Bridging Cultures: Co-Creating Networks of Cooperation

 

We are a group of student clubs and organizations from across the world who are interested in co-creating bridges and networks of cooperation and are inviting others to participate in the first Week of Dialogue surrounding the theme of Bridging Cultures: Co-Creating Networks of Cooperation on February 28th- March 4th, 2011.

 The Week of Dialogue is designed to create a safe environment for interested parties (e.g. undergraduate and graduate students, fellows, faculty and community members) to engage, identify, plan, act, and reflect on issues related to health, peace, culture, religion, and community. These activities will be interconnected on local, national and international levels via blogs, video and social media.

There are many creative ideas for events and workshops that could be organized for the Week of Dialogue. If you would like to share an idea for a project that you’ve done in the past, send us an email and we can include it on this website to inspire others (our email: hbpclub@gmail.com):

Health as a Bridge to Peace Photo-Voice Project March 2010

The Tzedaka-Sadaqah Project

Out of the Cold

This program embodies Judaism and Islam’s religious commitment to Tzedaka or Sadaqah, which literally means charity, but also encompasses all acts of compassion and generosity. In this program, groups of Muslim and Jewish students volunteer side-by-side, once a week, serving warm meals to underprivileged members of the local community. The program encourages students to connect on a human level, regardless of their religious background, and fosters a cooperative environment in which students have been able to build meaningful friendships.

Breaking Down Stereotypes

This program gives students an opportunity to identify and discuss persisting stereotypes and misconceptions that exacerbate Muslim and Jewish tensions and distrust. Participants are encouraged to recognize their own preconceived ideas and biases in an environment that accepts and tolerates different ideas and values.

Meal Preparation

Participants prepare sandwiches on campus, which are then delivered by volunteers to shelters and other social service agencies. All food is donated by local businesses.

For more info: http://tzedakasadaqah.wordpress.com/2010/05/09/our-activities-2/

 

Peace by Peace @ Yale School of Medicine 

Art Exhibition 11.16.10

On November 16th, Peace by Peace hosted an art exhibition on the Yale Medical Campus at The Anlyan Center (300 Cedar Street), showcasing the work of local arists as they interpret the idea that health can be used as a “bridge to peace.” When providing medical care, a health professional must never use race, religion or nationality as a means to bias the services provided to their patients. Doing so would simply subvert every ideal the medical profession works to uphold.

Building on this duty, Peace by Peace as an organization contemplates ways in which medical professionals may play the role of peacemaker, slowly assuaging deep-seated prejudices between populations. We hope to build interest in this concept by promoting the expression of these thoughts by local artists, and giving them the opportunity to showcase their work in an intellectually stimulating forum on the Yale Medical campus. We will offer the artist that best encases these ideals a $500 prize for their effort. We will also be joined by Dr. James Leckman and colleagues as we collectively discuss the conflict in the Middle East and the ways in which we can make any sort of difference toward peace. We have purposefully left this competition in an “open-to-interpretation” format, in order to draw forth as potent an expression of creativity as possible. Art of all shapes, colors and media will be accepted. Please see the registration form below for more information on how to enter.

Watch out for pictures and results!