From Steve Gardiner Director, Management Training Purdue Pharma
I have found Josh Weiss’ Third Side: A Pedagogical Accompaniment to be a tremendous resource. I am very interested in corresponding with any high schools or colleges who having been using this curriculum. Do you know of any schools that I might contact? Thank you.
In Vienna a group of European Imans meet and look at their role in developing and changing the global image of Muslims.
A declaration by the head of Bosnia‘s Islamic community that has been circulating among European mosques illustrates the balancing act for the continent‘s more than 33 million Muslims.
"There‘s kind of psychological warfare now between East and West and Europe is at the center of it," said Mustafa Ceric, the leader of Bosnia‘s Muslim community and author of the "Declaration of European Muslims" issued earlier this year.
Ceric, who cannot attend the Vienna meeting because of a scheduling conflict, plans to have an aide present his document. It urges European Muslims to embrace modern views and change "a bad global image to a good global image of Muslims," but also blames the West for fanning prejudices against Islam following the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.
In Hopkinton MA the Hopkinton Public Library and the Friends of the Library hosted an innovative children's concert entitled "Peace Begins With Me - We're Bully Free!" by Performing Arts Educator, Cheryl Melody. This concert is designed to give children a sense of hope that transcends the negativity they sometimes face in their day-to-day world.
This musical journey is filled with interactive opportunities, uplifting words and original, catchy music. Every song and rhythmic rap is participatory, and every piece of music focuses on concrete, educational messages that teach children how they can bring peace to their lives and to the lives of others. Through participatory and original songs, instruments, gentle movement, multicultural puppets, international flags and the Vibratory Golden Peace Bowl. Suitable for children Pre-school through Grade 5, the concert is a fun way for children to learn about non-violent conflict resolution and bully-free environments, all while having a great time singing and laughing.
In our Forum mailing we posted the following two Third Side News Stories.
Catholic bishops to mediate bitter Uruguayan dispute - Argentine and Uruguayan bishops have accepted an invitation from Argentine President Nestor Kirchner to mediate a bitter dispute over the construction of two pulp mills in Uruguay that opponents say will cause severe environmental damage. The long-running dispute over construction of the $1.7 billion plants in the Uruguayan town of Fray Bentos has soured relations between the two countries.
“I still forgive him” – On a summer night in 2003, Anthony Warren of Hyde Park fired three gunshots into the air outside a three-decker in Dorchester to scare two women who lived on the first floor after an argument. One bullet severed the spine of Kai Leigh Harriott, then 3, who was sitting outside on her family's third-story porch with a sister. Kai and four members of her family told a Suffolk Superior Court judge that the shooting had changed their lives forever, but had also shown them the value of forgiveness.
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For a day notice your conversations and how you hold multiple perspectives. At the end of the day briefly consider these questions: Do you hold multiple perspectives in your conversations? Do you invite others to share their perspectives? Are you open to letting in other perspectives? If not, why not? Do you feel you’re holding more then one perspective?