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Global Source Education
In
Cooperation with:
Catylst Mediation Services
Compassionate Listening Project
The Suquamish Tribe
Winslow CoHousing
and Others
Present:
Bearing Witness:
Reclaiming the 'Human' in Human Rights
Summer Workshop for K-12 and Community-Based Educators
July 24, 2007, 9:30am-3:30pm
The Common House at Winslow Cohousing,
Bainbridge Island, WA
“Where, after all, do human rights begin? In small places close to home – so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any map of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person: the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm, or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman, and child seeks equal opportunity, equal justice, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
Educating young people in the 21st century involves helping them bear witness to local and global realities and fostering responsible citizenship in a world of unprecedented interdependence, challenge, and possibility. As we become aware of circumstances where there are questions of fairness, justice, diversity, safety, caring, respect, and responsibility in our teaching and learning, we begin to bear witness to the humanity in human rights education.
As Maxine Greene once noted in describing the responsibility and challenge of American education in addressing discrimination and struggles for freedom: “We who are in education cannot know, cannot truly know how it was, how it is. But we can attend to the some of the voices, some of the stories. And, as we do so, our perspectives on the meanings of freedom and the possibility of freedom in this country [and around the world] may particularize and expand.”
Join Global Source for a one-day summer workshop on the role of bearing witness in the context of human rights. Learn about and practice listening skills and how they have been effective in talks between Israelis and Palestinians, in Rwanda and Burundi, and in a California school. A program for educators and community members regardless of practice and experience.
6 Clock Hours available
Our presenters will share their experiences and lead practice exercises
- Leah Green, Director of The Compassionate Listening Project (www.compassionatelistening.org)
- Judy Friesem, Catalyst Mediation Services
- Video: The Way of Council, a project of the Ojai Foundation
- Global Source Instructors: Kim Bush and Kathryn Keve
Goals and objectives for the Bearing Witness initiative include:
- Focus on learning through practice: compassionate listening and mediation processes.
- Understand the role and benefits of bearing witness by telling our own stories and listening to those of people from other backgrounds or cultures.
- Respectful dialogue is a foundation of Global Source Education. Teachers and community members have found these experiences to be meaningful and supportive. The Bearing Witness series will continue this work in preparation for engaged travel study such as retracing the Japanese Internment journey or visiting Tibet or Africa.
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Minimum enrollment: 10; Maximum enrollment: 25
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Tuition: $45 for Global Source members; $55 for non-members.
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Clock hours will be available (additional fee).
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A reading and resource packet will be provided
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Lunch and refreshments will be served
To register for this dialogue, please call (206) 780-5797 or (206) 780-3528
or e-mail us
Learn more about becoming a member of Global Source
If you have any questions or would like to learn
more about this programs, please
contact us or call (206) 780-5797.
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