Day 1

Perspectives on the conflict and possibilities for peace

9:00

Worship

9:30

Introduction

Seminar Designer

10:00

Session: Israel/Palestine--Overview of a conflict

David Wildman, Executive Secretary for Human Rights and Racial Justice, General Board of Global Ministries

12:00 

Lunch

1:00

Briefing: An Israeli Vision of Peace

Julie Bernstein, Israeli Permanent Mission to the United Nations

2:00

Break

2:15    

Briefing:  A Palestinian Vision of Peace   

Feda Abdelhady Nasser, Counselor at the Permanent Observer
Mission of Palestine to the United Nations

3:30  

United Nations Tour 

Day 2

Responding to the conflict: as Christians, U.S. citizens, and members of a global community

9:00

Check-in and Reflection

Eleanor King

10:00   

Working for Justice and Living for Peace: Responding to Israel and Palestine

Joseph Donnelly, International Delegate to the U.N. Israel Palestine NGO, CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS

11:00

Standing in Solidarity

Paper Tiger TV

12:30

Lunch

1:30

Review and Reflection:  Where do we go from here?

Eleanor King, Seminar Program Intern    

2:30

Wrap up and Evaluation