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2007
ETO Program
Thursday,
October 25
PRE-CONFERENCE
ALL-DAY INSTITUTES *
(*
Note seperate registration fee for Pre-Conference Institutes)
9:00 am - 4:30
pm
Institute
1: "Thinking
About Enemies" - By
Sam Keen (see
bio page)
The Warfare System
Traditional Archetypes of the Hostile Imagination,
Terrorism
and the faces of the new enemy,
Jihad and the cult
of violence
The challenge of the new open source warfare
Re-humanizing the Enemy
Going
Beyond Enmity
In this seminar we will use political cartoons and propaganda
art from many countries and eras to show the archetypes, the recurring images
that peoples, tribes and nations have always used when they wish to dehumanize
their enemies and justify warfare. We will examine the images and metaphors we
currently use to characterize our new( post 9/11) enemy. Finely, we will explore
ways in which we can reown the projections we place on our personal and political
enemies and embrace the enemy within and without.
Sam Keen, PhD (Lecture,
Discussion)
____________________________________________
Institute
2: "Tools
For Dynamic Peace From The Kabbalah " -
By
Rabbi Tirzah Firestone (see
bio page)
The Jewish mystical wisdom known as Kabbalah understands
our human tendency towards polarization and helps us to find our way from the
trap of one-sided truths to a dynamic balance based on "trialectics."
Using the central Kabbalistic image of the Tree of LIfe, we will begin with self-exploration,
mapping out areas of personal struggle, then look at several global issues through
the same wise lense. Interactive tools for peace building, listening techniques,
and ancient Judaic texts will round out our day.
Rabbi Tirzah Firestone,
MA,
(Experiential, Movement, Demonstration, Lecture, Discussion)
____________________________________________
Institute
3: "Re-Membering
Right Relationship" - By
Louise Diamond (see
bio page)
The lesson - and challenge - of the 21st century
is recognition that all life is inter-dependent. There is only one of us, and
everything we think, say, and do affects the whole, meaning we are all and always
in relationship. The choices we make, then, are only and ever about the quality
of relationship. This workshop explores tools for consciously choosing and creating
relationships that foster the well-being of all parties, and indeed of 'all our
relations. This is an experiential workshop using a variety of modalities to explore
Right Relationship. We will focus on energy work, dialogue, reconciliation, and
ritual, identifying success factors as well how to dissolve or transform obstacles.
Attention will mostly be on inter-group relations, but will touch on inter- and
intra-personal as well, in all cases using the participants' own experiences as
a laboratory for shared learning. The day will range from spirit to strategy,
and from inspiration to perspiration. When we re-member, or put back together
again the truth of our connectedness, we enliven ourselves and each other and
make a new world possible. Come prepared to play.
Louise Diamond, Ph.D.
(Experiential,
Lecture, Discussion)
____________________________________________
Institute
4: "Peace
From Within: Using Meditation to Build a Nonviolent World" -
By
Michael Nagler (see
bio page)
This workshop will take us through the arc
from spiritual practice to social change, passing through nonviolence as the important
connecting link. We will discuss 'best practices' at all levels, from a proven
method of meditation ("Passage Meditation" from the Blue Mountain Center
in California) through the theory and recent history of principled nonviolence
to strategies for change in the world around us. I will be illustrating how nonviolence
works with the latest theoretical models, some inspiring examples, and some highly
suggestive recent scientific studies. There will be a half-hour practice session
at the end for those who wish to try passage meditation in a group setting.
Michael Nagler, Ph.D. (
Multi-media, Discussion, Lecture)
____________________________________________
Institute
5: "Deepening
the Dialogue: Using Creative Expression to Experience The Other" -
By
Deborah Koff-Chapin (see
bio page)
This
expressive arts experience integrates Touch Drawing with creative movement, writing
and felt sense to explore Self awareness and perceptions of the Other. Touch Drawing
is a simple yet profound process in which the hands are tools for direct and spontaneous
expression. This workshop is of relevance to anyone interested in integrating
creative arts and transpersonal languages in dialogue and mediation.
*
There is a $12 additional materials fee payable directly to the presenter on-site.
Limit: 30-35 participants
Deborah
Koff-Chapin, BFA (Experiential,
Demonstration,
Movement, Lecture,
Discussion)
Thursday,
October 25
7:00
pm - 10:00 pm
ETO CONFERENCE OPENING and EVENTS
Greeting,
Conference Mission, Announcements, & Introductions:
Steve Olweean, MA
Ashley Montagu Peace Award: 2007
Recipient: Muhammad Ali
Presented
by Sandra Friedman, MS
Keynote:
Sam
Keen, Ph.D: "Violence &
Black Lace: Our Clandestine
Love Affair With Violence"
Live
Virtual Addresses by:
Hazel Henderson, PhD
Pete
Seeger
Presentation of Expressive
Arts Interpretation of the Conference:
Deborah Koff-Chapin,
BFA
Dialogue Break-out Groups
Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, MA
Friday,
October 26
Morning
Meditation: Michael Nagler, Ph.D
(optional)
Early Morning 8:00 - 8:30 am
____________________________________________
Keynote Address:
Maureen
O'Hara, PhD
"The
Humanization Project"
Morning 9:00
- 9:30 am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
A
Morning 9:45 - 11:00 am
A
1: "Living
With Power of Gratitude"
To truly become a healing influence
in this world, we each must be powerful in a balanced, spiritually mature and
responsible way. Clearly our present culture is not full of role models to help
us accomplish this. To a large extent, we need to come up with our own healthy
way of being powerful. We can develop an "attitude of gratitude," a
life-affirming process that not only brings greater awareness of the wonder and
magic that can occur in the course of a day, but can help us reframe negative
thinking-and events-and help us develop healthy and positive alternatives to scarcity
consciousness and victim thinking. Also addresses ways of helping children develop
traits of optimism and gratitude.
Hemlata Pokharna, PhD and Mandakini
Pokharna, MD (Experiential,
Lecture, Discussion)
____________________________________________
A
2: "Haunted
by War: Understanding PTSD Among U.S. Combat Veterans"
U.S. combat veterans coping with post-traumatic stress disorder
represent a major issue confronting mental health providers and practitioners.
PTSD is not unique to those men and women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan,
but similar symptoms were reported following the Civil War and each subsequent
combat operation. A number of therapeutic interventions have been developed since
then, but each case is unique and demands individual attention if recovery is
to be long-lasting.
Stanley Krippner, PhD.
(Lecture, Discussion)
____________________________________________
A
3: "If
These Halls Could Talk": A Program to Deal With Bullying in Our Schools"
This groundbreaking program is for teachers and parents wishing to
gain a deeper understanding of bully behavior and school violence. This workshop
discusses the effects of cultural and personal bias on bullying behavior and how
one can effectively implement a safe school environment and attitude.
Lee
Mun Wah, MA, MS and John Boiano
(Experiential, Demonstration, Discussion)
____________________________________________
A
4: "Trauma
and Group Conflict: Victim/Aggressor Relations in Jewish-Palestinian Encounters"
Palestinian
participants in the encounters are 2nd & 3rd generation decedents of victims
of El Nak'ba, the Disaster, the war of 1948. About them, Shafik Masalha says "in
1948 almost every Palestinian family experienced loss in one way or another. Hundreds
of villages were destroyed and their people were displayed." The Jewish participants
are 2nd or 3rd generation decedents of Holocaust survivors. Some of these are
blood decedents and others are Israeli Jews of the same age. Professor Desberg
claims that every Jew is a Holocaust survivor, and the term should not be applied
strictly to those who were directly afflicted by it. Placed in opposition to one
another, these two identities struggle over which group is more humane and more
of a victim. After the arguments exhaust themselves, participants find themselves
in a more equal and progressive dialogue, and the establishment of a working group.
The presentation will involve recounts of experiences from working in this process,
and stories brought by the participants themselves. These stories are not only
personal, but familial and cultural, demonstrating the national aspect of a shared
trauma.
Ahmad Hijazi, MA
(Experiential, Lecture,
Discussion)
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS B
FACILITATED
DIALOGUE GROUPS
(Conference-wide
break-out groups)
Morning 11:15
am - 12:30 pm
(All participants self-select one of several dialogue groups
to join)
Opportunities for all conference participants to interact
in several small group dialogues to process the conference experience, further
engage concepts, bring up issues not necessarily addressed in the scheduled program,
and explore practical applications. In addition to facilitators, scribes are assigned
to each break-out session to record questions, ideas, issues, and applications.
These are then synthesized and summarized to post on our CBI website during and
after the conference for access by participants. This information is also included
in conference proceedings and outcomes, and utilized for future planning.
~ Lunch
~
12:30 - 1:45 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
C
Afternoon 1:45 - 3:00 pm
C
1:
" 'Refusing to be Enemies' - The
Zeitouna Story"
Zeitouna has been in continuous existence
since Summer 2002, creatively dealing with the difficult realities of the Palestinian
and Israeli conflict and its effects on our respective communities in the Diaspora.
This presentation will include a 17-minute trailer of our work together, followed
by a conversation with the audience. The
finished 1 hour documentary, which is an hour in length and includes footage of
the group's trip together to Palestine and Israel in May of 2006, will be shown
as one of the optional evening events on this same date.
Wadad Abed, Irene
Butter, Leonore Gerstein, Huda Karaman Rosen, Laurie White, and other Zeitouna
group members (Multimedia,
Discussion)
____________________________________________
C
2: "Science,
Peace, and Transformation"
The prevailing
understanding is that we are hardwired for competition, aggression and dominance.
New Science suggests that we are actually hardwired for love, gratefulness, forgiveness
and that attitude and belief are primary. The Science of Peace has been gathering
momentum. We will examine the ways science can play a major role in creating a
culture of peace. At the same time research has begun to provide greater evidence
of sustained transformation into the lives of individuals. We will explore how
that transformation is sustained and models for social and collective transformation.
James O'Dea, PhD (Lecture,
Discussion) ____________________________________________
C
3: "Fostering
New Conversations Across Divides: From Vision to Practice"
In this experiential session,
participants will gain an understanding of the variety of dialogue methods available
to them, and knowledge of the work of the Public Conversations Project. For 18
years, PCP's dialogue work has helped highly divergent groups (pro-life/pro-choice,
Muslims/Jews, environmentalists/industry) develop mutual understanding and take
collaborative action.
Maggie
Herzig (Experiential,
Discussion, Lecture)
____________________________________________
C
4: "Marginalized
Youth"
CONCURRENT PANEL
This panel addresses the experiences
of marginalized youth in various circumstances and from various perspectives,
including school systems, communities, impoverished
inner cities, regions of war and violence,
etc. Among aspects explored will be the impact of trauma
and stress, negative stereotyping, exclusion,
polarization, bullying, and
exploitation. It will also consider
how these experiences are carried into adulthood and can effect the next generation.
Najah Bazzy, RN, Robert Oppenheimer, Psy.D, Jehan Olweean, MA, Cheryl Ware,
MSW
Moderated by Dizzy Warren
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS D
FACILITATED
DIALOGUE GROUPS
(Conference-wide
break-out groups)
Afternoon 3:15 - 4:30
pm
(All participants self-select one of several dialogue groups to join)
Opportunities
for all conference participants to interact in several small group dialogues to
process the conference experience, further engage concepts, bring up issues not
necessarily addressed in the scheduled program, and explore practical applications.
In addition to facilitators, scribes are assigned to each break-out session to
record questions, ideas, issues, and applications. These are then synthesized
and summarized to post on our CBI website during and after the conference for
access by participants. This information is also included in conference proceedings
and outcomes, and utilized for future planning.
~ Dinner ~
5:15 - 6:30
pm
EVENING PLENARY
PANEL:
6:30 - 8:30 pm
"The Psychology, Sociology, Culture,
and Neurology of The Other"
Sam Keen, PhD, Maureen O'Hara,
PhD, Michael Nagler, PhD, Gay Leah Barfield, Ph.D, Sharif Abdullah, JD
Moderated by James O'Dea, Ph.D
EVENING EVENTS
(concurrent options): 8:30
- 10:30 pm
1)
Film Showing: "Refusing To Be Enemies"
The Zeitouna story, documentary by
Laurie White. Group members will be in
attendance to share experiences and answer questions
(*Note:
There is a separate $ 8 fee for this optional film
showing, which goes toward the costs of producing and
distributing this important film) www.zeitounamovie.com
2) ETO Open Mic Performances:
Sharing Music, Song, and Fun
3) ETO Chat
Room
Saturday,
October 27
Morning
Meditation: Michael Whitty
(optional)
Early Morning 8:00
- 8:30 am
____________________________________________
Keynote
Address: US
Congressman John Conyers
Morning 9:00
- 9:30 am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
E
Morning
9:45 - 11:00 am
E
1: "The
Practice Of Engagement: 12 Steps To Build Inclusivity"
This
workshop teaches how to engage The Other in challenging situations. Using the
"12 steps of inclusivity" found in Sharif's book, "creating a world
that works for all", participants will learn and share "best practices"
for using inclusivity in both everyday and global situations.
Sharif Abdullah, JD (Experiential,
Lecture, Discussion)
____________________________________________
E
2: "Using
Conflict Creatively"
In this engaging
workshop Karen will facilitate blending martial arts and science to demonstrate
how conflict can be used in a creative way. Attendees will leave with a fresh
perspective about conflict and skills to practice everyday.
Karen Valencic, BSME, (Experiential,
Movement, Demonstration, Discussion)
____________________________________________
E
3: "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, and Aftab Omer, PhD. (Lecture,
Demonstration, Experiential, Discussion)
____________________________________________
E
4: "Challenging
Dialogues: The Personal Journey Of Crossing Boundaries, Building Bridges, And
Cultivating A Personal Relationship With The OTHER."
A
discussion among individuals actively engaged with bi-community dialogue efforts
to co-create bridges of understanding, compassion, and healing. Panel members
share their personal stories, efforts, difficulties, successes, lessons learned,
hope, and the unique rewards of cultivating a personal relationship with The OTHER.
Brenda Naomi Rosenberg, Imad Hamad, Alicia Villareal (Discussion)
____________________________________________
E
5: "Gender
Identity and Sexual Orientation: Embracing Self and Liberating All"
CONCURRENT PANEL
A panel and discussion about gender identity and sexual orientation. In the process
of "coming out" as a lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender person,
there are often experiences of connecting with "The Other" within. When
integrating who we are internally into our outer lives, difficulties arise when
society defines the norm in a binary way in relation to gender and affection.
Kate Runyon, Jim
Toy, MSW, Dawn Wolfe, MFA, Rachel
Crandall, MSW, Johnny Jenkins, BA
(Discussion)
BI-PLENARY
SESSIONS F
Morning 11:15
am - 12:30 pm
F
1: "Waking
Up to The Energy Of Fear in Our Relationship With The Other"
BI-PLENARY PANEL
Some topics explored
include (but not limited to):
- Dynamics of the energy of fear and
exclusive group identity in formulating devaluing stereotypes that allow "good"
people to do "bad" things to others by objectifying entire groups to
the point of justifying inhumane treatment.
- What happens to a society
- short and long term - when the energy of fear, revenge, and victimization become
systemic and are manipulated to galvanize a process of demonizing and dehumanizing
a perceived Other as justification for oppression, inhumane treatment, and violence?
- What are effects of direct person to person contact on innate fear of
the unknown and mysterious, and are there practical methods for experiencing this
quality of contact in a global community?
Imam Mohamed Mardini, Marilyn
Youngbird, NAHHP, Anna Rodina, Ph.D, Len Traubman
Moderated by: Libby Traubman
____________________________________________
F 2:
"Media Images Of The Other"
BI-PLENARY PANEL
How do we portray
each to the other, and what is the power of these images? This panel explores
how images of The Other are depicted in various media, both currently and historically,
and the effect they can have - consciously and unconsciously - on the individual
and society in shaping how we relate to each other. Modes considered are TV, movies,
radio, print, photos, art, plays, songs, folk stories, jokes, the Internet, etc..
Panel members have diverse media backgrounds.
Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD,
Osprey Orielle Lake, Osama Siblani, David Crumm
Moderated
by: Nadia Fadel, JD
~ Lunch
~
12:30 - 1:45 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
G
Afternoon
1:45 - 3:00 pm
G
1: "The
Politics Of Trust' - Pragmatic Real-World Examples"
We
desperately need a whole new politics to succeed our cynical, dysfunctional, divisive
current politics - which is fundamentally wrong. The new Politics of Trust is
grounded in a faithful vision of our selves, our human nature, and our potential
(cf Willis Harman's 'The New Copernican Revolution'). It is also pragmatic in
providing a dual agenda (both process and content) - the 16-point 'Expanding Human
Agenda.'
Sen. John Vasconcellos
(Lecture, Discussion)
____________________________________________
G
2: "
The Compassion Paradox: Healing The Victim/Perpetrator Chasm Through Opening To
Suffering"
This presentation
will share my stories and insights from my 27 year history as a practitioner in
the field of psychosocial healing and reconciliation as well as my recent research
into compassion within the context of social healing. Topics covered will include:
the role of narrative, witnessing, dialogue, and artistic expression, as means
to cultivate compassion; the importance of how these processes are designed, managed
and conducted in order to support compassion; applicability of the language and
conceptual terrain of compassion to the broader framework of transitional and
restorative justice; differentiations between compassion and empathy; and, the
implications of compassion education for building a culture of peace.
Judith
Thompson, PhD (Lecture,
Discussion)
____________________________________________
G
3: "Looking
for The Enemy Within: Society and Paranoia"
JOINT
DIALOGUE
A joint session exploring
dynamics of fear-based public paranoia and generalized hyper-vigilance arising
from perceived "outside" threat, such as war and terrorism, that can
lead to marginalizing and oppressing targeted groups within a society. Included
is the role of overt and covert manipulation of fear to galvanize a society. Although
these dynamics are universal, the US example will be explored. Presenters represent
the Japanese-American internment experience during WW II, and also the current
experience of the Arab/Muslim-American community specifically (and non-Western-looking
ethnic-American communities in general), that has similarities with early stages
of the WW II dynamics in the US.
Ihsan Alkhatib,
Esq., MA, and Mark Mitsui (Dialogue,
Discussion)
____________________________________________
G
4: "Belonging:
The Search for Our Other Half "
CONCURRENT
ROUNDTABLE
This
roundtable explores our common human need for and experience of belonging. We
will also consider the converse experiences of separation, isolation, loneliness,
and alienation, and implications for our search for self identity, meaning, and
security in the world.
Some questions to consider are:
-
How does belonging reduce stress and increase a basic sense of security, and conversely,
what is the effect of a lack of this experience in our life?
- Are there paths
to achieving belonging that are constructive, healthy, and conducive to compassionate,
peaceful relationships with others outside our immediate circle, and are there
also paths that are counter to this?
- Is a positive, compassionate, and
non-adversarial experience of belonging naturally resistant to prejudice, animosity,
and violence toward others?
Sandra Friedman, MS, Steve Olweean, MA, Mukti
Khanna, Ph.D, Lhakpa Dolma, MD, Chip Baggett,
MA
(Roundtable)
____________________________________________
G
5: "Positive
Power & Tenable Trust: Inclusion vs Invisibility: Personal to Global"
Trust and Power are deeply intertwined. We do not trust those
who render us invisible through non-engagement or dismissal, whether at personal
or global levels. Before "engaging the other" we must first recognize
and value their existence in the first place. In this session we will work to
explore some of our own subtle or overt dismissive and rejective habits, and how
this process operates at a macro level. Replacing rejection and denial with Rogers'
principles of respect, acceptance and compassion can heal wounds of invisibility
and mistrust. In so doing, we re-empower ourselves, honor others and include our/their
unique voices at any level of engaging the Other. Mutual trust and empowerment
thus become intertwined and re-defined freshly.
Gay Leah Barfield, Ph.D
(Lecture, Roundtable)
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS H
FACILITATED
DIALOGUE GROUPS
(Conference-wide
break-out groups)
Afternoon 3:15 - 4:30
pm
(All participants self-select one of several dialogue groups to join)
Opportunities
for all conference participants to interact in several small group dialogues to
process the conference experience, further engage concepts, bring up issues not
necessarily addressed in the scheduled program, and explore practical applications.
In addition to facilitators, scribes are assigned to each break-out session to
record questions, ideas, issues, and applications. These are then synthesized
and summarized to post on our CBI website during and after the conference for
access by participants. This information is also included in conference proceedings
and outcomes, and utilized for future planning.
~ Dinner ~
5:15 - 6:30
pm
EVENING PLENARY
PANEL:
6:30 - 8:30 pm
"Spirituality and Contemporary
Issues"
Imam Hasan Qazwini,
Rabbi Brian Walt,
Reverend Kenneth Flowers, Geshe Gendun Gyatso
Moderated
by Aftab Omer, Ph.D
____________________________________________
Keynote
Address: 8:30
- 9:30 pm
US Congressman Dennis Kucinich
