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
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Chaplain
Bruce Feldstein, MD
(photo to come)
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)
________________________________________
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
Steve
Olweean, MA, 
Deborah Koff-Chapin, B.F.A.
Huston
Smith, PhD 
Marianne Williamson Keynote:
Lionel "Len" Traubman
Elizabeth
"Libby" Traubman