Conference
Israel-Palestine: Pathways to Peace
Keynote Speaker:
Mark Braverman
Author of
Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land
From Braverman's website www.markbraverman.org
Mark Braverman’s roots are in the Holy Land – his grandfather, a fifth generation Palestinian Jew, was born in Jerusalem, emigrating the U.S. as a young man. Growing up in the United States, Braverman was reared in the Jewish tradition, studying Bible, Hebrew literature, and Jewish history. Trained in clinical psychology and crisis management, Braverman devoted his professional career to working with groups and individuals undergoing traumatic stress. Returning to the Holy Land in 2006, he was transformed by witnessing the occupation of Palestine and by encounters with peace activists and civil society leaders from the Muslim, Christian and Jewish communities.
Since then, Braverman has devoted himself full-time to the Israel/Palestine conflict. He is a co-founder and Executive Director of Friends of Tent of Nations North America, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting Palestinian land rights and peaceful coexistence in historic Palestine. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions-USA, the advisory committee of Friends of Sabeel North America, and the advisory council of the Washington Interfaith Alliance for Middle East Peace. He is a charter member of American Jews for a Just Peace.
Guest Artist/Opening Presenter
Skip Schiel
From Skip's website teeksaphoto.org
A participatory photographer, photographing while engaging in struggles for justice, peace, right treatment of the environment, and enlightenment, Skip Schiel makes photos for publications, exhibits, slide shows, and individual use. His main current project is a photographic examination of conditions in Palestine & Israel. Other projects include retracing the Transatlantic African slave trade journey (A Spirit People), the earth (Scent of Earth), prisons (Imprisoned Massachusetts), and a Buddhist-led pilgrimage from Auschwitz to Hiroshima (Passing Through).
Learn more about Skip's work at his website teeksaphoto.org and blog skipschiel.wordpress.com
Breakout Sessions
Confirmed presenters
Barbara Harvey (Jewish Voice for Peace): Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions
Jeff Abood (Friends of Sabeel-North America): Palestine/Israel 101 from a Christian Perspective
John Quigley (Ohio State University): International Law topic to be determined
Sr. Paulette Schroeder (Christian Peacemaker Team): Hebron Eyewitness
Douglas Kerr: Two States, One State, and Other Possible Outcomes: Is there a Choice?
Mark Braverman: To be announced
Skip Schiel: The Hydropolitics of Israel and Palestine
Jim Bailey: 1) Israel/Palestine/Middle East Basics, 2) Interfaith Peace-Builders 2009 Delegation to Israel/Palestine
Josie Setzler: Political Advocacy/U.S. Campaign to End the Occupation
Closing Panel
Pathways to Peace: Where do we go from here?
Cosponsors
- Trinity United Church of Christ, Tiffin
- Fostoria Area Citizens for Peace
- Sisters of St. Francis, Tiffin
- Friends of Sabeel-North America
- Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton
- Jim & Marcia Bailey
- Cleveland Pax Christi
- Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition
- Interfaith Peace Builders, Ohio Chapter
- Sisters of St. Francis, Sylvania
Supporters
- Phyllis M. Putnam
- Lois Bailey
Exhibits
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