zAmya Theater Project and Equalhealth’s Campaign Against Racism (CAR) - Twin Cities Chapter invite you to join us for a 3-day training, May 8-10, in Polarized Theatre of the Oppressed with Dr. Chen Alon, Israeli activist, scholar, and co-founder of Combatants for Peace.
What if polarization could be a starting point rather than an endpoint? In this Theatre of the Oppressed workshop, Dr. Chen Alon guides participants to work directly with division—reshaping conflict into trust, alliance, and the possibility of shared struggle. Through embodied practices, participants will learn to playfully transform different perspectives into collective action. Dr. Alon will be joining the training online via Zoom, while zAmya staff help facilitate in person.
Registration is limited to 50 participants! To learn more and reserve your spot, visit https://ChenAlon_PolarizedTO.eventbrite.com
More details:
Who should attend: Healthcare workers, folks with lived experience of homelessness, and anyone interested how theater and the arts can help people build collective power to address community needs.
Location: Park Avenue Methodist Church (3400 Park Ave) in South Minneapolis.
Cost: Pay what you can; please donate an amount consistent with your means; no one turned away for lack of funds.
Meals: zAmya will provide dinner on Friday, coffee/pastries and lunch on Saturday, and dinner on Sunday.
Other: Participants with lived experience of homelessness will receive one $20 gift card for each day they attend. The training is best suited for ages 16+.
Dr. Chen Alon is a theatre activist, actor and director, who wrote his Ph.D. on the Palestinian-Israeli Polarized Model of Theatre of the Oppressed. As a Major (res.) in the Israeli army he co-founded “Courage to Refuse”, a movement of officers and combatant soldiers who refuse to serve in the occupied Palestinian territories, an action for which he was sentenced to prison. Chen is also a co-founder of “Combatants for Peace” (CfP), a movement of Palestinian and Israeli combatants who have abandoned the way of violence and struggle together non-violently against the occupation. Chen was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize with CfP co-founder Suleiman Khatib (2017-2018). He is currently the head of the Community Theatre and Artivism (Art & Activism) Program in the Theatre Arts Department at Tel-Aviv University.
Learn more about Dr. Chen Alon’s 6-month virtual residency with zAmya on our website.