 140 people registered to attend the event. We hope you left the symposium with more knowledge on how to “Disrupt the Cycle of Genocide,” and hope for our future. Thank you to our morning panelists:
- Rachel Miner, Founder and CEO, Bellwether International
- Hannah R. Lair, Director, Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies, Penn State Harrisburg
- Dr. Noëlle Vahanian, Professor of Philosophy at Lebanon Valley College
- Dr. Ali Dinar, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Special thanks to Bellwether International for helping us put on this successful event.
We were delighted to honor “Peacemakers in our Midsts,” this year focusing on the arts. These people and organizations showed that art is powerful and can be an instrument of peace.
Awardees:
- Mubarak Abbas
- Elshafei Dafalla
- Steve Rudolph
- Peace Kids to the Rescue
The day ended with a panel titled, “Travel and Trade: Antidotes to Hatred and War.” Panelists discussed how both travel and trade can lead to peace and cooperation in our world. Thank you to our afternoon panelists:
- Carlos G. Obrador Garrido Cuesta, Head Consul, Consulate of Mexico in Philadelphia
- James Zhang, President, Sino America Business & Travel Association
- Wilfred Muskens, Honorary Consul in Philadelphia for the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Hector Torres-Diaz Civil Rights Outreach Coordinator, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
Thank you to the Hagir Media Network for providing live stream, video, photography, and technical services during the event, ensuring everything ran smoothly. Thank you to Elizabethtown College for hosting the event in the Hoover Business Center!
Watch the Symposium Here:
