Applying practices of
DIALOGUE IN NIGERIA
Muslims & Christians Creating Their Future
for
ethnic, religious, and tribal
healing and community building

step-by-step in

Cote d'Ivoire ~ Ivory Coast

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Step #1 — January 2012 — Preparing Locally in Abidjan
Step #2 — August 2012 — 10 km away in Akouedo Ebrie village
Step #3 — March 2013 — 400 km distant in Duekoue
Step #4 — June 2013 — Confronting Fear: First Dozos-Guerre Reconciliation in Duekoue
Step #5 — Fall 2013 — Albino ~ Non-Albino Reconciliation in southern Cote d'Ivoire
Step #6 — April 2014 — Albino ~ Non-Albino Reconciliation Workshop in Bouake, northern Cote d'Ivoire
Step #7 — July 2014 — 3-Day Training Seminar for UNESCO and The Ministry of Education
Step #8 — September 2014 — Albino ~ Non-Albino Dialogue Reconciliation in Yamoussoukro-Toumodi, northern Cote d'Ivoire
Step #9 — May 2015 — Humanizing & Integrating Persons with Physical Handicaps in Cote d'Ivoire
Step #10 — August 2015 — Post-brutality Muslim-Christian Reconciliation in Grand-Bassam, Cote d'Ivoire
Step #11 — December 2015 — Muslim-Christian-Animist Interfaith Reconciliation in Dabou, Cote d'Ivoire
Step #12 — May 2016 — Eighteen-year University Campus Violence, then Reconciliation in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Step #13 — November & December 2016 — Non-Hearing – Hearing Persons' Dialogue in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Step #14 — April 2018 — Introducing The Golden Rule to Cote d'Ivoire
Step #15 — May 2018 — Dialogue Trainings for the Ministry of Family, Children Protection, and Solidarity


Step #1 — January 2012
Preparing Locally in Abidjan
     
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Step #2 — August 2012
10 km away in Akouedo Ebrie village
     
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Step #3 — March 2013
400 km distant in Duekoue
CONTEXT:
Duekoue Memorial Site

CONFERENCE:
     

1. Conference Opening
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2. Face-to-Face Activities
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3. Closing Experiences & Ceremony
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Insights & Recommendations — March 2013
Team Preparation ~ Relationship Building ~ Careful Planning ~ Hard Work
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Step #4 — June 2013
Confronting Fear:
First Dozos-Guerre Reconciliation in Duekoue

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1. Conference Opening at Radio Voix du Guemon in Duekoue
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2. Becoming Familiar, Building Trust
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3. Celebrating Reunion
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"You and me listening in dialogue"

"An enemy is one whose story we have not heard."

 
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Step #5 — Fall 2013
Albino ~ Non-Albino Reconciliation in southern Cote d'Ivoire
1. Meeting, Learning with Albino Leadership
2. Listening More, Planning Together

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3. First All-Day Albino ~ Non-Albino Dialogue Conference in Cote d'Ivoire


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Step #6 — April 2014
Albino ~ Non-Albino Reconciliation Workshop in Bouake, northern Cote d'Ivoire


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Step #7 — July 2014
3-Day Training Seminar for UNESCO and The Ministry of Education



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Step #8 — September 2014
Albino ~ Non-Albino Dialogue Reconciliation in Yamoussoukro-Toumodi, northern Cote d'Ivoire


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Step #9 — May 2015
Humanizing & Integrating Persons with Physical Handicaps in Cote d'Ivoire



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Step #10 — August 2015
Post-brutality Muslim-Christian Reconciliation in Grand-Bassam, Cote d'Ivoire
Two days in May, 2015, saw horrible human slaughters by adversarial Muslim and Christian youth in Dabou and Grand Bassam.
Fourteen citizens including an imam were murdered. A mosque and a church were torched and destroyed.
Citizen-driven reconciliation was begun.
 Ivory Coast TV News Broadcast





Ivory Coast TV News Broadcast


Step #11 — December 2015
Muslim-Christian-Animist Interfaith Reconciliation in Dabou, Cote d'Ivoire
Full Story & Photos


Step #12 — May 2016
Eighteen-year University Campus Violence, then Reconciliation in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire

Protracted Campus Death, Arson, Knives and Clubs

NEWS -- 11 December 2015
Student rivalry leads to death and arson at university

NEWS -- 14 May 2016
New clashes between FESCI and AGEECI, main university student unions
Nouveaux affrontements entre FESCI et Ageeci, principaux syndicats d'etudiants des universites

Steps to Reconciliation

Phase I NEWS -- 26 May 2016
University of Cocody : NGO UFPACI teaches leaders of student organizations on the culture of dialogue and non-violence.
Universite de Cocody: l'ONG UFPACI enseigne les leaders d'organisations estudiantines sur la culture du dialogue et de la non-violence.

Phase I Workshop PHOTOS


Step #13 — November & December 2016
Non-Hearing ~ Hearing Persons' Dialogue in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
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Step #14 — April 2018
Introducing The Golden Rule to Cote d'Ivoire
Full Story & Photos
News Report


Step #15 — May 2018
Dialogue Trainings for the Ministry of Family, Children Protection, and Solidarity
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Guidelines to
Facilitate these Experiences


For more information, communicate with:

Offuh James Offuh
NGO United for Peace Against Conflict International (ONG UFPACI)
Abidjan, COTE D'IVOIRE
UFPACI@gmail.com
or
Libby and Len Traubman
Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue Group
San Mateo, California, USA
LTraubman@igc.org