Sept 4-7, 2008
3rd Annual International Conference on
 
"ENGAGING THE OTHER": The Power of Compassion

September 4 - 7, 2008
San Francisco (San Mateo), California, USA
 

~  REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN  ~

An international, multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary conference
examining concepts of "The OTHER" from a universal, cross-cultural perspective to promote wider public dialogue about concepts of "Us and Them"

Sponsored by 
Common Bond Institute
Co-Sponsored by
International Humanistic Psychology Association,
Institute of Imaginal Studies and  Institute of Noetic Sciences

Supported by a growing international list of over 90 organizations and universities

Conference Details Here

~ Registration is Open To Professionals and the General Public ~
Continuing Education Units available

We Invite You To:
an extraordinary conference to address the roots of fear based belief systems and stereotypes, prejudice, polarization, enemy images, and artificial barriers of misunderstanding and distrust that divide us.

JOIN
an international list of presenters, visionaries, and concerned individuals to engage in 3 1/2 days of workshops and focused, facilitated dialogue bridging the divide and cultivating our capacity for reconciliation, appreciation of diversity, and peace.

"The most enriching conference experience of my life."
              ....Senator John Vasconcellos

FORMAT AND CONTENT:
A 3 1/2 day program of - Keynote Speakers, - Topical Plenary Rounbdtables, - Concurrent Break-out Sessions of Workshops and Roundtables, - Conference-wide Facilitated Dialogue Groups to Engage Concepts and Explore Practical Applications, - Interactive All-conference Experiences, - E-conference addresses by leading visionaries, - Evening Performances, Cultural programs, and Community Activities, - Evolving Expressive Arts Interpretation of the conference, - Tibetan Buddhist Sand Mandala Ritual, - Media/Art Exhibits and Events, - Rich Networking and Action Planning,  - Multi-cultural Community

AN OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL GATHERING OF MORE THAN 55 PRESENTERS
 

Confirmed Include:   Huston Smith, Marianne Williamson, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Don Edward Beck, Geshe Gendun Gyatso, Maureen O'Hara, Satsuki Ina, Corinne McLaughlin, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Reverend Paul Chafee, James O'Dea, Tashi Wangdu, Stanley Krippner, Imam Zaid Shakir, Sharif Abdullah, Sen. John Vasconcellos, Gay Barfield, Aftab Omer, Maha ElGenaidi, Michael Nagler, Lee Mun Wah, Libby Traubman, Len Traubman, David Hartsough, Louise Diamond, Sally Mahe, Sarah Talcott, Christopher Thoresen, Richard Moon, Elza Maalouf, Kim Weichel, Skip Robertson, Kirk Schneider, Leah Green, Deborah Koff-Chapin, Luisah Teish, Steve Olweean, Sandra Friedman, Ihsan Alkhatib, Imad Hamad, Nadia Fadel, Pat Allen, Mukti Khanna, Marc Pilisuk, Anna Rodina, Benina Gould, Melek Totah, Eryn Kalish, Lorin Troderman, Osprey Orielle Lake, Melissa Nelson, Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Ken Homer, Ryan Feinstein, Alana Leah, Jean Marc Randin, Lyla Johnston

E-Conference Address: US Congressman Dennis Kucinich, US Congressman John Conyers

Yet to be Confirmed: Danny Glover, Carolyn Lukensmyer

                      "An important, timely dialogue
                              ....everyone needs to be part of."

C ommon B ond I nstitute

Susan Burns
Institute of Noetic Sciences (www.noetic.org)
Local Community (www.ionsnw.org)

425 881-9000
sburns@ionsnw.org

                                             

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