Join us for the “There Is Another Way” film! 🎬 The first film in our learning series, “There Is Another Way,” will be screened at a private home in Beverly Hills on Thursday, August 7, at 6:30 PM. Please RSVP for the address.

We’re using Amanda Ripley’s High Conflict as a foundation for understanding this film and the others in our series. If you missed the discussion on High Conflict from last week, you can review the attached presentation to get a solid introduction to the key points.

From the film’s website:

In the midst of darkness, we discover who we truly are. There is Another Way tells the story of a group of visionaries who refuse to surrender to violence and injustice, and in doing so show that another path is possible – for them, for us, and for all humanity. As we are all faced with essential questions about who we are, will we choose collective liberation, where the needs, rights, and safety of all are prioritized – in which our humanity comes first, knowing that no one is free until everyone is free.

Combatants for Peace, nominated for two Nobel Peace Prizes, is an extraordinary bi-national group of former enemy combatants – Israelis and Palestinians – working together during an ongoing armed conflict. Faced with the devastation and escalating violence of October 7th and the war in Gaza, the very core of the movement must face great challenges and show that there is another way. The first question they have to face is their own belief…is this possible?