First Speakers
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Len & Libby Traubman are co-founders of the 22-year-old Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue of San Mateo, now preparing for its 276th meeting. For 30 years they’ve brought enemies together around the world, facilitating face-to-face community building dialogue from personal experience with Soviets and Americans, Armenians and Azerbaijanis, Jews and Palestinians, and most recently Muslim and Christian Nigerians. Recently they’ve facilitated dialogue via Skype and Zoom between diverse citizens of Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Myanmar. You can find out more about the Traubmans and their work at their OWL profiles. |
First Speakers’ Story
Part 1: How Their Dialogue Work Got Started
Part 2: Early Lessons in Peacemaking
Part 3: Challenges in Bringing Enemies Together
Part 4: Most Important things They’ve Learned
Community Response
Len & Libby’s Question to the Group
Kay Sandberg
Ashland, Oregon
Karen Yeo
Singapore
Wendy Berk
Half Moon Bay, California
Barbara Nussbaum
Cape Town, South Africa
Debbie Shapiro
Jerusalem, Israel
Marty Gross
Piedmont, California
Claudia Miller
Piedmont, California
OFFUH James OFFUH
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
More about OFFUH and his work at Feb. 10 OWL Wisdom Circle 1
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Aryae Coopersmith
Half Moon Bay, California
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