Greetings!
Thank you for registering for
the upcoming conference sponsored by DC Friends of Sabeel: "Pursue Justice, Seek
Peace!" We look forward to seeing you this coming Friday and/or Saturday (March 3-4).
Following are some more details about getting to the conference site:
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church is at 1313 New York Ave. NW (http://www.nyapc.org),
about 3 blocks from the White House. WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND USING METRO!!!
NYAPC is just 1 block from McPherson Square Metro Station 14th Street exit. Please
visit http://www.metroopensdoors.com
for details about using Metro, including Park&Ride. (Most Metro parking
lots are free on Saturday.) If you must drive, nearby parking lots include 1333
H Street behind the church ($16 Friday, $6 after 5pm, closed Saturday) and PMI
Parking at 1401 H Street ($16 Friday, $6 Saturday). Street parking is possible
on Saturday, but plan on walking a few blocks.
Click
here for Google map with Metro Stations
Once you arrive at the
church, please use the New York Avenue entrance in the middle of the south side
of the building. Registration will be in the Radcliffe Room, to the left of the
receptionist desk.
We encourage you to come
Friday morning to see what is in the Resource Room starting at 10am, then view
Peter Nagle's film at 11am. There are plenty of nearby lunch options.
Please visit http://www.wiamep.org/sabeel for the most
up-to-date program information. Feel free to respond to this email with
questions or contact john.salzberg@verizon.net.
Sincerely,
Nathan Rich, for the
Sabeel-DC Conference Planning Committee
When you check in at the
conference, you will be asked to choose one workshop for each of 3 sessions.
They are listed here for your information:
Friday: 3:45-4:45 Workshop A
1. CAT: Join the Campaign Against Caterpillar
Leader: Mike Daly, Outreach Coordinator, Fellowship of Reconciliation
Interfaith Peace-Builders
2. Attacking Academic Freedom in the United States:
Legal and Political Consequences
Leader:
Sara Roy, Senior Research Scholar,
Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
3. Middle Eastern Christianity
Leader: Rev. Canon Naim Ateek, Director, Sabeel Liberation Theology Center
4. A Solidarity of Witness and Accompaniment
Leaders: Sally Hunsberger, Harriet Taylor and Mike Brown, Christian Peacemaker Teams; Huwaida Arraf, International Solidarity Movement; Dr. Leila
Richards, WCC Ecumenical Accompaniment
Program in Palestine & Israel
5. Impacting the Media: Helping Each Other Make the
Case
Leader: Sam Husseini, Communications Director, Institute for Public
Accuracy
6. Going Back to Basics on the Question of
Palestine
Leader: Nadia Hijab, Senior Fellow, Institute for Palestine Studies
Saturday: 12:30-1:30 Workshop
B
1. The Black Church, Liberation & Palestine
Leader: Rev. Graylan Hagler, Senior
Minister, Plymouth Congregational UCC & National President, UCC Ministers
for Racial, Social and Economic Justice
2. A Guide to Lobbying & Advocacy
Leader: Corinne Whitlatch, Executive Director, Churches for Middle East Peace
3. Walling In & Walling Out: A Closer Look at
Occupation Policies
Leader: Dr. Jeff
Halper, Coordinating Director,
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
4. Demanding Legal Accountability from Israel in
its Courts: Two New Cases, Gaza & Qana
Leader: Noura Erakat,
Legal Advocate at US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
5. Courage to Refuse Movement and Current
Developments in Israeli Politics
Leader:
Rami Kaplan, Israeli Defense Force
reserve major and member of "Courage to Refuse"
6. Continuing Discussion
Leader: Jean Zaru, Presiding Clerk, Ramallah Quakers, and Vice President of Sabeel
Liberation Theology Center
Saturday: 1:45-2:45 Workshop C
1. Christian Zionism: What Is It and How to Address
It? 2. Morally Responsible Investment, Boycott &
Sanctions: A Toolkit 3. Pilgrimage and Social Awareness: Planning for
"Authentic Tourism" 4. The Right of Return: A Framework of
International Law 5. Reframe the Conflict: Change the Discourse! 6. Report back: Celebrating Nonviolence Conference,
December 2005, Bethlehem
Leader: Rev. Dr. Don Wagner, North Park University
Leader: Liat
Weingart, Director of Campaigns and
Programs, Jewish Voice for Peace
Leader:
Dr. Dorothy Jean Weaver, Professor
of New Testament at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg, VA
Leader: Prof.
Susan Akram, Boston University School
of Law
Leaders: Jeff Halper, Israeli Committee Against House Demolition, and Mary
Lou Leiser Smith, Chair of ICAHD-USA
and Coordinating Director of the Coalition for Peace
Leaders:
Rev. Phil Anderson, Kent Beduhn, Jim Vitarello