Tools for Change 2008

‘ An excellent balance of intellectual stimulation, heart stirring and creativity. ’ ‘ I have understood that a dialogue with other cultures, religions and nations can be done peacefully. ’ ‘ A chance to discover this place Caux where you feel that great ideas and projects can become reality. ’ ‘ My heart is full of hope and my mind full of energy! ’ Participants of Tools for Change 2008

CAUX, SWITZERLAND 9-15 AUGUST 2009

oday’s troubled world is marked T by conflict and suspicion of ‘the other’. Tools for Change is for those with a passion to be peacemakers and trustbuilders. What does it take to build trust across divides of culture, ethnicity and politics? What tools do we need? Do our lives demonstrate the kind of change that we want to see in the world? Conference Aims To experience a challenging week of per- Initiatives of Change conference centre, Caux, Switzerland sonal development and capacity building; INTERNATIONAL CAUX CONFERENCES 2009 To explore methodologies for change This is one of the series of international conferences, dialogues based on the enduring ethical and and training events in Caux between 9 July and 15 August spiritual values at the heart of the great faith traditions; To enable individuals and teams to build bridges of trust in their home communities.

For more information and programme updates: www.caux.ch/2009 Tools for Change – Learning to Be Peacemakers A Conference in Caux, Switzerland PROGRAMME 9-15 August 2009 (subject to change)

Sunday, August 9: Peace is People Becoming Different Wednesday, August 12: Identity – The Need to Belong Friday, August 14: Healing the Past 16.45 – 18.30 Opening Gathering 07.30 – 08.00 Quiet Reflection 07.30 – 08.00 Quiet Reflection Tools for Change Team 08.00 – 08.45 Breakfast 08.00 – 08.45 Breakfast 18.30 – 19.15 Dinner 09.00 – 9.15 Announcements 09.00 – 9.15 Announcements 20.15 – 21.15 Creating the Caux Community 09.15 – 10.30 The Gathering 09.15 – 10.30 The Gathering Anjum Ashraf Ali, USA, co-Chair of the Board of Directors, Hope in Michael Henderson, UK, Journalist, broadcaster and author (latest the Cities; Chair of the Education/Outreach Committee, Virginia book: No Enemy to Conquer – Forgiveness in an Muslim Coalition for Public Affairs Unforgiving World) Monday, August 10: DNA of a Peacemaker Erwan Floc’h, France , Executive Director, Initiatives of Change France Moderator: Nadia Bousmina, Algeria/UK, Economist, trainer and Moderator: Rob Corcoran, USA, Director, Initiatives of Change USA, interpreter 07.30 – 08.00 Quiet Reflection Founder, Hope in the Cities 10.30 Break 08.00 – 08.45 Breakfast 10.30 – 12.15 Free Time 10.35 – 12.15 Communities 09.00 – 9.15 Announcements 12.30 – 13.15 Lunch see descriptions on separate sheet. 09.15 – 10.30 The Gathering 13.30 – 15.00 Free Time 12.30 – 13.15 Lunch Kiran Gandhi, India, Human Resources Consultant Moderator: Alice Cardel, Philippines, Training Director, Initiatives of 15.30 – 16.00 Refreshments on the Terrace 13.30 – 15.00 Sports and Games Change International 16.00 – 18.30 Free Time 15.30 – 16.00 Refreshments on the Terrace 10.30 Break 18.30 – 19.15 Dinner 16.00 – 18.30 Courses 10.35 – 12.15 Communities see descriptions of courses and faculty on separate sheet. 20.15 – 21.15 An evening with Ginn Fourie see descriptions on separate sheet. Ginn Fourie is a South African whose daughter was killed in a Cape 18.30 – 19.15 Dinner 12.30 – 13.15 Lunch Town tavern massacre during the time of Apartheid. She later forgave 20.15 – 21.15 Cultural Variety Evening the liberation army commander who ordered the attack and now 13.30 – 15.00 Sports and Games works with him for reconciliation and to create community 15.30 – 16.00 Refreshments on the Terrace Saturday, August 15 16.00 – 18.30 Courses see descriptions of courses and faculty on separate sheet. Thursday, August 13: Honest Conversation 07.30 – 08.00 Quiet Reflection 18.30 – 19.15 Dinner 07.30 – 08.00 Quiet Reflection 08.00 – 08.45 Breakfast 20.15 – 21.15 Conversation with Islam 08.00 – 08.45 Breakfast 09.00 – 9.15 Announcements 09.00 – 9.15 Announcements 09.15 – 10.15 Communities 09.15 – 10.30 The Gathering see descriptions on separate sheet. Tuesday, August 11: Quiet Reflection Cricket White, USA, Director of Training and Program 10.15 Break Development, Initiatives of Change USA 07.30 – 08.00 Quiet Reflection Hind Makki, USA, Program Associate, Outreach Education and 10.20 – 12.00 Final Gathering Training program for Interfaith Youth Core Moderator: Wadiaa El’Khoury, Lebanon, PhD Candidate 08.00 – 08.45 Breakfast Moderator: Ajmal Masroor, UK, Director, Communities in Action 12.30 – 13.15 Lunch 09.00 – 9.15 Announcements Enterprises 13.30 Departures 09.15 – 10.30 The Gathering 10.30 Break Moderator: Selly Wane, Senegal/Germany, economist 10.35 – 12.15 Communities 10.30 Break see descriptions on separate sheet. 10.35 – 12.15 Communities 12.30 – 13.15 Lunch Share your experience with others! see descriptions on separate sheet. 13.30 – 15.00 Sports and Games www.caux.ch offers you the possibility to share your conference 12.30 – 13.15 Lunch 15.30 – 16.00 Refreshments on the Terrace experience with others. Go to www.caux.ch/2009 and write a 13.30 – 15.00 Sports and Games 16.00 – 18.30 Courses blog entry in any language you wish or post comments to the existing 15.30 – 16.00 Refreshments on the Terrace see descriptions of courses and faculty on separate sheet. blog entries. 18.30 – 19.15 Dinner 16.00 – 18.30 Courses We are also on the lookout for great photographs for the website as see descriptions of courses and faculty on separate sheet. 20.15 – 21.15 Film and Discussion: The Imam and the Pastor well as for the conference report. Contact us at [email protected] 18.30 – 19.15 Dinner The Imam and the Pastor depicts the reconciliation between Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye, from Nigeria and the 20.15 – 21.15 A la Carte peace-making initiatives which have flowed from it. Many thanks! Conference in Community These groups also take part in the running of the A special characteristic of the Caux conferences is house (dining-room service, vegetable preparation, the communal life of the assembly: cooking, housekeeping, etc.). This offers everyone a Participants are invited to join Community Groups chance to serve, make new friends and break down of between 12 and 20 people in which topics can barriers. be discussed in an atmosphere of confidence and Everyone is requested to be sensitive to the presence mutual respect. of people from different cultures and generations.

About Initiatives of Change Structures Initiatives of Change (IofC) is a diverse, global network CAUX-Initiatives of Change is a charitable Swiss foun- building trust across the world’s divides. Active in dation based in Lucerne, Switzerland. In addition to over 60 countries, it comprises people of many sharing the aims of the network, it owns and manages cultures, beliefs and backgrounds committed to the conference centre in Caux, putting this meeting transforming society through changes in individuals place at the disposal of conference participants from and relationships, starting in their own lives. all over the world. It is a founding member of Initia- tives of Change International. In 1938 as Europe prepared for war, Frank Buchman, its originator, launched a campaign for Initiatives of Change International (IofC International) is ‘moral and spiritual re-armament’ as the way to build a non-government organization (NGO) working for a ‘hate-free, fear-free, greed-free world’. peace, reconciliation and human security worldwide. It has Special Consultative Status with the Economic Following World War II, Moral Re-Armament and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC), (MRA), as it became known, worked for and Participatory Status at the Council of Europe in reconciliation between France and Germany, and Strasbourg. Based in Caux, Switzerland, IofC Interna- between Japan and some of its Asian neighbours. It tional was founded in 2002 as an association bringing was involved in the process of decolonization, and together the autonomous national bodies of the IofC in forging industrial teamwork and harmonious race movement which are active in 39 countries, many of relations. It was also active in interreligious relations them over several decades. and in the struggle for the rights of indigenous peoples. Funding In all these cases, what made the difference was the IofC is financed by a combination of individual contri- reality that each person, whatever their situation, has butions, its own activities, grants from corporations, a role to play. Through changes in behaviour and foundations and governments, as well as income from mindsets, individuals and groups in confl ict found invested funds, mostly received from bequests. a way to bridge their divides. Change isn’t easy and CAUX-Initiatives of Change is funded by the contribu- a spiritual dynamic is required to overcome inertia. tions of conference participants and national IofC Daily quiet times to seek inner inspiration and a bodies, by special donations and legacies, and by the commitment to ethical practice can provide that lease of part of the Caux facility to the Swiss Hotel dynamic. Management School (SHMS) for nine months of the year. Annually audited accounts are available from www.caux.ch/en/annual-reports

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