Northeast Department of Peace Conference

Dorothy J Maver, Ph.D. is an educator and peacebuilder whose keynote is inspiring cooperation on behalf of the common good. She is President/CEO of Peace Partnership International and her work in education, politics and grassroots community organizing is focused on applied peacebuilding and the global call for ministries and departments of peace. Dot served as Executive Director of The Peace Alliance and Campaign for a US Department of Peace and was the National Campaign Manager for Kucinich for President 2004. She is a co-founding member of the Vermont Peace Academy, and a founding board member of the Center for Cooperative Principles. An innovative educator with a teaching background in Health, Physical Education, Psychology and Philosophy at both the high school and university levels, she is on faculty with Polaris College, Denmark, Graduate Institute, CT, USA and taught for two years at Norwich University, VT USA. Dot is active in community coalition building with her youth/adult partnership model based on shared responsibility and shared leadership. In the world of fast-pitch softball Dr. Dot is known for her revolutionary fast-pitch hitting technique, The Maver Method: Secrets of Hitting Success, and is co-author of the book Conscious Education: The Bridge to Freedom.