Friends of Sabeel North America
presents:

An Educational, PeaceBuilding Conference

to be held at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice,
University of San Diego

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

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