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5th International Conference On
"Engaging The Other:"
The Power of Compassion

November 19-21, 2010 ~ Rohnert Park, California

    We wish to honor and thank the exceptional presenters who recognize the implications for society of rising polarization and fear-based negative belief systems, and have stepped forward to help promote and facilitate this important public dialogue. More than 50 presenters and dialogue facilitators have gathered from a variety of disciplines, backgrounds, cultures, and experiences to promote a rich exchange and cross-fertilization of perspectives and practical methods for addressing solutions in day to day life, from the local to the global. Many have traveled a considerable distance and put aside other priorities to lend their voice, their ears, their experience, and their goodwill in facilitating a collective exploration of what binds and separates us, what is real and what is illusion, and how to recognize the difference in advancing a shared consciousness of peace.

(In Order of Appearance in the Program)

  Friday, November 19

9:30 am - 11:30 am

ETO CONFERENCE OPENING and EVENTS 

Greeting, Mission, Announcements, and Presentation of the "Charter for Compassion": Next Steps

  Steve Olweean, MA
is founding Director of Common Bond Institute, co-founder and President of International Humanistic Psychology Association (IHPA), past President of Association for Humanistic Psychology, and therapist with an MA in Clinical Psychology. Treatment focus is abuse recovery of victims and perpetrators, trauma recovery, and healing negative belief systems. He has written and presented internationally on concepts of The OTHER and dynamics of belief systems. Current writing projects are"Engaging The OTHER," and "Transgenerational Trauma: Communal Wounds and Victim Identities." Founder of Annual International Conference on "Engaging The Other;" Annual International Conference on Religion, Conflict, and Peace; Annual International Conference on Transforming Conflict; & Annual International Conference on Practical Models for Peace. Co-founder of International Conference on Conflict Resolution. He is 2011 Recipient of the Charlotte and Karl Bühler Award from the American Psychological Association for outstanding contribution to Humanistic Psychology internationally, and has been recognized for his life long work in a chapter devoted to his role with CBI in the "The New Humanitarians."
Email: SOlweean@aol.com    Web:  www.cbiworld.org   

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 international film festival awards. His recent books include Why Religion Matters, Islam: A Concise Introduction, The Way Things Are, Buddhism: A Concise Introduction, The Soul of Christianity, A Seat at the Table: Huston Smith in Conversation with Native Americans on Religious Freedom, and Tales of Wonder. His other books include Cleansing the Doors of Perception: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and Chemicals, 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, and his 16th book-in-progress is The Way of Wisdom: Philosophy as a Healing Art. Dr. Smith has been a gracious supporter of Common Bond's conferences, generously and regularly contributing his vision, wisdom, and presence to advancing these important public dialogues over the years.
Web: www.hustonsmith.net/

Four Years. Go
 Mark Dubois
with FOUR YEARS. GO, is co-creating this initiative to change the course of history with the Pachamama Alliance & partners worldwide. As International Coordinator of Earth Day 1990 and 2000, he collaborated with thousands of groups in 184 countries which 200 million citizens actively engaged -awarded "the largest peace event in human history". He co-founded the International Rivers Network ('84), Friends of the River ('74) and the Environmental Traveling Companions ('72).
Web: www.fouryearsgo.org/

ETO Dialogue Process
All-Conference Interactive Dialogue Experience:
 Susan Partnow, MA
is founder of Global Citizen Journey, co-creator of Conversation Cafe and Let’s Talk America, certified mediator and senior trainer for Compassionate Listening. As an organizational development consultant, she especially enjoys transforming conflict to foster creative change using Open Space, World Cafe or Appreciative Inquiry. Passionately committed to inter-cultural understanding, peacemaking and community building, Susan deeply believes we can and must 'listen our way to wholeness' to find our essential humanity through connection, wise co-creation, and dialogue.
Email: Susan@SusanPartnow.com   Web: www.susanpartnow.com www.globalcitizenjourney.org,  www.compassionatelistening.org

CONCURRENT SESSIONS A

Workshops and Roundtables
12:45 - 2:00 pm

A-1:

 Susan Partnow, MA  (see Friday Morning Opening)

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A-2: 
 Carla Woody, M.A.
is the Founding President of Kenosis Spirit Keepers, an international nonprofit seeking to preserve Indigenous wisdom traditions. She spearheads community-building projects in Native villages and international programs bringing together Indigenous leaders and others for mutual support and personal growth. Her private practice integrates NLP and world spiritual traditions. Author of books "Standing Stark" and "Calling Our Spirits Home" and articles on human potential, Carla is writer/co-producer of the documentary "One World Wisdom.
Email:                       Web: www.kenosisspiritkeepers.org

 Harold Joseph, M.B.A.
serves on the advisory board of Kenosis Spirit Keepers, playing a central role in its mission. He is known by his people as Dawahafvoya and is a member of the Snow Clan of the Hopi Village of Shungopavi. In carrying out his responsibilities, Dawahafvoya participates in or leads ceremonies and prayers on Shungopavi. He is considered a leader, often called on to serve on committees toward the betterment of the Hopi people.
Email:                       Web: www.kenosisspiritkeepers.org

CONCURRENT SESSIONS B

Workshops and Roundtables
2:15 - 3:30 pm

B-1:
 Max Gail
received a BA from Williams College and MBA from University of Michigan. He has been and is a teacher, musician, songwriter, actor, director, documentary filmmaker, activist, parent, sibling, citizen, human and integrator of life in as many dimensions as possible. He wants to help improve the conversation we are having as a species, with each other and the rest of life, to create and participate in dialogue on air, on line, on land and on the level.
Email:                       Web:

 Chris Kaul
has been a healer for over thirty five years from Esalen to Aspen working with psychiatrists, poets, opera singers, executives, surfers and so on with healing as wholeness . She is a yoga instructor, dancer, percussionist, mother of five, grandmother of twelve.
Email:                       Web:

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B-2: 
 Arthur Warmoth, Ph.D.,
is professor of psychology at Sonoma State University where he has taught since 1969. He has served as department chair and is currently co-chair of the Senate Academic Planning Committee. He is past president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology and has served as a board member of APA Division 32. He teaches Community Psychology and is involved in community projects related to sustainability, complementary currencies, and the economics of the commons.
Email:                       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/
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B-3: 
 Anya Cordell
is a speaker, writer, activist. She is recipient of the 2010 Spirit of Anne Frank Award, bestowed by The Anne Frank Center USA, and author of RACE: An OPEN & SHUT Case, which unravels presumptions of what we call “race”; named a “book to change your life” by N’Digo Magazine. Anya, who is Jewish, advocates for families of post 9/11 hate-backlash victims, and passionately counters today’s Islamophobia, “appearance-ism”, and all stereotyping.
Email:                       Web: http://www.Appearance-ism.com

CONCURRENT SESSIONS C
Facilitated Dialogue Groups
3:45 - 5:00 pm

EVENING PLENARY PANEL

"The Role of Compassion and Empathy in Cultural Transformation"

6:30 - 8:30 pm

   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   

 Barry Spector
born in Boston and educated at Harvard, writes about American history and politics from the perspectives of myth, indigenous traditions and archetypal psychology. He has published articles in Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche and is the author of the book: Madness At The Gates Of The City: The Myth Of American Innocence.

  Shepherd Bliss, D.Min.
(D.Min., University of Chicago) teaches at Sonoma State University. His doctoral studies, partly in Latin America, were on the cultural action ideas of Brazilian philosopher of education Paulo Freire. Raised in a military family, he served in the Army during Vietnam and has a primary interest in the otherness of civilian and military cultures. Dr. Bliss has contributed to over two dozen books and appeared on the Oprah, Bill Moyers, and Phil Donohue shows. A Methodist minister, he spent a decade directing a small counseling department at Harvard. He has run the organic Kokopelli Farm for nearly 20 years.

  Larry Robinson
is a retired psychotherapist whose area of specialization was ecopsychology. He has served on the Sebastopol, California City Council for twelve years, including two terms as mayor. He is a practicing Buddhist, poet and potter.

Moderater: 
 Aftab Omer, PhD
received his Bachelors from M.I.T. and his Doctorate from Brandeis University. He is President of Meridian University which integrates transformative learning into its graduate programs in Psychology, Business, Education and the Arts. Aftab’s research has focused on the emergence of human capacities within transformative learning communities and his work includes assisting organizations in tapping the creative potentials of conflict, diversity, and complexity. His publications include “The Spacious Center: Leadership and the Creative Transformation of Culture” and “Between Columbine and the Twin Towers: Fundamentalist Culture as a Failure of Imagination.” He is a Fellow of the International Futures Forum and the World Academy of Art and Science.
Email: AftabOmer@MeridianUniversity.edu   Web: meridianuniversity.edu/

Dialogue Group Facilitator: Susan Partnow

EVENING EVENTS (concurrent options)
8:30 - 9:45 pm

1) Max Gail and Cris Kaul (see B-1)

2)   Ruth Broyde Sharone  
A popular motivational speaker, Ruth Broyde Sharone is a passionate interfaith activist, documentary filmmaker and freelance journalist. Producer/director of the prize-winning film, God and Allah Need to Talk, Ruth has presented her unique interactive program for healing and reconciliation nationally and internationally. She received a gold medal from Fete D'Excellence in Geneva for her leadership in organizing interfaith journeys to Egypt and Israel. Ruth is Co-Chair of the Southern California Committee for a Parliament of the World's Religion
Email: rabsharone@aol.com       Web: www.filmsthatmatter.com

  Saturday, November 20

Morning Yoga Session
8:00 - 9:00 am

 Gabbriella Yates, MA
is a somatic educator, founder of Back to the Body Yoga and a consultant with Consultants for Collective Response. With a Master's degree in Conflict Transformation and over 12 years of combined experience, Gabbriella integrates somatic education into intercultural dialogue training for communities divided by conflict. She worked in Afghanistan with UNHCR and currently is working in Kosovo to support a community-based intercultural dialogue program focused on sustainable refugee/IDP return. Gabbriella is based in San Francisco, CA
Email: BacktotheBody@gmail.com

CONCURRENT SESSIONS D

Workshops and Roundtables
Morning   9:30 - 10:45 am

D-1
  Meganwind Eoyang, BA
in psychology, Univ. Illinois. Grew up fighting in inner city street gangs and later studied and taught martial arts. She co-led Bay Area Nonviolent Communication (BayNVC) year-long Leadership program for 5 years, and has worked as a BayNVC associate trainer in Oakland, CA since 2002. She offers classes, workshops, private sessions, couples support, mediation, organizational trainings and community facilitation. She coordinates BayNVC's Safer Communities project training prison inmates; participates in post-release support for returnees and their families; and will participate in a Restorative Circles pilot project in a high school for troubled youth this fall.
Email: meganwind@earthlink  Web: www.baynvc.org
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D-2
Maureen O'Hara, PhD  (see Friday Evening Plenary Panel)

Aftab Omer, PhD   (see Friday Evening Plenary Panel)

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D-3

 Cynthia Boaz, PhD
is assistant professor of political science at Sonoma State University, where she specializes in quality of democracy, political communication and media, and nonviolent struggles. She is also an analyst and consultant on nonviolent action and is a contributing writer with Truthout and the Huffington Post. She is also Vice President of the Metta Center for Nonviolence and on the board of Project Censored/Media Freedom Foundation, which is sponsoring this panel.
 Web:

 Mickey S. Huff
is Associate Professor of History at Diablo Valley College, Associate Director of the Media Freedom Foundation and Project Censored, which was the recipient of the 2008 PEN Oakland National Literary Censorship Award. He has been published in numerous media and news websites from Global Research and Counterpunch to Z Mag. He edited the 2011 edition of Project Censored's annual book on the top most-censored stories in mainstream media.
Web:

 Lisa Maldonado,
is the Executive Director of the North Bay Labor Council and was previously a field director for the Northern California chapter of the ACLU. She has a JD from University of San Francisco

 Tony Kashani, PhD
is an Iranian-American scholar/activist and member of the faculty at Union Institute & University’s Doctoral Program in Interdisciplinary Studies. He is the author of several books on Media and Ethics.

 Michael Nagler, PhD
is Professor Emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature at UC, Berkeley, where he co-founded the Peace and Conflict Studies Program. Among other awards, he received the Jamnalal Bajaj International Award for “Promoting Gandhian Values Outside India” in 2007, joining other distinguished contributors to nonviolence as Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Johan Galtung. He is the author of The Search for a Nonviolent Future, which received a 2002 American Book Award and has been translated into Korean, Arabic, Italian and other languages. He has consulted for the U.S. Institute of Peace and is the founder and President of the Metta Center for Nonviolence.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS E

Workshops and Roundtables
Morning   11:00 am - 12:15 pm

E-1
 Huda Abu Arqoub, MA
was born in Jerusalem and raised in Hebron. Her parents were both teachers and she chose to follow in their footsteps, obtaining her diploma in teaching English as a Second Language, a BA in Education and English Literature from Al-Quds Open University, and a Master's degree in Conflict Transformation from Eastern Mennonite University, where she served as a Fulbright Scholar from 2004-06. She is the Co-Executive Director of Abraham’s Vision and Co-Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Center for Transformative Education
Email: abrahamsvision@abrahamsvision.pmailus.com 
Web: www.abrahamsvision.org/

Abraham's Vision Alumni:
  Tessa Bitterman
   Elizabeth (Lizzie) Guerra
  Marissa Howser
  Kaitlin Locascio
  Celeste Wilson
  Zoe Rudow
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E-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 International Conference on Conflict Resolution in St. Petersburg, Russia, where he has presented a number of times.
Email: skrippner@saybrook.edu   Web:  www.stanleykrippner.com 

 Howard Whitehouse, PhD
is a massage therapist and a specialist in mind-body healing. He did his graduate work at California Institute of Integral Studies in the areas of shamanism and indigenous health practices.

 Tato Torres Gilormini, PhD
is an international lecturer and facilitator, a trainer and mentor of many Latino therapists. At present, he is the Deputy Director of Clinical Services at Progress Foundation in San Francisco. He is considered an expert in the field of human induced trauma as a result of disappearance and torture, where he has done extensive research and intervention while treating survivors of torture and disappearance. He has lectured through US, Latin America and Europe

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E-3
Susan Partnow  (see Friday Morning Opening)

  Joseph McCormick
After a decade as a Christian Coalition activist and Republican nominee for the U.S. Congress in one of the most conservative districts in our country, Joseph learned firsthand the most destructive force in our country today is Americans taking sides against other Americans. The turning point in his life came in 2001 when his political career, marriage, business and reputation collapsed, his relationships having been eroded by mistrust and hatred of his enemies. Since 2004 he has organized a series of ground breaking private retreats brining over 140 national leaders representing over 70 million Americans into dialogue in search of common ground. His passion is applying tools developed in these gatherings to catalyzing a national campaign of transpartisan dialogues that serve as a resource for local, state and national decision makers searching for innovative, bottom-up solutions in this time of crisis.
Email: jmccormick@transpartisan.net  Web: www.transpartisan.net

Franca Baroni

PLENARY PANEL F
1:30 - 3:30 pm

"Communal Wounds and Victim Identities that Contribute to Us & Them"

  Gadi Kenny 
from Tel Aviv, Israel, is the Co Founder and Co Executive Director of People's Peace Fund, the first international Palestinian-Israeli fund for conciliation. Gadi has an MA in Intentional Communications from American University, DC. Since early 2008 he is co-leading a grassroots dialog project called Wounded Xrossing Borders which is centered around people wounded in the Palestinian-Israeli-Arab conflict and belonging to the socio-political mainstreams of their societies.
A more detailed bio is on www.peoplespeacefund.org/Co_Founders.html
Email: gadi.kenny@gmail.com   Web site: www.peoplespeacefund.org

  Sulaiman Khatib
from Ramallah, Palestine, is the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of People's Peace Fund, the first international Palestinian-Israeli fund for conciliation. Sulaiman spent over 10 years in Israeli jails from age of 14 following his active role to resist the Israeli occupation. Since early 2008 he has co-lead a grassroots dialog project called Wounded Xrossing Borders which is centered around people wounded in the Palestinian-Israeli-Arab conflict and belonging to the socio-political mainstreams of their societies. A more detailed bio is on www.peoplespeacefund.org/Co_Founders.html
Email: sulaiman.khatib@gmail.com  Web site: www.peoplespeacefund.org

  David Shilo
(Dudu) from Aminadav (Jerusalem), Israel, a bereaved family member, a wounded 1973 war veteran, and an ex army-jail officer. His parents arrived to Israel from Iraq. In early 2008 he co-founded and is a leading participant in a grassroots dialog project called Wounded Xrossing Borders, which is centered around people wounded in the Palestinian-Israeli-Arab conflict and belonging to the socio-political mainstreams of their societies.
Email: dar_nehama@mac.org.il  Web site: www.peoplespeacefund.org

  Nehama Dar
from Jerusalem, Israel, is of a family evicted from Gaza Strip in 2005. Her parents arrived to Israel from Yemen. Since early 2009 she has been a leading participant in a grassroots dialog project called Wounded Xrossing Borders, which is centered around people wounded in the Palestinian-Israeli-Arab conflict and belonging to the socio-political mainstreams of their societies.
Email: dar_nehama@mac.org.il  Web site: www.peoplespeacefund.org

Huda Abu Arqoub   (see E-1)

Moderator:  Steve Olweean, MA,   (see Friday A.M. Opening)

Dialogue Facilitator:  Susan Partnow  (see Friday A.M. Opening)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS G
Facilitated Dialogue Groups

EVENING PLENARY PANEL

"The New 'Problem Identities': Implications of the Ground Zero Controversy For American Ideals Of Religious Freedom"

6:30 - 8:30 pm

 Sister Elizabeth Padilla BK

has been a teacher of mediation for 25 years with the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization (BKWSO). She has been facilitating seminars, retreats and workshops for 18 years on such topics as "Stress Management", "Leadership from Within" and "Forgiveness". Her work experience is in Program and Office Management. Previous to that she was a working Actor in San Francisco for 10 years in such productions as Beach Blanket Babylon and with American Conservatory Theater. She is now fulfilling her life’s dream by reaching the heart and spirit through her songs and work.

 Rev. Guo Cheen, MA
is an ordained Buddhist nun in the Mahayana Chan tradition, is Founder of The Compassion Network and its Buddhist Center, an Ambassador for the Parliament of World Religions, and co-founder of Women of Spirit and Faith. Cheen currently teaches meditation, Buddhist scriptures and teachings of the Buddha to a wide range of audiences and venues. She is active in interfaith dialogues and interspiritual movements, partnership with the Charter for Compassion, and the sharing and distribution of inspiration, such as talks of and interviews with spiritual luminaries and compassionate beings. Prior to becoming a nun, Reverend Guo Cheen worked as a Civil Rights Policy Analyst on a presidential task force in Wash. DC. She also has a Masters in Public Administration.
Web: www.reverendcheen.com

  Aisha Morgan, MA
is a national consultant in language acquisition and testing English as a second language, teacher trainer, e-learning instructional designer, yoga teacher. Volunteer presenter for Islamic Networks Group (ING) in schools and inter-faith panels; Islamic School principal, Shura Council member, Islamic Society of Santa Rosa. She Lived in Jordan, rode her bike from Madrid to Lisbon, scuba dove the Bounty wreck at Pitcairn Island, and ate seal while stranded in a wind storm in Greenland.

Harold Joseph   (see Friday A.M. Opening)

Anya Cordell   (see Friday A.M. Opening)

Moderater: Ruth Broyde Sharone  (see Friday Evening Event)

Dialogue Group Facilitator: Susan Partnow  (see Friday A.M. Opening)

EVENING EVENTS   (concurrent options):
 8:30 - 9:30 pm

1) Max Gail and Cris Kaul (see B-1)

2) Ruth Broyde Sharone  (see Friday Evening Event)

Sunday, November 21

  CONCURRENT SESSIONS H

Workshops and Roundtables
Morning   9:30 - 10:45 am

H-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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H-2
Huda Abu Arqoub  (see E-1)

Abraham's Vision Alumni:
  Sumayyah Naguib
  Oz Fishman

ALL CONFERENCE OPEN SPACE
and CLOSING

Morning 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Susan Partnow (see A-1)
Jeff Aitken, PhD, facilitates Open Space and other generative methods for inspired, productive meetings and conferences with professional networks, community groups, and organizations. He learned Open Space from its originator, Harrison Owen, and has used it for 15 years with clients across the US. He wrote a PhD dissertation about using Open Space in community conversations toward sustainability
Lisa Floyd

Steve Olweean, MA  (See Friday A.M. Opening)

~ Late Networking Lunch ~
2:00 - 3:30 pm

DIALOGUE GROUP FACILITATORS