July 2002
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July 2002 e-Newsletter
ARTICLES
News from the Office
by Leah Green
Notes from our home office, including: our new Board of Directors, our
new name(!), Compassionate Listening trainer certification, our new video
- Crossing the Lines, upcoming program for Israeli and Palestinian
Compassionate Listening Trainers, and more...
Listening to the Stranger:
A Sojourn in Syria
by Virginia Baron
"Syria is the best kept secret," Angela Williams, UNRWA director
in Syria, told us on the morning of our second day in the country - and
we were already inclined to agree...
Syria and Lebanon Photo Journal
Travel with the March 2002 Compassionate Listening delegation to Syria
and Lebanon!
U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich Endorses Compassionate
Listening
by Leah Green
A unique gathering took place on May 25th at Town Hall in Seattle Washington,
attended by approximately 300 citizens. In an effort to deepen the
local dialogue on peace in the Middle East...
2002 Peace Mission Study Trip to Israel/Palestine
by Reverend Peter Ilgenfritz
This past January a group from University Congregational United Church
of Christ in Seattle and Temple B'nai Torah in Bellevue went on a two-week
peace mission study trip to Israel/Palestine...
CBS Special Broadcast: "Crisis in the Holy
Land"
by Rabbi Andrea Cohen Kiener
"Can't we do better?" asked Ted Holmes, co-director of the CBS religion
and cultural programming division, when he called me to ask me to be on
a panel addressing religion and the Middle East conflict ...
Healing Our Communities - the Listening
Council model
by Brian Berman
Entering this new millennium, I had been praying for more peace in the
world...
Compassionate Listeners Report Back
We asked our past participants to tell us how Compassionate Listening
has affected them and how they're using it in their lives now. Here are
their inspiring updates and stories...
EVENTS
Upcoming Compassionate Listening Delegations - You're invited!
Compassionate Listening Workshops
We are now offering Compassionate Listening workshops world wide.
RECENT PRESS
Journies Toward Compassion, by Ann Batser, Medford Mail Tribune
Carol Hwoschinsky says she really didn't fear for her own safety on her
last trip to Israel. But then there was that one evening... (full
story)
Compassionate Listening: A Simply Radical Approach,
by Erin Geesaman, The Catalyst
Suicide bombers. Motherless children. Tanks rolling through neighborhoods,
crumbling homes to rubble. In the Middle East today... (full
story)
Citizen Diplomacy - Listening Leads to Learning,
by Angela D. Smith, The Bremerton Sun
An Indianola woman takes delegations to the Middle East in an effort to
understand the conflict. ... (full
story)
Group on a Mission for Peace in the Middle East,
by Tracy Cooper, The Kingston View
Leah Green has seen immovable resolves budge.
... (full story)
Coming to Peace through Dialogue,
by Larry Snider, Special to The Trenton Times
As I look upon the daily violence that overwhelms all efforts to engender
Middle East peace, a critical ingredient missing... (full
story)
Book Review: Listening With the Heart , by Judith Broadus
This book could not be more timely! This writing was inspired by the heroes
who have stood up for peace in the midst of... (full
story)
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