Proposal: A DECADE OF COOPERATION
(plus)
Cartooning
and film as vehicles
19 July
2008
"The biggest transformation in
human history is currently unfolding," says a child, to begin a new one-minute film:
METAPHORmosis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzU3H7E0DO8
OUR FUTURE. OUR VISION
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
~ Proverbs 29:18,
Vision without action is a daydream. Action
without vision is a nightmare.
~ Japanese proverb
A vision is not just a picture of what could be;
it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to
become something more.
~ Rosabeth Moss Kanter
To survive
and excel, what "more" must we become?
By when?
Consider this simple, single page fashioned of
insights from others and experience over time.
Call for
A DECADE OF COOPERATION (2010-2020)
http://traubman.igc.org/decadeofcooperation.pdf
This is to begin
a conversation - to explore for a worthy vision in an economy of words
which might help jettison humankind to new actions and places together.
THE ARTS
Creative vehicles to
picture a vision of compassion and cooperation
CARTOONING FOR PEACE was initiated this June, 2008, in Israel and the
Palestinian Authority - Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethlehem.
Initiators were the famous French cartoonist Jean Plantu, of Le Monde, together with the United Nations
The French Consulate in Jerusalem and the Peres Center
for Peace helped the meetings happen.
SEE its poster at the site of one participant, Avi Katz:
http://avikatz.net/cartooning.html
Cartooning is yet another means of free expression
about yesterday and today, and a vision for tomorrow.
Highlights included the gatherings in Bethlehem and
Ramallah, when Israeli artwork was displayed for the first time ever within the
Palestinian Authority.
Another breakthrough was the delegation of 20
Israelis, including cartoonists, who attended the Bethlehem meeting, where the
cartoonists were able to freely discuss their art and their humanity with the
Palestinian audience.
This brings to mind the brilliant 8-minute animated
film by Israeli and Palestinian youth, PACE OF PEACE - http://paceofpeace.com/ - with the
help of Italian citizens.
It is described at http://traubman.igc.org/messages/553.htm
.
OTHER
VOICES created another new June, 2008,
initiative using film to help Arabs and Jews understand one another in the Holy
Land, on the road to social change.
Assisted by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, films of
Jewish and Palestinian narratives were screened in Jerusalem, Sderot, Lod and the Arab town of Kfar-Kara.
"The idea behind the festival was to show one
side how the other side lives," organizer Sharon Ben Aryeh
explains.
"For example, the Sderot
screenings included a documentary about how Gazans
are suffering in the current situation here."
Ben Aryeh conceived the idea
for OTHER VOICES while studying for a master's degree in communications in
Norway between 2002 and 2003.
"Sometimes you have to move away to get a
different perspective," he says.
Logic might dictate that Sderot
residents, who are paying a heavy toll for their proximity to their neighbors
on the other side of the border, might be somewhat less than empathetic and
open to the possibility that Gazans are also having a
hard time. But this is not the case.
"There were some people who watched that
documentary who had tears in their eyes. I was amazed at how they reacted.
"We hoped the festival would help each side to
accommodate the other, and that seems to have happened," Aryeh explains.
READ the full story at:
Published by Israel21c - 15 July 2008
Listening to voices from the other side
By Barry
Davis
PEACE
IT TOGETHER - http://peaceittogether.ca - also employs film making to bring together young adults
from Israel and Palestine.
Can camcorders create peace?
Absolutely, says Palestinian Adri
Hamael ( AHamael@peaceittogether.ca
), co-executive director with Reena Lazar (
RLazar@peaceittogether.ca ) of PEACE IT TOGETHER.
It's a program empowering young people of
different nationalities to promote peace through dialogue and filmmaking.
Movies bring awareness to issues. The films created by
our participants can move and inspire us to make changes, says Hamael.
Hamael and his team are
preparing to host this years
participants 30 Israeli, Palestinian and Canadian teenagers, aged 16 to
18 on B.C.s Bowen Island.
The 15 boys and 15 girls chosen represent a variety of
cultures and backgrounds.
They are Muslims, Christians, Jews or other faiths;
rich, poor, refugees and newcomers, says Hamael.
Some are products of war, some know little about the
conflict.
Some are living with fighting in their backgrounds.
The wide range of backgrounds from which the teens
come will be a key theme in the new film project Hamael
and his team are undertaking this year Peace it Together 360, a
behind-the-scenes educational documentary about the program, its participants
and its process.
READ the full story and SEE the on the
Web:
Published by Canadian Immigrant.-
23 June 2008
http://canadianimmigrant.ca/education/postsecondary/article/1069
Talking peace
A unique program gives international youth a chance to act
out about peace
by Noa Glouberman