Two Innovative Events
Workshop, Performance & Public Forum
Healing the Wounds of History Institute and
Living Arts Playback Theatre Ensemble
Present Healing Sri Lanka
Reaching Out In the Midst of Fear and Mistrust
We invite all Sri Lankans: Sinhalese, Tamil, Burghers and Sri Lankan Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and Christian participants to join us in these innovative events. The workshop and performance are pilot projects in advance of an arts-based peace-building initiative in Sri Lanka.
A One-Day Workshop for the Sri Lankan Community
Saturday, October 9, 2010
9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Living Arts Counseling Center
5463 College Avenue
Oakland, CA 94618
Saturday, October 9, 2010
9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Living Arts Counseling Center
5463 College Avenue
Oakland, CA 94618
Facilitated by
Armand Volkas, MFT, RDT/BCT
Armand Volkas, MFT, RDT/BCT
Or email: info@livingartscenter.org
www.livingartscenter.org
• What are the steps we need to take in order to engage in constructive dialogue and rekindle a hope for a peaceful tomorrow?
• How can we remold our hurt, rage, grief and a sense of betrayal into a catalyst for peace?
• Can we uncover the emotional steps and find the courage necessary to move towards peaceful co-existence and mutual respect?
We will use experiential exercises drawn from intercultural communication, drama therapy and expressive arts therapy and offer tools for transforming painful historical legacies into constructive action.
www.livingartscenter.org
• What are the steps we need to take in order to engage in constructive dialogue and rekindle a hope for a peaceful tomorrow?
• How can we remold our hurt, rage, grief and a sense of betrayal into a catalyst for peace?
• Can we uncover the emotional steps and find the courage necessary to move towards peaceful co-existence and mutual respect?
We will use experiential exercises drawn from intercultural communication, drama therapy and expressive arts therapy and offer tools for transforming painful historical legacies into constructive action.
A Playback Theatre Performance & Public Forum
Sunday, October 10 at 4 p.m.
Haver Hall, Northbrae Community Church
941 The Alameda, Berkeley
Haver Hall, Northbrae Community Church
941 The Alameda, Berkeley
As an epilogue to a groundbreaking workshop with people from the Sri Lankan community, The Living Arts Playback Theatre Ensemble will create improvisational theatre pieces based on personal and collective stories told by participants and audience volunteers.
Join us for an afternoon of interactive theatre, dialogue and reflection on how we can convert historical trauma into acts of service and creation. Everyone is welcome to attend!
General Admission: $15
Seniors and Students: $12
Group rates available for parties of 10 or more.
Purchase by phone: 1-800- 838-3006
To order tickets go to: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/129931
For information call (510) 595-5500, Ext 25
Join us for an afternoon of interactive theatre, dialogue and reflection on how we can convert historical trauma into acts of service and creation. Everyone is welcome to attend!
General Admission: $15
Seniors and Students: $12
Group rates available for parties of 10 or more.
Purchase by phone: 1-800- 838-3006
To order tickets go to: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/129931
For information call (510) 595-5500, Ext 25
Healing the Wounds of History
Healing the Wounds of History is a process in which experiential techniques are used to work with a group of participants who share a common legacy of historical trauma. The process was developed by Armand Volkas, a psychotherapist and drama therapist from Berkeley, California. Volkas is the son of Auschwitz survivors and resistance fighters from World War II. He was moved by his personal struggle with this legacy of historical trauma to address the issues that arose from it: identity, victimization and perpetration, meaning and grief. Healing the Wounds of History has received international recognition for its work in bringing together descendants of Holocaust survivors and the Third Reich, Palestinians and Israelis, Chinese and Japanese on their legacies of World Work II, Armenians and Turks, and other cultural groups struggling with a heritage of victimization, perpetration, grief, and a crisis of meaning. Healing the Wounds of History helps participants work through the burden of such legacies by transforming their pain into understanding and constructive action.
For more information or to register, email info@livingartscenter.org
Or, call (510) 595-5500, Ext 11
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