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Leah
Green, Founder and Director, Mid East Citizen Diplomacy; Delegation
Leader, Compassionate Listening Project: Leah holds masters degrees in
Public Policy and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Washington.
Since 1990 she has directed Mid-East Citizen Diplomacy (previously a project
of the Earthstewards Network, and now a non-profit organization). Leah
has led fifteen citizen delegations to Jordan, Israel, the West Bank and
Gaza. Previously, she lived for two years in Israel, spending one on a
kibbutz and one at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Leah began her
training in Jewish-Palestinian reconciliation in 1982 at Neve Shalom/Wahat
as Salaam's School for Peace, in Israel. She lectures and writes on the
topic of Israeli-Palestinian peace, and has produced two documentaries:
Speaking of Peace and Children of Abraham.
Rabbi
Andrea Cohen-Kiener, delegation leader, Compassionate Listening Project
and Director, Children of Abraham Educational Project: Rabbi Andrea Cohen-Kiener
has degrees in Secondary Education and Hebrew Literature from the University
of Minnesota. She was ordained as a rabbi in the Jewish Renewal movement
in 2000. Andrea is the translator of a hasidic text on mindfulness (Conscious
Community, Jason Aronson, 1995) and is the co-author of a text book on
prayer education (For All Who Call, Melton Center for Research in Jewish
Education). Andrea uses the tools of self-reflection and spiritual development
in her work as a dialogue facilitator,on delegations and in the US.
Munteha Shukralla,
Delegation Leader for the Compassionate Listening Project. Munteha's bi-cultural
heritage (Arab and American), has led her to a deep exploration of her
Middle Eastern roots. She first participated in a Compassionate Listening
Delegation in 1999, and subsequently trained with the project for two
years. Munteha is committed to expanding and enlarging the delegations
to include more Palestinians and other Arabs, and to bringing Compassionate
Listening delegations to countries throughout the Middle East. Munteha
holds a BA degree in International Relations through Portland State University.
Carol
Hwoschinsky, Compassionate Listening Trainer/Group Facilitator: Carol
holds Masters Degrees in Special Education and Psychology. She is a licensed
counselor in private practice, an educator and a mediator. She teaches
Conflict Resolution, develops diversity and conflict resolution curricula
for schools and mediates for a Victim/Offender program in the courts and
for community disputes. She has worked in Armenia to support dialogue
and joint projects with Armenia, Karabakh and Azerbaijan. Previously,
Carol taught psychology and communication in the former Soviet Union.
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