an interesting meeting in Berlin

avner avnerh at zahav.net.il
Sun Sep 3 22:43:22 PDT 2006


It just happens when I am there for sew days. Due to the last events in my 
country I have some urgent questions to ask them

Avner Haramati
Jerusalem


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From: "Chris Macrae" <wcbn007 at easynet.co.uk>
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Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 2:10 AM
Subject: Re: an interesting meeting in Berlin


> Yes its very interesting and the guy behind it designs extraoridnary 
> community
> experiments
> anyone going to be there; I would love to know if there's going to be a
> network beyond the event of the largest brainstrust ever to sit round a
> European Square if not a worldwide one
>
>
>
> Previously Nominees For 100 World Changemakers http://worldcitizen.tv 
> nominates
> Dr. Ceasar L. McDowell,
> Berlin Global Town Hall Event http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14216322/
> The Web site dropping knowledge is sponsoring the thought summit, which 
> will
> bring together 112 artists, scientists, philosophers and others near
> Bebelplatz Square, site of Nazi book burnings in 1933.
> They include Harry Wu, the dissident held by the Chinese government in 
> 1995
> before being expelled from China; Oscar Olivera, a Bolivian 
> anti-globalization
> activist; the German filmmaker Wim Wenders; and Bill Joy, former Sun
> Microsystems chief scientist and now a venture capitalist.
> Actor Willem Dafoe will pose the questions to the panelists, who will 
> gather
> around a massive table to discuss topics from national security to 
> personal
> values, racism to environmental concerns.
> The Berlin event will be the first public meeting of what its creators
> envision as a global town hall meant to allow the common person to 
> participate
> in a discussion of international issues.
> "We're launching what we think will be an infrastructure for a global
> community of citizens," said Dr. Ceasar L. McDowell, dropping knowledge's 
> U.S.
> director of operations, in an interview from Berlin. "There's a need to 
> have
> something that allows people to share their knowledge with each other on a
> platform that's not controlled by an interest group or a government, with 
> no
> one trying to drive an issue."
>
> He coordinates deep community projects out of MIT
> http://crcp.mit.edu/subhead.php?id=30&tab=13
> Center for Reflective Community Practice
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> Building 7, Room 307
> 77 Massachusetts Avenue
> Cambridge, MA 02139
>
> Ceasar L. McDowell, Ed.D. is Associate Professor of the Practice of 
> Community
> Development at MIT and Director of the Center for Reflective Community
> Practice, where he is also Co-Director of the Community Innovation Lab. 
> His
> interests include the use of mass media in promoting democracy, the 
> education
> of urban students, the organizing of urban communities, civil rights 
> history,
> peacemaking and conflict resolution, and testing and test policy.
>
> Dr. McDowell has extensive experience in the area of public engagement, 
> and
> the design and conduct of civic conversations that create opportunities 
> for
> individuals from minority and poor communities to be included in a cross-
> generational and cross-racial public discourse. He serves as chairperson 
> of
> The Algebra Project, was co-founder of The Civil Rights Forum, and served 
> as
> Senior Researcher for the National Commission on Testing and Public 
> Policy.
> Dr. McDowell has been an advisor to several national foundations and was a
> 1991 W. K. Kellogg National Leadership Fellow.
>
>
> Quoting Harrison Owen <hhowen at adelphia.net>:
>
> OK Funda. You are indeed the "mystery woman." No more mysterious than now. 
> . .
> What interesting meeting in Berlin????
>
> ho
> Harrison Owen
> 7808 River Falls Dr.
> Potomac, MD  20854
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> website www.openspaceworld.com
> Personal Website www.ho-image.com
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> Quoting Harrison Owen <hhowen at adelphia.net>:
>
> OK Funda. You are indeed the "mystery woman." No more mysterious than now. 
> . .
> What interesting meeting in Berlin????
>
> ho
> Harrison Owen
> 7808 River Falls Dr.
> Potomac, MD  20854
> USA
> 301-365-2093
> 207-763-3261 (summer)
> website www.openspaceworld.com
> Personal Website www.ho-image.com
>
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