Peace education workshop: Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information

[For the record, Israelis and Palestinians can and do work for peace on a daily basis. -jlt]

The Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information in Jerusalem sends out this call:

· We still have places available – register before it is too late

· We still need more presenters – the program is made by the participants and we need you to present as well

· Please help us to distribute this to new participants – we want to bring new people into the peace educators community

Israeli-Palestinian Workshop on Education for Peace

April 11-12, 2008

Tantur, Jerusalem

Following the huge success of the workshop of January 2008 we are holding the Second Peace Education Workshop that will once again bring together peace educators, curricula writers, encounter facilitators, peace studies practitioners, conflict resolution practitioners, mediators, and activists from academia, research sector, governmental and community organizations and others from Israel, Palestine and beyond.

The Workshop will once again be a tremendous opportunity for dialogue, debate and visioning with collaboration and cooperation between the body of theory and practice. The Workshop will be meeting grounds for dialogue and mutual learning from the field of peace education from the viewpoint of academia and from the field of practioners. The Workshop will raise critical issues and acquire new insights into the profound peace education developments in Israel, Palestine and around the world. Furthermore, the Workshop will provide an excellent opportunity to build connections across multi-disciplinary sectors.

Registration is open through April 2, 2008.

Participation – Call for Abstracts

IPCRI is calling on potential participants to submit an abstract for making a presentation at the workshop. This is not a formal academic conference therefore; abstracts will be evaluated on a wider basis than the normal academic criteria. We are looking for creative, exciting and innovative approaches to peace education. You can conduct a workshop that is a discussion, a lecture, a demonstration of a lesson plan or a text books, present a film and hold a discussion, or something more active - a game, drama, music, etc. Use your imagination - all of us have something to teach each other.

The deadline for abstract submission is April 2, 2008.

With the letter you will find:

* A registration form
* An abstract form
* A form for Palestinians who need a permit to enter Israel

There is limited space – the first to register will guarantee a place

Explanation about costs and finances:

Costs, budgets and finances

We have no funding for this workshop. In the last workshop, almost everyone asked for a full or partial scholarship. We will try to raise funds to support scholarships. We cannot promise anything at this point. But our policy is that everyone who has something to contribute and to benefit from participating will participate. Lack of funds will not stand in the way.

We are requesting that everyone pay as much as you can afford taking into account the real costs of this workshop:

The price for the workshop for 2 days, full board, a bed, and the program is 500 NIS (about $140).

The price for the workshop for 2 days, meals and program without a bed is 380 NIS (about $100)

These costs do not include any salary money for IPCRI staff who will be working hundreds of hours preparing and planning the workshop.

We cannot afford to give a full scholarship to everyone who asks for it. Therefore, we are asking everyone to pay something – as much as you can afford and believe is appropriate.

We would request that you pay at the time of registration by check or online. That will help us to plan our finances.

Sleeping arrangements

We only have 70 beds in Tantur this time. We need extra places for people to stay over in Jerusalem. Please indicate on the registration form if you need a bed or if you have other arrangements.

Please also indicate if you have extra places at your home in Jerusalem for people to stay over.

A NOTE TO DONORS

SPONSOR A PARTICIPANT – FOR $140 YOU CAN COVER THE COST OF ONE PARTICIPANT.

THIS WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT MORE THAN 1 PARTICIPANT BECAUSE WE ARE REQUESTING THAT ALL

PARTICIPANTS COVER PART OF THE COSTS. WE HAVE NO FUNDING AT ALL FOR THIS WORKSHOP.

AT THE JANUARY WORKSHOP WE HAD 170 PARTICIPANTS – 65 PALESTINIANS, 67 ISRAELIS AND 38 INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW FOR AT LEAST THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE. PLEASE HELP US.

Contributions are being requested as part of the Rita Baskin Memorial Fund for Peace Education

DONATE ONLINE: http://www.ipcri.org/donate.html

Gershon Baskin and Hanna Siniora, CEOs, IPCRI
Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information
P.O. Box 9321, Jerusalem 91092

Tel: +972-2-676-9460
Fax: +972-2-676-8011
Cellphone: +972-(0)52-238-1715

gershon@ipcri.org
hanna@ipcri.org

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