Columbia Conference Program

 FRIDAY April 11
12:00-1:00 pmRegistration, Exhibits
1:00-1:50 pmWelcome & Opening Ceremony
1:50-2:00 pmBREAK
2:00-2:50 pmPANEL:“Ending the Cycle of Violence through Nonviolence” Dr. Halper & Sami Awad
3:00-3:50 pmPANEL:“Christians in the Holy Land” Mazin Qumsiyeh, Sami Awad, & Maurine & Robert Tobin
3:50-4:00 pmBREAK
4:00-4:50 pmWORKSHOPS (3) * “Build Houses, Build Peace - Two Jews Visit the West Bank” - Tom Stern & Tema Okun * ”CPT: Nonviolent Peacemaking from a Faith Perspective in Hebron” - Donna Hicks & Naji Ali * “The Role of the Media” - Alison Weir
5:00 pmBook Signing * An Israeli in Palestine released March ’08 Jeff Halper * Anxious for Armageddon Don Wagner * Sharing the Land of Canaan Mazin Qumsiyeh * How Long O Lord? Maurine and Robert Tobin * Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict A Primer Phyllis Bennis
5:30 pmMiddle Eastern Dinner
6:30 pmKEYNOTE ADDRESSES * “The Peace Process” Ambassador Afif Safieh, Palestinian Representative to US * “A Time to Remember” Cedar Duaybis, Founding member of Sabeel
8:30-10 pmMovie: “Holy Land: Common Ground” Followed by open mike with director/producer Ed Gaffney
  
 SATURDAY April 12
8:00 amCatered Breakfast, Registration, Exhibits
9:00 amPLENARY: * “Reconciling Celebration and Mourning: Rethinking Israel/Palestine after 60 Years.” Dr. Jeff Halper
10:00-10:10 amBREAK
10:10 amWORKSHOPS (4) * “Nakba & Palestinian Refugees” Mazin Qumsiyeh * “Nonviolence” - Sami Awad, Donna Hicks * “Gaza in Crisis - Maurice & Robert Tobin * “Fair Trade: Olive Oil & Crafts” - Britta Froehlincher & Lisa Caldwell
11:05-11:15 amBREAK
11:15 amPLENARY: Dr. Don Wagner, “Challenging Christian Zionism”
12:15 pmCatered Luncheon with speaker: Phyllis Bennis on “US Foreign Policy”
1:15-1:45 pmBooksigning & Networking Sessions (2 x 15 minutes)
1:45-1:55 pmBREAK
1:55-2:50 pmWORKSHOPS (3) * ”The Role of the Media” Alison Weir * “Jerusalem & Apartheid” Jeff Halper * “The Nuts & Bolts of Responding to Christian Zionism” Dr. Don Wagner
2:50-3:00 pmBREAK
3:00-3:55 pmWORKSHOPS (3) * ”Crossing the Line” Naji Ali * “Comix, Narrative Activism & One Artist’s Struggle at Peacemaking” Ellen O’Grady * “Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions/ Morally Responsible Investment” * Phyllis Bennis & Salwa Duaibis
3:55-4:05 pmBREAK
4:00- 4:30 pmEntertainment with Dave Lippman
4:30-5:15 pmCLOSING PLENARY: “The Path to a Just Peace” Sami Awad
5:15-6:00 pmCLOSING PANEL: & DISCUSSION: What next? Donna Hicks. Sami Awad, Naji Ali
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