Friends of Sabeel -- North America,   voice of the Palestinian Christians

San Diego Conference, June 27-28, 2008

Telling the Truth:
Prospects for a Just Peace in Palestine and Israel

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Friends of Sabeel, Joan B. Kroc Institute & Provost's Office at USD present A PeaceBuilding conference
San Diego
Telling the Truth: Prospects for a Just Peace in Palestine and Israel
June 27-28, 2008
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice

San Diego, CA

Conference Speakers

REV DR NAIM ATEEK

REV. DR. NAIM ATEEK
Seeks to find solutions based on the faith principles of justice, peace, and nonviolence. A former Canon of St. George’s Cathedral, Jerusalem, he helped found the ministry of Sabeel.

LANDRUM BOLLING

LANDRUM BOLLING
Director, Foundation for Middle East Peace. He also served as President of Earlham College and President and Chairman of the Board of Lilly Endowment Inc.

ANNA BALTZER

ANNA BALTZER
Jewish American Columbia graduate, Fulbright scholar, and volunteer with the International Women's Peace Service. She brings a Jewish perspective to experiencing occupation.

DR. JEFF HALPER

DR. JEFF HALPER
Coordinator of Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions and an Israeli-American peace activist, professor of anthropology, author, acclaimed speaker, and Nobel Prize nominee.

MUBARAK AWAD

MUBARAK AWAD
Co-founder of the Palestinian Center for the Study of Nonviolence. Currently Director of Nonviolence International.

MARCY WINOGRAD

MARCY WINOGRAD
Co-founder of Los Angeles Jews for Peace. When no lobbying for a just U.S. Middle East Policy, she works as a literary coach at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles.

SAREE MAKDISI

SAREE MAKDISI
Saree Makdisi, nephew of Edward Said, is a professor of English and Comparative Literature UCLA and a well known commentator on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

REV. DR. DONALD WAGNER

REV. DR. DONALD WAGNER
Profesor and Director of the Center of Middle Eastern Studies at North Park University in Chicago. Member of the FOSNA steering committee.

DR. LAILA AL-MARAYATI

DR. LAILA AL-MARAYATI
Spokesperson for and past President of the Muslim Women's League, a Los Angeles based organization dedicated to disseminating accurate information about Islam.

MIKO PELED

MIKO PELED
Israeli-born peace activist and San Diego businessman. Son of former Israeli General Matti Peled who publicly opposed the occupation in the latter stages of his career.

NADER ELBANNA

NADER ELBANNA
Palestinian-born peace activist and San Diego businessman. Former soldier in the Special Forces, Jordanian army.

HUSSAM AYLOUSH

HUSSAM AYLOUSH
Is the Southern California Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). He frequently lectures on Islam, media relations, civil rights, hate crimes and international affairs.

JERRY LEVIN

JERRY LEVIN
Jerry Levin, former American hostage and CNN Middle East bureau chief and current member of Christian Peacemaker Team. His book, "West Bank Diary", is based on the reports he has filed from that area.

Plenary Sessions

THE PLIGHT OF PALESTINIANS CHRISTIANS

FILM: ENCOUNTER POINT - WE REFUSE TO BE ENEMIES

THE ONLY ROAD: A SHARED VISION

LIFE UNDER OCCUPATION

NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE

ROOTS OF THE CONFLICT: LIFE SINCE 1948

HOUSE DEMOLITIONS & LAND CONFISCATION

WHAT'S NEXT

Workshops

CHALLENGING CHRISTIAN ZIONISM
Donald Wagner

THE CHURCHES' ROLE IN DIVESTMENT
Naim Ateek

PRACTICAL ACTIVISM
Laila Al-Marayati and Marcy Winograd

U.S. POLICY TOWARD ISLAM: ITS IMPACT ON PALESTINE
Hussam Ayloush

CHRISTIAN PEACEMAKER TEAMS
Jerry Levin

IS A TWO STATE SOLUTION STILL VIABLE?
Miko Peled and Nader Elbanna


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