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.
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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
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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
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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
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CONCURRENT
SESSIONS B
Facilitated Dialogue Groups
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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CONCURRENT
SESSIONS D
Facilitated
Dialogue Groups
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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)
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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/
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CONCURRENT
SESSIONS E
E
1: Sharif Abdullah, JD (see
Saturday evening plenary panel)
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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BI-PLENARY
SESSIONS F
F 1:
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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."
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G 5:
Gay Leah Barfield, Ph.D, (see
Friday evening plenary panel)
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CONCURRENT
SESSIONS
H
Facilitated
Dialogue Groups
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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)
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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 
