Mending Our Social Fabric: Learning from Palestinian and Israeli Women Peacebuilders

Riman Barakat - Is a veteran peacebuilder and social entrepreneur from East Jerusalem. She currently serves as the co-CEO of FeelBeit, an Israeli-Palestinian cultural centre on Jerusalem’s East-West boundary that harnesses the transformative power of the arts to bridge divides, foster dialogue, and is a prototype of a shared future.

Peta Jones Pellach - Is an educator, activist, and blogger. She is committed to interfaith dialogue and peace-building. She is Director of Education, Elijah Interfaith Institute, co-founder and moderator of Praying Together in Jerusalem and an active member of Women Wage Peace.

The moderator for the night will be Margaret Hepworth. Margaret is an inspiring peace educator, speaker, and advocate for non-violence and building social cohesion. She is currently serving as the Victorian Education Coordinator for Together for Humanity and founder of the peace education initiative, The Gandhi Experiment.

Sunday 31 August

6:30 pm for 7 pm start

Venue: The venue will be in the inner South-East suburbs of Melbourne/Naarm. Location will be provided three days before the event for community safety reasons

Cost: $18/ $10 concession/ Free for the unwaged and those unable to pay at this time

For questions about the event please e-mail jim@victas.uca.org.au or melindajones613@gmail.com