Who We Are
Mary Lee Morrison, LCSW, PhD. Founder, President, and Director
Dr. Morrison holds a Ph.D. in Educational
Studies/Curriculum and Instruction from the Neag School
of Education at the University of Connecticut and a Master's
in Social Work from the University of Iowa. A former practicing
clinical social worker for over 20 years, she has taught
educational foundations and courses in global social work
and sociology, peace and global sustainabilty at several
universities. She has authored books and articles on peace
education and has been providing consultation and trainings
for schools and community groups for the past eighteen
years. Dr Morrison is the co-author of Peace
Education (with Ian Harris) McFarland, 2003 and of the Elise
Boulding: A Life in the Cause of Peace (McFarland, 2005). Dr. Morrison
is on the board of the National Peace Academy, participating
actively in the annual peacebuilding and peacelearning
intensives sponsored by NPA. www.nationalpeaceacademy.us She is an advocate for bicycling, walking, green city living,
new economics, food justice and conversations at local
farm markets.
Board of Directors
Carol Shaw Austad - Department
of Psychology, Central Connecticut State University
Ray
Boucher - Alternatives to Violence Project
Carolann
Boucher - Hartford Friends Meeting
Diane
Desnoyers, Chair, Board of Directors, Connecticut
Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR)
Diane
Weinholtz - Head of Watkinson Middle School
2008-09 HIPP Coordinator
Kate Cota - Kate has a B.A.
in Psychology and English from Fairfield University, with
a minor in Eastern European Studies.
She
recently returned from the Republic of Georgia, having received
a Fullbright grant for travel, research and involvement in
community and non profit educational and humanitarian initiatives.
She now teaches high school English in New Orleans with the
Teach for America Program.
Student Interns
Chassidy Swaby -
Student Intern Spring 2009 - Senior, Big Picture High
School, Bloomfield, CT
Kaitlyn Newman -
UCONN Student intern - Spring 2008
Jessie
Agnesi - Saint Joseph
College intern - Fall 2007
Student Associate
Jacob Ritter - 2007 Student
Associate
Diane Desnoyers, Chair, Board
of Directors
Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery
(CCAR)
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