Daoud Nasser, Palestinian Lutheran Christian  & Mark Braverman, American Jew 

Speaking in Puget Sound

Sunday, April 29, 2012 through Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Northwest residents will have the rare opportunity to hear a Palestinian Lutheran and an American Jew trained in crisis management in a myth-busting conversation about peace building.

Daoud Nassar is a Palestinian Christian farmer whose family works their 100-acre farm and olive grove just outside the West Bank town of Bethlehem. The Nassars bought the land from the nearby Arab village of Nahalin village in 1916 and have been working and cultivating the land ever since. In October 1991, the family learned that Israel was planning to confiscate their land. Defying repeated Israeli court decisions affirming the Nassars' ownership, the farm is under constant threat of seizure by nearby Israeli settlers. In the spirit of his Christian faith, Daoud speaks about "sharing Sacred Space" and building bridges of peace with his neighbors.

Mark Braverman's roots are in the Holy Land - his grandfather, a fifth generation Palestinian Jew, was born in Jerusalem, emigrating to the U.S. as a young man. Growing up in the United States, Braverman was reared in the Jewish tradition, studying Bible, Hebrew literature, and Jewish history. Trained in clinical psychology and crisis management, Braverman devoted his professional career to working with groups and individuals undergoing traumatic stress.Returning to the Holy Land in 2006, he was transformed by witnessing the occupation of Palestine and by encounters with peace activists and civil society leaders from the Muslim, Christian and Jewish communities. He is the author of Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews, and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land 

The story they share is one that brings hope and encouragement to the current crisis in the Holy Land. The events are scheduled for the following places:

Phase One: Events North of Seattle

Sunday April 29^th - all events open to all!

•                9:00am - 10:00am Daoud Nasser, "Tent of Nations," at the Adult Education Class at Snohomish First Presbyterian Church, guests are welcome - liaison is Sandra Gerrish, bradnsandra@gmail.com / (360)568-5251

•                12:15pm - 2:30pm Daoud Nasser and Mark Braverman, "Refusing to Be Enemies: Conversations in the Tent of Nations," at Mukilteo First Presbyterian Church, lunch provided, guests are welcome - liaison is John/Ann Collier, c92176@aol.com / (425)315-0823

•                6:30pm – 9:00pm Daoud Nasser and Mark Braverman, social gathering at 6:30 for "Two Cups of Tea & a Taste of Palestine", and 7pm - 9pm "Conversation" at Snohomish First Presbyterian Church, guest are welcome - liaison is Sandra Gerrish, bradnsandra@gmail.com / (360)568-5251

Monday April 30th -

•                10:50am - 11:20am speak at Trinity Lutheran College Chapel in Everett – faculty contact Erik Samuelson erik.samuelson@tlc.edu, in liaison with JohnTBerg@msn.com / (425) 218-3682

•                Noon - 1:30 PM - Open to all (including TLC students, Faculty & Friends)Lunch hosted by First Presbyterian Church of Everett, Daoud Nassar and Mark Braverman both speaking and showing the DVD "Tent of Nations". Please call the church office at 425-259-7139 to make reservations for lunch with name and number attending. Suggested donation is $5.00.

Phase Two:  Bellingham

Bellingham events coordinator: Peter Vanderveen: jphvanderveen@earthlink.net

Monday, April 30^th -  

•                4.30 p.m. Presentation at WWU campus (Communications 105, WWU ) - sponsored by "Progressive Christian Voices" club (UMHE, Coordinator: Sarah Genung, WWU student)

•                7.30 p.m. - 9 p.m. - Presentation at St James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th Street Bellingham, WA 98225

Tuesday, May 1^st -  

•                9 - 10 a,m, Breakfast hosted by St. James Presbyterian Church Fellowship hall with Bellingham Clergy

Phase Three: Seattle

Tuesday evening, May 1^st – event open to all!

•                7:00pm in the Fine Center, First Free Methodist Church, 3200 Third Avenue West, Seattle WA 98119  -- located across the street on the east side of Seattle Pacific University -- for more details including map see:   http://www.spu.edu/info/buildings/first-free/   (NOTE: This event is jointly sponsored by the student-led "Israel-Palestine Club" at Seattle Pacific University, Middle East Peace Builders and First Free Methodist Church)

Wednesday, May 2nd – all events open to all (except SPU class Wed. am)

Seattle Events coordinator and contact: John Berg, Middle East Peace Builders (a LifeGroup of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood): JohnTBerg@msn.com / (425) 218-3682

•                9:30 to 10:50am- speaking to a class at Seattle Pacific University -- Faculty host Doug Thorpe

•                12:00 Noon - speaking at "the Beloved Community", hosted by First Presbyterian Church, 1013 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104 (First Hill neighborhood, just east of I-5 between Madison and Spring) -- Organizing contacts are:John Berg and Rev. Allen Belton abelton@breakthroughpartners.org 

•                7:00pm Daoud speaks at St. Mark's Cathedral 1245 Tenth Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98102-4398 -- for more details including map see:   http://www.saintmarks.org/About/directions.php -- Organizers are the Mideast Focus Ministry of St. Mark's and Middle East Peace Builders