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September 17-21, 2006

IFLAC: PAVE PEACE  6th INTERNATIONAL

CONGRESS

Chairperson of Conference:
Prof. Ada Aharoni, Founder and President of World IFLAC: PAVE PEACE
ada@tx.technion.ac.il

Arie Vangerko, Gen. Manager, IFLAC
arvn01@netvision.net.il

www.iflac.com   www.iflac.com/ada

 

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INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR THE

 LITERATURE AND CULTURE OF PEACE

Le Meridien Hotel, September 17-21, 2006

Haifa, Israel

 

CONGRESS PROGRAM

Introduction

Dear Friends,

 This is a time of great challenge for not only peace culture in the Mediterranean region, but also for world peace culture, and we call on you to contribute your creations and abilities to their promotion. 

Among the highlights of the IFLAC Congress: 

1. The First World Peace Poetry Festival.  Renowned International Poets from the region and from the world will present their peace poems and share with us the stories that led to the writing of those poems.  In addition, all participants are invited to share the favorite peace poems that have influenced their lives.  Among the poets who will be presenting their creations: Dr. Ada Aharoni, who will also speak on: “The  Power of Peace Poetry.”

 2.  Dr. Ernesto Kahn, Nobel Laureate for Peace, and Vice-President of IFLAC, heads a Roundtable of Israeli and Palestinian Researchers on: The Possibilities of Peace Between the Two People and in the Mediterranean Region.

 3.  International Writer and Psychologist, Dr. Frank Cardelle, will speak about his latest book, Global Soul: A Call to Citizens of the Planet.  He will also run an Introductory Community-Building Workshop: The World in Each of Our Hands, at the opening of the congress. 

4. Dr. Sara Zamir:  Will lead a Panel and Workshop on: A Critical View of Peace Education, she will analyze the need to carry the theoretical value of peace education to practice, namely, to transform the value of peace from a mere “vision” to an actual way of life

Purpose of the 6th IFLAC Congress:  To pave a culture of peace in the middle East and in the world, through bridges of culture, literature, poetry, media and communications.

The Congress includes: International Peace Researchers and Activists, Writers, Poets, Women Leaders for Peace, Teachers and Students, TV Media, film producers and directors, Journalists and for all people who yearn for peace .  The Congress is open to participants from all over the world.

IFLAC Ambassadors are requested to prepare and  present plans (10  minutes each), on: "Paving Peace through  Culture, Literature, Poetry and the Arts", in the various countries of our global village.

  Nominations and elections of World IFLAC Ambassadors for the IFLAC World Board 2007, and choice of location for the next IFLAC Congress.  Suggestions are welcome.

Please  visit the following sites for the Registration Form and Information: www.iflac.com www.iflac.com/ada , print it, fill it, and send it to Sunorama,  together with your payment, at the address indicated.

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DAY 1 - Sunday, September 17, 2006

16.00 – 19.00         Registration, Get Together and coffee

20.00 – 22.00         Opening IFLAC Ceremony

Greetings: Professor Ada Aharoni, IFLAC President
                    Mayor of Haifa City, Mr. Yonah Yahav
                    Iflac General Major in Israel, Mr. Arie Vangerko
                    Vice- President of IFLAC, Prof. Ernesto Kahn
                    Education for Peace Counselor, Dr. Sara Zamir      

 Presentations and Poetry Reading by  Keynote Speakers and distinguished writers and poets.

Carmel Choir, Mediterranean Dances and Songs, International Artistic Presentations.

8:00 - 10:00

DAY 2 - Monday, September 18

Registration, Get Together and coffee

10:00 - 10:15

Musical Interlude

11.00 – 12.30

Paving Peace Through Literature, Poetry, and the Media.

Opening Address:  Ada Aharoni,  President IFLAC: PAVE PEACE  - The International Forum for the Culture of Peace.

Greetings and Presentations: Board Ambassadors of  IFLAC.

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Introductory Workshop: The World in Each of Our Hands
Frank Cardelle

The purpose of this workshop is to create an opportunity to bring participants together at the beginning of the Conference. To build connections, trust, support and a shared sense of peace paving journey and intention. A special activity will be introduced that will ensure that this task and goal is realized.

Please be ready to bring your minds, souls, and bodies to this workshop, to give and receive some of the nourishment and encouragement that we all need so we can do the work of PEACE in a better and more effective manner. Welcome to all.

 

12:30 – 13:30

Break

13:30 – 14.30

Presentation of Frank Cardelle’s new book Global Soul: A Call to Citizens of the Planet, followed by a combination discussion and dialogue among congress participants. 

14:30 - 16:00

Aerobics on the Meridien Beach and swimming

16:00 – 16.30

16.30 - 18:00

Coffee Break

Students Peace Culture Panel
Headed by Laura Shaz

18:00 - 20:00

Break

20:00 - 22:00

Presentations and Poetry Reading by  Keynote Speakers and distinguished writers and poets.

International Dances and Songs and Artistic Presentations, Painting exhibition, organized by Susana Siguelboim.

DAY 3 – Tuesday, September 19

9:00 - 9.30

Registration

9:30 – 11.00


First World Peace Poetry Festival

The First World Peace Poetry Festival.  Renowned International Poets from the region and from the world will present their peace poems and share with us the stories that led to the writing of those poems.  In addition, all participants are invited to share the favorite peace poems that have influenced their lives.  Among the poets who will be presenting their creations: Dr. Ada Aharoni, who will also speak on: “The  Power of Peace Poetry, as well as: Dorin Popa, Anitra Redlefsen, Adelina Klein, Ernesto Kahn, Puah Shalev, Ibtisam Mahameed, Sethu Kumanan, Mahmoud Zeydan, Susana Roberts, Bella Clara Ventura,  and others.

11.00 – 11.30

Coffee Break

       11.30 – 12.30                  Dr. Ernesto Kahn : A Rainbow of Peace -  "Keshet Shalom" Circle –                                                                            “Can NGO’s like IFLAC promote Peace?”

12.30 – 13.30          Prof. Dorin Popa: Roundtable:  Peace Through the Media and the Internet

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13.30  - 14.30               Break and swimming in the Mediterranean Sea

14.30 – 18.00              Continuation of Poetry Festival: in addition to the Poets’ presentations, all participants are invited to share their favorite peace poems, that have influenced their lives. 

 

SOCIAL PROGRAM

20:00 - 22:00

An International Peace Feast: Dancing, Singing (Please bring your musical instruments and songs and dances from your country to share with all.)

Shalom Aleichem Stories  - Presented by Playwright and Actor Alvin Aronson <!-- end day 1 -->AN InterntAAAAN An AN

 

DAY 4 – Wednesday, September 20

9:30 - 11.30

Panel and Workshop: A Critical View of Peace Education
Dr. Sara Zamir

There is a need to carry the theoretical value of peace education to practice, namely, to transform the value of peace from a mere “vision” to an actual “way of life”.

11: 30 - 12:00

Coffee Break

12:00 - 13:30

Workshop: Leaders of Tomorrow
Anitra Redlefsen -

The leaders of tomorrow--our children--are our most valuable and precious treasures.  What should we--collectively and universally--be teaching and role modeling for them that will help them to grow to be moral problem solvers and promoters of peace?  In this hands on and participatory workshop, we will compose a model of moral problem solving in literary and visual art forms, and create an action plan for sharing our model universally.

 

13:30 - 14:00

Lunch

14:30 - 16:00

Rest and possibility of visiting the environment

16:00 - 17:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

17.00 – 17.30

17.30 – 18.00

Workshop: Man and Woman in Literature and Poetry
Hilarie Roseman

According to research of the Australian Family Association “Men + Women Apart, Partnering in Australia”, the lack of partnering in the 30 year old age group has brought us to the conclusion that the knowledge of peace and its growth have to be applied to the man and the woman, no matter which country they live in. 

To understand what is dragging men and woman apart – we will look at the relationship of the man and woman as depicted in narratives by D. H. Lawrence Women in Love, Patrick White Voss and Ray Lawler Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.

“ The creativity of men and women together will recreate the world.”

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IFLAC America Panel: Chair - Rosetta Sanj and Rose Lord

IFLAC Canada Panel, Chair: Celine Leduc

 

19.00 – 21.00

Dinner and walk on the Beach Front: “ The Potter’s Restaurant.”

DAY 5 – Thursday, September 21

9:00  - 16.00

               INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY

Bus to: IFLAC TENT OF PEACE and BEDUIN Lunch

Greetings:  Ada Aharoni,  Amin Kassem, Ibtissam Mahameed.

Poetry, Stories, Indian Dancing, Polish Dances, Mexico Dances, and Israeli Dances,  Singing, Music.

The Bahai Gardens (the 8th Wonder of the World), the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion Visitors’ Center), Hecht Museum and Haifa University, Druze  Carmel  City and Mount Carmel  Scenic Tour. 


                                              INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY CELEBRATION

19:00 - 22:00

Festive Party 

Greetings  by:  The  ambassadors of World  IFLAC, and  Mr. Jeremy Gilley, Director of “Peace One Day.”  And Cultural Attaches, Organizing Committee, Keynote Guests

Prof. Ada Aharoni: Peace Resolution of the International Conference:                             Toward  A Year 2007 Beyond War: "Peace is a human right - it is time to create an active  global culture of peace and abolish war! One of the  best ways to do it is through NGO’s like IFLAC PAVE PEACE."

 Piano Concert, and Israeli, Arab and Druze Dancing.

The IFLAC: PAVE PEACE  CLOSING  CEREMONY-

The IFLAC  CULTURE OF PEACE AWARDS: Distributed by

Folklore Dance Troupe and Singers.  Dancing and Singing with particpants.
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 DAY 6: Friday, September 22, Starting of Optional Post Conference PEACE CULTURE Tour.  Please contact Joseph Oktay Ashkenazi at Sunorama Tours, for details: Email: Oktay Joseph Ashkenazi

  oktay@sunorama.co.il

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