Brebeuf Alumni Travel to Isreal
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Alumni separated by nearly three decades shared the same path over past few months. Traveling with the Interfaith Peace Builders, Mike Daly '95 and David Lamarre-Vincent '67, shared a unique experience. Both men joined groups that traveled through the Palestine territories to listen to the stories of action from the interfaith community. The groups of thirteen to fourteen people traveled for two weeks each through the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza and Israel.
Interfaith Peace-Builders fosters a network of informed and active individuals who understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the United States' political, military, and economic role in it. To build and nurture such a network, we lead delegations of people from diverse backgrounds to Israel/Palestine. These delegations emphasize listening to and learning from those immersed in the reality of the conflict, and advancing the work of Israelis and Palestinians committed to nonviolent struggle and peace with justice. We seek to empower delegates to educate their local communities and the media, counter unfair or inaccurate stereotypes, and advocate for a more just US foreign policy that:
· actively promotes civil, political and human rights
· affirms political self-determination for Palestinians and Israelis
· fosters economic and environmental sustainability in the region
· and supports a diplomatic resolution to the conflict rather than one imposed by force of arms.
David Lamarre-Vincent has served as Executive Director of the New Hampshire Council of Churches since 1990. The NH Council of Churches is an ecumenical and inter-religious advocate for justice and peace, Christian unity and interreligious understanding. Mr. Lamarre-Vincent has also served on numerous New Hampshire government and nonprofit Boards of Directors and Advisory Councils and provided consultation services to government, business, religious, and volunteer sectors. He has been instrumental in the establishment of unique advocacy coalitions whose disparate members share one common mission for service and justice. He serves nationally as a consultant on social policy and organizational development within the religious community. His efforts have led to the formation of several national ecumenical and interreligious organizations for a just, peaceful and environmentally healthy world.
Mr. Lamarre-Vincent holds an A.B. from Dartmouth College, a M.Ed. in Counseling and Human Resources from the University of New Hampshire, an M. Div. from Yale University Divinity School and has completed post-graduate work at Weston Jesuit School of Theology.
Mike Daly, a native of Indianapolis and a 1995 graduate of Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School,is Program Coordinator at Interfaith Peace Builders (IFPB). He has worked with the organization since 2004. Before coming to IFPB, he graduated with honors from Davidson College, studied in Damascus as a Fulbright Scholar, worked as a public relations consultant with the United Nations Development Programme in Ramallah, and completed a year of intensive Arabic at the American University in Cairo. Mike co-led two IFPB delegations (March 2006 and 2008), has presented at numerous conferences and workshops and taken on leadership roles in national, regional and local organizing initiatives and coalitions.
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