Friday,
September 5
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
A
Workshops
and Roundtables
Morning 9:45
- 11:15 am
A-1:
Pat B. Allen, Ph.D.,
A.T.R.,
is an author, artist and art therapist.
She is Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
and is a Visiting Professor at John F. Kennedy University in Berkeley, CA and
Prescott College in Prescott, AZ. Her two books - Art Is a Way of Knowing
(Shambhala 1995) and Art Is a Spiritual Path (Shambhala 2005) - explore
the borders between art, psychology, spirituality, and social action.
E-Mail:
patallen8@comcast.net Web: www.patballen.com
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A-2:
Sally
Mahé M.ED,
MA Theology
is Director of Organizational
Development with the United Religions Initiative, an international interfaith
organization. In that role, Sally helps lead URI from vision to practice, supervises
an international staff, and helps lead cross-cultural interfaith assemblies. She
is co-author of Birth of a Global Community: Appreciative Inquiry in Action,
2003; and, A Greater Democracy Day by Day, 2004. Sally holds an M.Ed
from Harvard and a MA in Theology from General Episcopal Seminary.
E-Mail:
sally@uri.org Web: www.uri.org
Sarah
Talcott
Youth Programs Director, United Religions Initiative.
Sarah has been working in the field of inter-faith cooperation and understanding
for ten years. She is currently the Youth Programs Director for the United Religions
Initiative and the coordinator of the URI's Global Youth Cooperation Circle. hrough
her work with young people in the interfaith movement, Sarah has designed, organized
and facilitated inter-faith and inter-cultural youth retreats, workshops and projects
in the USA, UK, Cyprus, Spain, Brazil and Peru, weaving together programs of inter-faith
and inter-cultural learning with community service and peacebuilding activities.
Email:
stalcott@uri.org Web: www.uri.org
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A-3:
David Hartsough,
MA
MA in International Relations, is Executive Director
of Peaceworkers based in San Francisco, CA and Co-Founder of the Nonviolent Peaceforce.
He is a Quaker and member of the San Francisco Friends Meeting, is deeply committed
to nonviolence, and has been working actively for nonviolent social change and
peaceful resolution of conflicts since he met Martin Luther King in 1956.
For forty years he has been doing nonviolent
peacemaking in the US, Kosovo, the former Soviet Union, Mexico, Guatemala, El
Salvador, Nicaragua, Kosovo, and the Philippines.
Email: davidhartsough@igc.org WEb:
www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org
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A-4:
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Chris Thorsen
has a a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Aikido and is a partner
in Quantum Edge and The Listening Institute. 15 years experience as an integral
member of the executive teams that built and operated Nextel Communications, regions
of McCaw Cellular Communications and San Francisco Cellular One - developing the
cultures, the leaders and the teams 5 year experience providing periodic Peace
Building Training for policy leaders and community leaders from both Greek and
Turkish factions on the Island of Cyprus. 40 years experience providing Enterprise
Navigation, Leadership Development and Mastery Training to major corporations
and international organizations such as Kaiser Permanente, Nautilus Institute,
Rodale Institute, Disneyworld, Apple.
Email:
ct@quantumedge.org Web: Quantumedge.org
/ The Listening Institute.com
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Richard Moon
has
a 5th Degree Black Belt in Aikido and is a partner in Quantum Edge and The Listening
Institute.
15 years experience as an integral member of the executive teams that built and
operated Nextel Communications, regions of McCaw Cellular Communications and San
Francisco Cellular One - developing the cultures, the leaders and the teams 5
year experience providing periodic Peace Building Training for policy leaders
and community leaders from both Greek and Turkish factions on the Island of Cyprus.
40 years experience providing Enterprise Navigation, Leadership Development and
Mastery Training to major corporations and international organizations such as
Kaiser Permanente, Nautilus Institute, Rodale Institute, Disneyworld, Apple.
Email: ct@quantumedge.org Web:
Quantumedge.org
/ The Listening Institute.com
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A-5:
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 in Russia.
Email: skrippner@saybrook.edu Web: www.stanleykrippner.com
Benina Gould, PhD
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, the Fielding Institute. Annual Social Justice Award
and Carnegie Fellowship recipient. Director of Social Transformation Program at
Saybook Graduate School and a visiting scholar at the Univ. of California, International
and Area Studies. Her most recent book is Living in the Question? A Critical
Oral History of the Berlin Wall Crises. She is conducting research on the
role of the Internet for Muslim Youth with colleagues in Indonesia, as well as
the Islamic community in California and Pakistan, to examine the stereotype that
"madrassas are the breeding grounds of fundamentalism" and to understand
"the students who say 'no' to fundamentalism." Consulting to the development
of curriculum for Junior and High School students on the "Religious Basis
of Peace Studies," a long term project with the Ministry of Education in
Jakarta, Indonesia and to the "Youth Interfaith Project" at the Center
for Theory and Research at Esalen Institute.
Email: bgould@berkeley.edu Web:
Skip Robinson, PhD
teaches psychology at Sonoma
State University and writes in a number of fields. He taught conflict resolution
and co-wrote dispute resolution simulations with the Conflict Resolution, Research
& Resource Institute, Inc. (CRI), Tacoma, working with the Soviet Union, the
Russian Republic, Poland, Guatemala, and Cuba. For the Gere Foundation, he consulted
on developing a health care system for senior Buddhist teachers and destitute
monks and nuns in India. He studied at the University of Illinois, UC Berkeley,
Sonoma State, and Saybrook Graduate
School.
Email: robinsor@sonoma.edu Web:
www.sonic.net/~robinson/
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 in Russia.
Email:
ahmad@nswas.info Web: www.nswas.com
Kirk Schneider, PhD
is a licensed psychologist and leading spokesperson for contemporary
humanistic psychology. He is current editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology,
vice-president of the Existential-Humanistic Institute, and adjunct faculty at
Saybrook Graduate School. Dr. Schneider is a Fellow of the American Psychological
Association and has published over 100 articles and chapters as well as seven
books including, The Paradoxical Self: Toward an Understanding of Our Contradictory
Nature, Horror and the Holy; The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology; Rediscovery
of Awe; and Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy.
Email: kschneider@california.com
Web:
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS B
Facilitated Dialogue Groups
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS C
Workshops
and Roundtables
2:00 - 3:30 pm
C-1
Don
Edward Beck, PhD,
has developed, implemented,
and taught the evolutionary theory of Spiral Dynamics for over 3 decades, and
is co-author of Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership & Change
and The Crucible: Forging South Africa's Future. As cofounder of the National
Values Center in Texas, and CEO of the Spiral Dynamics Group, Inc., he employs
Spiral Dynamics to effect large-scale systems change in and among various sectors
and societies of the world. His career has taken him to such diverse settings
as 10 Downing Street to consult with Tony Blair's Policy Unit, Chicago's south
side to address problems faced by inner-city schools, and the World Bank to consider
the future of Afghanistan, including 63 trips to South Africa between 1981 and
1988. He taught for 20 years at the University of North Texas, where he was named
Outstanding Professor, Honor Professor, and Outstanding Educator in America.
Email: drbeck@attglobal.net Web: www.spiraldynamics.net
Elza
Maalouf, JD,
Elza S. Maalouf, JD. is the
co-founder and CEO of the Center for Human Emergence-Middle East. She was born
in Lebanon and is a former attorney and business executive who draws on more than
15 years of experience in the areas of depth psychology, world philosophies and
consciousness studies. Elza is now leading innovation within the Arab world to
identify complex thinking that will unblock many of the stalemates and facilitate
the emergence of Arabs into their 21st century Renaissance. She is engaged in
various integral projects in Lebanon, Syria, Palestinian Territories and Kuwait.
Dr. Jean Houston described Elza as "An evocateur of change, a midwife to
a world in transition."
Email: elza.maalouf@gmail.com Web:
ww.humanemergencemiddleeast.org/
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C-2
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.
Email: gggk930@yahoo.com Web:
www.geshegendun.org
Tashi Wangdu
was
born to a Tibetan refugee couple in Mysore, India. After completing his graduate
work, he joined Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) of HH the Dalai Lama in 1996.
He served as Accountant in Bureau of HH the Dalai Lama in New Delhi from 1996-2000,
as First Secretary at the Office of Tibet, Pretoria, South Africa from 2001-2006
and currently serving as Representative of the CTA for Lugsam Tibetan Settlement,
Bylakuppe. the 1st and largest Tibetan settlement in Exile.
He has presented at the International Conference on Conflict Resolution in Russia.
Email:
twangdu@hotmail.com Web: www.geshegendun.org
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C-3
Kimberly Weichel
Director, Institute for Peacebuilding, is a social pioneer, educator, and specialist
in global communications, conflict resolution and cross-cultural projects. She
has directed international projects over the past 30 years in Africa, Europe,
Russia, United States and with the United Nations. Kim is co-founder of the Institute
for PeaceBuilding, providing courses, training, and consulting in peace leadership.
She does projects with the United Nations and is author of several books, including
"Healing the Heart of the World".
E-Mail: kim@kimweichel.org
Web: www.kimweichel.org
Devi (Devyani)
Gursahaney
has provided human resources training and consulting in India and the U.S. and
is fluent in Gujarati, Hindi, and English. Her transnational experiences guide
her understanding of global challenges and opportunities organizations face today.
Her unique approach to organizational development and staff training combine a
cross-cultural perspective with a commitment to mutual respect and productive
partnership in the work place. She has worked with a variety of
organizations and facilitated diverse groups to resolve conflicts, manage cross-cultural
communication, celebrate diversity and renew spirit, incorporating a multi-disciplinary
and creative approach with “Eastern Flair” in her trainings.
Email:
devyani14@hotmail.com Web:
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C-4
Maha ElGenaidi
is President and CEO of Islamic Networks Group (ING),
an Advisor to California's Commission on Police Officers Standards & Training
(POST) for hate crimes and cultural diversity training, a former commissioner
on Santa Clara County's Human Relations Commission, Co-chair and Vice-chair of
the Bay Area Hate Crimes Investigators Association (BAHCIA) and Community Advisor
to KQED. She is recipient of numerous civil rights awards, which include the Civil
Rights Leadership Award from the California Association of Human Relations Organizations.
Email: Maha@ing.org Web: http://www.ing.org
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
is
Director of Special Projects at Kalliopeia Foundation and the Founder and Director
of the Global Oneness Project, an online film project featuring innovative and
inspiring people from around the world. Prior to starting the Global Oneness Project,
Vaughan-Lee worked on film- and media-based projects that focus on recognizing
our common humanity and interconnectedness. In 2005, he managed the distribution
and marketing for the independent documentary, ONE...The Movie
Email:
info@globalonenessproject.org Web: www.globalonenessproject.org
Michael Wolfe
Co-Founder and President of Unity Productions Foundation, a nonprofit
media organization that works to increase peace by producing documentary films
for broadcast, Web, and theatrical release. He is also a small press publisher
and the author of several books, including a collection of 40 post-9/11 articles
by many writers entitled, Taking Back Islam: American Muslims Reclaim their
Faith, which was awarded a Wilbur Prize for the Best Book of the Year on a
Religious Theme. As writer and producer of a half-hour TV Special for ABC Nightline,
Wolfe was the first American correspondent to report live from Mecca. He writes
an occasional column for Beliefnet.com, an online magazine of the world’s
religions.
Email:
mbw@upf.tv Web: www.20000dialogues.org
Moderater:
Fred
Luskin, PhD
is the author of Forgive for Good and
one of the world's leading researchers and teachers on the subject of forgiveness.
He is the director of the Stanford Forgiveness Project, a series of research projects
that investigate forgiveness methods, and Co-Director of the Stanford-Northern
Ireland HOPE Project that investigate the effectiveness of his forgiveness methods
on the victims of political violence. He is a senior fellow at the Stanford Center
on Conflict and Negotiation and associate professor at the Institute of Transpersonal
Psychology.
Email: learningtoforgive@comcast.net Web:
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C-5
Melek Totah
B.A. in International Relations and M.B.A. in International
Business, is a Palestinian-American. She
was volunteer Chief Financial Officer for the non-profit Grady Community Council
in Atlanta, Georgia, to establish pre-school programs for inner city children,
in senior financial management for Microsoft Corporation and The Gap, and is now
Chief Financial Officer of West Coast Children's Clinic serving psychological
needs of Bay Area youth. Her decade of experience
in Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue includes public education in radio,
TV, and print media. Melek volunteered as program director for the 5th annual
Oseh Shalom~Sanea al-Salam Palestinian-Jewish Family Peacemakers Camp and served
on the Camp's planning committee for the 5 years of its existance.
Email:
melektotah@hotmail.com Web:
Rachel
Eryn Kalish, M.C.,
has over 25 years of experience working with organizations,
families, and communities to transform conflicts, deepen trust and liberate energy
in support of inspired relationships. She has worked in global hot spots, including
the middle-east, is the past president of The Compassionate Listening Project,
and is the facilitator of Project Reconnections, a pioneering intra-community
dialogue focused on the Israeli-Palestinian relationship. She has presented
at the International Conference on Conflict Resolution in Russia.
Email:
TCLPEryn@aol.com Web:
Leah Green, MA
is founder/director of The Compassionate Listening Project.
She holds an MA in Public Policy and completed her coursework for an MA in Middle
Eastern Studies at the University of Washington. Leah has led 22 training delegations
to Israel/Palestine, produced three documentaries about the conflict including
Children of Abraham, and co-founded Jewish-German Compassionate Listening. Her
work has been profiled in numerous books and articles. Leah is a 2003 recipient
of the Yoga Journal's Karma Yoga Award.
Email: leah@compassionatelistening.org Web: www.compassionatelistening.org
Len
Traubman
(see Thursday Opening)
Moderater: Libby
Traubman
(see Thursday Opening)
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS D
Facilitated
Dialogue Groups
EVENING
PLENARY PANEL
"The
Development of Identity: Our Personal and Historical Relationship with The Other"
Maureen
O'Hara, PhD,
is Chair of the Psychology Program
at National University, La Jolla, CA, President Emerita of Saybrook Graduate School,
and President of Humanistic Psychology Div. 32 of the American Psychological Association.
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.
Email: mohara@nu.edu Web:
Sal Nunez, PhD
is founder of the Healthy Drumming Institute
dedicated to the research and clinical advancement of indigenous medicine. He
is adjunct faculty at Saybrook Graduate School Integrative Health Studies and
professor of Health Sciences at City College of San Francisco. He maintains a
clinical and consultation practice at Instituto Familiar De La Raza in San Francisco,
and is currently writing a textbook designed to train advanced graduate students
in Drumming Medicine, Healing Rhythms.
Email: musicpsy@msn.com
Web: http://www.healthydrumming.org
Michael
Nagler, Ph.D.
is
professor emeritus at UC, Berkeley, where he founded the Peace and Conflict Studies
Program and taught nonviolence, meditation and other courses. He also founded
the Metta Center for Nonviolence Education (www.mettacenter.org) and Educators
For Nonviolence (info@efnv.org). He
is the author of The Search for a Nonviolent Future, which won an American
Book Award, and most recently Hope or Terror: Gandhi and the Other 9/11. Michael
lives at the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation and leads retreats on meditation
and nonviolence worldwide. Michael received the 2007 Jamnalal Bajaj International
Award for Promoting Gandhian Values Outside India.
Email: mnagler@igc.org Web: www.michaelnagler.net
Don Edward Beck, PhD,
(see C-1)
Moderaters:
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.
Email: AftabOmer@imaginal.edu Web: www.imaginal.edu
Steve Olweean, MA (see
Thursday Opening)
EVENING EVENTS
(concurrent options):
1)
Theater Image Workshop
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 in Russia.
Email: khannam@evergreen.edu
Shellee Davis, MA
in Psychology, is an educator and registered expressive arts
therapist trained in mediation and conflict resolution. Her teaching focuses on
the transformative power of creativity for personal and political change. She
co-created the Expressive Arts for Healing and Social Change Certificate program
at Saybrook Graduate School with Natalie Rogers, was co-director and faculty at
the Person-Centered Expressive Therapy Institute, and co-founded expressive arts
programs at Wigan-Leigh College, World College West, New College of California
and in Japan. She is an adjunct professor at California Institute of Integral
Studies.
Email: colville@sonic.net Web:
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2)
"Encounter Point" - Film and Interactive Dialogue
Irene Nasser, MA
is Outreach Associate for Just Vision, a nonprofit
organization that uses media and education to raise awareness of under-documented
Palestinian and Israeli joint civilian efforts to resolve conflict nonviolently,
and encourage civic participation in grassroots peacebuilding. Irene recently
co-facilitated a dialogue on Arab-Jewish-American relations in the context of
the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. She has training in facilitation, dialogue,
program evaluation and assessment, trauma management and response, organizing,
as well as experience in program management. Master's from the International Peace
and Conflict Resolution Program at American Univ. in Wash. DC, and BA in Communication
from Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. Irene is the co-author of the forthcoming "Textbooks
as a Vehicle for Segregation and Domination: State Efforts to Shape Palestinian
Israeli's Identities as Citizens" in the Journal of Curriculum Studies
(Vol. 40, 2008). A Palestinian from Israel, she has lived in the US and Israel
and is fluent in Arabic, Hebrew, and English
Email: irene@justvision.org Web:
www.justvision.org
www.encounterpoint.com
Saturday,
September 6
MORNING PLENARY
ROUNDTABLE:
9:00 - 10:45 am
"Interfaith
Harmony and Peace:
The Abrahamic Journey to Peace"
Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
described by The Guardian as "arguably the
West's most influential Islamic scholar," is one of the most recognized Muslims
in both Arab and Western English-speaking countries. He is a scholar, author,
public speaker, and founder of the Zaytuna Institute in Berkeley, California,
which has established an international reputation for presenting a classical picture
of Islam in the West and is dedicated to the revival of traditional study methods
and the sciences of Islam. He has advised various governments about Islam, is
a member of the World Economic Forum, special advisor to the United Nations High
Level committee, The Alliance of Civilizations, and was a discussion leader at
the U.N.'s meeting in Doha.
Email: syed.mubeen@zaytuna.org
Web: www.zaytuna.org
Chaplain
Bruce Feldstein, MD
Trained as an emergency room physician, Chaplain Feldstein now serves
as founder and director of the Jewish Chaplaincy at Stanford University Medical
Center and Adjunct Clinical Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine,
providing spiritual care to patients, families and staff; strengthening community;
and educating doctors, nurses, and volunteers on the value of tending to patients'
spiritual needs. In his unique role melding the medical and spiritual, his work
focuses on incorporating spirituality and meaning in medicine to promote healing
at a deeply human level. In 2007 he became the first recipient of the new Isaac
Stein Award for Compassionate Care, awarded by the Stanford Hospital & Clinics
board of directors in recognition of his outstanding contribution to patient care.
Email:
bfeldstein@stanfordmed.org Web: http://www.stanfordhospital.com/forPatients/patientservices/chaplaincyServices
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Reverend Paul Chaffee
(Photo to come)
Executive Director, Interfaith Center at the Presidio, taught literature at Emory
& Henry College and worked for the National Endowment for the Humanities before
attending Pacific School of Religion. Ordained in the United Church of Christ,
his first parish was Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples, founded in 1944
as an intentional interfaith, interracial congregation. He helped the Interfaith
Center at the Presidio incorporate in 1995, since then he has been its executive
director. His books include Accountable Leadership (1997) and Remembered Light
(2007).
E-Mail: paul@interfaith-presidio.org Web: www.interfaith-presidio.org
Moderaters:
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.
Email: JamesODea@noetic.org Web:
www.noetic.org
Louise
Diamond, Ph.D.
is
a professional peacebuilder who worked for many years in places of violent conflict
around the world. She is an international trainer and conference presenter, as
well as public speaker and author on peace-related subjects. The Peace Book:
108 Simple Ways to Make a More Peaceful World, has over 85,000 copies in distribution.
Louise co-founded The Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (with Amb. John McDonald),
and created The Peace Company as well. She currently has a private consulting
firm called Peace Systems, Inc., where she initiates and supports projects that
help build a culture of peace in our society and around the world.
Email: diamond@louisediamond.com Web: www.louisediamond.com
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
E
Workshops
and Roundtables
Morning 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
E-1
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.
Email: melissa@stirfryseminars.com Web:
www.stirfryseminars.com
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E-2
Leah Green, MA
(see C-5)
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E-3
Imam Zaid Shakir,
MA
in Political Science at Rutgers Univ., BA with honors
in International Relations at American Univ. in Wash. D.C. He is amongst the most
respected and influential Islamic scholars in the West. As an American Muslim
who came of age during the civil rights struggles, he brings sensitivity about
race and poverty issues and scholarly discipline to his faith-based work. While
at Rutgers University he led a successful campaign for disinvestment from South
Africa, and co-founded a local Islamic center, Masjid al-Huda. As Imam of Masjid
al-Islam he spear-headed a community renewal and grassroots anti-drug effort,
and taught political science and Arabic at Southern Connecticut State Univ. He
is a scholar-in-residence and lecturer at Zaytuna Institute, and frequent speaker
at local and national Muslim events
Email: syed.mubeen@zaytuna.org
Web: www.zaytuna.org
Melissa Nelson, PhD
is
a cultural ecologist, writer, educator, researcher, and indigenous rights activist.
She has served as executive director of the Cultural Conservancy for 15 years
and has been an assistant professor of American Indian Studies at San Francisco
State University. Of Ojibwe/Métis/Norwegian heritage, she is an enrolled
member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. Her first edited anthology,
Original Instructions: Indigenous Teachings For A Sustainable Future, was released
in 2008. Her work is dedicated to decolonization and cultural recovery, environmental
protection and restoration, and the revitalization and celebration of community
health and cultural arts.
Email: mknelson@igc.org Web:
www.earthdiver.org
Eleanor Williams-Curry
founded
the “Eleanor Curry Fund for Girls and Young Women” in 1986 to help them
achieve success. Her philosophy is summed up in this quote: “Life is full
of lines drawn to keep people apart, in groups, in neighborhoods, in racial divisions,
in genders. I like to influence erasing such lines.” She has spread her talents
throughout the county—from being a KSOL radio broadcaster, to a professional
mediator, to her active membership on various boards of directors throughout her
community. She says that throughout her life she has loved “discovering new
ways to do things.”
Email: ewilliiams@aol.com Web:
Geshe
Gendun Gyatso (see
C-2)
Moderater:
Sandra Friedman, MS
in
Clinical Psychology, is a founder and the Vice President of the International
Humanistic Psychology Association, and Past President of the Association for Humanistic
Psychology. She has produced numerous psychology conferences, and has presented
workshops on subjects ranging from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and General
Systems Theory to Poetry for Peace. Sandy is cofounder of Turning Point Women's
Counseling Collective and has been honored for her leadership in Job Corps and
for creating “Caring Partners,” a national program which provides advocacy
and compassionate care for nursing home residents in their final days.
Email: sandrafr@aol.com
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E-4
Marc Pilisuk, PhD
is Professor Emeritus in the Dept. of Human and Community
Development at the Univ. of California, Davis, Professor at the Saybrook Graduate
School and Research Center, , past president of the Society for the Study of Peace,
Conflict and Violence, is on the steering committee of Psychologists for Social
Responsibility, and was a founder of the first teach-in. He
has published extensively on such topics as social support networks and health,
care giving, community mental health, conflict resolution, military-industrial
power, social action, globalization, torture, poverty, terrorism and perceptions
of a contaminated world. His most recent book Who Benefits from Global Violence
and War: Uncovering a Destructive System (with Jennifer Achord Rountree) (2008)
exposes the system that perpetuates violence. Marc shares his non-work time as
a caregiver and an activist.
Email: mpilisuk@saybrook.edu Web: www.marcpilisuk.com
Luisah Teish-Bio
is a writer, performer, ritualist, and author of several books,
notably “ Jambalaya: The Natural Woman’s Book of Personal Charms and
Practical Rituals” a women’s spirituality classic. She
is an initiated elder (Iyanifa) in the Ifa/Orisha tradition of the West African
Diaspora, and holds a chieftancy title (Yeye’woro) from the Fatunmise Compound
in Ile Ife, Nigeria. Teish is internationally known for her rituals, writings,
and performances of traditional folklore and re-imagined mythology. She has lectured
and performed in South America, New Zealand, Australia and Europe.
Email: teishsamsac@aol.com
Web: www.luisahteish.com
Lorin Troderman
MBA
earned his MBA in Sustainable Management as a member
of Presidio's Pioneer Cohort before joining YES! in July of 2005 as the Operations
Manager. Together with his wife Jill, Lorin also runs Blue Lotus Goods, a web
based manufacturer and distributor of organic cotton bulk food bags. Lorin served
as the Executive Director of the Santa Cruz Hillel Foundation for six years, and
is a member of the Advisory Council of the Teva Learning Center.
Email:
lorin@yesworld.org Web: www.yesworld.org
Osprey
Orielle Lake
is
an international artist with a lifetime interest in diverse philosophies, indigenous
worldviews and environmental sustainability. One of the world's few female monument
makers working in allegorical images, Osprey is the founder/artist of the International
Cheemah and Mari Monument Projects, which celebrate environmental and multicultural
themes. Osprey appreciates the arts as a critical tool in societal transformation.
Email: wgarden@ix.netcom.com Web: www.cheemahproject.org
Moderater:
Alvaro
Cedeño, JD,
is a Lawyer with
a Masters degree in Peace Studies and Conflict Transformation from the University
of Tromsø, Norway. He has worked for nine years facilitating processes
of intercultural competence building. He is currently the Commercial Counselor
of the Costa Rican Embassy in Beijing, China under president Oscar Arias. He has
presented at the International Conference on Conflict Resolution in Russia and
the Annual International Conference on Engaging The Other.
E-mail:
alvaro.cedeno@gmail.com
________________________________________
E-5
Daniel Tutt, M.A. candidate
is Outreach Coordinator for 20,000 Dialogues, a national interfaith and
cross-cultural dialogue project combining film and discussion for positive social
change, where he develops and leads trainings, builds partnerships, facilitates
dialogue and manages a national program. He is an advisor for groups such as the
Washington Region for Justice and Inclusion, Youth Building Bridges program, United
Religions Initiative, the Muslim Advisory Arts Council of Americans for Informed
Democracy, and board member of the 9/11 Unity Walk, an annual multi-city peace
walk that celebrates America's pluralism and diversity.
Email:
Daniel@upf.tv Web: www.20000dialogues.org
BI-PLENARY
ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS
F
F-1
Andy Noguchi, J.D.
Inspired
by his Japanese American family's and community’s imprisonment in the World
War II internment camps, Andy Noguchi has been an activist since the 1960s. He
has helped lead efforts for Japanese American redress, education about the lessons
of backlash, and recent national reconciliation with the once-ostracized draft
resisters from the internment camps - the largest draft protest in U.S. history.
Following the 1991 Gulf War and 9/11, he has organized support for the Muslim,
Arab, and South Asian American communities, including a joint pilgrimage to the
Manzanar internment camp. He serves as Civil Rights Co-Chair for the Northern
California Japanese American Citizens League (JACL).
Email: andynoguchi@hotmail.com Web:
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 (ADC)- Michigan. He taught
political science in a number of American colleges and is a PhD student in political
science at Wayne State University.
Email: ehsankhatib@hotmail.com Web:
www.adcmichigan.org
-and- www.lifeusa.org
James
Hernandez
works for the City of Concord Police Department
as a Youth Violence Prevention Specialist. He works in schools, detention facilities
and the community at large resolving and mediating conflicts. His approach is
steeped in Existential and Humanistic insight he learned from his mentors, Dr.
Rollo May and Dr. Kirk J. Schneider. Jim's work on the front line of gang violence
for the past 15 years earned him a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.
Email: jhartist53@yahoo.com Web:
Moderaters:
Fred Luskin, PhD
(see
C-4)
Sandra
Friedman, MS (see
E-3)
________________________________________
F-2
Corinne McLaughlin
is a co-founder of
The Center for Visionary Leadership, based in San Rafael, CA and Charlotte, NC,
and co-author of Spiritual Politics and Builders of the Dawn. She
is co-founder of Sirius, an ecological village in Massachusetts, and is a Fellow
of The World Business Academy. Corinne coordinated a national task force for President
Clinton's Council on Sustainable Development and taught politics at American University.
Email: corinnemc@visionarylead.org Web: www.visionarylead.org
Louise Diamond, PhD (see
Saturday A.M. plenary roundtable)
Alvaro
Cedeño, JD (see
E-4)
Tashi Wangdu
(see
E-4)
Moderaters:
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.
Email: JV2work@aol.com Web:
www.politicsoftrust.net/home.php
Gay
Leah (Swenson) Barfield, PhD., Lic.
MFT,
was
a Fellow of Center for Studies of the Person (CSP) for nearly 30 years where she
created one of the first Women's Centers in San Diego, as well as the 22 year
long series of "Living Now" Summer Institutes. With Carl R. Rogers she
co-directed the Carl Rogers Institute for Peace, a CSP project applying person-centered
principles to real and potential international crisis situations, for which Dr.
Rogers was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987. Semi-retired, she continues
to see private clients, mentor and train MA graduate student therapists at the
University of Hawaii in Hilo, as well as write and publish about her experiences
over the past 40 years as a "gatherer," social activist, and stubborn
idealist. Her immediate concern for increasing civil discourse, based on Rogerian
principles, particularly as applied to the political dialogue process, is paramount
among her interests.
Email: okika@aloha.net
EVENING
EVENTS
(concurrent options):
1)
"Bali Institute for Global Renewal"
Email: info@baliinstitute.org Web:
www.baliinstitute.org
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Lyla Johnston
(Photo and Bio to come)
Email:
Web:
Luisah
Teish (see
E-4 )
2)
Osprey Orielle Lake (see
E-4 )
3)
ETO Open Mic :
Sharing Music, Song, and Fun
Video
Addresses by:
US
Representive Dennis Kucinich
Web: www.kucinich.house.gov
President Oscar Arias
is President of Costa
Rica and 1987 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
Email: Web: www.arias.or.cr/index.php?lang=en
Sunday,
September 7
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS H
FINAL
FACILITATED DIALOGUE GROUPS
9:00 am - 10:30 am
ALL-CONFERENCE
ASSEMBLY
10:45
am - 12:30 pm
CONFERENCE CLOSING
12:30
pm - 1:30 pm
(Lunch
Follows)
~
Lunch ~
1:30
- 2:30 pm
Steve
Olweean, MA, 
Deborah Koff-Chapin, B.F.A.
Huston
Smith, PhD 
Marianne Williamson Keynote:
Lionel "Len" Traubman
Elizabeth
"Libby" Traubman
Jean Marc Randin, PhD
Ken Homer
Ryan Feinstein 
Kathleen Oweegon
Lynda Smith 
