(MINNEAPOLIS) \u2014 The 30th annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum will explore the tensions between conflict and reconciliation, between justice and forgiveness, between hope and fear. \u00a0Join us September 14-15 in Minneapolis to honor Nobel Peace Prize laureates who have navigated these paradoxes. <\/span><\/p>\n Guest speakers include: <\/span><\/p>\n Friday\u2019s program will kick off with discussion of the peace process in Colombia and the ongoing challenges of implementing the peace accord. In 2016 Colombia\u2019s President Santos received the Nobel Peace Prize \u201cfor his resolute efforts to bring the country\u2019s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end.\u201d<\/p>\n Saturday\u2019s program will focus on the challenges of ridding the world of the nuclear weapons that threaten the very existence of life on earth and feature Fihn, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.<\/span><\/p>\n For more details about the program and speakers, go to <\/span>http:\/\/peace.augsburg.edu\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n LOCATION<\/p>\n The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Forum will be held at the Augsburg University campus, 2211 Riverside Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55454. Information and tickets are available at the\u00a0<\/span>Nobel Peace Prize Forum<\/span><\/a>\u00a0website.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n MEDIA CONTACT<\/span><\/p>\n Gita Sitaramiah at <\/span>sitarami@augsburg.edu<\/span><\/a> or 612-330-1476. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ABOUT THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FORUM<\/p>\n The Nobel Peace Prize Forum, hosted and presented by Augsburg University, brings together students and community members with Nobel Peace Prize laureates, world leaders and accomplished peacemakers to work on building a world in which people can live full, rich, meaningful lives. Under the auspices of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, the Nobel Peace Prize Forum inspires peacemaking by focusing on the work of laureates and international peacemakers and peacebuilders. More at\u00a0<\/span>Nobel Peace Prize Forum<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ABOUT Βι¶ΉΤ΄΄ UNIVERSITY<\/span><\/p>\n Augsburg University offers more than 50 undergraduate majors and nine graduate degrees to nearly 3,600 students of diverse backgrounds at its campus in the vibrant center of the Twin Cities and the Rochester site. Augsburg educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders. An Augsburg education is defined by excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies, guided by the faith and values of the Lutheran church, and shaped by its urban and global settings.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Paradox of Peace is focus of leaders, activists (MINNEAPOLIS) \u2014 The 30th annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum will explore the tensions between conflict and reconciliation, between justice and forgiveness, between hope and fear. \u00a0Join us September 14-15 in Minneapolis to honor Nobel Peace Prize laureates who have navigated these paradoxes. Guest speakers include: Beatrice …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":372,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3231],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-advisories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/372"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8625"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8630,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8625\/revisions\/8630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n