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In
the midst of frustration, impasse, and animosity,
there is another story of practical
hope and healing....
A new annual multi-disciplinary conference series
promoting support for successful peace programs
in Israel and Palestine
Endorsed
by:
universities and organizations internationally
Official
Partner of
Charter For Compassion &
Parliament
of World's Religions
Bringing
together existing exemplary and successful best practices for
ending the conflict in the Middle East, from programs in each
society to compelling joint efforts by partners from all sides
Need:
1) The general
public and key decision and policy makers have little awareness of both
the common communal trauma experiences of the parties in conflict, and
existing best practices and successful models for healing trauma, bridging
the divide, and ending the conflict in Israel and Palestine, as well
as organizations with a track record in doing this work.
2) These same model organizations
are experiencing severely limited and declining financial and human
resources required to continue and accomplish their work, at the very
time of escalating tensions that demands redoubling and expanding all
effective efforts.
3) There is a chronic, growing
sense of dismay, powerlessness, and fatality in the Middle East and
general global public, largely promoted by lack of knowledge of models
that work and a media focus on animosity and small group extremists
on all sides who fuel polarity and monopolize the pubic stage.
Purpose:
1)
To bring together representatives of existing, exemplary,
and successful best practices for healing and ending the
conflict in the Middle East, from programs in each society to
compelling joint efforts by partners from all sides.
2) To share successful
models and methods, address intergenerational trauma,
victim identities, and challenges faced, and explore
possibilities for mutual support, strategic cooperation,
and action planning.
3) To raise global
public awareness of these successful models for peace and
healing as an antidote to widespread misunderstanding, and to
promote strong public influence for support of these
efforts.
Format and Content:
By design,
the conference focuses on engaged dialogue and deliberation
by all participants, highlighting successful, practical
models represented, and promoting action planning
to support, advance, and expand them. Prepared presentations
(workshops, topical panels, and keynotes) provide
specific learning and stimulus for processing in facilitated
dialogue and action planning groups woven throughout
each day. Conference components:
- Break-out
sessions of Workshops & Practical Presentations
- Topical
Roundtables
- Daily
Conference-wide Facilitated Dialogue and
Action Planning Groups
- Keynote
Speakers
- Virtual
Participation from other countries
- Rich Networking for Cooperation on Applications
- Cultural
Events and Performances
- Multi-cultural Community
- Displays
Virtual Participation:
In addition to on-site presenters, key individuals
and groups of participanys from other countries will
be Skyped into the conference for real-time, 2-way participation
during plenary sessions.
To
underscore existing possibilities for peace, the conference is held
at WASNS - a setting of practical hope and healing that is
a remarkable 40 year model for successful reconciliation, co-existence,
and harmony in the heart of this region of conflict.
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Donate to our Subsidy Fund ~
to help students and participants
from developing communities attend |
