San Diego (CA) Conference

Telling the Truth: Prospects for a Just Peace in Palestine and Israel
Co-sponsor: Joan B. Kroc Institute of Peace and Justice, University of San Diego
Conference Purpose: to educate North American Christians, Jews, and Muslims on how to support a just peace in the Holy Land based on a two-state solution in Palestine and Israel - as defined by international law and existing United Nations resolutions.

Friday: June 27, 2008
  3:30 – 5:00 Registration Rotunda
  5:00 – 5:20 Welcome – Introductions Auditorium
  5:20 – 6:15 The Plight of the Palestinian Christians - Naim Ateek Auditorium
  6:15 – 7:00 Light-Heavy hors d’oeuvres Gandhi Pool & Garden
  7:00 – 8:30 Movie – Encounter Point, Intro by Miko Peled (Auditorium)
  8:30 – 9:00 Reflections – Miko Peled & Nader Elbanna (Auditorim)
  9:00            Candlelight Vigil Gandhi Pool or Rotunda

Saturday: June 28, 2008
  8:00 –8:45 Registration Rotunda
  8:45 – 9:00 Welcome and Introduction of Anna Baltzer Auditorium
  9:00 – 10:00 Life Under Occupation – Anna Baltzer Auditorium
10:00 – 10:10 Break
10:10 – 11:10 Nonviolent Resistance – Mubarak Awad, Auditorium
11:10 – 11:20 Break
11:20 – 12:20 Workshops (see below) - Round 1 Auditorium & Rooms E, F, G, H, I
12:20 – 1:05 Lunch B/C or outside – Stand-up box lunch
12:20 – 1:05 Book Signing by Various Speaker-Authors Rotunda
  1:05 – 2:05 Roots of the Conflict: Life Since 1948 – Saree Makdisi Auditorium
  2:05 – 2:15 Break
  2:15 – 3:15 Workshops (see below) - Round 2 Auditorium & Rooms E, F, G. H, I
  3:15 – 3:25 Break
  3:25 – 4:25 The ONLY Road – A Shared Vision – Landrum Bolling Auditorium
  4:25 – 4:35 Break
  4:35 – 5:35 House Demolitions & Land Confiscation – Jeff Halper Auditorium
  5:35 – 6:15 Closing Challenge – What’s Next! Auditorium Naim Ateek, Laila Al-Marayati & Marcy Winograd

Workshops:

• Challenging Christian Zionism – Don Wagner
• The Churches’ Role in Divestment – Naim Ateek
• Practical Activism – 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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