Wednesday,
June
20
TC CONFERENCE
OPENING and EVENTS
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Greeting, Mission, Overview,
and Announcements
Steve Olweean, MA,
Director, Common Bond Institute
President,
International Humanistic Psychology Association
Keynotes:
John Marks, PhD, President, Search
For Common Ground
William
Ury, PhD, Co-founded Harvard's Program on Negotiation
Charter for Compassion:
Muna Awad,
BA, Program Director, Charter For Compassion-Jordan
8:00
- 9:00 pm
All Conference Community and Dialogue Experience
Thursday,
June
21
PLENARY WORKSHOP
SESSION
A
Workshop
Morning 9:00 - 10:30
am
"Getting
to YES: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In"
Like it or not, we are all negotiators
everyday whether with our families, our colleagues, our partners or
our opponents. In this plenary workshop, William Ury will offer some
practical empowering strategies for resolving disputes and reaching
agreements of all kinds
William Ury, PhD
PLENARY WORKSHOP
SESSION
B
Workshop
Morning 10:45 am - 12:15 pm
"Discovering
And Practicing NonViolent Communications (NVC) On The Way To Conflict
Resolution" (
1 )
Active and interactive workshop, where
we start by defining communication (feelings, needs, process, verbal,
non-verbal), followed by NVC practice(does and don'ts, active listening,
understanding the way I see facts...), NVC during conflict, the four
ways of conflict resolution, understanding the conflict circle. All
done in an active way, with over five "games" or exercises
to be used by participants in their fields.
Tanya Awad Ghorra,
MBA
~
Lunch ~
12:15 - 2:00 pm
CONCURRENT BREAKOUT
SESSIONS
C
Workshops
Morning 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
C 1:
"Ambassadors
For Dialogue"
A workshop of practical activities on
dialog skills and what it mean to have an effective dialog
-Introduction of the Ambassadors For Dialog Project
-Definition of Dialog (a brainstorm)
-At least two practical activities addressing assumptions, what should
a dialog practically look like, how to be a good listener and what it
means to put yourself in someone else's shoe. ( all depending on our
Ambassadors For Dialog Practical handbook
- Open dialog (giving people an opportunity to exchange feelings and
thoughts on the workshop)
Ambassador's For Dialogue team: Suzan Said,
Firas Al Farr, Tareq Sadi, Zeid Kilani
____________________________________________
C 2:
"Healing
Our Collective Trauma Vortices: MediationProcess""
This interactive workshop offers a simple process that facilitates
tolerance and conflict resolution, combining cutting-edge, self-regulation
techniques with conflict resolution principles. The emotional foundation
behind conflicts is an essential component for successful dialogue/collaboration
among adversarial groups, from the individual/spousal/family levels
to the community/national/religious levels.
Gina Ross, MFCT
CONCURRENT
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
D
Afternoon 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Facilitated
Dialogue Groups
Conference-wide break-out groups
(All participants self-select one of the 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. The
information from these groups is also included in conference proceedings
and outcomes, and utilized for future cooperation and planning.
KEYNOTE
ADDRESS
Afternoon 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Farah
Pandith,
MA
Special
Representative to Muslim Communities for the US State Department
~
Dinner ~
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Evening Social-Cultural Event
7:30 - 9:00 pm
Friday,
June
22
CONCURRENT
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
E
Workshops
Morning 9:00 am - 10:30 am
E-1:
"Discovering
And Practicing NonViolent Communications (NVC) On The Way To Conflict
Resolution" (
2 )
Active and interactive workshop, where
we start by defining communication (feelings, needs, process, verbal,
non-verbal), followed by NVC practice(does and don'ts, active listening,
understanding the way I see facts...), NVC during conflict, the four
ways of conflict resolution, understanding the conflict circle. All
done in an active way, with over five "games" or exercises
to be used by participants in their fields.
Tanya Awad Ghorra,
MBA
____________________________________________
E-2: "Emotional
First Aid and Collective Trauma Healing: Resilience Tolerance and Conflict
Resolution," (part
1 of 2 sessions)
This interactive workshop offers a simple process to help
people work through emotional obstacles to self-regulation and build
resilience. Somatic Experiencing - Emotional First Aid is a cutting-edge
technique that draws on the inherent wisdom of the body/mind connection.
Negotiation skills/conflict resolution strategies are also featured
Gina Ross, MFCT
CONCURRENT BREAKOUT
SESSIONS
F
Workshops
Morning 10:45 am - 12:15 pm
F-1:
"Using
Business for Sustainable Social Impact"
Learn how to connect business people and skills to make change.
During this session you will learn abouta strategy of engagement called
Global Impact Groups. Presenter will discuss the different applications
of the strategy she has designed. We invite you to come and learn about
this new type of structured outreach and lend your opinions on how this
may help the Jordanian economy.
Romy Gingras Kochan, BS
____________________________________________
F-2:
"Emotional
First Aid and Collective Trauma Healing: Resilience Tolerance and Conflict
Resolution," (part
2 of 2 sessions)
This interactive workshop offers a simple process to help
people work through emotional obstacles to self-regulation and build
resilience. Somatic Experiencing - Emotional First Aid is a cutting-edge
technique that draws on the inherent wisdom of the body/mind connection.
Negotiation skills/conflict resolution strategies are also featured
Gina Ross, MFCT
____________________________________________
F-3:
"Community
Dialogue: Discourse in Conflict Resolution Grounded in Restorative Justice
Practices"
This presentation will present and promote some of the newest techniques
in conflict resolution utilizing the ideals of restorative justice.
The skills presented provide a path for individuals to manage conflict
in a safe community environment with the goals of restoring the other's
dignity, creating of a learning system, and engaging interpersonally.
Louis
Boynton, MA, LPC
~
Lunch ~
12:15 - 1:45 pm
CONCURRENT BREAKOUT
SESSIONS
G
Workshops
Afternoon 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
G-1:
"Experience
Wounded Xrossing Borders"
The members of Wounded Xrossing Borders
will present personal stories of change and transformation from difficult
beginnings and conditions, and share the process and stages they have
gone through and are still going through, within themselves and between
themselves.
Sulaiman Khatib, Mohammed Takrouri, Ahmed Helou, Baderal deen abu
Al Rop, with other members of Wounded Xrossing Borders.
____________________________________________
G-2:
"Fundamental
Communication and Decision Making for Mental Health Wellness: The MHF
Program."
The facilitators will present a description
of the NBCC International Mental Health Facilitator program and will
train participants in communication and problem solving skills included
in the program curriculum. The presentation will include time for participants
to practice the skills taught.
Thomas Clawson, EdD, and Wendi Schweiger, PhD
PLENARY
ROUNDTABLESESSION
H
Afternoon 3:30
- 5:30 pm
"Engaging
The Other, Difficult Dialogues,
and the Power of Compassion"
A dialogue about the benefits, necessity,
and challenges of being present with and directly Engaging The Other
to move past negative stereotypes, polarization, animosity, and impasse
to discover new possibilities for genuine and sustainable reconciliation
and healing. The tools and skills needed to accomplish this by personally
and effectively dialoguing and genuinely engaging with those we feel
different from and even opposed to will be discussed.
The 1st 45 minutes will be a conversation among roundtable members,
and the remaining time will be devoted to inviting the rest of the conference
participants to interact for a full room dialogue and sharing about
the topic.
Sulaman Khatib, Tanya Awad Ghorra, Steve Olweean
~
Dinner ~
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Evening Social-Cultural Event
7:30 - 9:00 pm
Saturday,
June 23
CONCURRENT BREAKOUT
SESSIONS
I
Workshops
Morning 9:30 am - 11:00 am
I-1: "Discovering
And Practicing NonViolent Communications (NVC) On The Way To Conflict
Resolution" (
3 )
Active and interactive workshop, where
we start by defining communication (feelings, needs, process, verbal,
non-verbal), followed by NVC practice(does and don'ts, active listening,
understanding the way I see facts...), NVC during conflict, the four
ways of conflict resolution, understanding the conflict circle. All
done in an active way, with over five "games" or exercises
to be used by participants in their fields.
Tanya Awad Ghorra,
MBA
____________________________________________
I-2:
"Dialogue
Through Art. Painting the Street"
Dialog through art is a method developed
by the bask artist and activist Alex Carrascosa. It is a method of nonviolent
and imaginative transformation of conflicts. At this workshop the participants
come together besides a big sheet of paper to paint. Dialog through
arts is an experiment about individual and common spaces, about borders
and cooperations
Nora Baroci, MA
____________________________________________
I-3:
"The
Power of Perspective: View Points of the Arab-Israeli Conflict"
Understanding
conflicts from the position of the other side is an important tool to
resolving differences. Using one of the longest running and contentious
conflicts in the world as an example, this presentation will attempt
to reveal the power of perspective and how it can skew out perceptions
of reality
Moamer Khalayleh
ALL-CONFERENCE
SESSION
J
Dialogue
and Action Planning Group
(Part 1)
Morning 11:15 am - 12:45 pm
Utilizing skills learned over the days of the
progam, the full conference community gathers to process the conference
experience, assess for future skills training needs, brainstorm for
practical applications in our communities, action plan and network
for cooperation beyond conference, feedback, and recommendations
Facilitator: Steve Olweean
~
Lunch ~
12:45 - 2:15 pm
ALL-CONFERENCE
SESSION
K
Final
Dialogue and Action Planning Group
(Part 2)
Afternoon 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Utilizing skills learned over the days of the
progam, the full conference community gathers to process the conference
experience, assess for future skills training needs, brainstorm for
practical applications in our communities, action plan and network
for cooperation beyond conference, feedback, and recommendations
Facilitator: Steve Olweean
CONFERENCE
CLOSING
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Final
community experience, affirmations
of positive action beyond the conference, reflection, insight,
transition, and farewell
Facilitator:
Steve Olweean
~
Farewell Dinner Party ~
7:30 pm - 11:00 pm
(a final time to
break bread together)
FACILITATORS
and MEDIATORS
Tanya
Ghorra
Aseel
Zahran
Steve
Olweean
Rasha Salib
Guidelines
For Compassionate Dialogue
The
TC Conference strives to
promote an inclusive, compassionate dialogue that honors different personal
experiences, perspectives, and narratives, 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 joint wisdom
to bear in exploring sometimes difficult issues that effect us all.
This is based on the premise that it does not require that we be the
same to be appreciate of, at peace with, and secure in our relationships
with each other; only that we be familiar enough with each others story
to share the humanity and trustworthiness that resides in each of us.
We ask all participants to assist us by carrying and expressing this
intent throughout the conference.
NonViolent Communication Guidelines
(Adapted from Marshall Rosenberg):
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:
1) Observations —Objectively describing what is going
on without using evaluation, moralistic judgment, interpretation or
diagnosis
2) Feelings —Saying how you feel (emotions and body sensations)
about what you have observed without assigning blame
3) Needs —The basic human needs that are or not being met
and are the source of feelings
4) Requests —Clear request for actions that can meet needs
2012 TC Conference Information:
