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PU CEES in Collaboration with Center for Health and Gender Equality (CHANGE) is organizing Peace, Harmony and Nationalism Conference at Faisal Auditorium on March 22, 2018
PU CEES in Collaboration with Center for Health and Gender Equality (CHANGE) is organizing Peace, Harmony and Nationalism Conference at Faisal Auditorium on March 22, 2018


LAHORE: (Monday, March 19, 2018): College of Earth and Environmental Sciences (CEES), University of the Punjab in collaboration with Center for Health and Gender Equality (CHANGE) implementing a project on peace promotion under “Inspiring the Future” project. Aspiration of this project was to involve the potential stockholders like deans, head of departments, faculty members and students in building the peace promotion narrative through dynamic involvement. To achieve this task different activities were implemented including orientation and planning sessions that forecast the outlines to engage students in proactive way.
The outcome of these preliminary sessions was Peace sessions with students by oriented faculty members as it is believed that the destiny of the nation is shaped within the four walls of the educational institutions. Furthermore, training with students on peace promotion were organized in different departments of university. Those training sessions capacitated them to take actions for building tolerance and harmony in university premises.
In this connection, students planned and executed their peace actions including peace promotion seminars, aman mushaira, role plays, teach peace, peace walks, poster competitions, exhibitions, aman ka thappa, human peace logo, signature campaigns etc. Seminars on different emerging topics related to peace were the mega intervention in these department for student’s in-depth involvement through different activities. Different renowned guest speakers and university high officials became part of those peace initiatives.
After completing all activities of project in university, now university administration and CHANGE are going to organize a conference in the recognition of VC, deans, HODs, faculty members, who contributed a lot by supporting the students in smooth execution of peace actions. Students would be awarded with appreciation certificates for their meaningful and purposeful contribution. The conference would be held March 22, 2018 and venue would be Faisal Auditorium, university of the Punjab.