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2008  E T O
Presenter  Biographicals

3rd International Conference On
"Engaging The Other:"
The Power of Compassion

September 4-7, 2008  ~  San Francisco (San Mateo) California

    We wish to honor and thank the extraordinary number of exceptional presenters who quickly recognized the vital implications of this topic for the global community, and have stepped forward to help promote and facilitate this important public dialogue. More than 65 presenters have gathered from a variety of backgrounds, cultures, and experiences to promote a rich exchange and cross-fertilization of perspectives. Many have traveled a considerable distance and put aside other pressing priorities to lend their voice, their ears, their experience, and their goodwill in facilitating a shared exploration of what binds and separates us, what is real and what is illusion, and how to recognize the difference in advancing a consciousness of peace.

(In Order of Appearance in the Program)

Thursday, September 4

6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
ETO CONFERENCE OPENING and EVENTS 

Greetings, Conference Mission, and Announcements:

   Steve Olweean, MA,
is founding Director of Common Bond Institute, a co-founder and President of the International Humanistic Psychology Association (IHPA), past
President of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, and a therapist. MA in Clinical Psychology. Treatment focus is on recovery of victims and perpetrators of abuse, trauma recovery, and healing negative belief systems. He has written and presented internationally on concepts of The OTHER and the dynamics of belief systems. Current book project is "Engaging The OTHER." Founder of the Annual International Conference on "Engaging The Other," and co-founder of the International Conference on Conflict Resolution, which has occurred for 15 years and where he has been a frequent presenter.
Email: SOlweean@aol.com
   Web:  www.cbiworld.org   

Touch Drawing Demonstration and Presentation:
   Deborah Koff-Chapin, B.F.A.

has been developing Touch Drawing - a simple yet profound process in which the hands are tools for direct and spontaneous expression - since 1974 and has taught it to people internationally. She is adjunct professor at California Institute of Integral Studies and Wisdom University. Deborah is creator of SoulCards 1 & 2 and author of Drawing Out Your Soul.  
Her wonderful work is available to be viewed at:
 
Email: center@touchdrawing.com   Web: www.touchdrawing.com  

Keynote:

  Huston Smith, PhD 
is holder of 12 honorary degrees, is internationally renowned as the world's leading philosopher, scholar, and author on world religions, and has devoted his life to the study of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Hinduism, all of which he believes in. His book The World's Religions has been the most widely-used textbook on its subject for a third of a century - selling over 2,500,000 copies worldwide. Bill Moyers devoted a 1996 5-part PBS special to his life and work, "The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith." He has produced three series for public television: "The Religions of Man," "The Search for America," and "Science and Human Responsibility," and his films on Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, and Sufism have won awards at international film festivals. His most recent books include The Way Things Are, Why Religion Matters, and Cleansing the Doors of Perception: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and Chemicals. His other books include One Nation Under God: The Triumph of the Native American Church, and Primordial Truth and Postmodern Theology. He has authored over eighty articles in professional and popular journals.
Web:
www.hustonsmith.net/

Keynote:

 Marianne Williamson   Keynote:
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

All-Conference Interactive Dialogue Experience:

   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.
Email: ltraubman@igc.org   Web: www.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 now 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.
Email: ltraubman@igc.org   Web: www.traubman.igc.org/dg-prog.htm

  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: 
 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 

 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

 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. H
e 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

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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)

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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

      
 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


ADDITIONAL PRESENTERS NOT LISTED ABOVE

Additional Dialogue Group Facilitation Team Members:

  Jean Marc Randin, PhD
is a psychologist, psychotherapist, and trainer. He is a board member of the World Association for Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling, managing editor of the Journal ACP Pratique et Recherche, and co-founder and administrator of the Montessori Vevey School in Switzerland. He has presented at the International Conference on Conflict Resolution in Russia.
Email: jmrandin@ifaacp.ch

 Ken Homer
is Founder of Leading Sustainable Conversations, a consultancy focusing on the role of language and conversations - which includes our bodies and emotions - in shaping our daily lives. He is committed to conversation as a path to peace. He was a featured Dialogue Leader at the 2007 RockRose World Forum, and recently hosted an interfaith dialogue among over 100 ordained faith leaders in Louisville, KY. Ken has presented at conferences ranging from The Institute of Noetic Sciences to The Bay Area Organizational Development Network to the National Coalition on Dialogue and Deliberation.

Email: kenhomer@earthlink.net   Web: www.kenhomer.wordpress.com

 Ryan Feinstein
is Director of the Global Youth in Action Programs and on the Executive Board for the Bali Institute for Global Renewal. He has directed/co-hosted the first Global Youth in Action gathering in Bali, May 2006. He has facilitated multi-generational workshops on the empowerment of youth and the role of the younger generations at numerous conferences including Institute of Noetic Sciences, "Asia-Pacific Youth Conference" in Indonesia, "Many Paths to Social Action" at University of California, San Diego, and the "Bali Institute gatherings". Ryan has a BA in International Studies from UCSD.
Email: ryanfeinstein@gmail.com   Web: www.globalyouthinaction.org

  Carol Boone Glaser, MA
has been involved in public and private education and organizational development for 30 years, as a teacher of children and adults, project director, language development specialist, administrator, small business owner, and consultant/trainer. Areas of specialization include curriculum design and development, personal development, team building, conflict resolution, and team-based problem solving. She also uses the Myers-Briggs personality typology. She is currently developing and teaching peer support programs at secondary and community college levels, in addition to her organizational practice, and has presented at the International Conference on Conflict Resolution.   
Email: carolglaser@prodigy.net    Web:                  

   John Glaser, EdD
is Superintendent of Napa Valley Unified School District, has spent his professional life pursuing effective learning in individuals and organizations. He has been involved in organizational development, including conflict resolution, labor relations, research, training, facilitation, and mediation since 1985. Other areas of emphasis include organizational diagnosis, systems design, negotiations, communications, team building, and the cultivation of creative problem solving. John has worked with a wide variety of organizations throughout the United States and Canada, and has presented at the International Conference on Conflict Resolution.
Email: johnglaser@prodigy.net    Web:

On-Site Mediation Team:

 Kathleen Oweegon

is founder of Bridges of Peace in Santa Fe, NM. She serves on the Board of Directors of Children First and the International Institute for Global Leadership. She has been a trainer in communication and leadership skills for over 25 years, working with institutions and in the private sector. Her work is focused on bringing seemingly discordant voices together in collaborations which produce wisdom, growth and harmony, and result in the greatest number of needs being met for the greatest number of people.
She has presented at the International Conference on Conflict Resolution in Russia.
Email: oweegon@bridgesofpeace.com   Web:

 Lynda Smith 
Lynda Smith is a graduate of Bay NVC's Leadership Program and has been teaching NVC throughout the Bay Area in classes and workshops since 2004. She also works with individuals and couples in private sessions and offers one-on-one empathic support to inmates at San Quentin. She is a former newspaper editor (San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, Miami Herald) and a former Waldorf School class teacher.
Email:    Web:


  Sigal Shoham
 (photo to come)
is a trainer for Bay Area Nonviolent Communication (BayNVC). She facilitates introductory evenings, foundations courses, practice groups, organizational trainings as well as assists at retreats. In addition, Sigal is a mediator at San Francisco Small Claims court. She hopes to share the transformation, fun, self-awareness and support that NVC has has brought to her life. She integrates NVC with her career as an actor and playwright.
Email:      Web:

IN-PROCESS EXPERIENCES

"Touch Drawing" Expressive Arts Interpretation of ETO Conference
    Deborah Koff-Chapin
 (see Thursday night Opening)

Tibetan Buddhist Sand Mandala Ritual
Tibetan Buddhist monks from Nyanang Phegyling Monastery in Swayanbhu, Katmandu Nepal: Topten Lama, Chhiring Dorje Sherpa, Nayduk Gurung, and Ram Bahadur Tamang Lama    Web:  www.geshegendun.org

                   

2009 ETO Conference Information:

Main ETO Conference Page
FEES and REGISTRATION
Site and Travel Information
'09 ETO PROGRAM
'09 Presenter Biographicals
and Photos
(to be posted)
Continuing Education Credits (CECs)

Press Room
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