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Seek Peace Framing the Discourse - Mobilizing for Action SABEEL CONFERENCE Pursue Justice--Seek Peace Framing the Discourse - Mobilizing for Action October 1—3, 2009 Shiloh Baptist Church 1500 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, DC “The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice.” Martin Luther King Co-Sponsors All Saints Lutheran Church Bradley Hills Presbyterian Middle East Team Center for the Global South, American University Church of the Redeemer Dumbarton United Methodist Church Friends of the Tent of Nations, North America George and Rhonda Salem Family Foundation Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) Interfaith Peace Builders The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development Middle East Committee of Grace Presbyterian Church Middle East Working Group of the Metro DC Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Israeli Committee against House Demolitions (ICAHD) Orthodox Peace Fellowship Paint Branch Unitarian Social Justice Committee Pax Christi Metro DC Middle East Committee of Westmoreland Congregational UCC Palestine-Israel Peace Project Peacemaking Team, National Capital Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church Ravensworth Baptist Church Holy Land Peacemaking Group Saint Peter and Paul Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church Sandy Springs Meeting Peace Committee Sharing Jerusalem US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation Washington Interfaith Alliance for Middle East Peace (WIAMEP) Way to Jerusalem Mission Group of the Church of the Saviour THURSDAY OCTOBER 1 5:00 - 5:45 pm (Resource Room) Art on display, “Peacemakers”: Conversation with the artist, Lee Porter 6:00 - 7:00 pm (Sanctuary) Opening Interfaith Service: Rev. Wallace Charles Smith, Rev. Naim Ateek, Imam Yahya Hendi, Rabbi Brian Walt, and Ms. Ruba Estephan, cantor in the Antiochian Orthodox Christian tradition 7:10 - 8:30 pm (Sanctuary) Dr. Richard Falk , UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Hope for the Future: Overcoming the Failures of the Peace Process FRIDAY OCTOBER 2 8:00 - 8:50 am (Sanctuary) Bible Study - Rev . Dr. Derrick Harkins , Senior Pastor of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, Washington DC 9:00 - 10:15 am (Sanctuary) Moderator: Rev. Carletta Allen Understanding the Present, Framing the Future Jeff Halper , Coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, Jerusalem Nadia Hijab , Senior Fellow, Institute of Palestine Studies, Washington, DC 10:30 -11:45 am - Parallel Workshops Workshop Room 1 Rebecca Vilkomerson –The American Jewish Community – Where to? Workshop Room 2 Nadia Hijab – Answering Questions, Taking Action Workshop Room 3 Maher Bitar and Zachary Wales – Palestine Online - Wired for Justice Workshop Room 4 Josh Ruebner – Lobbying for a Just Foreign Pol icy Workshop Room 5 US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation – Palestine for Beginners Film Room This Palestinian Life a documentary by Philip Rizk 12:00 - 1:45 pm (Heritage Hall – Box Lunch ) Andrew Whitley , Director, UNRWA Representative Office, NY, Averting Further Tragedy in Gaza 2:00 -3:30 pm (Sanctuary) Moderator: Dr. Mark Braverman The Exodus, the Promised Land and a Promised Peace: Are Religious Texts Holding Back our Voices? Dr. Rosemary R. Ruether , theologian and scholar, visiting Professor of Feminist Theology at Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University Rev. Bea Morris , Womanist theologian, Ph. D. candidate, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA Dr. Andrea Smith , Cherokee intellectual, feminist, and anti-violence activist; Assistant Professor in the Department of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Riverside Rabbi Brian Walt , Co-coordinator, Ta'anit Tzedek - Jewish Fast For Gaza 3:45 - 5:00 pm - Parallel Workshops Workshop Room 1 Mark Braverman, Rosemary Ruether – Changing the Theological Discourse Workshop Room 2 Andrea Smith, Naim Ateek – The Impact of Global South Theologies on World Politics Workshop Room 3 Jeff Halper - Thinking Out of the Box: Where To Go From Here Workshop Room 4 Maher Bitar – Who are the Palestinians? Workshop Room 5 Rev. Susan Wilder – What are the churches doing? What should they be doing? Workshop Room 6 David Hosey – A Tool Kit for Church Advocacy Film Room Bill Plitt presenting Steadfast Hope 5:15 pm (Resource Room) Book signing with authors Naim Ateek, Mark Braverman, Mary King, Phyllis Bennis and Jeff Halper 6:00 pm (Heritage Hall - Dinner) Rev. Naim Ateek , President and Director of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center, Jerusalem 8:15 pm (Sanctuary) Najla Saïd reading her play , Palestine SATURDAY OCTOBER 3 8:00 - 8:50 am (Sanctuary) Bible Study with Rev. Avery Blakeney, Lighthouse Ministries 9:00 -10:30 am (Sanctuary) Moderator: Tom Getman Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement, the Intifada and the Anti-Apartheid Movement Dr. Bernard Lafayette , Civil Rights Movement activist, co-founder of Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee, currently Distinguished Senior Scholar at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia Dr. Mary King , Distinguished Scholar with The American University Center for Global Peace, a Rothermere American Institute Fellow, University of Oxford, U.K., and author of A Quiet Revolution Dr. Charles Villa-Vicencio , Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (Cape Town); currently visiting Professor, Conflict Resolution Program, Georgetown University 10:45 -11:45 am - Parallel Workshops Workshop Room 1 Phyllis Bennis – The Obama Administration and Prospects for Peace Workshop Room 2 Amjad Atallah – What Can We Expect? Peace Plans 101 Workshop Room 3 Ali Abunimah – Prospects for Peace – One State or Two? Workshop Room 4 David Wildman – Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS), A Justice-Based Strategy of Solidarity Workshop Room 5 Don Wagner – Dispelling Christian Zionist Arguments Workshop Room 6 US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation – Palestine for Beginners Film Room Landrum Bolling presenting his latest documentary, New Hope For Peace 12:00 -1:15 pm (Heritage Hall - Box Lunch) Three Women, Three Faiths, One Shared Vision: Jala Basil Andoni, Hekmat Besisso-Naji and Ruth El Raz 1:30 - 3:00 pm (Sanctuary) Moderator: Rev. Steve Huber Raising the Voices of Conscience Dr. Tyrone Pitts , General Secretary, the Progressive National Baptist Convention Dr. Rosemary R. Ruether , theologian and scholar, visiting Professor of Feminist Theology at Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University Jim Fine , Board Chairman, Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) David Wildman , Executive Secretary for Human Rights and Racial Justice, General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church 3:15 - 4:15 pm: Parallel Workshops Workshop Room 1 Reverend Graylan Scott Hagler – Holy Scriptures as a Justification for Oppression and a Silencer to Outrage Workshop Room 2 Naim Ateek and Gaby Habib – Arab Christians: Past, Present and Future Workshop Room 3 Don Wagner – Engaging with Evangelicals on Israel/Palestine Workshop Room 4 Jeff Halper - Thinking Out of the Box: Where To Go From Here Workshop Room 5 Mike Daly – Travel as Witness Workshop Room 6 Noura Erakat – Lobbying for Gaza and Beyond Film Room Irene Nasser introducing Encounter Point 4:30 - 5:15 pm (Sanctuary) Moderator: Philip Farah Where do we go from here? Phyllis Bennis , Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC , and author of Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer Ali Abunimeh , co -founder of the Electronic Intifada , author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 5:30 pm (Sanctuary) Closing - Rev. Naim Ateek FILM SCREENINGS Sabeel Conference (Film Room is adjacent to Resource Room) THIS PALESTINIAN LIFE — Friday October 2 nd from 10:30 – 11:45 am A documentary film about nonviolent struggle in the face of Israeli occupation and the ongoing, illegal annexation of Palestinian land. The film uses an oral history approach to document the stories of Palestinian farmers who struggle to maintain their very existence in the villages of Hebron, the Jordan Valley, and the Gaza Strip. STEADFAST HOPE— Friday October 2 nd from 3:45 – 5:00 pm Introduced by Bill Plitt The assemblies of the World Council of Churches, in June 2007, met to agree on a new effort to re-energize the world-wide church's response to the 60 years of turmoil following the establishment of the state of Israel. The Presbyterian Church USA endorsed this ecumenical statement, instructing that it be considered in any study processes of the church. This film and the accompanying book is used to educate in these efforts. NEW HOPE FOR PEACE — Saturday October 3 rd from 10:45 – 11:45 am Introduced by Landrum Bolling Timely and authoritative policy recommendations by four American statesmen who have been deeply moved by the issue: Jimmy Carter, James A. Baker, Brent Scowcroft, and Zbigniew Brzeziski. ENCOUNTER POINT — Saturday October 3 rd from 3:15 to 4:15 pm Introduced by Irene Nasser (Just Visions) A former Israeli settler, a Palestinian ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israeli mother and a wounded Palestinian bereaved brother risk their lives and public standing to promote a nonviolent end to the conflict. The film explores what drives them and thousands of other like-minded civilians to overcome anger and grief to work for grassroots solutions. CONFERENCE PRESENTERS Ali Abunimah is a Palestinian political activist and co-founder of the leading on-line analytical forum on Israel-Palestine, "Electronic Intifada". He is the author of many related studies and essays, and the book One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli- Palestinian Impasse
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