24 July 2009

2009 - 3 Week Program begins in July

Posted under: Artsbridge; Events .

Our 3-week Leadership Development Program will be held at Boston College this summer. Artsbridge is bringing 15 Israelis and 15 Palestinians together to learn to understand the suffering that is being experienced on both sides of the conflict.   While students do not always agree about the “facts” of the past or the exact solution for the future, they do come to respect each other’s experiences and empathize with each other.  One Israeli participant said that when he was having a hard time with the dialogue, the first person to comfort him was a Palestinian, which was something he said he never expected to happen.  Other participants told us that however difficult the dialogue was, they were still able to come together to work on their art projects—sometimes in silence, sometimes continuing the conversation as they worked.  Their shared vision of something new always enabled them to come back together.

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