FEATURED SPEAKERS
 Carl Hobert
Founder/Executive Director
Axis of Hope
Carl Hobert heads the Axis of Hope Center for International Conflict Management and Prevention based in Boston, a non-profit organization that offers creatively-designed conflict resolution simulation workshops for both students and educators in middle and high schools around the US and around the globe.
Carl’s lifelong devotion to conflict prevention stems from his boyhood in Minneapolis and attending a very diverse high school during the heyday of integrating public schools which drove home the idea of peaceful coexistence. He went on to study the ideas of Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King and Gandhi, and the whole idea of civil disobedience. “Specifically for me, educational civil disobedience, or educating youth to peacefully defy outdated, often racist, often provincial, practices in our schools - became a mantra for me.”
As an educator at both Proctor Academy and Belmont Hill School, his thoughts on the universal nature of conflict and how to prevent it more effectively by working with students in their formative years began to grow and to crystallize.
“Over the years there have been many instances of people influencing youth in negative ways, from Hitler youth…to Rwanda during the 100 days of genocide in 1994…“It’s a timeless issue. But if we give youth positive reinforcement for the pursuit of peaceful conflict management and if we get them to step out of the box they are in, and practice honesty, transparency and peace-building, it can make all the difference.”
Hobert completed his graduate work at the Tufts Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He also has a BA in French and Political Science, and an MA in Spanish, both from Middlebury College. He is completing his Ed.D at Boston University, and working with veteran journalist Teresa Barker to complete a book entitled, Axis of Hope: Educating Global Citizens in U.S. Schools. It is to be published by Beacon Press and is expected out this year.
 Fanta Aw
Adjunct Professorial Lecturer School of International Service
American University, DC
Dr. Fanta Aw is Assistant Vice President of Campus Life and Director of International Student and Scholar Services at American University in Washington D.C. Dr. Aw oversees all administrative, programmatic and personnel operations related to International/Intercultural programs and services and student engagement in the Office of Campus. Units for which she has oversight include Student Activities, University Center, Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Women's Resource Center, GLBTA, Center for Community Engagement and Service, and the Kay Spiritual Life Center. Dr. Aw advises American University leadership on matters related to campus internationalization, and issues of inclusion, diversity and equity.
Dr. Aw taught as an adjunct faculty at George Washington University from 2003-2006 and is currently an adjunct faculty at American University, School of International Service.
Dr. Aw is on the Board of Directors of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, and on the Advisory Boards of the Intercultural Management Institute and the Washington Internship for Native American Students at American University.
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