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“There can be peace between our people when we know the reality about each other. I now believe it is possible to build better relationships and cooperation between our countries.” - Iraqi student participant, IUB
“I feel more connected with the Iraqi people. I can identify with them and the veil of ‘Islamic fear’ has been lifted.” - American student participant, UCSB |
A Dialogue for Peace is a grassroots peace tour designed to create an ongoing dialogue between American and Iraqi university students through a series of live videoconferences. A 2010 Clinton Global Initiative University project, the goal of the tour is to build new and lasting relationships between the next and future generations of leaders of our two nations.
“A Dialogue for Peace is a bold and historic attempt at peace and, in my opinion,
the most positive event in the history of Iraqi-American relations.”
- Dr. Hashim Ahmed,
Dean of Mass Media College, Islamic University, Baghdad
GET INVOLVED!
Our plan is to continue to develop the project over the summer and expand it next fall semester to other universities across America and the Middle East.
There are 2 ways to get involved and join this peace mission:
- Bring A Dialogue for Peace to your university or college campus
- Help fund the expansion of this tour nationwide:
Contact Global Access Media for more information or
ABOUT A DIALOGUE FOR PEACE:
Each videoconference of the Dialogue for Peace tour provides an interactive, live forum for university students in America and Iraq to speak personally and directly to one another, allowing both sides the opportunity to ask and answer questions, break down misconceptions, and discuss possible present and future solutions. Our online community forum allows students and community members to continue their conversation, grow their relationships, and embark on their own joint projects and organizations for peace.
The peace tour premiered on May 9, 2010 with a videoconference between students at University of California, Santa Barbara, and Islamic University, Baghdad. View an archived recording of the full webcast of this premiere videoconference and join the ongoing live forum. This unprecedented and unscripted conversation between people from two countries in conflict is happening now.
Ray of Light Films has granted Global Access Media screening rights of the documentary film The Road to Fallujah for the Dialogue for Peace tour. This unique insider’s view from the ground in Iraq humanizes the issues on all sides and breaks through the myths that perpetuate violence.
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