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"New Laboratories"VI. NEW “LABORATORIES” OF DIALOGUE AND PEACESilsilah promotes the culture of dialogue path to peace through many programs and initiatives. Here we present some of them listed as "new laboratories" because they are tested by Silsilah to be shared to others as new challenges of dialogue and peace that other groups and institutions can adapt and experience. A. TULAY-BATA FOR DIALOGUE AND PEACE – All of the schools of the movement are being re-defined and re-directed to give special attention to a curriculum where the values of peace education and spirituality of dialogue are integrated. This is to ensure that the Muslim and Christian children undergo a formation to become living bridges of dialogue and peace among cultures and religions applying the principle of global and local thinking and acting. " Tulay-Bata" is a special peace education program and a laboratory of peace education that can be adopted by other schools.
B. HARMONY ZONES – The movement encourages the formation of harmony zones; identified areas where Muslims and Christians live together and commit themselves to live in peace, harmony, and dialogue and are able to influence their neighbors to join the program and engage in activities for the good of the community. A Council of Leaders is formed who help in the identification of needs and resources of their respective zones. The members are given regular formation on the value of cooperative work, and motivated to promote dialogue, peace and development, and assist in emergency situations like crisis, fire and natural calamities.
C. HARMONY AWARDS - The movement gives a harmony award every year to Muslim and Christian families who live together in harmony, peace, and show indicators of social transformation by living life-in-dialogue or by way of community relationship, cooperation or projects in the area of health, sanitation and others for the common good. This award commemorates the death of Fr. Salvatore Carzedda, PIME who was a member of the Movement and was violently killed in May 20, 1992 along San Jose Road on his way home to the PIME Regional House after giving his talk to the participants of the summer course. This initiative is made possible by contributions from the family, relatives and friends of Fr. Salvatore.
D. HARMONY POST – The Movement commemorates special occasions and events in its life by planting harmony posts in public places, as a symbol and reminder that all people, Muslims and Christians, are called and challenged to be men and women of dialogue, harmony and peace. The post prominently carries the greeting "Peace be with you". This greeting will be also written in Arabic and in the local language of the place where the post will be planted. The message will be: "Moving Together towards a Culture of Dialogue for Harmony, Solidarity and Peace" and " Let us build a civilization of the common good"
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