Step-by-Step:
Learning
to become closer, together
13 December 2014
"There is no
them, once you know them."
~ Dick Simon, Businessman, Global traveler
"People in
communion liberate each other."
~ Paolo Freire
"Faith is
taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase."
~ Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Civil rights leader, clergyman (1929 - 1968)
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Steps Toward Cooperation
with Science Training
STEP-GTP -- http://www.step-gtp.org
-- fosters
sustainable, cooperative relationships by providing a shared educational
experience to pairs of Israeli and Palestinian students in the same
graduate program.
This STEP is Science Training Encouraging Peace.
Despite Holy Land violence, fear, and prejudice, this brave, effective
activity -- worthy of your support -- has a waiting list of courageous students
eager to learn together and become closer.
Visionary Director Dr. Allen Taylor receives e-mail at Allen.Taylor@tufts.edu
VIEW the Palestinians and Jews:
Science
Training Encouraging Peace - Graduate Training Program (STEP-GTP)
4-min video -- October 2014
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Stepping Across Water
with Social Media
The first Season
of Light Three Continent Video Bridge -- http://traubman.igc.org/light2014.htm
-- took a step forward for the citizen-to-citizen public peace process.
ZOOM social media technology brought new power to citizen-driven
conflict transformation and community building.
From 11 sites in Israel, Palestine, Ivory Coast, Bahrain, and California
USA, diverse women and men relationship-builders intimately connected with
home-to-home communication excellence.
During almost two hours, they met, spoke, and listened to one another
for mutual learning and inspiration light.
Participants were part of the growing planetary family who succeed
convening adversaries at the heart and mind to transform fear to familiarity,
conflict to cooperation, enemies to creative partners.
The 40 on-screen Muslims, Jews, and Christians were from eight
organizations.
AFRICA
United for Peace Against Conflict
International
MIDDLE EAST
Hagar: Jewish-Arab Education for Equality
Hand in Hand Center for Jewish-Arab
Education in Israel
Interfaith Encounter
Association
Parents Circle - Bereaved Families Forum
Sharing Life Stories & Music
as Bridges
NORTH AMERICA
Jewish-Palestinian Living Room
Dialogue
View PHOTOS -- http://traubman.igc.org/light2014photos.pdf
Read INSTRUCTIONS for Zoom video-conferencing -- http://traubman.igc.org/howvideoconference.pdf
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Stepping Through Water
with Music
When
it comes to communication, anything is possible
1-1/2 min video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEuZc_dn-oI
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Stepping Into A Room
of Muslim & Jewish Women
The new Sisterhood
of Salaam Shalom -- http://sosspeace.org
-- co-sponsored the history-making Muslim-Jewish Women's Conference this
November, 2014.
More than 100 Muslim and Jewish women gathered at Temple University in
Philadelphia on Sunday, November 2, 2014.
For the first time, a group of Muslim and Jewish women from all over the US
gathered together to learn from each other, study together, build new
friendships.
The women were of all ages, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and observance
levels discovered their similarities -- all sisters of one God in pursuit of
improving the world through personal engagement.
SEE PHOTOS and more:
Over
100 Muslim and Jewish Women Gathered Together to
Build
Alliances and Confront Common Challenges
http://sosspeace.org/what-we-do/muslim-jewish-women-leadership-conference/retreat-information/
Similarly, Francie Wolff, an American Jewish woman in Missouri, has a
passion for reaching out and dignifying the stories of both peoples.
This December 2014, she released to the world her new song of the stories she
heard and people she met in Palestine and Israel.
Francie receives e-mail at F3Wolff@aol.com
Oh,
Ishmael
5-1/2 minute music video --
December 20142014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccMRiEFAyr4
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