Introduction:
PeaceTech is “process-focused,” not “issue-focused”. The specific issue that participants learn about is not as important as their coming together to learn about that issue!
The issue that we are currently focusing on is religious conflict. However, in the future we may embrace any issue, as long as it generates enough interest for people from different groups to want to come together.
PeaceTech’s main event is the mass videoconference, which links thousands of people across large distances. These events give people the democratic opportunity to express, listen and unite over concerns about their future and their country’s future. They also expose participants to perspectives they otherwise might not hear. Through these mass-events, people discover what they have in common with people from other religious, ethnic and social groups.
The mass-videoconference is likened to a talk show, the difference being that the audiences are linked in more than one venue through satellite or cable. The audiences are able to see and speak with one another through large video screens.
The mass-videoconference is PeaceTech’s hallmark activity. But it is complemented by an array of programs, which include: classroom videoconferences; high school classes; workshops; community projects and; an on-line community.
All activities reinforce each other and result in program sustainability.