Since the October 28 World Youth Peace Summit Ambassadors of Peace kickoff dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria, the Institute for International Sport has been inundated with emails, calls and letters from people throughout the world expressing interest in the 2011 World Youth Peace Summit, the 2011 World Scholar-Athlete Games - or both. In the coming months, the Institute will continue its efforts to build momentum for both events.
On December 14, 2009, Dan Doyle delivered a keynote address at an international peace conference in Amman, Jordan. The conference welcomed delegations from a great many countries. The conference organizers, a distinguished partnership of universities and other peace brokers, encouraged the many delegations to attend the 2011 World Youth Peace Summit.
In January, the Institute will formally announce plans for a major Connecticut “launch” peace lecture. The launch peace lecture will be held in the Gampel Pavilion at the University of Connecticut in April. The lecture will feature an internationally renowned speaker, and will be the first of many peace lectures to be delivered in Connecticut in 2010 and 2011, leading up to the opening ceremonies of the World Youth Peace Summit in July, 2011.
A number of other momentum building events will be posted on this website in January.
