Healing The World Once More
May 22nd, 2006
The Island plays host to a gathering of global leaders and citizens from over 20 countries for the second Quest For Global Healing: Inspiring Actions for World Renewal Conference, May 4-8 at ARMA Museum in Ubud.
Presenters this year include three Nobel Peace Prize Laureates: Desmond Tutu, Jody Williams and Betty Williams. Additionally, KH Abdurahman Wahid (Gus Dur)-head of the largest Muslim party in the world (40 million Muslims); Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering-Bhutan’s Minister of Labor and Human Resources; Fatima Gailani-head of the Red Crescent in Afghanistan; and numerous others will all be speaking and participating.
A Special Global Youth in Action program is being offered for youth ages 17-30. A major fundraising effort helped to bring more than 75 youth from around the world, representing such countries as, Peru, Tunisia, Indonesia, India, Norway, South Africa, Singapore, Australia, US, China, Thailand, and other places.
Other unique components include a first-ever Global Healing Film Festival produced by Damani Bake, named by Filmmaker Magazine as one of the “25 new faces in independent film”. There will also be an art exhibition of new works from local artists focused on their own interpretation on global healing, a poetry slam featuring a 16 year-old native American poetry winner and other writers, a special photography exhibition, and much more.
Quest for Global Healing has more than 75 organizations as partners and sponsors including United Nations, Institute of Noetic Sciences, Fetzer Institute, PeaceJam, RFS Foundation, The World Café, and numerous Balinese organizations and NGOs.
Source: Bali and Beyond
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