The Kansas City Sabeel Conference is a two-day educational and advocacy conference on the conflict in Palestine-Israel and how it impacts our Christian sisters and brothers living in the land of Jesus’ birth.

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The regional conference at Village Presbyterian Church will be the next-best thing to a trip to the Holy Land.  It will provide an unparalleled opportunity for American Christians and others to learn first-hand how we can help bring peace to Palestine—and assistance to the “forgotten faithful” of the church.

The conference will provide workshops for those who want basic history and information as well as workshops for seasoned activists to network and learn ways to work towards a just peace. The conference will include:

• Major presentations from invited speakers

• Workshop sessions on history, theology, politics and advocacy.

• Middle East banquet and more!

Rarely does a conference on peace and justice issues come to Kansas City with the caliber of speakers and topics as the one that is being planned for this Fall. Citizens for Justice in the Middle East has joined with Friends of Sabeel—North America and Justice, Peace and the Environment Committee at Village Presbyterian Church to organize a Sabeel Conference on October 20-21, 2006. This regional conference will inform community members about current realities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Sabeel (Arabic for “the way”) is a grassroots peace movement which was initiated by Palestinian Christians, who work side by side with Muslims, Jews and the secular community to bring awareness, dialogue and understanding to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Through educational conferences and programs, Sabeel works to build a culture of peace.

We have invited a remarkable list of speakers, all experts in Palestine-Israel matters, who will address a range of topics on current Mideast politics, as well as topics on effective activism work. Their names and a brochure describing sponsorship opportunities are included with this letter. Those of you who have been involved with the peace movement will agree that it’s an impressive list!

If you are a member of a community organization, faith community or own a business, then consider becoming a Sponsor to help make the conference a success. Go to the Conference Sponsors web page for more information.

Most of all, we want people to come. The Boston regional conference attracted 800, Chapel Hill 300, Toronto 200, Salt Lake City 300. To date, there have been about fifteen regional conferences—we’re proud that Kansas City will host this Sabeel Conference. Go to the Conference Registration web page for more information.

from the KC Sabeel Conference organizers

PS - Another way you can help make the conference a success is by volunteering to help plan the event, publicity or work to prepare the facility for the conference. Go to the Volunteer web page for more information.