What is conflict?

Conflict is not only something that exists "out there." We also struggle with conflict amongst each other, in our groups, and at home. How can we address these internal and external challenges collectively and overcome antagonism in ways that reflect our visions for a just world?

MESA sin fronteras presents a series of participatory workshops that explore various creative techniques in understanding, addressing, and resolving situations of conflict together as a community. 

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Four Week Basic Introductory Course to
Aikido Principles

Wednesdays: May 11, 18, 25 and June 1st
7:30 to 9:00 PM
Facilitator: Pasqualino Colombaro
Location: At New England Aikikai, 2000 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge (near T @ Porter Square)
Donation: $20 per class donation suggested. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Full Workshop Description

Theater of the Oppressed Workshop

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Sunday July 15th, 2-5pm
Location: encuentro 5
Facilitator Gail A. Burton, Emerson College
REGISTER HERE!

Challenge yourself. Overcome fear. Discover the power in your reality. Based on the interactive movement techniques developed by Augusto Boal, Brazilian theater activist, Gail Burton will facilitate this 3-hour workshop on discovering personal and collective visions for transforming conflict and oppression into collective resistance and empowerment. A highly participatory living-in-the-body interaction. No previous experience necessary. Suggested Donation $20, no one turned away for lack of funds. More info pending.
  

Kingian Nonviolence Reconciliation Course 2011

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2-Day, Certified Course
Full Workshop Description; En Español

Facilitator: Ruth K. Henry, Certified Trainer, working with
Lengua de Mi Barrio and University of Cartagena
Co-facilitators: Jonathan Lewis, Certified Senior Trainer,
and Laura Baracaldo

2-Day Certified Course on 2 Possible Tracks (10am-7pm):

Track 1: Sunday, Aug. 7th at La Casa de la Cultura + Sunday, Aug.14th at encuentro 5,
OR
Track 2: Saturday, Aug.13th + Sunday Aug. 14th  (both at encuentro 5)

$50 for Registration with Discount; $65 At-Door

Brief Course Description: In this introductory course, participants will receive an overview of the life, work, and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King and will explore how his philosophy of nonviolence can be and has been applied in diverse settings across the globe to confront injustice and build towards beloved community. By learning and analyzing Dr. King’s Six Principles of Nonviolence as well as his six step methodology, students will become familiar with a viable, practical, and historically effective map for how to create lasting social change through nonviolent direct action and dig deep below conflicts to find true reconciliation.  They will also be introduced to conflict dynamics, types, levels, and strategies for reconciliation. They will learn the salient points of major Civil Rights campaigns and reflect on the ingredients which made them successful. Social models for comprehensive change, such as Hausser’s Top-Down Bottom-Up and Aggression-Conciliation models, will serve as a further framework for understanding the complex relationships between groups of people across a given community and how to navigate through them towards justice.  Using a variety of interactive techniques, participants will also reflect together on how to apply these teachings in our current environments.




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encuentro 5
33 Harrison Avenue
5th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
Close to Chinatown, Downtown Crossing, and Boylston T stops
www.encuentro5.org