From Occupation to Liberation: Voices We Need To Hear

Friends of Sabeel, Southern California Conference

February 15 & 16, 2008

PROGRAM *

Friday February 15, 2008
3:30 - 5:00      Registration
5:00 - 5:30      Welcome & Introductions

                              Conference Co-Chairs: Carolyn Harris, Jim Bettendorf

                              All Saints Church: Rev. Zelda Kennedy

                              Sabeel: Rev. Dick Toll; Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek
5:30 – 6:30     The Nakbah, Then and Now -  Ms. Rola Karam and Ms. Anna Baltzer

6:30 -  7:30      Dinner
7:45 -  8:45      Keynote 1:  Ms. Nabila Espanioly on Palestine from 1948 - 1967
                              Keynote 2:  Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek on Palestine since 1967
8:45 -  9:30      Candlelight Witness - Committee

Saturday February 16, 2008
 8:00 -   9:00   Registration and Continental Breakfast

 9:00 -   9:45   Bible Reflections with the Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek

 9:45 - 10:00   Break

10:00 -11:00 Workshops - Period One

11:00 -11:15   Break
11:15 -12:30   Keynote:Why the Palestine Conflict is a Colonial Situation:                             with Prof. Gabriel Piterberg
12:30 -  1:15   Lunch        

  1:15 -  2:00  Concert for Justice and Peace  with Rev. Garth Hewitt

  2:00: - 2:15 Break

  2:15 -  3:15  Workshops -- Period Two
  3:15 -  3:30  Break
  3:30 -  5:00 Panel: Policy and ActivismwithMr.Chris Brown, Ms. Marcy Winograd,                                          and Dr. Laila Al-Marayati

  5:00 -  5:45    Closing Challenge with Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek and Rev. Don Wagner

* Program as of January 30, 2008

   Subject to Change