You are warmly invited to this groundbreaking and timely two day event!
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ARTISTS WAGE PEACE brings creative souls together to spread love and end conflict. Featuring Jewish and Palestinian artists and peace builders.
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“We have art so that we shall not die of reality.” Friedrich Nietzche
“True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.” Martin Luther King
FREE but registration is required. Attend any or all events.
REGISTER REGISTER REGISTER
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Meals are extra: Reserve and prepay by June 5
Lunch on June 12 $15
Celebratory dinner on June 13 $ 40
Featuring Israeli and Palestinian chefs.
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Questions? robin@robinpacific.ca
Schedule
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JUNE 12
MORNING
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9:30-10 greeting, registering, welcome remarks Robin Pacific
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10-10:15 Blessing: Father Nathan Humphrey, St. Thomas Anglican Church
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10:15-11 Artist’s Talk: Roula Said
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11 Singalong – Roula Said, Maryem Tollar, and Marching Disorder Band, “Let love occupy your heart, let love colonize your mind”. Lyrics by David Wall.
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11:30-12 coffee
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12-12:15 Gary Barwin, reading from The Comedian’s Book of the Dead
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12:15-12:30 Ronna Bloom, reading poems from "In a Riptide"
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12:30-1:30 Lunch
Pay $15 in advance by June 5
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June 12
AFTERNOON
1:30 Blessing, Rabbi tbd
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1:45-2:15 Jeffrey Wilkinson and Samia O’Day musical performance
2:30-3 Lior Ben Zvi and Parents Circle/Family Forum, videos and talk
3-4 Maryem Tollar and friends – musical performance
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​​​​JUNE 13 MORNING
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10 Blessing: Imam Farheen Khan, co-founder, Women’s Mosque of Canada
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10:15-10:30 Robbie Cohen, talk, "A New Vision for Israel" (subject to travel plans)
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10:30-10:45 Honey Novick, Poems and Songs
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10:45-11 Jon Allen, former Ambassador to Israel, founder of Rozana mobile health clinic in Gaza
(subject to travel plans)
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11-12 Larry Nusbaum, Music Meditation for Peace
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12:00-1:30 lunch
Bring your own or eat in the neighbourhood
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JUNE 13 AFTERNOON
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1:45-2:45 Talk and breakout sessions, Raja Khouri and Jeffrey Wilkinson, Authors of The Wall Between, How October 7 and Gaza Have Reshaped the Narrative
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​3-3:30 Roula Said and friends, Palestinian PoemSongs, musical performance
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3:30-4 Closing remarks, Yafa Sakkejha, Canadian Peace and Depolarization Advocate
JUNE 13 EVENING
Celebratory dinner with Palestinian and Israeli chefs $40 paid in advance. Must book by June 5.​​​​​​
Questions? robin@robinpacific.ca
June 12-13 2026​
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Trinity St. Paul’s Centre
427 Bloor St. West