Friday,
November
19
On-Site
Registration and Check-in Opens at 8:30 am
ETO CONFERENCE OPENING and
EVENTS
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Greeting, Mission, Announcements
Steve Olweean,
MA
Keynote and Special Acknowledgement:
Huston Smith,
PhD
Charter for Compassion:
The Next Steps
Four Years. Go
Mark Dubois
All-Conference
Interactive Dialogue Experience
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Lunch ~
11:30 - 12:45 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
A
Workshops and Roundtables
Afternoon 12:45 - 2:00
pm
A 1:
"Compassionate
Listening: Healing Our World from the Inside Out"
To encounter The Other with compassion
we must embrace the other within ourselves, cultivate self compassion.
and then open our heart and listen with 'spiritual ears' - discovery
that an enemy is someone whose story we haven't heard. You will be introduced
to Five Core Practices of Compassionate Listening:
- Cultivating Compassion for ourselves and others;
- Developing the Fair Witness by remaining open in conflict situations;
- Respecting Self and Others by developing boundaries which protect
yet include;
- Listening with the Heart - allow divergence and find a deeper point
of connection;
- Speaking from the Heart with language which reflects a healing intention.
Susan Partnow, MA, Leah Green,
MA,
____________________________________________
A 2:
"Inclusion:
The Role of Ceremony and Compassion in Preserving Indigenous Wisdom
Traditions"
Examines core values in Indigenous cultures threatened with decimation
- and how creating a ceremonial space for healing has had far-reaching
effect. Featuring traditions of the Hopi, Lacandón Maya and Quechua
peoples, we seek to dissipate the illusion of "Other" and
extend a blessing toward "Inclusion."
Carla Woody, M.A. Harold Joseph,
M.B.A
____________________________________________
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
B
Workshops and Roundtables
Afternoon 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm
B 1:
"LAP-In@
Engaging the Other: Running LAPs around the Power of Compassion"
LAP is a language and process for circling
up and fulfilling needs and aspirations in ways that enhance the chances
for next generations. LAP-In is Open Invitation to Open Heart Open Mind
Open Space Open Source Open Game. We will LAP it up
Max Gail, Chris Kaul
____________________________________________
B 2:
"The
Ecology and Economics of Compassion"
How compassion and empathy-based disciplines and professions
can use a Triple Bottom Line model to address contemporary ecological,
cultural, political, and economic crises. The format will combine Keynote
presentation of basic concepts with interactive dialogue and discussion.
Arthur Warmoth, Ph.D., Skip Robinson,
Ph.D.
____________________________________________
B
3:
"Reclaiming ‘Others’,
and even Ourselves, ‘AS IS’, + Countering Stereotyping, especially
Islamophobia"
We often disown ‘Others’, as well as parts of ourselves. Exploring
appearance-ism (appearance-based judgments of ourselves and others),
Anya shares strategies to become allies, even to ourselves, and cross
barriers into one another’s lives and living rooms, with emphasis
on overcoming today’s anti-multiculturalist, Islamophobic climate
Anya Cordell
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS C
Facilitated
Dialogue Groups
(Conference-wide break-out groups)
Afternoon 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
(All participants self-select one of several concurrent dialogue
groups)
Opportunity for all participants to engage in open agenda
dialogues to process the conference, share learning, explore concepts
and related issues, network, and brainstorm practical applications and
collaboration. Dialogue groups are viewed as the engines of the conference
experience where collaboration and application most emerge. In
addition to facilitators, scribes in each group record content highlights.
Information is compiled and posted to CBI's web blog, allowing participants
an evolving overview of what is brewing in the community from day to
day to promote deeper dialogue as the conference progresses. The information
is also included in conference proceedings and outcomes, and utilized
for future cooperation and planning.
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Dinner ~
5:00 - 6:30 pm
EVENING PLENARY
PANEL
and
Dialogue Cafe
6:30 - 8:30 pm
"The Role of Compassion and Empathy in
Cultural Transformation"
Maureen O'Hara, PhD, Barry Spector,
Shepherd Bliss,D.Min., Larry Robinson
Moderator: Aftab Omer, PhD
Cultures transform through engaging otherness. During cultural
crises, the challenges of engaging otherness are urgent and critical.
Panelists will explore, from different perspectives, the facilitative
role of empathy and compassion within the crucible of cultural transformation.
* Session will include
dialogue breakout groups to involve all participants in processing this
panel.
Dialogue Group Facilitator: Susan
Partnow
EVENING EVENTS
(concurrent options)
8:30 - 9:45 pm
1) Evening
Open Mic & Performance:
Sharing
Music and Song
Max
Gail and Chris Kaul
2)
Film
and Dialogue
Film
showing followed by a facilitated discussion
Ruth
Broyde Sharone
Saturday,
November
20
Morning Yoga Session
8:00 - 9:00 am
(bring your own floor mat)
Gabriella Yates, MA
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS D
Workshops and Roundtables
Morning 9:30 am - 10:45 am
D-1:
"Transforming
Enemy Images with Nonviolent Communication"
We tend to have "enemy" images of others when our needs
are critically unmet and when we don't see the human expression in the
other person's actions. Connecting to another person with empathy humanizes
them to us and makes it more possible to create connection.
Meganwind Eoyang
____________________________________________
D-2: "Turning
Towards The Necessary Conversation: Otherness And The Organizational
Shadow"
This workshop will address the issue
of how organizations and communities harm their members. Through an
examination of cases, demonstration and experiential processes we will
learn how to recognize the signs and engage with the paradox of virtue
and malignancy in well intentioned organizations.
Maureen O'Hara,
PhD, Aftab
Omer,
PhD
____________________________________________
D-3: "Media
and the Truth Emergency: Understanding the Other"
In this panel, scholars from Political Science, Sociology, and
Media Studies will roundtable on several facets of the "truth emergency"
as related to portrayals of the other. Specific topics include media
framing of global nonviolent struggles (in Burma, Palestine, and Iran),
media portrayals of Muslims and Islam, latent (and not-so-latent) racism
underscoring the "tea party" phenomenon and it's enablers
in media, and systematic disinformation about concepts such as freedom
and democracy.
Cynthia Boaz, Peter Phillips, Mickey Huff, Lisa Maldonado, Tony Kashani,
Michael Nagler
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
E
Workshops and Roundtables
Morning 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
E-1:
"Unmet
needs are the root causes of conflicts"
In our current modern life, we tend to fulfill our needs regardless
of the "other's" needs. Unmet needs often lead to a growing
sense of injustice which leads to different kinds of reactions including
violent ones. Bullying, bigotry and hate acts are all reactions to unmet
needs. Transforming destructive relationships between and among communities
in conflict to more constructive ones is possible. Adopting models of
conflict transformation and facilitation to bring about an understanding
of the root causes of violent behaviors and to change the dynamics of
such behavior has worked in the past, now and will in the future.
Huda Abu Arqoub, Tessa Bitterman, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Guerra,
Marissa Howser, Kaitlin Locascio, Celeste Wilson, Zoe Rudow
____________________________________________
E-2: "Trauma
and Resilience: Healing the Victim-Perpetrator Cycle"
Stanley
Krippner,
PhD.,
Howard Whitehouse
PhD, Tato Torres,
PhD.,
____________________________________________
E-3: "Transpartisan
Upwising…A Grassroots Evolution!"
How can we create enlightening conversations
that bridge political divisions? How can we keep our minds and hearts
open when we hear strong views of ‘The Other’ that contradict
some of our most deeply held beliefs? How can we transform emotions
like anger, fear, sadness, helplessness and hopelessness into dynamic
power for the good? Are there ways to unify around principle and not
lose our individual or tribal identity? These are some of the questions
that will be addressed in this experiential session intended to confront
your assumptions, stretch your worldview, give you practical tools for
engaging “the other.” You will hear the story of Transpartisan-Seattle’s
year long experiment. We hope you’ll leave inspired to go
home and invite others into citizen experiments of political reconciliation
and innovation in your community.
Susan Partnow, Joseph McCormick, Franca Baroni
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Lunch ~
12:15 - 1:30 pm
SESSIONS
F
PLENARY
PANEL
and
Dialogue Cafe
Afternoon 1:30 - 3:30 pm
"Communal Wounds and Victim Identities
that Contribute to Us & Them"
Grieving is a fundamentally necessary human process
meant to achieve a final healing, reconciliation, trust, and renewal.
Do some of our most profound and revered memorials, heroes, and martyrs
tie cultural identity and loyalty to tragic loss, retribution, and conflict
that is transmitted from one generation to another, or do they nurture
a consciousness of peace and compassion that can be shared with our
tribe as well as humanity as a whole? If the former, how does this inhibit
healing communal wounds and reconciliation with the world around us,
perpetuate continuous victim identity and a slippery slope of just retribution
that fuels negative images of Us and Them into future generations?
What does it take to see and acknowledge even The Other's community
in this shared dilemma of mutually reflected victim identity, and particularly
when we represent the perpetrator identity to each other?
What are healthy alternatives individuals and a society can purposely
create, and can we learn from and help each other along the way to make
a better future for our children?
Gadi Kenny, Sulaiman Khatib, David Shilo, Nehama Dar, Huda Abu Arqoub
Moderator:
Steve Olweean, MA,
* Session will include dialogue
breakout groups to involve all participants in processing this panel.
Dialogue Group Facilitator: Susan Partnow
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS G
Facilitated
Dialogue Groups
(Conference-wide break-out
groups)
Afternoon 3:45 - 5:00 pm
(All participants self-select one of several themed dialogue groups)
(* See full description in SESSION
C)
~
Dinner ~
5:00 - 6:30 pm
EVENING PLENARY
PANEL
and Dialogue Cafe
6:30 - 8:30 pm
"The New 'Problem Identities': Implications
of the Ground Zero Controversy For American Ideals Of Religious Freedom"
Harold Joseph, Anya Cordell, Sister Elizabeth Padilla BK, Guo Cheen,
Aisha Morgan
Moderator:
Ruth Broyde Sharone
* Session will include
dialogue breakout groups to involve all participants in processing this
panel.
Dialogue Group Facilitator: Susan
Partnow
EVENING EVENTS
(concurrent options)
8:30 - 9:45 pm
1)
Evening Open Mic & Performance:
Sharing
Music and Song
Max
Gail and Cris Kaul
2)
Film
and Dialogue
Film
showing followed by a facilitated discussion
Ruth
Broyde Sharone
Sunday,
November 21
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
H
Workshops and Roundtables
Morning 9:30 am - 10:45 am
H-1: "Let's
Get Real about Racism"
Examine the fears and stereotypes preventing us from having truly open
and authentic conversations and relationships. Explore through guided
questions what people of color can't say and whites are afraid to ask.
Learn to effectively and compassionately communicate cross-culturally.
Lee Mun Wah, M.A., M.S.
____________________________________________
H-2:
"Abraham's
Vision"
Abraham's Vision programs
aim to create spaces for both personal and collective growth, helping
students gain new understandings of the roles they play in international
and national conflicts, and how this relates to their political and
social identities. Moving beyond the stage of practical peace agreements,
or "beyond bridges," we challenge participants to look at
long-term solutions to end inter-communal conflict, transforming societies
into their true potential.
Huda Abu Arqoub, Sumayyah Naguib, Oz Fishman
ALL
CONFERENCE OPEN SPACE:
BRINGING THE CONFERENCE
HOME
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
We will spend time in Open Space to reflect and integrate the learnings
from the conference, consider action plans, develop networks, share
resources and ways to collaborate, as we find ways to put the principles
we've learned and considered into practice in our lives, our work, and
our communities.
11:00 - 1:00: Opening Circle, Review
of dialogue group materials,
Breakout sessions, and Transition
1:00 - 2:00: Conference
Closing Circle
Susan
Partnow,
MA,
Jeff Aitken, Lisa Floyd
Final Words Of Refection, Insight, Inspiration, and Farewell
Steve Olweean
(Lunch
Follows)
____________________________________
~
Networking Late Lunch ~
2:00 - 3:30 pm
(a final time to break bread together
to explore networking, collaboration,
and next steps beyond the conference)
FACILITATORS
and MEDIATORS
Maria
Hess
Max
Gail
Jeff
Richardson Chris
Kaul
Ruth
Sharone Cuo
Cheen
Special
Features of the
2010 ETO Conference
IN-PROCESS
EXPERIENCES
Facilitated
Dialogue Breakout Groups,
Tibetan
Buddhist Sand Mandala Ritual -
a fascinating
spiritual, cultural, and artistic event,
and a unique art
exhibit.
Geshe Gendun Gyatso
Final
Open Space Process
__________________________
Evening Social-Cultural Events,
Film
Showing,
and Dialogues
Morning Yoga
Sessions
Internet Conference
Blog
In-Process
Internet Blog to post dialogue group content.
Rich Networking
and Action Planning
Intentional
Cross-Cultural Community
Displays
(*Additional
Display Space Available)
__________________________
Guidelines
For Dialogue
The
ETO Conference strives to promote an inclusive, compassionate dialogue
that honors different personal experiences, perspectives, and stories,
while allowing for better expressing and listening to each other as
we work together toward understanding and harmony. Our intention is
to create an open venue where we can engage meaningfully and invite
in a public dialogue that brings our collective wisdom to bear in
exploring sometimes difficult issues that effect us all. We ask all
participants to assist us by carrying and expressing this intent throughout
the conference.
NonViolent Communication Guidelines:
Unique Assumptions—NVC begins by assuming that we are
all compassionate by nature and that violent strategies—whether
verbal or physical—are learned behaviors taught and supported
by the prevailing culture. It also assumes that we all share the same,
basic human needs, and that all actions are a strategy to meet one
or more of these needs.
While NVC is much more than a communication model, the components
below provide a structural concept of the process that leads to giving
and receiving from the heart.
Honestly Expressing how I am and what I would like without
using blame, criticism or demands
Empathically Receiving how another is and what he/she would
like without hearing blame, criticism or demands
Whether expressing or receiving, NVC focuses our attention on four
pieces of information:
Observations—Objectively describing what is going on
without using evaluation, moralistic judgment, interpretation or diagnosis
Feelings—Saying how you feel (emotions and body sensations)
about what you have observed without assigning blame
Needs—The basic human needs that are or not being met
and are the source of feelings
Requests—Clear request for actions that can meet needs
