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Transforming the Present, Shaping the Future
Monday, 06 September 2010
"There are more than a few organizations working to foster peace and understanding among Muslims and Jews, Israelis and Palestinians. But Abraham's Vision is unique in that it puts the onus for cooperation on young people both here and abroad, who are in one way or another already at the center of this conflict. By bringing them together and giving them the tools of conflict transformation, AV becomes as much facilitator as teacher."
- Reza Aslan, Co-Vice Chair of the Board of Directors

Mission Statement

Abraham’s Vision is a conflict transformation organization that explores group and individual identities through experiential and political education. Examining social relations within and between the Jewish, Muslim, Israeli, and Palestinian communities, we empower participants to practice just alternatives to the status quo.


Who we are

How are we unique?

Staff Experience

Founded in 2003, in September 2005 Abraham's Vision launched its first year-round program, the Unity Program, followed in June 2006 by the Vision Program. Though a variety of Abraham's Vision educators work on our programs, workshops, and presentations, we currently have the following year-round staff:

Avital Aboody (Vision Program Co-Educator)
Huda Abu Arqoub (Co-Executive Director)
Ahmad Amara (Co-Senior Facilitator)
Rangineh Azimzadeh (Unity Program Co-Junior Facilitator)
Ivana Gajovic (Vision Program Co-Coordinator)
Renee Ghert-Zand (Unity Program Co-Educator)
Aaron Hahn Tapper (Co-Executive Director, Founder)
Sarah Hendlish (Grants Liaison)
Aysha Hidayatullah (Unity Program II Co-Educator)
Oren Kroll-Zeldin (Unity Program Co-Junior Facilitator and Co-Educator)
Rabi'a Mirhadian (Unity Program Co-Educator)
Megan Rose Martin (Operation Associate)
Amit Perelson (Co-Facilitator)
Dror Post (Co-Senior Facilitator)
Wafaa Sabil (Unity Program Co-Educator)
Ekhlas Salama (Vision Program Co-Educator)
Samina Shoman (Unity Program Co-Educator)
Eileen Soffer (Unity Program II Co-Educator)



Board of Directors and Honorary Advisory Board
Abraham's Vision is guided and supported by some of the most respected scholars and religious leaders of our day, individuals steeped in conflict transformation and inter-group relations. Click here to see a list of the prestigious members of our Board of Directors or Honorary Advisory Board.

Equal Partnerships: We are committed to equal partnerships across ethnic, religious, and gender lines. This commitment is reflected in our organizational structure as well as our long-term programs, workshops, and presentations.

Experiential Learning: We are committed to creative forms of education that both recognize the importance of content-based teaching and value individual and group participant experiences.

Encounters: We approach inter-group encounters as a reflection of the political realities in which we live, utilizing them as a central element of our educational approach.

Political Education: We focus on individual and collective relationships within current political realities, placing the relationship between individuals and groups at the center of the educational experience rather than analyzing political developments as something separate from students.


Click here to learn more about our unique educational approach.

Our individual staffers are so experienced that – together – we have worked at virtually every major conflict resolution and transformation program that exists which works on issues related to the Jewish, Muslim, Israeli, and/or Palestinian communities.





 
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