Libby and Len Traubman's Page

What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

We are motivated by the urgency and high destiny for each human to adopt a new quality of deep listening to one another and realize that "an enemy is one whose story we have not heard."

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)

In 2009, we are part of a 16-year-old Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue preparing for our 205th meeting here on the San Francisco Peninsula.

In the 1980s, we helped found the Beyond War Movement, so have brought together Soviets and Americans, and Armenians and Azerbaijanis, as well as Palestinians and Israelis for successful communication.

Libby is a retired clinical social worker, Len a retired pediatric dentist. We are grateful parents to a fine daughter and son, and grandparents to two exceptional boys and now a beautiful girl.

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

Former Soviet Union
Israel
Palestine

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

USA

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

We are co-founders of the 16-year-old Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue, San Mateo, California, USA.

What is your personal or organizational website?

http://traubman.igc.org/dg-prog.htm

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://traubman.igc.org/messages.htm

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://traubman.igc.org/camps.htm

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Society, Conflict Mainstreaming, Dialogue, Education, Facilitation, Psychosocial

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Capacity Building, Communication, Curriculum Development, Program Design, Program Implemenation, Training

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications

Palestinians, Jews engaging and creating
CNN - Anderson Cooper 360 - October 16, 2008
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/16/palestinians-jews-engaging-an...

Palestinian & Jewish Recipes for Peace
100 pages - recipes for the table and for relationship building
http://traubman.igc.org/recipes.htm

STORY AS ENTRY TO RELATIONSHIP: Teacher's Guide (1-1/2 hour classroom communication experience)
8 pages
http://traubman.igc.org/vidschoolguide.pdf

ENGAGING THE OTHER: Teacher's Guide (55-minute experience)
1 page
http://traubman.igc.org/engagingtheother.pdf

GRAPHICS ABOUT CHANGE
9 pages
http://traubman.igc.org/changecharts.pdf

CAMP ACTIVITIES FOR RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
17 pages
http://traubman.igc.org/campacts.pdf

SUMMARY REPORT
A 71-page illustrated document of human experience, concrete methods, and inspiration
to help all camps -- all relationship-building activities -- become the best they can be.
http://traubman.igc.org/campsdoc.pdf
or
http://traubman.igc.org/campsdoc.htm

BUILDING RELATIONSHIP: Basis for Change
12 pages
http://traubman.igc.org/dialoguechange.pdf

JEWISH-PALESTINIAN DIALOGUE: Principles, Guidelines, and Answers
12 pages
http://traubman.igc.org/dialoguehow.pdf