BEYOND WORDS Leadership for Peacemakers

Event Date: Jan 16 2011 - 10:00am - 5:00pm

Seek Peace and Pursue it...
Psalm 34:14

This experiential workshop is based on courses of the Beyond Words Organization, a non profit in Israel that works to promote a life of justice, tolerance and peace by empowering and training Palestinian Arab and Jewish women to become agents of change.

Click here to register!  Sliding scale of $100-$150, please pay what you can.

"...peace comes by following three paths. The first is to make peace with ourselves - all of ourselves. The second is to make peace in ourselves with the significant people in our lives. The third is to find our own experience of Peace with a capital P."
---The Courage for Peace by Louise Diamond

During the workshop participants (both men and women) learn simple, invaluable tools that can enhance their inner peace, confidence and relationship skills. They become aware of how their own healing and empowerment brings more healing and peace to their homes, work places and communities. During the workshop you will be able to:

·         Rediscover the joy of moving, playing games and being in your body
·         Meet some unfinished business you have stored within that same body
·         Experience deep listening designed to heal present and past emotional wounds
·         Feel the healing possibility of touch
·         Learn about new ways of creating a change in your world

Nitsan Gordon (MA Dance Therapy) is the director of the Beyond Words Organization. She has expertise in dance/movement therapy, multi-level listening techniques, healing touch and deep emotional work and has led workshops and taught courses in Israel and the US. Nitsan is Jewish, lives in Israel and is the mother of two children.

Itaf Awad (MA Political Science) is a Palestinian who lives in Israel. She is the granddaughter of Nasra Awad, midwife, healer and peacemaker in her community, has a Masters Degree in Political Science specializing in local authorities. For 26 years she served as assistant to the mayor and heading up and coordinating all matters relating to women. She has devoted herself to work for peace as a facilitator in meetings between Arab and Jewish women, incorporating techniques and exercises of listening and understanding others. Like her grandmother, Itaf is a mediator who walks with patience and compassion as companions. 

Date: January 16, 2011

Time: 10AM - 5PM

Place: Ojai Foundation 9739 Ojai-Santa Paula Road, Ojai, CA 93023

Cost: $150 - $100 sliding scale

Lunch: Bring your own yummy meal!!!