Set for May 21-24
The Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Wayne State University is sponsoring and presenting "The Mind of Peace Experiment" (M.O.P.E.) in the Community Room of the university's David Adamany Undergraduate Library, May 21-24. The organizers are Sapir Handelman of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Mazen Badra of Webster University, St. Louis.
M.O.P.E. is a grassroots peacemaking exercise between five Palestinians and five Israelis, which includes members of the local population, to discuss and negotiate the dynamic issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a common future. M.O.P.E. was designed to invite people into the peacemaking process by using public debate, grassroots participation and audience insight. Since it is the citizens who are directly involved in the conflict, it is their role to help foster a solution. For more information, visit www.mindofpeaceexperiment.blogspot.com.
The public is invited to attend an investigation of the conflict from the insight of the negotiating table at Wayne State. The activities schedule is as follows:
Thursday, May 21:
- 5:30 p.m. - Food and introductions
- 6:15 p.m. - First session
Friday, May 22:
- Two negotiating sessions
- 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 23:
- No programming, religious observance
Sunday, May 24:
- Two negotiating sessions and conclusion
- 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-3:30 p.m.