Program

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(Note: This program is tentative and subject to change without notice.)

*Workshops: Program workshops will cover a wide variety of issues such as workers' and immigrants' rights, military disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation, conscientious objection to war, Muslim-Jewish / interfaith peace relations, the protection of civil liberties and legal rights, end of capital punishment, regional focus on Colombia, Iraq, Israel and Palestine, racial reconciliation, non-violence training and education, and more.

Thursday, August 5   
International Victim Offender Mediation Association 8:30 am - 4:30 pm One Day Training (optional)
  2:00 - 7:00 p.m. Registration - Samuelson Pavilion
  5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Dinner
Opening Keynote from Kathy Kelly 6:45 - 8:45 p.m. Opening Session:
Outdoor Interfaith
Opening Prayer and Blessing, Welcomes and Opening
Plenary/Keynote: Reconciliation and Conflict Resolution
  9:00 - 11:00 p.m. Entertainment featuring World, Folk and Contemporary Music Variety
      Friday, August 6
  7:00 - 8:45 a.m. Breakfast
  8:45 - 9:15 a.m. Meditation/Spiritual Time
"Hiroshima, Iraq and Beyond" with panelists TBA 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Keynote Address #2
  9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Late Registration
  9:30 - 5:00 p.m. Youth Programs
  11:00 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch
(affinity groups gather informally around signs)
Film: Friendship Village 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Film Screening, followed by Q & A with Directors
  1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Workshops Session A*
  3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Break-(Water Service in Samuelson Pavilion)
  3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Workshops Session B*
  5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Dinner
  6:30 – 7:00 p.m. George Hauser and Richard Deats: FOR History: A Springboard to Action (with an acknowledgement of 50 year members)
"Prophetic Patriotism" with Rev. James Lawson and Mike Farrell. Introduction by Pat Clark, Executive Director, FORUSA 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Keynote Address
  8:30 - 9:00 p.m. Book signing
Yuval Ron 9:00 - 11:00 p.m. Entertainment - Dance Performance and Music
  10:30 - Midnight Dance – Hip Hop artists (?) or DJ
Saturday, August 7  
  7:00 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast
  8:45 - 9:15 a.m. Meditation/Spiritual Time
"The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement" with Dorothy Cotton, Donzaleigh Abernathy,
and John Lawson
9:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Keynote Address / Plenary

  9:30 - 5:00 p.m. Youth Programs
  11:30 - 12:30 p.m. Lunch
Film: Excerpt of ‘In this House: The History of America’s Houses of Worship’ 12:15 - 1:00 p.m. Film Screening
  1:00 - 1:15 p.m. Q & A with filmmaker David Gates
  1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Workshops - Session C*
  3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Break (Water Service in Samuelson Pavilion)
  3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Workshops - Session D*
  5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Dinner
  7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Entertainment – Outdoor Music Concert featuring Paula Larke
Film: Maangamizi 9:30 - 11:30 p.m. Film Screening with opening remarks by Director and Producer
Sunday, August 8  
  7:00 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast
  8:45 - 9:45 a.m. Interfaith
Worship Service
  9:30 - 5:00 p.m. Youth Programs
  10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Break
"Peace and Our Children" with Cindy and Craig Corrie, Leah Wells, and opening remarks from Rabbi Leonard Beerman 10:00 - 11:30 p.m Keynote Address / Plenary
  11:45 - 12:30 p.m. Lunch
(affinity groups gather informally around signs)
  1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Workshops - Session E*
  3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Break (Water Service in Samuelson Pavilion)
  3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Workshops - Session F*
  5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Dinner
"Creative Nonviolent Action in the World" with Sami Awad, Holy Land Trust; Ruth Hiller New Profile; Adriana Patricia (take out), (add Leonardo ) Medellin Youth Network; and Myrna Pagán, FOR Puerto Rico Committee 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Keynote Address / Plenary
  9:00 - 10:00 p.m. Auction
Monday, August 9  
  7:00 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast
  8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Meditation/Spiritual Time
Closing Keynote Address from Bishop Gene Robinson with an introduction from
Rev. Dr. Diana Akiyama

9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Keynote Address / Plenary
  11:30 - 12:00 a.m. Closing Remarks with Historic Handshake Reenactment
  12:00 - 4:00 p.m. Interfaith Peace Walk (off-site with boxed lunches provided)
  11:00 -5:00 p.m. Check out

 

Fellowship of Reconciliation
Box 271, Nyack, NY 10960
(845) 358-4601 ext. 18 Fax: (845) 358-4924
Email: amarsh@forusa.org

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