| 11/03/09 | Presented at the United Nations for the UN membership, UN agencies, Religious NGO's on "Forgiveness and the Power of Peace." New York City |
| 10/23/09 | Delivered a keynote address for the 2009 Annual Convention of the Arizona Psychological Association, Forgiveness and the Power of Peace: From the Personal to the Political, Phoenix, Arizona |
| 10/13/09 | Presented at Desert Foothills Library on "Forgiveness: The Highest Form of Love" |
| 9/20/09 | Presented at Unity Church on "Forgiveness: The Highest Form of Love," Mesa, Arizona |
| 5/5/09 | Presented at the United Nations on "Forgiveness: A Pathway towards Peace," New York City |
| 1/26/09-1/30/09 | Participated in a training program "Engaging Governments in Genocide Prevention" involving 14 foreign governments with the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University |
| 1/17/09 | Presented workshop for incarcerated women on "Finding Forgiveness," at the Fresh Start Women's Resource Center, Phoenix, Arizona |
| 6/11/08 | Presented a workshop on "Finding Forgiveness" for the Association of Unity Churches National Conference |
| 5/17/08 | Presented workshop for incarcerated women on "Finding Forgiveness," at the Fresh Start Women's Resource Center, Phoenix, Arizona |
| 5/12/08 | Panelist at the Aspen Institute on "The Role of Women in Multi-Track Diplomacy," Mary Robinson moderator, Washington, DC |
| 4/ 10/08 | Presented at the Arizona state University Noon Lecture series on "Finding Forgiveness," Phoenix, Arizona |
| 2/9/08 | Presented on "Finding Forgiveness," at the Fresh Start Women's Resource Center, Phoenix, Arizona |
| 1/31/08 | Presented workshop in Diversity Training for the Diversity Leadership Alliance, Phoenix, Arizona |
| 1/10/08 | Presented at the Charter 100 Club of local leaders on "Finding Forgiveness", Phoenix, Arizona |
| 8/20/07 | Presented at Fetzer Institute on "Finding Forgiveness," Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| 4/24/07 | Presented on an Interfaith Panel on "Forgiveness from a Feminine Perspective," at the Fresh Start Women's Resource Center, Phoenix, Arizona |
| 3/16-17/07 | Co-Chaired working group International Kashmir Conference "Jammu and Kashmir Dispute: Models for Resolution." Organized by the Institute of strategic studies and the Kashmir Institute of International Relations, Islamabad, Pakistan |
| 2/15/07 | Presented at One Planet on "The Process of Forgiveness," Scottsdale, Arizona |
| 1/09/07 | Facilitated an evening workshop on "Finding Forgiveness" at Unity Church, Mesa. Arizona |
| 1/07/07 | Presented a talk on "Finding Forgiveness" to the congregants at Unity Church, Mesa, Arizona |
| 11/26/06 | Chaired "In Search of Meaning, Identity, and Community: The Ambivalent role of religion in recovering from trauma and recreating relationships," at the conference Memory, Narrative and Forgiveness, Reflecting on Ten Years of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, cape Town South Africa |
| 11/25/06 | Chaired "Beating Spears into Ploughshares: Journeys of Forgiveness and Reconciliation." at the conference Memory, Narrative and Forgiveness, Reflecting on Ten Years of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, cape Town South Africa |
| 11/24/06 | Chaired Comparative Discussions on Forgiveness and Reconciliation in the African Continent: Ghana, Rwanda, Mozambique, and South Africa at the conference Memory, Narrative and Forgiveness, Reflecting on Ten Years of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, cape Town South Africa |
| 11/23/06 | Presented Narrative of Forgiveness and Reconciliation after Traumatic Conflict at the conference Memory, Narrative and Forgiveness, Reflecting on Ten Years of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, cape Town South Africa |
| 11/11/06 | Presented at the Bodhi Heart Buddhist Center on "Finding Forgiveness." |
| 10/27/06 | Participated in a small group full day Strategies for Creating Peace Roundtable, at Georgetown University moderated by Marianne Williamson, sponsored by the Peace Alliance Foundation which supports the Campaign for the Department of Peace |
| 10/20/06 | Facilitated a half day Workshop on "Finding Forgiveness" for the Arizona Psychological Association annual conference, Tucson, Arizona |
| 10/19/06 | Guest Speaker at the Arizona Holistic Chamber of Commerce luncheon on "Finding Forgiveness," Scottsdale, Arizona |
| 9/07/06 | Presented at the Tibet House for the book launching of "Finding Forgiveness" published by McGraw-Hill |
| 9/07/06 | Presented at the DPI/NGO conference at the United Nations on "Political Forgiveness and International Affairs," at the United Nations Headquarters in New York |
| 8/27/06 | Guest Speaker at "Authors of Change" luncheon at the Phoenix country Club, Phoenix, Arizona |
| 8/05 | Presented Division 48 Presidential Address: "Political Forgiveness and International Affairs" at the American Psychological Association Annual conference in Washington, DC |
| 8/05 | Chaired an invited symposium: "Global Activism - Representatives at the UN" at the American Psychological Association Annual conference in Washington, DC |
| 8/05 | Presented a talk on "How Do We Make Unconscious Racism Conscious?" at the American Psychological Association Annual conference in Washington, DC |
| 8/04 | Chaired an invited address for the Presidential Program on Forgiveness and Reconciliation at the American Psychological Association in Honolulu, Hawaii |
| 3/04 | Facilitated workshops for "Tending the Helpers Fire: Mitigating Trauma and Stress in International Staff and Volunteers" to bring together human resources professionals, researchers, program directors, and international humanitarian aid staff to examine how organizations provide psychosocial support to staff and volunteers working overseas, Joan B. Kroc Institute at University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana |
| 8/03 | Chaired a Symposium and Presented on the topic of "Can Collective Memories be changed, The case of reconciliation n Cambodia at the American Psychological Association in Toronto, Canada |
| 9/11/02 | Presented at a conference at the United Nations on "Healing and Forgiveness after 9/11" in New York |
| 7/02 | Presented paper on "Reconciliation in Post Conflict Reconstruction," International Society for Political Psychology, Berlin, Germany |
| 8/01 | Chaired a Symposium and Presented on the topic of Intergenerational Trauma, genocide, race and privilege at the American Psychological Association in San Francisco |
| 8/00 | Chaired a Symposium and Presented a paper on Reconciliation Processes in Emerging Democracies at the American Psychological Association in Washington DC |
| 8/99 | Chaired Symposium on "A Global Perspective of Forgiveness and Reconciliation" and presented a paper on "Dealing with the Past and the Psychology of Reconciliation: Lesson learned from South Africa," at the American Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 5/99 | Presented a talk on "Scenario Building as a way Towards Reconciliation, Experiences in South Africa and Indonesia." NCPCR, Phoenix, Arizona |
| 5/99 | Presented a talk on "The Role of Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation in Emerging Democracies," Bogor, Indonesia |
| 2/99 | Presented a paper on "Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: Lessons learned from South Africa" at the International Studies Association conference, Washington, D.C. |
| 8/98 | Presented a paper on "The Psychology of Detachment and the Mediation Process" at the American Psychological Association Conference, San Francisco, California |
| 8/97 | Chaired Symposium on "Oppression, Social Justice, and Reconciliation" and presented a paper on "Social Justice, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation" at the American Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois |
| 7/97 | Presented a paper on the "Psychology of Forgiveness and Reconciliation" at an 8 day seminar on "The Psychology of Reconciliation" at the University of Melbourne, Australia |
| 2/97 | Organized and facilitated an eight day event "Building Cultures of Peace" that combined educating the public on the plight of the oppressed with a focus on the Tibet situation and other indigenous groups and the role of peacebuilding and reconciliation. Throughout the week Dr. Borris gave talks to local elementary schools, High Schools, and at Arizona State University on "The Power of Compassion, Forgiveness and Non-violence." She also facilitated a series of Interfaith dialogues with community religious leaders on "The Importance of Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Building Cultures of Peace." |
| 8/96 | Facilitator for dialogues on forgiveness for the conference "An Agenda for Reconciliation." Moral ReArmament (MRA) Caux, Switzerland |
| 7/96 | Chaired panel on "Forgiveness: Comparative Political Perspectives," and presented a paper on " The Politics of Forgiveness." The International Society for Political Psychology, Vancouver, Canada |
| 5/96 | Developed and Implemented workshop and trained trainers in conflict resolution St. Petersburg, Russia |
| 8/95 | Presented three workshops at "NGO FORUM FOR WOMEN" in Beijing; "Understanding Conflict Resolution within different cultural backgrounds," "Awareness workshop on the violation of human rights as it affects women," and a workshop on the "Role of Forgiveness and Reconciliation as it applies to International Conflict Resolution." |
| 8/95 | Chaired panel and presented a paper on "Healing the Wounds of Historic Injustice through Forgiveness and Reconciliation": Multicultural/International Perspectives." American Psychological Association Conference, New York |
| 7/94 | Presented paper on "Forgiveness as a Healing Agent for Families Living Under Occupation and War;" at the International Council of Psychologists, Lisbon, Portugal |
| 7/94 | Presented paper on "The Role of Forgiveness as it applies to Resolving Conflict: International Applications;" at the International Congress of Applied Psychology, Madrid, Spain |
| 7/94 | Presented paper on "Understanding the meaning of Forgiveness as it is used Cross-Culturally in Resolving Conflict;" at the International Association for cross-cultural psychology, Pamplona, Spain |
| 7/93 | Presented paper on "Forgiveness and its Psychological Components in Conflict Resolution;" at the International Society for Political Psychology, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| 6/93 | Facilitated dialogues on forgiveness at the "Healing The Heart of America" Conference sponsored by the Moral ReArmament (MRA), Richmond, Virginia |
| 7/92 | Presented paper on "Large Group Healing and the Political Process;" at the International Society for Political Psychology, San Francisco |
| 2/92 | Participated as a consultant at the request of the Israeli Government in a special research conference sponsored by the Arab Studies Center, The Truman Institute, and the Istituto Affari Internazionali in Rome, Italy |
| 1/92 | Conducted seminars on "Changing Our Thinking from Conflict to Understanding;" East Jerusalem, Israel |
| 1/92 | Observer/Participant of the United Nations Symposium on the Question of Palestine, Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 8/90 | Presented a seminar series on "Creating the Face of the Enemy;" Scottsdale, Arizona |
| 6/89 | Presented a paper on "The Role of Forgiveness in International Affairs;" at the University for Peace, Costa Rica |
| 3/89 | Presented a paper on "The Role of Forgiveness in International Affairs;" at the North American Peace Making and Conflict Resolution Conference, Montreal, Canada |
| 7/88 | Presented a paper on "Psychological Analysis of Conflict;" at the International Society for Political Psychology, New York |
| 5/87 | Presented a seminar on "A Psychological Approach to Conflict Resolution;" University of Odessa, USSR |
