Invitation

Adapt International

cordially invites you to a week-long program to celebrate

Children's Peace Day

Program begins with  

You Who Stand in the Doorway, Come in

 a community oral storytelling festival to build bridges of understanding across cultures & generations


October 16 & 17, 2010
1:00PM - 5:00PM


 Inscape (the former Immigration & Naturalization Services building)
 815 Airport Way South, Seattle


The festival is curated by Amineh Ayyad as part of the Passages event at Inscape, a collective re-visioning and transforming of this historic building into its future role as an arts and culture hub for Seattle's diverse communities.

 We are transforming an old detention dorm in the building into a traditional hospitality room representing various cultures around the world.  Come to share coffee, tea, and  stories.  We will listen and share stories about hospitality, compassion, perseverance, friendship, and the struggles & legacies of immigrants, refugees and other communities in diverse Seattle. Humor, greed, global health and healing are other themes included in the festival.

Our storytellers include Buddhist Reverend Guo Cheen, Muslim Sufi Sheikh Jamal Rahman, Rabbi James Louis Mirel, Dr. B. J. Prashantham who is visiting from Vellore, India, master storyteller Doug Banner,  other SURPRISE storytellers, Compassionist Social Entrepreneur & Musician Jon Ramer, Amineh & the camel Habibi, elderly, youth, friends, neighbors and strangers.

We are also looking forward to learning The Next Country Over song and singing it together.

To tell a story, please RSVP here so we can add you to the Program.
Everyone is welcome to join us for a cup of coffee or tea and to listen to stories.

 On October 23, the program will conclude with  a ceremony, peace prayers and planting of
1000 Flowers for Peace bulbs around the Middle East Peace sculpture
at the Peace Garden, Seattle Center.

Community Storytelling Festival Co-sponsors:  The Compassionate Action Network, Cascadia Center (formerly Camp Brotherhood), Interfaith Community Church, The Compassion Network Buddhist, Peace Next,   Bellingham Storytellers Guild,  University Unitarian Church, Cultural Link USA, Global Washington and tens of community organizations. The list is growing, please contact Amineh Ayyad at amineh at adaptinternational.us to be added as a co-sponsor. 

We are honored to have you. 

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