Community, Participation,

Development:
Toward Improved Practice

A conference hosted by
International Relief and Development,
Candler School of Theology
at Emory University

September 29 - October 1, 2010

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents and Conference-at-a-Glance 2
Conference Sponsors 3
Welcome 4-5

Featured Speakers 6-7

Detailed Schedule 8-14
Haiti Exhibition at Emory University 15
Notes Page 16

Conference-at-a-Glance
Day 1: Wednesday, 09/29 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
 Conference Welcome
 Keynote Address
 Reception

Day 2: Thursday, 09/30 8:15 a.m.-9:00 p.m.

 Plenary Sessions
 Concurrent Workshops/Paper Sessions
 Film Screening, ―Pray the Devil Back to Hell‖

Day 3: Friday, 10/01 8:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

 Plenary Sessions
 Concurrent Workshops/Paper Sessions
 IRD Intern Presentation
 Closing Session: Remarks and Reflections
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Conference Sponsors

Conference Sponsors
International Relief and Development

Candler School of Theology

A Special Word of Thanks to . . .

The Masters Program in Development Practice
of the Laney Graduate School of Emory University
Dr. David Nugent, Director

The Religion and Public Health Collaborative

of Emory University
Dr. Ellen Idler, Director

CARE USA
Nanette Cantrell,
Vice President of Human Resources
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Conference Welcome

Dear Friends,

Welcome to Emory University and Candler School of Theology. We are delighted and
honored that you have joined us for this conference on Community, Participation, De-
velopment: Toward Improved Practice. We are particularly pleased to be co-sponsoring
this event with International Relief and Development, an organization with which we
have worked for about two years to address a range of issues related to the alleviation
of poverty and deepening of democracy. Candler has a long history of working closely
with and giving leadership to the Religion and Public Health Collaborative, one of the
groups that brings rich expertise and talent to this conference. We are also deeply
grateful for our on-going work with the Rollins School of Public Health and are quite
gratified to add the new Masters Program in Development Practice in the Laney Gradu-
ate School to those with whom we regularly join forces.

Please accept my warmest regards for the work you undertake in these few days and
my best wishes for new insights and understanding.

Grace and peace,

Jan Love
Dean and Professor of Christianity and World Politics
Candler School of Theology
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Conference Welcome

Community, Participation, Development:

Toward Improved Practice
Conference Purpose and Vision

Complex environments such as large-scale disasters in Haiti and Mis-

sissippi and conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have challenged the
practice of community development in overcoming poverty and dis-
advantage, strengthening grassroots participation, and deepening
democracy. Multi-disciplinary exploration of these challenges is nec-
essary for improved theory and practice in community development.

“Community, Participation, Development: Toward Improved

Practice,” seeks to engage in such exploration. The conference will
identify and explore challenges and emerging issues in community
relief development and examine the current state of theory and
practice from multiple perspectives in order to improve participatory
community development practices on the ground.
International Relief & Development (IRD) and Emory University’s
Candler School of Theology welcome you to this conference. Over
the next two-days, we will bring together practitioners from IRD and
other Atlanta-based NGO’s faculty from across Emory University.
Presenters are from IRD, Candler School of Theology, Rollins School
of Public Health, a variety of other schools and departments across
the university, and represent fields such as anthropology, public
health, applied agriculture, political science and development stud-
ies. After we have met, findings from the event will be synthesized
in a final conference proceeding that will be made available in print
and on the Web.
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Featured Speakers

Dr. Arthur B. Keys, President, International Relief Development

Dr. Arthur B. Keys has over 30 years of experience with domestic

and international humanitarian assistance, economic develop-
ment, and food/agriculture programs. His expertise spans a num-
ber of non-governmental organizations as well as private consul-
tancy. Dr. Keys has extensive experience partnering with major
U.S. and international development agencies to provide humani-
tarian relief and assistance to the neediest parts of the world.

Since founding of IRD in 1998, Dr. Keys has overseen the distribution of more than
$1.75 billion in humanitarian assistance to Asia, Africa, Latin America, Eastern
Europe, the Middle East, and the United States Gulf Coast.

Dr. Keys was previously the Executive Director of Interfaith Impact for Justice and
Peace, the Secretary for Public Ministries of the United Church Board for Homeland
Ministries, and the President of the consulting firm Keys and Associates.

Dr. Jan Love, Dean and Professor of Christianity and World

Politics, Candler School of Theology, Emory University

Jan Love is an internationally recognized leader in church and ecu-

menical arenas and a scholar of world politics, particularly issues
of religion and politics, conflict transformation, globalization, and
ecumenism.

Prior to coming to Emory in 2007, Love was the chief executive of

the Women's Division of the United Methodist Church, and served
on the faculty of the University of South Carolina from 1982-2004,
teaching both in the departments of religious studies and government and interna-
tional studies.

She is the author of numerous articles and chapters, and of two books, one on
Southern Africa in world politics and the other on U.S. Anti-Apartheid movement.
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Featured Speakers

Katherine Marshall, Keynote Speaker

Katherine Marshall is a Senior Fellow at the Berkley Center for

Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, and Visiting Professor in the
School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. She is also
Executive Director of the World Faiths Development Dialogue
(WFDD), an NGO that works to bridge the worlds of develop-
ment and religion.

Ms. Marshall’s background is as a leader and practitioner on in-

ternational development. She has close to four decades of ex-
perience on a wide range of development issues, in Africa, Latin America, East Asia,
and the Middle East, with a focus on issues facing the world’s poorest countries. Her
career with the World Bank (1971-2006) involved a wide range of leadership as-
signments, and she led the World Bank’s faith and ethics work from 2000 to 2008.

She writes weekly for the Washington Post/Newsweek On Faith site and contributes
to the religion section of the Huffington Post. Her books include Development and
Faith: Where Mind, Heart and Soul work Together (World Bank, 2007) and The
World Bank: from Reconstruction to Development to Equity (Routledge, 2008).

Dr. John Stremlau, Plenary Speaker

Dr. John Stremlau is vice president for peace programs at The

Carter Center, named to the post in January 2006. He oversees
the Center's programs to advance human rights, democracy and
conflict resolution globally, regional cooperation in the Americas,
and promotion of grassroots democracy, rule of law, and social
justice in China.

For the past eight years he resided in South Africa where he was
Jan Smuts Professor and Head of International Relations and the
founding director of the Centre for Africa's International Relations at the University
of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Previously, he served as senior advisor to the
Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict in Washington, D.C. (1994-
1998), deputy-director for policy planning in the office of the U.S. Secretary of
State (1989-1994), strategic planning officer for the World Bank (1988-1989), and
an officer of the Rockefeller Foundation (1974-1987), directing its international rela-
tions division from 1984-1987.

Dr. Stremlau publishes extensively on foreign affairs and is a frequent media com-
mentator on international network news programs. He is the author of "The Inter-
national Politics of the Nigerian Civil War," and has edited several books.
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Detailed Conference Schedule

Day 1: Wednesday 9/29 All events will take place in the Candler School of
Theology Building (CST).

7:00 p.m. Welcome (CST 252)

Jan Love, Ph.D., Dean, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
Arthur Keys, D.M., President and CEO, IRD

7:15 p.m.-8:15 p.m. Keynote Address—"Communities, Peace, and Develop-

ment: Perspectives through the Lens of Religion" (CST 252)
Katherine Marshall, MPA, Georgetown University

8:15 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Dessert Reception (CST102)

Day 2: Thursday 9/30 – All daytime events will take place at the Emory
Conference Center.

8:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast (Break Area)

8:45 a.m. Welcome and Overview (Azalea Room)

9:00 a.m. -10:30 a.m. Plenary Session—Improving Practice through Interdiscipli-

nary Dialogue (Azalea Room)
Session Chair: David Nugent, Ph.D., Director, Masters in Development Studies
at Emory
Presenters:
"Evolving Better Best Practices Through Collaboration: Emory's Master's in
Development Practice Program," David Nugent, Ph.D., Director, Masters in
Development Studies at Emory
Nanette Cantrell, Vice President Human Resources, CARE USA
Respondents:
Jan Love, Ph.D., Dean, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
Arthur Keys, D.M., President and CEO, IRD
Discussion: Jan Love, Ph.D., Dean and Professor of World Politics, Candler
School of Theology, Emory University
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Detailed Conference Schedule

Day 2: Thursday 9/30 (cont.) – All daytime events will take place at the
Emory Conference Center.

10:45 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Plenary Session—In the Wake of Disaster: Responses to
Haiti (Azalea Room)
Presenters:
Adam Koons, Ph.D., Director of Relief, IRD
Rick Perera, Press Officer, CARE USA
Ali Lutz, Haiti Program, Partners in Health

12:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m. Lunch (Emory Conference Center Dining Room)

1:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m. Concurrent Workshop/Paper Sessions

 Session I—Community Disaster Preparedness and Response

(Dogwood Room)
Session Chair: Mimi Kiser, MPH, Interfaith Health Program, Rollins
School of Public Health, Emory University
Paper #1: ―Mississippi Community Development Programs in
Response to Hurricane Katrina,‖ Lori West, Director, Mississippi, Gulfport
Office, IRD
Paper #2: “Community Preparedness and H1N1,‖ Mimi Kiser,
International Health Program, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory
University
Moderator: Christopher S. Holliday, Ph.D., MPH, Health Assessment and
Promotion, Community Health and Prevention Services DeKalb County
Board of Health

(See next page for information on Sessions II & III)

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Detailed Conference Schedule

Day 2: Thursday 9/30 (cont.) – All daytime events will take place at the
Emory Conference Center.

1:00-3:00 p.m. Concurrent Workshop/Paper Sessions (cont.)

 Session II—Safe Water (Basswood Room)

Session Chair: Christine Moe, Ph.D., Emory Center for Global Safe Water,
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Paper #1: ―Access to Safe Water: Challenges, Trends and Transitions,‖
Carlos Linares, Senior Program Officer, Infrastructure, IRD
Paper #2: "Exploring the Role of Small, Faith-Based NGOs and Churches in
Providing Safe Water to Communities in Developing Countries," Christine
Moe, Director, Center for Global Safe Water, Rollins School of Public Health,
Emory University
Moderator: Elizabeth Creel, Senior Advocacy and Public Policy Officer, IRD

 Session III—Community Development: Process and Methods (Hickory Room)

Session Chair: Elizabeth M. Bounds, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Christian

Ethics and Director of Faith and the City, Candler School of Theology,
Emory University; Affiliated Faculty, Center for Ethics, Emory University

Paper #1: ―Community Involvement in Development: Creative Tension be-

tween Theory and Practice,‖ Frank Pavich, Senior Program Development
Advisor, IRD
Paper #2: ―Community Responses to HIV/AIDS: Operational Frameworks
and Typologies‖ Jill Olivier, Consultant, Development Dialogue on Values
and Ethics, World Bank
Moderator: Elizabeth M. Bounds, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Christian
Ethics and Director of Faith and the City, Candler School of Theology,
Emory University; Affiliated Faculty, Center for Ethics, Emory University
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Detailed Conference Schedule

Day 2: Thursday 9/30 (cont.) – All daytime events will take place at the
Emory Conference Center. Please note the film screening will take place at the Candler
School of Theology (CST).

3:00 p.m. -3:45 p.m. Afternoon Break

3:45 p.m. -4:30 p.m. Closing Session (Azalea Room)

Karen D. Scheib, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pastoral Care and Pastoral Theology and
Director of Women in Theology and Ministry, Candler School of Theology, Emory Uni-
versity

4:30 p.m. -7:00 p.m. Dinner

You are invited to have dinner on your own or in dinner groups with conference
participants.

7:00 p.m. Film Screening “Pray the Devil Back to Hell”

(Candler School of Theology 252)
The film will be followed by a group discussion.
Moderator: Isatou Jack, Director, Sustainable Food and Agriculture, IRD

Day 3: Friday 10/1 – All events will take place at the Emory Conference Center.

8:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast (Break Area)

8:45 a.m. Welcome and Overview (Azalea Room)

9:00 a.m. -10:00 a m. Plenary Session

Democracy, Governance, and Community Development
Speaker: Dr. John Stremlau, Vice-president, Peace Program, The Carter Center

10:00 a.m. -10:15 a.m. Mid-Morning Break (Break Area)

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Detailed Conference Schedule

Day 3: Friday 10/1 (cont.) – All events will take place at the Emory Conference
Center.

10:15 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Concurrent Workshop/Paper Sessions

 Session I—Democracy, Governance, and Community (Dogwood Room)

Paper#1: ―Monitoring and Evaluation in Conflict Settings: Do No Harm and

Fuzzy Math,‖ Alice Willard, Ph.D., Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer,
IRD
Respondent: Edward Queen, Ph.D., J.D., Director, Servant Leadership Pro-
gram, Center for Ethics, Emory University; Affiliated Faculty, Institute of
Human Rights, Emory University

 Session II—Democracy, Governance, and Community (Basswood Room)

Paper #2: ―Community Involvement in Development: Lessons from Learn-

ing How to Advance Democratic Practice,‖ Isatou Jack, Director, Sustainable
Food and Agriculture, IRD
Paper # 3: ―Deepening Democracy: Community Revitalisation through De-
mocratic Action in Montenegro,‖ Sue Ellis, Ph.D., Country Director Jordan,
Regional Director, Program Development, Middle East
Respondent: Peter Little, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology, Emory Univer-
sity; Director, Emory Program in Development Studies Department of An-
thropology, Emory University

(See next page for information on Session III)

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Detailed Conference Schedule

Day 3: Friday 10/1 (cont.) – All events will take place at the Emory Conference
Center.

10:15 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Concurrent Workshop/Paper Sessions

 Session III—Community Development and HIV/AIDS: A Complex Interaction

(Hickory Room)
Session Chair: John Blevins, Th.D., Interfaith Health Program, Rollins
School of Public Health, Emory University
Paper #1: ―Women First: Addressing the Underlying Reasons of HIV
Through Income Generation in Mozambique,‖ Themos Ntasis, MPH, Ph.D.,
Country Director, Zimbabwe, IRD
Paper #2: "Making the Invisible Visible: Community Health Assets
Mapping and Community-Level HIV Prevention," John Blevins, Th.D., Inter-
faith Health Program, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University;
C.B. Peter, St. Paul’s University (PEPFAR Work in Kenya)
Facilitator: Sandy Thurman, Director, Interfaith Health Program, Rollins
School of Public Health, Emory University

12:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m. Lunch (Emory Conference Center Dining Room)

1:00 p.m. -2:30 p.m. Candler/IRD Partnership on Emerging Voices in

Community Development Practice: Student Presentations (Azalea Room)
Session Chair: David Jenkins, Ph.D., Director, Contextual Education I; Di-
rector, International Initiatives; Assistant Professor in the Practice of
Church and Community Ministries, Candler School of Theology, Emory Uni-
versity
Presenters: IRD Interns
Lisa Schmidt and Josh Long—Mozambique
Sara LaDew—Cambodia
Quentin Samuels and Robert Greathouse—Sudan
Trent Lloyd—Gulfport, MS
Marissa Jefferson—Arlington, VA

2:30 p.m. -2:45 p.m. Afternoon Break (Break Area)

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Detailed Conference Schedule

Day 3: Friday 10/1 (cont.) – All daytime events will take place at the Emory
Conference Center.

2:45 p.m. -4:15 p.m. Plenary Session—Pedagogy for Community Development

(Azalea Room)

Session Chair: Ellen Idler, Ph.D., Director Religion and Public Health
Collaborative, Emory University

“Exploring Models” Panel:

 Engaged Learning: Vialla Hartfield-Mendez, Ph.D., Director of En-
gaged Learning, Office of University and Community Partnerships,
Emory University

 Global Field Experience: Deborah McFarland, Ph.D., Director,

Global Field Experience Program, Rollins School of Public Health,
Emory University

 Emory Case Competition: Gretchen Van Ess, MDiv/MPH candidate,

Emory University

Discussant: Sue Ellis, Ph.D., Country Director Jordan, Regional Director,

Program Development, Middle East

4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks and Reflections (Azalea Room)
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Haiti Exhibition at Emory University

―After: Images from Haiti‖

Local photographer documents life after the earthquake

―After: Images from Haiti‖ will run until Sept. 9, 2011 in the ECIT Gallery, outside
Emory’s Center for Interactive Teaching, on Level 2 of the Woodruff Library. It is free
and open to the public during regular library hours.
Atlanta-based documentary photographer Bryan Meltz is exhibiting her work created
during visits to Haiti in the aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake.

The rotating exhibition focuses on the growing nationwide public health crisis and the
challenges of rural life in the Central Plateau, and takes a revealing look inside an
orphanage in Port-au-Prince. The photographs will change every three months to pro-
vide fresh insight into the ongoing humanitarian problems that plague the country.

The exhibition also has a multimedia component, with audio accompanying video and
photos, so viewers can hear the Haitian people talk about what’s happening to them.
―I’m hoping it will give people a more personal connection and bring them a little bit
closer to being there than the three-minute clip that’s on the nightly news,‖ Meltz says.

Artist Talk: Tuesday, October 5th,

6:00-7:00 p.m.

Bryan Meltz will discuss her work and

her experiences in Haiti in the Jones
Room on Level 3 of the Woodruff Li-
brary. The event is free and open to the
public.

For more information:

Maureen McGavin, 404.727.6898,
mmcgavi@emory.edu

Elaine Justice, 404.727.0643,

elaine.justice@emory.edu
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