Friday,
October 27
Michael Nagler, PhD (See
Institiute-4)
Morning Meditation
Maureen
O'Hara, PhD,
Keynote
is Chair of the Psychology Program at National University, La Jolla,
CA and President Emerita of Saybrook Graduate School. As psychologist
and futurist, Maureen works on putting psychological knowledge to the
service of the emerging global society. Producer of the video Myths
that Maim and co-editor of the forthcoming Handbook of Person
Centered Psychotherapy. Maureen is recognized world wide as a thought
leader in humanistic psychology.
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS A
A-1:
Hemlata
Pokharna, PhD
is Director of Journeys of Life, which promotes health, wholeness and
disease prevention. She is a researcher at the University of Chicago.
Born in India, she received religious instruction from Jain monks and
nuns emphasizing inner peace and self discipline. She received extensive
training at the Gestalt Institute, the Center for Nonviolent Communication,
the Focusing Institute, and training in Alternatives to Violence, Conflict
Resolution and Mediation. She serves on the Executive Board of Council
for the Parliament of World Religions, is a member of Jaina Interfaith
committee, Vice chair of Play for Peace board and serves on the board
of Health and Happiness.
She has presented at the International Conferences
on Conflict Resolution.
Web:
www.journeysoflife.org
Mandakini Pokharna, MD
Practices Internal Medicine in Chicago.
She has trained at the Center of Nonviolent Communication and the Focusing
Institute. She serves as a team leader at work and also served on the
board of Health and Happiness.
Hema and Manda are sisters. Their mission as Jain Indian women and scientists
is to educate, inspire and empower people in the world to discover healthy
and harmonious ways of being with themselves and being together in the
Journey of Life.
________________________________________
A-2:
Stanley
Krippner, PhD,
is professor of psychology at Saybrook Graduate School, San Francisco,
California, U.S.A., Author of numerous books, he is also co-editor of
The Psychological Effects of War Trauma on Civilians: An International
Perspective. He is the recipient of the American Psychological Association's
2002 Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement
of Psychology, and in 2003 he was the recipient of the Ashley Montagu
Peace Award at the Annual International Conference on Conflict Resolution
in St. Petersburg, Russia. He has presented at
the International Conferences on Conflict Resolution.
Web: www.stanleykrippner.com
________________________________________
A-3:
Lee
Mun Wah, MS, MA
is Executive Director and founder of StirFry
Seminars, a nationally acclaimed lecturer, award-winning film-maker
(The Color of Fear), author (The Art of Mindful Facilitation),
Master Diversity & Communications Trainer, Chinese American community
therapist, educator, performing poet, Asian Folkteller, and author.
He works with corporations, government agencies, educational institutions,
and social agencies to facilitate diversity issues. In 1995 Oprah Winfrey
televised a one hour special on his work and life.
Web: www.stirfryseminars.com
John
Boiano
is Founding Director, Pulse Integration/Diversity Conversations is a
dynamic motivational facilitator with a unique Zen, or "leadership
from behind" style. John's focus is creating emotionally safe environments
in educational, corporate and other settings by bringing to the leaders
an awareness of compassion, diversity and personal value.
Web: www.diversityconversations.com/FounderDirectorInfo.html
________________________________________
A-4:
Ahmad
Hijazi, MA, MBA
(MA
in Sociology from Hebrew University in Jerusalem,
MBA from Polytechnic University, NY.) is Senior
management member of the School for Peace and Director of the Communication
and Development Department at Neve Shalom / Wahat Al Salaam, Israel,
a village, jointly established by Jewish and Palestinian Arab citizens
of Israel, that is engaged in educational work for peace, equality and
understanding between the two peoples. He
has presented the unique programs of Neve
Shalom / Wahat Al Salaam at
the International Conferences on Conflict Resolution.
Web: www.nswas.com
________________________________________
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS B
Facilitated Dialogue Groups
________________________________________
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS C
C-1
Zeitouna
group members
Photo by dan white
@danwhite.com
Irene Butter, PhD
in economics from Duke
Univ. and Professor emerita
at Univ. of Michigan, School of Public Health. Born in Berlin, she grew
up as a Jewish child in Nazi-occupied Europe when her family was deported
to two German concentration camps in the early 1940's. Her Father did
not survive. Before her arrival in the US in 1945 she spent almost one
year in a displaced persons camp in Algiers. She
has been involved in peace and justice projects for most of her life,
including a focus on coexistence in the Middle East, spearheaded a group
that founded the Univ. of Michigan Raoul Wallenberg Medal and Lecture
series, and is co-founder of Zeitouna, a group of Arab and Jewish Women
working for Peace and Justice among the Arab and Jewish peoples.
Wadad Abed
is Director of Marketing at CIMdata consulting
firm, on the boards of the University Musical Society (UMS), the Arab
Community Center for Economic & Social Services (ACCESS), and the
Arab American Organization (AAO) of Ann Arbor, and a cofounder of Bustan
al-Funun Foundation for Arab Arts in America, which promotes understanding
and appreciation between Americans and the Arab world. Born in Nablus,
Palestine, she has been involved with peace and social justice issues
internationally, with a focus on the Middle East.
Laurie White,
is a psychotherapist, community activist, author, ("Take
Care of Yourself: A Young Person's Guide to Understanding, Preventing,
and Healing From the Hurts of Child Abuse"), song writer, and
documentary film maker. She was one of the team that produced Michael
Moore's "Roger and Me", and her most current work is
"Refusing To Be Enemies: The
Zeitouna Story." When she isn't engaged in tikkun
olam (the repairing of the world), she is a serious student of yoga,
and lover of dance, drumming, travel, food, the natural world, and family
of friends (not necessarily in that order).
Web: www.zeitounamovie.org/the-project.html
Huda
Karaman Rosen,
is a Palestinian born and raised in Haifa, and has been an advocate
for social justice and peace efforts. Her activism includes promoting
civil rights in the US, supporting the struggle to end Apartheid in
South Africa, bringing attention to the plight of the Palestinians in
their struggle for justice and freedom, and promoting peaceful coexistence
of the Jews and Palestinians in Israel/Palestine. Huda is retired from
the health and education fields, but continues as a volunteer in both
areas. Huda is a member of Zeitouna, and co-founder of Bustan al-Funun
Foundation for the Arab Arts in America.
Leonore
Gerstein,
was born in 1940 in Massachusetts to parents committed to
social justice and Zionism, Leonore lived with her family on kibbutz
Ein Hashofet for five years during the nineteen-fifties. She received
her BA from Hebrew University in Jerusalem and holds Masters in both
English Literature and Speech-Language Pathology. Now retired from clinical
work, she teaches poetry appreciation occasionally and enjoys supporting
community projects reflecting her values. She has two children and three
grandchildren.
and other
Zeitouna group members
Web: www.zeitouna.org
________________________________________
C-2
James
O'Dea, PhD,
is the President of the Institute of Noetic
Sciences and a native of Ireland. He was director of the Washington
DC office of Amnesty International for 10 years, and for 5 years was
executive director of Seva, a non-profit organization dedicated to international
health & development issues in Latin America, Asia, and on American
Indian reservations. He created and for 5 years has co-lead a series
of dialogues funded by the Fetzer Institute called "Compassionate
and Social Healing," bringing together leaders and activists
in a variety of fields related to human rights, peace, and social reconciliation
initiatives. He lived and worked in Turkey and Lebanon, and witnessed
civil conflict and massacres, which influenced him deeply. He is a member
of Ervin Laszlo's World Wisdom Council.
Web: www.noetic.org/about/president.cfm
________________________________________
C-3
Maggie
Herzig
is
a Founding Associate of the Public Conversations Project and a member
of the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation. She is co-author,
with Laura Chasin, of Fostering Dialogue Across Divides and with Mitch
Chanin of a guide for intra-Jewish dialogue entitled Constructive Conversations
about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
Web: www.publicconversations.org
________________________________________
C-4
Najah
Bazzy, RN
is a Transcultural
Nurse Clinical Specialist and a Diversity Specialist with 25 years specializing
in the area of transcultural health care. She has an extensive background
in critical care nursing with a special expertise in Arab and Muslim
health care, beliefs, and practices. She is CEO of Diversity Specialists
and Transcultural Health Care Solutions. She is also the Executive Director
and Founder of Zaman International, a non-profit humanitarian organization
which provides “hope for humanity”.
Web: www.zamaninternational.org/
Robert
Oppenheimer, PsyD
in psychology from Michigan School of Professional
Psychology, is Director of school and community programs for The Growing
Tree Program. He has worked as a psychologist and prevention specialist
in the Detroit area for 25 years, and has developed a person-centered
approach to prevention programming for students pre-school through high
school focused on helping children and youth develop personal goals,
life skills and inter-personal skills. He worked with Ruth Sanford and
others on staff of the Experiencing Diversity Workshops. He has presented
at the International Conference on Conflict Resolution, the Association
for the Development of the Person Centered Approach and The Eastern
Psychological Association.
Web: www.GrowingTreeProgram.org
Jehan
Olweean, MA
in Special Education from Eastern
Michigan University, has taught special education for over 6 years to
a broad spectrum of special needs students in Garden City, Michigan.
Her mission has been to bring dignity, respect, and self-empowerment
into the classroom, while inspiring students to reach their fullest
potential and highest self esteem. A fundamental aspect of her commitment
is to advocate for special needs students to receive the recognition,
appreciation, and rights they deserve. She has presented at the International
Conference on Conflict Resolution in St. Petersburg, Russia, and participated
in professional conferences of the Association for Humanistic Psychology
and the Kiwanis Club
![]()
Cheryl Ware El-Amin, MSW
is currently completing her doctorate at Walden University. She has
worked since 1994 as a school social worker in the Detroit schools.
She is interested in strength based assessment and treatment, cultural
competence specializing in the integration of spirituality in practice,
and African-centered and Islamic perspectives in social work practice.
Dizzy
Warren, MA
is the Executive Director of the National Resource Center for the
Healing of Racism (NRCHR) located in downtown Battle Creek, Michigan.
The NRCHR provides a full range of training and consulting services
to assist individuals, groups and organization address issues of race.
Ms. Warren has over 15 years of executive management experience in the
areas of nonprofit management, government, media, and education. In
addition, Ms. Warren has a Bachelors of Business Administration, a Masters
of Arts in Psychology, and she is currently completing a doctoral degree
in Ethical Leadership at Olivet Nazarene University.
Web: www.nrchr.org/
________________________________________
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS D
Facilitated
Dialogue Groups
________________________________________
EVENING
PLENARY PANEL
"The Psychology,
Sociology, Culture, and Neurology of The Other"
Sam Keen, PhD, (see
Institute - 1)
Maureen O'Hara, PhD, (see
Friday Morning keynote)
Michael Nagler, PhD, (see
Institute - 4)
Gay
Leah (Swenson) Barfield,
PhD., Lic. MFT,
was a
Fellow of Center for Studies of the Person for nearly 30 year where
she created one of the first Women's Centers in San Diego and the Living
Now Institute. With Carl R. Rogers she directed the Carl Rogers Institute
for Peace, a project applying person-centered principles to real and
potential crisis situations. Currently semi-retired, she continues to
offer workshops internationally, mentor young therapists and is writing
about her experiences over the past 40 years as a "gatherer,"
social activist and stubborn idealist.
Sharif
Abdullah, JD
(BA in Psychology, Clark University; juris doctor, Boston University)
is a leading proponent and catalyst for inclusive
social, cultural and spiritual transformation. He is currently founder
and president of Commonway Institute, dedicated to the creation of a
society that is in line with our deepest spiritual values - a society
that works for all. He has written The Power of One: Authentic
Leadership in Turbulent Times and Creating a World That Works
for All - winner of the Book of the Year Award (Current Events)
from the Independent Book Publishers Association. His work on humanistic
globalization has taken him to over two dozen countries and every continent,
including peace building efforts in Sri Lanka. He has presented
at the International Conferences on Conflict Resolution.
Web: www.commonway.org
Moderated by James O'Dea, Ph.D (see
C-2)
________________________________________
EVENING
EVENTS
(concurrent options):
Film Showing: "Refusing
To Be Enemies"
The Zeitouna Women's Group (see
C-1)
Saturday,
October 28
Michael
Whitty, PhD Morning
Meditation
________________________________________
Keynote
US Congressman John Conyers
is the second most senior member in
the US House of Representatives, now in his 21st term in representing
Michigan. He is the recipient of many awards for leadership, including
a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Award presented to him by
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and has been in the vanguard of the civil
rights and human rights movements throughout his career. In the midst
of recent policies resulting in polarization and "Us and Them"
mentality - both at home and internationally, he has been a central
driving force in the US government for promoting an appreciation of
diversity, upholding the protection of human rights, and advancing peace
and understanding in the world.
Web: www.house.gov/conyers/
________________________________________
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS E
E 1:
Sharif Abdullah, JD (see
Saturday evening plenary panel)
________________________________________
E 2:
Karen
Valencic
is President of Spiral Impact. She has been helping people work
together for 15 years. She is a degreed mechanical engineer, a black
belt in the martial art, aikido; adjunct Faculty at Butler University
and the Center for Servant Leadership, and former Board President of
CIASTD.
Web: www.karenvalencic.com
________________________________________
E 3:
Maureen O'Hara, Ph.D
(see Friday morning Keynote)
Aftab Omer, PhD
is President and core faculty at the Institute of
Imaginal Studies, formerly faculty in the Psychology Department at Sonoma
State University, and currently President of the Council on Humanistic
and Transpersonal Psychologies. His research has focused on the emergence
of human capacities within transformative learning communities and his
work has included assisting organizations in tapping the creative potentials
of conflict, diversity, and complexity. Born and raised in South Asia,
he was educated at M.I.T. and Brandeis University. His article entitled
"The Spacious Center: Leadership and the Creative Transformation
of Culture" has been recently published in Shift, the Institute
of Noetic Science's quarterly publication.
Web: www.imaginal.edu
________________________________________
E 4:
Brenda
Rosenberg - Reuniting
The Children of Abraham
was the first woman senior vice president of fashion merchandizing
and marketing for Hudson's Department stores in Detroit Michigan, and
later for Federated Allied Department Stores. Since 9/11 Brenda has
become a champion for inter faith, inter cultural and inter racial understanding.
As executive producer of "Reuniting the Children of Abraham
toolkit 4 peace" she has spoken at numerous churches, mosques,
synagogues and schools throughout Michigan, across the country and overseas.
She was the first woman, and first Jewish person, to deliver a Ramadan
sermon in metro Detroit's Islamic community.
Web: thechildrenofabrahamproject.org
Imad
Hamad
is the Regional Director and Senior National Advisor for
Public Affairs of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC),
the premier civil rights organization in the nation on behalf of Arab
Americans. He is a long time community advocate, who has fought for
the cause of civil rights and justice, and has been an active bridge
builder between communities for many years.
Web: www.adcmichigan.org
Alicia Villareal, BA
has a degree in Business and is a current Master Public Administration
candidate at University of Michigan. President & CEO of Latino Family
Services serving the Latino population and residents of Southwest Detroit,
and a long time community activist in Southwest Detroit. She has been
recognized as one of Michigan's most influential Hispanics, received
a number of awards for community leadership and service, recently appointed
by Governor Granholm to the Michigan Commission of Spanish Speaking
Affairs, and serves on various leadership and advisory councils in the
Detroit region.
________________________________________
E 5:
Kate
Runyon,
BFA,
is the Interim Executive Director
of the Triangle Foundation. Previous to this, she was the Program Director
for the American Friends Service Committee’s LGBT Issues Program
in Michigan. She has a BFA in Ceramics from Wittenberg University in
Ohio. She has served in the Peace Corps, directed an Episcopal Outreach
to LGBT people and allies, and worked with the National Conference for
Community and Justice. She serves on the board of the Michigan Coalition
for Human Rights.
Web: www.afsc.org/about/default.htm
Jim
Toy, MSW,
is
a Chinese-White gay-male American, was the first queer person in Michigan
to come out of the closet publicly, during his impromptu speech at an
anti-Vietnam-War rally in Kennedy Square, Detroit, in April 1970. .
He holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work (Interpersonal
Practice) from the University of Michigan and serves as a pro bono counselor
and therapist.
Rachel
Crandall, MSW,
is Co-founder (1997), Director, Executive Director
of TransGender Michigan, "notorious rabble rouser", Facilitator
of Gender Non-conformist group and MSU Transgender group, Vice President
of Lansing Association for Human Rights (LAHR), HRC & Prism award
winner, Founder of Michigan LGBT Disability Coalition, Director of Triangle
Pride PAC Committee, Chair of HRC Michigan Diversity Committee, Director
of Project YES of Michigan, Faculty Adjunct MSU School of Social Work,
& Transgender therapist
Johnny
Jenkins, BA
Johnny (JyObadele)
is the current Creative Director/Principle of NoirAmeria, a Detroit-based
design communication studio. He is a graduate of Western Michigan University's
Haworth College of Business. He is the founding father and current Director
of the Black Pride Society - producers of Detroit's annual Hotter Than
July; Midwest Coordinator of the International Federation of Black Prides
in Washington-DC; and Co-producer of the historic Homophobia In Detroit
Town Hall Series.
Dawn
Wolfe, MFA,
Director of Communications,
joined Triangle Foundation as the agency’s first Director of Communications
in November 2006. Before joining Triangle Dawn was a staff writer at
Between The Lines, Michigan’s GLBT newspaper. Dawn holds a Bachelor
of Liberal Arts from the University of Detroit Mercy and was in Bowling
Green State University’s MFA program in poetry when she was hired
away from the arts by Between The Lines.
________________________________________
BI-PLENARY
SESSIONS F
F 1:
![]()
Imam
Mohammed Mardini
is
a prominent and esteemed spiritual leader, spokesperson, and imam of
the American Muslim Center in Dearborn, Michigan.
Marilyn
(Chief Woman Among Chiefs) Youngbird, NAHHP,
is a Native American Holistic Health Practitioner, educator, lecturer,
& facilitator, and has a BA in Anthropology/Psychology. She conducts
diverse cross-cultural sensitivity training seminars and the practical
applications of traditional Native American health care nationally and
internationally, and has presented at the International
Conference on Conflict Resolution.
Anna
Rodina, PhD,
is a professor of department of Psychological Aid, Hertzen State Pedagogical
University, St. Petersburg, Russia, and teaching faculty and dean of
International School for Psychotherapy, Counseling and Group Leadership
(HARMONY Institute for Psychotherapy and Counseling). She has worked
with children with cancer and their parents using art-therapy, and has
been part of HARMONY Institute's treatment and rehabilitation service
to vicarium trauma victims of Beslan in Russia. She has presented at
the International Conferences on Conflict Resolution.
Web: www.inharmony.spb.ru
Lionel "Len" Traubman
has for 25 years published on war and peace from personal
experience with Soviets and Americans, Armenians and Azerbaijanis, and
Jews and Palestinians. He co-founded the Jewish-Palestinian Living Room
Dialogue Group of San Mateo. He is retired from his practice of Dentistry
for Children, was former Director of the San Francisco Dental Society,
Editor of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and of the California
Society of Dentistry for Children, and regional alumni President of
Alpha Omega Jewish dental fraternity. He received the 1998 Distinguished
Alumnus Award of the Univ. of California School of Dentistry, and gave
the 2006 Commencement Address on individual responsibility for transforming
confrontation to collaboration at home and globally.
Web: traubman.igc.org/dg-prog.htm
Elizabeth
"Libby" Traubman
is a retired clinical social worker and a founder of the
Beyond War Movement, now Foundation for Global Community, and helped
organize the Beyond War conference for Israeli and Palestinian citizen-leaders
resulting in a historic signed document, Framework For A Public Peace
Process. She co-founded the Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue
Group of San Mateo 15 years ago, inspiring dozens of other Dialogues
and ow preparing for its 185th meeting, and producing two films modeling
a new quality of listening and communication - DIALOGUE AT WASHINGTON
HIGH, and PEACEMAKERS: Palestinians & Jews Together at Camp.
She is a Trustee of the Foundation for Global Community and was inducted
into the San Mateo County Women's Hall of Fame.
Web: traubman.igc.org/dg-prog.htm
________________________________________
F 2:
Jeffrey
Mishlove, Ph.D.,
is dean of consciousness studies at the University of Philosophical
Research. He is former host and producer of the national public television
series Thinking Allowed, has hosted radio talk shows, is president
of The Intuition Network, and is an artist. He is author of The PK
Man, The Roots of Consciousness and Psi Development Systems.
Web: www.williamjames.com
Osprey
Orielle Lake
one of
the world’s few female allegorical monument makers, is the founder
and artist of the International Cheemah and Mari Monument Projects,
dedicated to cultural diversity and the environment. Lake, a long-time
student of indigenous worldviews has taught and lectured internationally.
Her work explores how images and stories influence our relationship
to different cultures and nature.
Web: www.cheemahproject.org
Osama
Siblani
is editor of the Arab American News. He was born in Beirut,
Lebanon in 1955, and came to the United States in 1976 to pursue his
education. He completed hi B.S.S. in electrical engineering in 1979
at the University of Detroit, and in 1980 assumed the position of Vice
President at Energy International, Inc., a major import-export firm
dealing with the Middle East. He held this position until he began The
Arab American News in 1984.
Web: www.arabamericannews.com
David
Crumm
is best known
as a journalist for more than 30 years, specializing mainly in reporting
on the impact of faith and culture on people's daily lives. Since the
mid 1980s, he has reported across the U.S. and occasionally from other
parts of the world for the Detroit Free Press and its wire services.
In 2006, his weekly column on everyday spirituality won the annual Wilbur
Award for "Best Column on Religion in a Major Newspaper."
In 2007, Crumm and a team of media professionals launched the www.ReadTheSpirit.com
Web hub and related publishing projects through which they are exploring
emerging themes in spiritual media, promoting cultural diversity and
are helping men and women make their own spiritual connections.
Web: www.readthespirit.com
Nadia
Fadel, JD
is a graduate of
the University of Detroit-Mercy School of Law, joined the ADC-Michigan
team in June of 2006 and currently serves as the Director of Policy
& Community Affairs. Ms. Fadel also earned certifications in Mediation
and Dispute Resolution while she studied Intercultural Mediation &
Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Humboldt University
School of Law in Berlin, Germany.
Web: www.adcmichigan.org
________________________________________
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS G
G 1:
Sen.
John Vasconcellos,
who's legislative career was distinguished by his unique
person-centered approach to public policy, represented the heart of
Silicon Valley for 38 years before retiring from the California State
Legislature on November 30, 2004. Much of his agenda has already been
adopted into law. At the same time, he has endeavored to advance the
central struggle of our society and our emerging culture -- to redefine
our sense of ourselves and our human nature in ways that enable us all
to flourish and reach our fullest potential. Concerned that John's vision
and leadership might dissipate and be lost after his departure from
the Legislature, friends and colleagues created The Vasconcellos Project.
Since its inception, what began as a modest effort to compile John's
works into a coherent and sustaining whole has grown into an entirely
new politics, the Politics of Trust.
Web: www.politicsoftrust.net/home.php
________________________________________
G 2:
Judith
Thompson, PhD
is a peacebuilding
scholar-practitioner with a background in intercultural dialogue, psychosocial
healing, peace education, and reconciliation. Her recent research has
focused on how compassion arises in the process of social healing. She
is currently a research associate at The Karuna Center for Peacebuilding.
She is past recipient of the Peace Fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute
for Advanced Studies at Harvard and the co-founder of the award-winning
organization, Children of War, Inc.
________________________________________
G 3:
Ihsan
Alkhatib, Esq., MA,
is an attorney and the Director of Public Policy and Law for Life for
Relief and Development, a Michigan based international NGO. He is the
chair of the advisory board of the American Arab Anti- discrimination
Committee- Michigan. He taught political science in a number of American
colleges and is a PhD student in political science at Wayne State University.
Webs: www.adc.org -and- www.lifeusa.org
Mark
Mitsui
is the Vice President of Student Services at South Seattle Community
College in Seattle, Washington. He has worked in the Community and Technical
College for the past 19 years as a teacher and administrator. His professional
passions are diversity, student development and student success. The
internment simulation exercise was developed as a way to fully engage
college students in this historic yet timely topic. ________________________________________
G 4:
Steve Olweean, MA (see
Thursday evening conference opening)
Sandra Friedman, MS (see
Thursday evening conference opening)
Mukti Khanna, PhD,
is a clinical psychologist and
expressive arts therapist. She has been integrating expressive arts
languages into community dialogues for cultural healing and transformation
of trauma in diverse communities. She is a professor at The Evergreen
State College in Olympia, Washington where she teaches Multicultural
Counseling and expressive arts therapies in Society, Politics, Behavior
and Social Change. She has presented at the International Conference
on Conflict Resolution.
Email: khannam@evergreen.edu
Lhakpa Dolma, MD,
was born in Chicham, India. After the
completion of high school from Tibetan Children's Village, she studied
Sowa Rigpa, Tibetan Medicine at Men-Tsee-Khang (Tibetan Medical &
Astrological Institute), Dharamsala for five years (1997-2001). She
did her Internship at Mundgod and Bylakuppe TMAI branches in India.
She has traveled to Belgium, Italy, France, Germany, South Africa and
USA delivering lectures, attending conferences and consulting patients.
She is currently based in Bylakuppe, India
![]()
Chip
Baggett, MA
received an M.A. in Humanistic Psychology
from the State University of West Georgia in 1977. He is past president
of The Association for Humanistic Psychology and of the North Carolina
Mental Health Counselors Association, a Licensed Professional Counselor,
and has maintained a private psychotherapy practice for nearly thirty
years, working with individual adults and couples. Chip's approach emphasizes
the impact of states of consciousness upon emotional healing, interpersonal
relationships, conflict, and existential and spiritual crises. In addition
to psychotherapy, he writes and provides workshops on these topics.
He is currently practicing in Asheville, North Carolina, and completing
a manuscript titled "Waking Up Together."
________________________________________
G 5:
Gay Leah Barfield, Ph.D, (see
Friday evening plenary panel)
________________________________________
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS
H
Facilitated
Dialogue Groups
________________________________________
EVENING
PLENARY PANEL:
"Spirituality
and Contemporary Issues"
Imam
Hassan Al-Qazwini
is one of America's most prominent Muslim spokespersons, and spiritual
leader of the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan, the largest
mosque in the US. A well known and outspoken advocate for reconciliation,
cooperation, and solidarity between religious communities, both nationally
and internationally, he actively works with Christian and Jewish leaders
to help bridge differences and dispel prejudice, serves on numerous
interfaith councils and advisory boards, and represents the muslim community
at White House faith-based events. Originally from Karbala, Iraq and
a prominent family of clerics, he and his family were forced to flee
to Kuwait in 1980 due to their opposition to the Ba'athist regime, and
in 1992 settled in the US to serve American Muslims. His books include
Meditation in Sahehain, Prophet Mohammad: The Ethical Prospect,
and a new book just released American Crescent.
Web: www.icofa.com/aboutus/imam.html -and- http://www.qazwini.org,
Rabbi
Brian Walt,
is
the executive director and one of the founders of Rabbis for Human Rights-North
America. He is rabbi emeritus of Congregation Mishkan Shalom in Philadelphia,
PA., a synagogue dedicated to the integration of spiritual life and
social justice that he founded in 1988. Born in Cape Town, South Africa,
Rabbi Walt was active in the struggle against Apartheid. For many years
he has promoted dialogue within the Jewish community and with Arab Americans
and other faith groups about the spiritual and ethical issues related
to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Web: www.rhr-na.org
Reverend
Kenneth James Flowers,
has his B.A. from Morehouse College
in Atlanta Georgia and his MDiv from Colgate Rochester Divinity School,
Rochester, New York. Rev. Flowers has been pastoring Greater New Mt.
Moriah Baptist Church since 1995. Reverend Flowers is a community/social
activist. He is a nationally known speaker and lecturer who is in demand
among Christian, Jewish and other religious and community groups having
traveled to England, Korea, Africa, and Israel
Geshe
Gendun Gyatso
was born in Tibet in 1961, escaped to India in 1963, at the
age of 8 became a Buddhist Monk at Sera Je Monastic University in India,
studying logic and epistemology, the study of nature of knowledge, and
in 1981 was fully ordained by His Holiness The Dalai Lama. He studied
in the Geshe Program for 25 years including Tantric Study at Gyumed
Tantric College in India, and in 1993 was awarded his doctorate degree
in Buddhist Studies as a Doctor of Buddha's Philosophy (Geshe). He went
on to study comparative religion as a visiting scholar under the Boston
University Fellowship Program for Theological Study, and during his
studies became an affiliated Chaplain at Boston University and Chaplain
at Harvard's Dana Faber Cancer Institute.
Web: www.geshegendun.org
Moderated by Aftab Omer, Ph.D
(see
E 3)
________________________________________
Keynote
US Representive
Dennis Kucinich
Web: www.kucinich.house.gov
________________________________________
EVENING
EVENTS
(concurrent options):
1) "Images
In Celebration Of Life"
Osprey Orielle
Lake (see
F-2)
2) SharingFamily Stories
Robert Oppenheimer PhD
(see
C-4)
LaRon
Williams
is
a nationally acclaimed, award-winning storyteller who has toured extensively
presenting programs and workshops. His music-filled, highly participatory
performances present a dynamic blend of original and traditional tales
crafted to help improve literacy, encourage community, foster cooperation,
promote peaceful conflict resolution, build self-esteem, and deepen
the historical understanding of the American ideal of democratic inclusion.
Web: www.laronwilliams.com/
Sunday,
October 29
MORNING
PLENARY PANEL
"Political,
Historical, and Ecological Dynamics of The Other"
Senator
John Vasconcellos, (see
G-1)
Louise
Diamond Ph.D, (see
Institute - 3)
US
Congressman John Conyers (see
Saturday morning keynote)
Marianne Williamson
is an internationally acclaimed author, lecturer, and popular guest
on numerous television programs such as Oprah, Larry King Live, Good
Morning America, and Charlie Rose. Of her nine books published, four
have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, including A Return to Love
and Everyday Grace. Her titles also include Illuminata,
A Woman's Worth, Healing the Soul of America, and her newest:
The Gift of Change: Spiritual Guidance for a Radically New Life.
She also edited Imagine: What American Could Be in the 21st Century,
a compilation of essays by some of America's most visionary thinkers.
She founded Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program serving AIDS
victims, and The Peace Alliance, a grass roots campaign supporting legislation
to establish a U.S. Department of Peace. and has just launched a new
radio show aired on the new XM Radio block called 'Oprah and Friends'.
Web: www.marianne.com
invited:
US
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (see
Saturday night keynote)
________________________________________
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS
I
Final Facilitated
Dialogue Groups
(Processing and action planning)
CONFERENCE
CLOSING:
~ includes Lunch ~
Summary, Outcomes,
Processing, and Where We Go From Here
Sam
Keen, PhD 
Rabbi
Tirzah Firestone, MA , 
Louise
Diamond, Ph.D. 
Michael
Nagler, Ph.D.
Deborah Koff-Chapin, B.F.A. (Cooper
Union) 
Steve
Olweean, MA, 
Sandra Friedman, MS
Hazel
Henderson
Pete
Seeger 
