Conference on Dialogue held in New York City, June 2007

The Network for Peace through Dialogue

...is excited to present the full reports from our recent conference:  

Why Dialogue?
(and when, and how, and where?)


A Conference for Community Groups, Researchers, Teachers, Students and Others

In cooperation with Marymount Manhattan College
co-sponsored by the National Coalition on Dialogue and Deliberation, and
Conflict Resolution Program of the American Friends Service Committee

Friday evening, June 15
all day Saturday, June 16, 2007

Marymount Manhattan College

 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: (Click on session titles for a full report)

Friday, June 15

6:00-7:00 PM Check-in and Welcome Reception

7:00-9:00 PM Kick-Off with Vinie Burrows
and World Café facilitated by Donald Proffit

Saturday, June 16

8:00 - 9:00 AM Late Check-in, Coffee, and Gathering

9:00 -10:30 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS

A: Fateful Questions: The Power of Inquiry to Influence Dialogue
The Public Conversations Project

B: Dialogue Practices in Jewish-Palestinian Youth Peace Camps
Keren Hendin and Muna Aghawani

C: How and Why Dialogue in a University-Based Setting?:
Creating Dialogue Programs in Schools, Clubs, and Communities
American University Dialogue Development Group

D: Online Intercultural Dialogue and Facilitation
Soliya, with response from the Network for Peace through Dialogue

E: The COEXIST Curriculum and Dialogue in Religious
Peacemaking
The Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding

10:45 - 12:45 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS

A: Fateful Questions: The Power of Inquiry to Influence Dialogue
The Public Conversations Project (Continued)

B: Listening as the Foundation of Dialogue
Compassionate Listening

C: Civic Engagement:
Helping make the Connections Needed for Meaningful Dialogue
American Values Are

D: Empathic Conversations: Models from Kenya and the U.S.
The Women's Peace Circle

E: Sustained Dialogue:
“It’s not just talk . . . it’s a social movement”
The International Institute for Sustained Dialogue

12:45 - 2:15 PM Lunch and Presentation of The Peace Quilt

2:30 - 4:30 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS

A: Cultivating Readiness:
Preparing Participants for Constructive Conversations
The Public Conversations Project

B: A Living Room Dialogue: Migration
The Network for Peace through Dialogue

C: The Peace Story Quilt:
Dialogue and Unity through the Power of Art
InterRelations Collaborative

D: Speaking Across Differences- Creating Space for DifficultConversations: Transformative Dialogue with Palestinians andIsraelis, Muslims, Jews, and Christians
The Dialogue Project

E: Which Method Should I Use?:
Navigating the Continuum of Dialogue and Deliberation
National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation

4:45 - 6:00 PM Closing Dialogue, Evaluations, and Celebration



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Last Updated November 2nd


Staff sets up for the conference


Meeting the first participant


Don and Christine prepare for the opening session: "World Cafe"


Virginia and Laura preparing folders


Roshaunda and Peggy preparing nametags


Roshaunda and Courtney in preparation


Karen, Virginia, and Laurence making sure all is prepared


Getting ready for the World Cafe


World Cafe in session


Lunching together


The last gathering session