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Unity Program II Launch
Starting in Fall 2009, Abraham's Vision will team up with graduates of the 2008-09 Unity Program to launch a new program, tentatively named Unity Program II, that will build on the experiences of the past year. Students who participated in one of the 2008-09 San Francisco Bay Area Unity Programs are eligible to apply.
Click here for the UP II application.
Unity Program 2009-10 Now Accepting Applications
As the 2008-09 Unity Program comes to a close, we are busy planning the 2009-10 Unity Program - the fifth year of this incredible program. This year we are aiming to work with a total of 72 Unity Program Muslim and Jewish high-school students across three partnerships in the San Francisco Bay Area: the Peninsula/South Bay, the East Bay, and San Francisco.
Click here to apply online for the 2009-10 Unity Program
AV Launches New
Conflict Transformation Institute
AV Launches New Conflict Transformation Institute - The Center for Transformative Education. For more information on CTE click here.
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2009-10 Vision Program's First Conference
In mid-November our twelve 2009-10 Vision Program students will re-convene for the first time since leaving the Balkans. Over this first of two four-day conferences, students will continue the group and individual process they began in the former Yugoslavia, exploring new ways to work towards transforming, and ending, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This conference will be held in AV’s home base, the city of San Francisco, where students and staff will host out-of-town students, including VP Co-Facilitator Amit Perelson, who is coming all the way from Haifa!
Vision Program Staff and Alumni
Presentations
On October 18th, along with two 2008-2009 VP alumni, Oren Kroll-Zeldin and Fadi Qur'an, Co-Executive Directors Huda Abu Arqoub and Aaron Hahn Tapper met with community members from the East Bay, including congregants from Kehillah Community Synagogue to discuss the work of Abraham's Vision. The highlight of the night -- for Abu Arqoub, Hahn Tapper, and the attendees -- was to hear from Kroll-Zeldin and Qur'an, who shared how the VP experience helped trasform their worldview, reinforcing the responsibility each one of us has to socail justice.
2009-10 Vision Program's First Conference
Abu Arqoub and Hahn Tapper are leading two workshops, from October 25-27, at the Interfaith Youth Corps' "Leadership in a Religiously Diverse World" conference, an international gathering of inter-community activists, scholars, policy makers, religious leaders, foundation representatives, media professionals and young people. In addition, AV will be presented with IFYC’s prestigious “Bridge Builders Movement Award,” given to an organization that has significantly impacted the interfaith youth movement.
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President Clinton Honors Abraham's Vision
After Abraham's Vision was recognized at the 2006 "Clinton Global Initiative" for the launch of our groundbreaking Vision Program, AV was invited back to attend the 2007, 2008, and 2009 "Clinton Global Initiative".
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Abraham's Vision Receives 49ers Perry/Yonamine Unity Award
During the San Francisco 49ers' game against the New York Jets, Co-Executive Directors Aaron Hahn Tapper and Huda Abu Arqoub were on hand to receive the second annual Perry/Yonamine Unity award. The 49ers selected Abraham's Vision as 2008's exceptional non-profit demonstrating a commitment to promoting unity and giving back to the local community.
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Abraham's Vision Receives Human Relations Award
Abraham's Vision was presented with a Human Relations Award by the Valley Interfaith Council (VIC) of Southern California. The award celebrates VIC's mission of working toward the peaceful and respectful co-existence amongst the various faiths and cultures that make up the greater Los Angeles community.
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