NAINConnect 2008 Workshops

Theme: Making a Difference
USING APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY & DIGITAL STORTYTELLING AS TOOLS FOR BUILDING INTERFAITH COLLABORATION

WORKSHOP SUMMARY
Workshop participants will be taken on a journey into the worlds of Appreciative Inquiry and Digital Storytelling. They will see examples of how AI and new technologies can build bridges across faith and cultural boundaries. The workshop focuses on how relationships between individuals, communities, and societies can be created and re-created through sharing stories. And on how technology can be used to connect people across all boundaries, faiths, and religions.

PRESENTERS
Friends in Faith – Marla Kolman Antebi, Corbin Davis, Fred Fielding, and Steve Naylor

Corbin Davis United Church of Christ member and Masters of Divinity student at Pacific School of Religion, has a background in youth work, currently serves as the youth director of Sycamore Community Church UCC, a historical Japanese Church. He is also an intern at the Interfaith Center at the Presidio.

Fred Fielding Episcopalian, has a background in television production and youth ministry. He received an MTS degree from Church Divinity School of the Pacific. His thesis focused on combining video and principles of Appreciative Inquiry to further interfaith communication.

Marla Kolman Antebi MSW, Jewish educator and community organizer, has extensive experience in designing leadership development curriculum for youth and in facilitating inter-group encounters. She is the founder of the grassroots non-profit Partners In Peace, which uses storytelling and technologies to bring youth into inter-cultural and inter-faith relationships and train them to become leaders for the future.

Steve Naylor is an associate minister at Congregational Church of San Mateo UCC. Steve has organized several interfaith dialogue groups for young adults, as well as youth in a variety of situations.