Is Peace with Justice Possible in Israel/Palestine?

Sponsored by

Joining Hands for Justice, Atlanta/Palestine Committee

Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, Peacemaking Committee

Saturday, October 17

9:00 am – 4:00 pm 

Trinity Presbyterian Church of Atlanta

3003 Howell Mill Road Atlanta, GA 30327  

Cost $25.00 (includes lunch and materials)

Registration Deadline: October 14

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Featured Speakers 

Jala Basil Andoni, Hekmat Bessiso-Naji, Ruth El Raz

Jerusalem Women Speak- A Project of Partners for Peace,

Christian, Muslim and Jewish: Three Women, Three Faiths, One Shared Vision

Dr. Mark Braverman, American-Jewish writer

Author, Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land

Executive Director, Holy Land Peace Project

Title of Plenary- Atonement, Entitlement, and the Search for Peace

Gregory Khalil, An American Palestinian Christian

President and Co-Founder, The Kairos Project

"Toward a Just Peace: Can America's Faith Communities Help?" 

Sam Jones and Nathan Stock, The Carter Center in Atlanta

For more information please call or email Sarah Humphrey

by phone at 404- 636-1429 ext. 113 or by email

Your check is your registration:

Make check to Presbytery of Greater Atlanta

Mail check to: 611 Medlock Rd., Decatur, GA 30033

Is Peace with Justice Possible in Israel/Palestine?

Program

9-9:30 Registration, Refreshments, Fellowship and Exhibit

9:30-9:40 Welcome and opening remarks [Plenary-B-110]

9:40-10:15 Plenary Speaker- Greg Khalil, The Kairos Project : B-110
“Toward a Just Peace: Can America’s Faith Communities Help?”

10:15-11 Session 1 Workshops
Workshop 1: B-110- Greg Khalil, Mobilizing Your Community For ME Peace
Workshop 2: B-112- Rev. Fahed Abu-Akel, 4 Options for Peace
Workshop 3. B-104- Sam Jones and Nathan Stock, Carter Center
Workshop 4. B-100- Dr. Braverman, Interfaith dialogue about Israel/Palestine

11-11:15 Break for coffee in the hall and display in Rm B-106

11:15 – 12 Plenary Speaker – Dr. Mark Braverman, American-Jewish writer
Title of Plenary: Atonement, Entitlement, and the Search for Peace
Author of “Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land”, Executive Director, Holy Land Peace Project

12-1 Lunch in fellowship hall and book signing for Dr. Braverman

1-2:10 Jerusalem women speak – Plenary B-110
Three Women, Three Faiths, One Shared Vision
A Project of Partners for Peace- 16th Tour in the USA
Ruth El Raz, Jewish
Jala Basil Andoni, Christian
Hekmat Bessiso-Naji, Muslim

2:15-3 Session 2 Workshops
Workshop 1: B-110- Three Women, Three Faiths, One Shared Vision
Workshop 2: B-112- Rev. Marthame Sanders, PC(USA) and Israel/Palestine
Workshop 3. B-104- Greg Khalil, Mobilizing Your Community For ME Peace
Workshop 4. B-100- Dr. Mark Braverman, Covenant, Promise, and the Question of Justice

3:15-3:45 Where do we go from here? – Plenary B-110

3:45 Closing remarks