Peacebuilding Programs: Workshops

All workshops are interactive, and provide hands-on learning opportunities.

Sippela Lila Bluestone, Rochester NY
That Sunday afternoon workshop was the first time I actually got to sit and talk, heart to heart with an Islamic person in my life and it did change my life.

Risking Peace: Storytelling to Foster Dialogue

Peace can be a risk because we must compromise, go beyond our comfort zones, and venture into the unknown.

Experience the storytelling model Noa developed to help build bridges for peace and dialogue in your community. Learn how listening to and telling the story of "the other" can help break through stereotypes and rhetoric as you find compassion and the possibility of change.

Search Institute workshop participant, MN
You were great! It's exciting to be able to link storytelling to real community issues and to see how stories shape how we see the world.

Diverse Voices: Storytelling to Build Community

Explore the power of storytelling as a community-building tool. Discover how the experience of telling and being listened to creates a greater sense of trust and connection within our communities and across cultures.

More Praise for Peace Building Workshops:

Deb Bishop, Rochester New York
As a result of this workshop my feeling of responsibility to others is stronger.

From evaluations of teenage participants in an interfaith workshop in Kansas City, KS

This was an awesome experience and I look forward to doing something like this again in the future.

It was really fun to get to know everyone. It was also fun to learn about religions and personal experience.

This was really cool! I learned a lot about different religions and I became even more steadfast in my determination to change the world.

Marina Spence, Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, Utah
Lately I have found myself sharing the power of your performance and workshop on peace. Thank you! When one can give an honest voice to the story of their "enemy," it shows that peace really is a product of the heart - uniting hearts one story at a time.


A Compelling Performance
of Palestinian & Israeli
Women's Stories.

Buy Noa's Award Winning CD
“Far Away and Close to Home”
NOA BAUM: Far Away and Close to Home - Stories from Many Lands
An excellent collection… the whole family will enjoy hearing all these stories several times over.
- The Sacramento Bee