Friday,
October 27
Michael Nagler, PhD (See
Institiute-4)
Morning Meditation
Maureen
O'Hara, PhD,
Keynote
is Chair of the Psychology Program at National University, La
Jolla, CA and President Emerita of Saybrook Graduate School. 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.
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS A
A-1:
Hemlata
Pokharna, PhD
is Director of Journeys of Life, which promotes health, wholeness
and disease prevention. She is a researcher at the University of Chicago.
Born in India, she received religious instruction from Jain monks
and nuns emphasizing inner peace and self discipline. She received
extensive training at the Gestalt Institute, the Center for Nonviolent
Communication, the Focusing Institute, and training in Alternatives
to Violence, Conflict Resolution and Mediation. She serves on the
Executive Board of Council for the Parliament of World Religions,
is a member of Jaina Interfaith committee, Vice chair of Play for
Peace board and serves on the board of Health and Happiness.
She has presented at the International Conferences
on Conflict Resolution.
Web:
www.journeysoflife.org
Mandakini Pokharna, MD
Practices Internal Medicine in Chicago.
She has trained at the Center of Nonviolent Communication and the
Focusing Institute. She serves as a team leader at work and also served
on the board of Health and Happiness.
Hema and Manda are sisters. Their mission as Jain Indian women and
scientists is to educate, inspire and empower people in the world
to discover healthy and harmonious ways of being with themselves and
being together in the Journey of Life.
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A-2:
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.
Web: www.stanleykrippner.com
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A-3:
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.
Web: www.stirfryseminars.com
John
Boiano
is Founding Director, Pulse Integration/Diversity Conversations is
a dynamic motivational facilitator with a unique Zen, or "leadership
from behind" style. John's focus is creating emotionally safe
environments in educational, corporate and other settings by bringing
to the leaders an awareness of compassion, diversity and personal
value.
Web: www.diversityconversations.com/FounderDirectorInfo.html
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A-4:
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.
Web: www.nswas.com
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CONCURRENT
SESSIONS B
Facilitated Dialogue Groups
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CONCURRENT
SESSIONS C
C-1
Zeitouna
group members
Photo by dan
white @danwhite.com
Irene Butter, PhD
in economics from
Duke Univ. and Professor emerita
at Univ. of Michigan, School of Public
Health. Born in Berlin, she grew up as a Jewish child in Nazi-occupied
Europe when her family was deported to two German concentration camps
in the early 1940's. Her Father did not survive. Before her arrival
in the US in 1945 she spent almost one year in a displaced persons
camp in Algiers. She has been involved
in peace and justice projects for most of her life, including a focus
on coexistence in the Middle East, spearheaded a group that founded
the Univ. of Michigan Raoul Wallenberg Medal and Lecture series, and
is co-founder of Zeitouna, a group of Arab and Jewish Women working
for Peace and Justice among the Arab and Jewish peoples.
Wadad Abed
is Director of Marketing at CIMdata consulting
firm, on the boards of the University Musical Society (UMS), the Arab
Community Center for Economic & Social Services (ACCESS), and
the Arab American Organization (AAO) of Ann Arbor, and a cofounder
of Bustan al-Funun Foundation for Arab Arts in America, which promotes
understanding and appreciation between Americans and the Arab world.
Born in Nablus, Palestine, she has been involved with peace and social
justice issues internationally, with a focus on the Middle East.
Laurie White,
is a psychotherapist, community activist, author, ("Take
Care of Yourself: A Young Person's Guide to Understanding, Preventing,
and Healing From the Hurts of Child Abuse"), song writer,
and documentary film maker. She was one of the team that produced
Michael Moore's "Roger and Me", and her most current
work is "Refusing To Be Enemies: The
Zeitouna Story." When she isn't engaged in
tikkun olam (the repairing of the world), she is a serious student
of yoga, and lover of dance, drumming, travel, food, the natural world,
and family of friends (not necessarily in that order).
Web: www.zeitounamovie.org/the-project.html
Huda
Karaman Rosen,
is a Palestinian born and raised in Haifa, and has been an advocate
for social justice and peace efforts. Her activism includes promoting
civil rights in the US, supporting the struggle to end Apartheid in
South Africa, bringing attention to the plight of the Palestinians
in their struggle for justice and freedom, and promoting peaceful
coexistence of the Jews and Palestinians in Israel/Palestine. Huda
is retired from the health and education fields, but continues as
a volunteer in both areas. Huda is a member of Zeitouna, and co-founder
of Bustan al-Funun Foundation for the Arab Arts in America.
Leonore
Gerstein,
was born in 1940 in Massachusetts to parents committed
to social justice and Zionism, Leonore lived with her family on kibbutz
Ein Hashofet for five years during the nineteen-fifties. She received
her BA from Hebrew University in Jerusalem and holds Masters in both
English Literature and Speech-Language Pathology. Now retired from
clinical work, she teaches poetry appreciation occasionally and enjoys
supporting community projects reflecting her values. She has two children
and three grandchildren.
and
other Zeitouna group members
Web: www.zeitouna.org
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C-2
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.
Web: www.noetic.org/about/president.cfm
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C-3
Maggie
Herzig
is
a Founding Associate of the Public Conversations Project and a member
of the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation. She is co-author,
with Laura Chasin, of Fostering Dialogue Across Divides and with Mitch
Chanin of a guide for intra-Jewish dialogue entitled Constructive
Conversations about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
Web: www.publicconversations.org
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C-4
Najah
Bazzy, RN
is a Transcultural
Nurse Clinical Specialist and a Diversity Specialist with 25 years
specializing in the area of transcultural health care. She has an
extensive background in critical care nursing with a special expertise
in Arab and Muslim health care, beliefs, and practices. She is CEO
of Diversity Specialists and Transcultural Health Care Solutions.
She is also the Executive Director and Founder of Zaman International,
a non-profit humanitarian organization which provides “hope for
humanity”.
Web: www.zamaninternational.org/
Robert
Oppenheimer, PsyD
in psychology from Michigan School of Professional
Psychology, is Director of school and community programs for The Growing
Tree Program. He has worked as a psychologist and prevention specialist
in the Detroit area for 25 years, and has developed a person-centered
approach to prevention programming for students pre-school through
high school focused on helping children and youth develop personal
goals, life skills and inter-personal skills. He worked with Ruth
Sanford and others on staff of the Experiencing Diversity Workshops.
He has presented at the International Conference on Conflict Resolution,
the Association for the Development of the Person Centered Approach
and The Eastern Psychological Association.
Web: www.GrowingTreeProgram.org
Jehan
Olweean, MA
in Special Education from Eastern
Michigan University, has taught special education for over 6 years
to a broad spectrum of special needs students in Garden City, Michigan.
Her mission has been to bring dignity, respect, and self-empowerment
into the classroom, while inspiring students to reach their fullest
potential and highest self esteem. A fundamental aspect of her commitment
is to advocate for special needs students to receive the recognition,
appreciation, and rights they deserve. She has presented at the International
Conference on Conflict Resolution in St. Petersburg, Russia, and participated
in professional conferences of the Association for Humanistic Psychology
and the Kiwanis Club
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Cheryl Ware El-Amin, MSW
is currently completing her doctorate at Walden University. She has
worked since 1994 as a school social worker in the Detroit schools.
She is interested in strength based assessment and treatment, cultural
competence specializing in the integration of spirituality in practice,
and African-centered and Islamic perspectives in social work practice.
Dizzy
Warren, MA
is the Executive Director of the National Resource Center for
the Healing of Racism (NRCHR) located in downtown Battle Creek, Michigan.
The NRCHR provides a full range of training and consulting services
to assist individuals, groups and organization address issues of race.
Ms. Warren has over 15 years of executive management experience in
the areas of nonprofit management, government, media, and education.
In addition, Ms. Warren has a Bachelors of Business Administration,
a Masters of Arts in Psychology, and she is currently completing a
doctoral degree in Ethical Leadership at Olivet Nazarene University.
Web: www.nrchr.org/
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CONCURRENT
SESSIONS D
Facilitated
Dialogue Groups
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EVENING
PLENARY PANEL
"The Psychology,
Sociology, Culture, and Neurology of The Other"
Sam Keen, PhD, (see
Institute - 1)
Maureen O'Hara, PhD, (see
Friday Morning keynote)
Michael Nagler, PhD, (see
Institute - 4)
Gay
Leah (Swenson) Barfield,
PhD., Lic. MFT,
was
a Fellow of Center for Studies of the Person for nearly 30 year where
she created one of the first Women's Centers in San Diego and the
Living Now Institute. With Carl R. Rogers she directed the Carl Rogers
Institute for Peace, a project applying person-centered principles
to real and potential crisis situations. Currently semi-retired, she
continues to offer workshops internationally, mentor young therapists
and is writing about her experiences over the past 40 years as a "gatherer,"
social activist and stubborn idealist.
Sharif
Abdullah, JD
(BA in Psychology, Clark University; juris doctor, Boston University)
is a leading proponent and catalyst for inclusive
social, cultural and spiritual transformation. He is currently founder
and president of Commonway Institute, dedicated to the creation of
a society that is in line with our deepest spiritual values - a society
that works for all. He has written The Power of One: Authentic
Leadership in Turbulent Times and Creating a World That Works
for All - winner of the Book of the Year Award (Current Events)
from the Independent Book Publishers Association. His work on humanistic
globalization has taken him to over two dozen countries and every
continent, including peace building efforts in Sri Lanka. He
has presented at the International Conferences on Conflict Resolution.
Web: www.commonway.org
Moderated by James O'Dea, Ph.D (see
C-2)
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EVENING
EVENTS
(concurrent options):
Film Showing: "Refusing
To Be Enemies"
The Zeitouna Women's Group
(see
C-1)
Saturday,
October 28
Michael
Whitty, PhD Morning
Meditation
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Keynote
US Congressman John Conyers
is the second most senior member
in the US House of Representatives, now in his 21st term in representing
Michigan. He is the recipient of many awards for leadership, including
a Southern Christian Leadership Conference Award presented to him
by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and has been in the vanguard of the
civil rights and human rights movements throughout his career. In
the midst of recent policies resulting in polarization and "Us
and Them" mentality - both at home and internationally, he has
been a central driving force in the US government for promoting an
appreciation of diversity, upholding the protection of human rights,
and advancing peace and understanding in the world.
Web: www.house.gov/conyers/
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CONCURRENT
SESSIONS E
E 1:
Sharif Abdullah, JD (see
Saturday evening plenary panel)
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E 2:
Karen
Valencic
is President of Spiral Impact. She has been helping people
work together for 15 years. She is a degreed mechanical engineer,
a black belt in the martial art, aikido; adjunct Faculty at Butler
University and the Center for Servant Leadership, and former Board
President of CIASTD.
Web: www.karenvalencic.com
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E 3:
Maureen O'Hara, Ph.D
(see Friday morning Keynote)
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.
Web: www.imaginal.edu
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E
4:
Brenda
Rosenberg - Reuniting
The Children of Abraham
was the first woman senior vice president of fashion merchandizing
and marketing for Hudson's Department stores in Detroit Michigan,
and later for Federated Allied Department Stores. Since 9/11 Brenda
has become a champion for inter faith, inter cultural and inter racial
understanding. As executive producer of "Reuniting the Children
of Abraham toolkit 4 peace" she has spoken at numerous churches,
mosques, synagogues and schools throughout Michigan, across the country
and overseas. She was the first woman, and first Jewish person, to
deliver a Ramadan sermon in metro Detroit's Islamic community.
Web: thechildrenofabrahamproject.org
Imad
Hamad
is the Regional Director and Senior National Advisor for
Public Affairs of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
(ADC), the premier civil rights organization in the nation on behalf
of Arab Americans. He is a long time community advocate, who has fought
for the cause of civil rights and justice, and has been an active
bridge builder between communities for many years.
Web: www.adcmichigan.org
Alicia Villareal, BA
has a degree in Business and is a current Master Public Administration
candidate at University of Michigan. President & CEO of Latino
Family Services serving the Latino population and residents of Southwest
Detroit, and a long time community activist in Southwest Detroit.
She has been recognized as one of Michigan's most influential Hispanics,
received a number of awards for community leadership and service,
recently appointed by Governor Granholm to the Michigan Commission
of Spanish Speaking Affairs, and serves on various leadership and
advisory councils in the Detroit region.
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E 5:
Kate
Runyon,
BFA,
is the Interim Executive
Director of the Triangle Foundation. Previous to this, she was the
Program Director for the American Friends Service Committee’s
LGBT Issues Program in Michigan. She has a BFA in Ceramics from Wittenberg
University in Ohio. She has served in the Peace Corps, directed an
Episcopal Outreach to LGBT people and allies, and worked with the
National Conference for Community and Justice. She serves on the board
of the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights.
Web: www.afsc.org/about/default.htm
Jim
Toy, MSW,
is
a Chinese-White gay-male American, was the first queer person in Michigan
to come out of the closet publicly, during his impromptu speech at
an anti-Vietnam-War rally in Kennedy Square, Detroit, in April 1970.
. He holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work (Interpersonal
Practice) from the University of Michigan and serves as a pro bono
counselor and therapist.
Rachel
Crandall, MSW,
is Co-founder (1997), Director, Executive Director
of TransGender Michigan, "notorious rabble rouser", Facilitator
of Gender Non-conformist group and MSU Transgender group, Vice President
of Lansing Association for Human Rights (LAHR), HRC & Prism award
winner, Founder of Michigan LGBT Disability Coalition, Director of
Triangle Pride PAC Committee, Chair of HRC Michigan Diversity Committee,
Director of Project YES of Michigan, Faculty Adjunct MSU School of
Social Work, & Transgender therapist
Johnny
Jenkins, BA
Johnny (JyObadele)
is the current Creative Director/Principle of NoirAmeria, a Detroit-based
design communication studio. He is a graduate of Western Michigan
University's Haworth College of Business. He is the founding father
and current Director of the Black Pride Society - producers of Detroit's
annual Hotter Than July; Midwest Coordinator of the International
Federation of Black Prides in Washington-DC; and Co-producer of the
historic Homophobia In Detroit Town Hall Series.
Dawn
Wolfe, MFA,
Director of Communications,
joined Triangle Foundation as the agency’s first Director of
Communications in November 2006. Before joining Triangle Dawn was
a staff writer at Between The Lines, Michigan’s GLBT newspaper.
Dawn holds a Bachelor of Liberal Arts from the University of Detroit
Mercy and was in Bowling Green State University’s MFA program
in poetry when she was hired away from the arts by Between The Lines.
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BI-PLENARY
SESSIONS F
F 1:
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Imam
Mohammed Mardini
is
a prominent and esteemed spiritual leader, spokesperson, and imam
of the American Muslim Center in Dearborn, Michigan.
Marilyn
(Chief Woman Among Chiefs) Youngbird, NAHHP,
is a Native American Holistic Health Practitioner, educator, lecturer,
& facilitator, and has a BA in Anthropology/Psychology. She conducts
diverse cross-cultural sensitivity training seminars and the practical
applications of traditional Native American health care nationally
and internationally, and has presented at the International
Conference on Conflict Resolution.
Anna
Rodina, PhD,
is a professor of department of Psychological Aid, Hertzen State Pedagogical
University, St. Petersburg, Russia, and teaching faculty and dean
of International School for Psychotherapy, Counseling and Group Leadership
(HARMONY Institute for Psychotherapy and Counseling). She has worked
with children with cancer and their parents using art-therapy, and
has been part of HARMONY Institute's treatment and rehabilitation
service to vicarium trauma victims of Beslan in Russia. She has presented
at the International Conferences on Conflict Resolution.
Web: www.inharmony.spb.ru
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.
Web: 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 ow 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.
Web: traubman.igc.org/dg-prog.htm
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F 2:
Jeffrey
Mishlove, Ph.D.,
is dean of consciousness studies at the University of Philosophical
Research. He is former host and producer of the national public television
series Thinking Allowed, has hosted radio talk shows, is president
of The Intuition Network, and is an artist. He is author of The
PK Man, The Roots of Consciousness and Psi Development Systems.
Web: www.williamjames.com
Osprey
Orielle Lake
one
of the world’s few female allegorical monument makers, is the
founder and artist of the International Cheemah and Mari Monument
Projects, dedicated to cultural diversity and the environment. Lake,
a long-time student of indigenous worldviews has taught and lectured
internationally. Her work explores how images and stories influence
our relationship to different cultures and nature.
Web: www.cheemahproject.org
Osama
Siblani
is editor of the Arab American News. He was born in Beirut,
Lebanon in 1955, and came to the United States in 1976 to pursue his
education. He completed hi B.S.S. in electrical engineering in 1979
at the University of Detroit, and in 1980 assumed the position of
Vice President at Energy International, Inc., a major import-export
firm dealing with the Middle East. He held this position until he
began The Arab American News in 1984.
Web: www.arabamericannews.com
David
Crumm
is best known
as a journalist for more than 30 years, specializing mainly in reporting
on the impact of faith and culture on people's daily lives. Since
the mid 1980s, he has reported across the U.S. and occasionally from
other parts of the world for the Detroit Free Press and its wire services.
In 2006, his weekly column on everyday spirituality won the annual
Wilbur Award for "Best Column on Religion in a Major Newspaper."
In 2007, Crumm and a team of media professionals launched the www.ReadTheSpirit.com
Web hub and related publishing projects through which they are exploring
emerging themes in spiritual media, promoting cultural diversity and
are helping men and women make their own spiritual connections.
Web: www.readthespirit.com
Nadia
Fadel, JD
is a graduate of
the University of Detroit-Mercy School of Law, joined the ADC-Michigan
team in June of 2006 and currently serves as the Director of Policy
& Community Affairs. Ms. Fadel also earned certifications in Mediation
and Dispute Resolution while she studied Intercultural Mediation &
Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Humboldt University
School of Law in Berlin, Germany.
Web: www.adcmichigan.org
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CONCURRENT
SESSIONS G
G 1:
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.
Web: www.politicsoftrust.net/home.php
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G 2:
Judith
Thompson, PhD
is a peacebuilding
scholar-practitioner with a background in intercultural dialogue,
psychosocial healing, peace education, and reconciliation. Her recent
research has focused on how compassion arises in the process of social
healing. She is currently a research associate at The Karuna Center
for Peacebuilding. She is past recipient of the Peace Fellowship at
the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies at Harvard and the co-founder
of the award-winning organization, Children of War, Inc.
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G 3:
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- Michigan. He taught political science in a number of American
colleges and is a PhD student in political science at Wayne State
University.
Webs: www.adc.org -and- www.lifeusa.org
Mark
Mitsui
is the Vice President of Student Services at South Seattle Community
College in Seattle, Washington. He has worked in the Community and
Technical College for the past 19 years as a teacher and administrator.
His professional passions are diversity, student development and student
success. The internment simulation exercise was developed as a way
to fully engage college students in this historic yet timely topic.
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G 4:
Steve Olweean, MA (see
Thursday evening conference opening)
Sandra Friedman, MS
(see
Thursday evening conference opening)
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.
Email: khannam@evergreen.edu
Lhakpa Dolma, MD,
was born in Chicham, India. After
the completion of high school from Tibetan Children's Village, she
studied Sowa Rigpa, Tibetan Medicine at Men-Tsee-Khang (Tibetan Medical
& Astrological Institute), Dharamsala for five years (1997-2001).
She did her Internship at Mundgod and Bylakuppe TMAI branches in India.
She has traveled to Belgium, Italy, France, Germany, South Africa
and USA delivering lectures, attending conferences and consulting
patients. She is currently based in Bylakuppe, India
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Chip
Baggett, MA
received an M.A. in Humanistic Psychology
from the State University of West Georgia in 1977. He is past president
of The Association for Humanistic Psychology and of the North Carolina
Mental Health Counselors Association, a Licensed Professional Counselor,
and has maintained a private psychotherapy practice for nearly thirty
years, working with individual adults and couples. Chip's approach
emphasizes the impact of states of consciousness upon emotional healing,
interpersonal relationships, conflict, and existential and spiritual
crises. In addition to psychotherapy, he writes and provides workshops
on these topics. He is currently practicing in Asheville, North Carolina,
and completing a manuscript titled "Waking Up Together."
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G 5:
Gay Leah Barfield, Ph.D, (see
Friday evening plenary panel)
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CONCURRENT
SESSIONS
H
Facilitated
Dialogue Groups
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EVENING
PLENARY PANEL:
"Spirituality
and Contemporary Issues"
Imam
Hassan Al-Qazwini
is one of America's most prominent Muslim spokespersons, and spiritual
leader of the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan, the
largest mosque in the US. A well known and outspoken advocate for
reconciliation, cooperation, and solidarity between religious communities,
both nationally and internationally, he actively works with Christian
and Jewish leaders to help bridge differences and dispel prejudice,
serves on numerous interfaith councils and advisory boards, and represents
the muslim community at White House faith-based events. Originally
from Karbala, Iraq and a prominent family of clerics, he and his family
were forced to flee to Kuwait in 1980 due to their opposition to the
Ba'athist regime, and in 1992 settled in the US to serve American
Muslims. His books include Meditation in Sahehain, Prophet Mohammad:
The Ethical Prospect, and a new book just released American
Crescent.
Web: www.icofa.com/aboutus/imam.html -and-
http://www.qazwini.org,
Rabbi
Brian Walt,
is
the executive director and one of the founders of Rabbis for Human
Rights-North America. He is rabbi emeritus of Congregation Mishkan
Shalom in Philadelphia, PA., a synagogue dedicated to the integration
of spiritual life and social justice that he founded in 1988. Born
in Cape Town, South Africa, Rabbi Walt was active in the struggle
against Apartheid. For many years he has promoted dialogue within
the Jewish community and with Arab Americans and other faith groups
about the spiritual and ethical issues related to the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict.
Web: www.rhr-na.org
Reverend
Kenneth James Flowers,
has his B.A. from Morehouse College
in Atlanta Georgia and his MDiv from Colgate Rochester Divinity School,
Rochester, New York. Rev. Flowers has been pastoring Greater New Mt.
Moriah Baptist Church since 1995. Reverend Flowers is a community/social
activist. He is a nationally known speaker and lecturer who is in
demand among Christian, Jewish and other religious and community groups
having traveled to England, Korea, Africa, and Israel
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.
Web: www.geshegendun.org
Moderated by Aftab Omer, Ph.D
(see
E 3)
________________________________________
Keynote
US Representive
Dennis Kucinich
Web: www.kucinich.house.gov
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EVENING
EVENTS
(concurrent options):
1) "Images
In Celebration Of Life"
Osprey
Orielle Lake (see
F-2)
2) SharingFamily Stories
Robert Oppenheimer PhD
(see
C-4)
LaRon
Williams
is
a nationally acclaimed, award-winning storyteller who has toured extensively
presenting programs and workshops. His music-filled, highly participatory
performances present a dynamic blend of original and traditional tales
crafted to help improve literacy, encourage community, foster cooperation,
promote peaceful conflict resolution, build self-esteem, and deepen
the historical understanding of the American ideal of democratic inclusion.
Web: www.laronwilliams.com/
Sunday,
October 29
MORNING
PLENARY PANEL
"Political,
Historical, and Ecological Dynamics of The Other"
Senator
John Vasconcellos, (see
G-1)
Louise
Diamond Ph.D, (see
Institute - 3)
US
Congressman John Conyers (see
Saturday morning keynote)
Marianne Williamson
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
invited:
US
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (see
Saturday night keynote)
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CONCURRENT
SESSIONS
I
Final Facilitated
Dialogue Groups
(Processing and action planning)
CONFERENCE
CLOSING:
~ includes Lunch ~
Summary, Outcomes,
Processing, and Where We Go From Here
Sam
Keen, PhD 
Rabbi
Tirzah Firestone, MA , 
Louise
Diamond, Ph.D. 
Michael
Nagler, Ph.D.
Deborah Koff-Chapin, B.F.A.
(Cooper Union) 
Steve
Olweean, MA, 
Sandra Friedman, MS
Hazel
Henderson
Pete
Seeger 
